Why This Teen Shifted to Thrifting and Why You Should Too
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Why This Teen Shifted to Thrifting and Why You Should Too

As a minimum-wage working high school student, when I discovered the world of secondhand clothing, I felt what could only be considered pure bliss. It’s cheap, better for the environment, and has a story behind it - what more could you want! However, as I greedily grabbed nearly everything I could get my hands on, I was warned about the ethical concerns related to thrift shopping. Why should I,…
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The Impact of Connecticut River’s Hydroelectric Facilities on Local Ecolife
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The Impact of Connecticut River’s Hydroelectric Facilities on Local Ecolife

Connecticut River https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connecticut_River The Connecticut River has been serving as a major source of Hydroelectric energy for local regions in the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut since the 20th century. In late 2012, many facilities producing energy within the Connecticut River began the process of reliscencing, where they take in the concerns and thoughts of the general public and apply them through a refurbished contract about their uses with…
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Ruins
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Ruins

https://www.maxpixel.net/Archaeological-Site-Columnar-Ruins-Ancient-3752038Archaeological Site Columnar Ruins Ancient The ruins talk. You can hear the echoes of ancient knights in their noises, never a language, but something universally understood: laughter, snarling, taunting, and if that doesn’t get the message across, their tone communicates everything you need to know. You hear the echoes of their past grandeur, every single rock glued into a tall and imposing structure the likes of which you cannot…
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Cell Signaling – Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Receptors
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Cell Signaling – Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Receptors

In the last article we looked at G-protein coupled receptors. Now, we will be going over the another main type of cell receptors: ion channel receptors. [A 3D model of ion channels] (March 19th 202) https://www.drugtargetreview.com/news/57643/ion-channel-ball-and-chain-mechanism-imaged-after-decades-of-attempts/ Introduction Ligand-gated ion channel (LGICs) receptors are found especially in excitable cells, and are responsible for changing the potential gradient (the difference of charges between intracellular and extracellular spaces). Excitable cells are cells…
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Cell Signaling – GPCRs
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Cell Signaling – GPCRs

[3D concept art of G-protein coupled receptors] (April 27, 2019) https://theskepticalchemist.com/gpcrs-drug-discovery/ Introduction Cell signaling is the communication of cells by releasing, receiving, and responding to chemical signals. (Libretexts, & Harris, K. (2020, July 14). Signal Transduction. Biology LibreTexts. https://bio.libretexts.org/Learning_Objects/Worksheets/Biology_Tutorials/Signal_Transduction) By emitting molecules into extracellular space, cells give out information and commands that are essential for the survival of our cells and body, such as cell proliferation. Cells can give…
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Lost and Found
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Lost and Found

He’s walking along the sidewalk. Liam stands on the other side of the road, curiously gazing at him with green eyes, the same green eyes he possesses.  He doesn’t see Liam. But he hears Liam’s laughter, echoing through the air, ringing like churchbells he heard a long, long time ago. “Mark Coleman?” the lady from the front desk was watching him intently, and seeing as he looked up, smiled…
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City of Secrets [part II]
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City of Secrets [part II]

Spicy. Walking around the ancient city of Kashgar, I constantly bump into the smell of spices every time I turn a corner. Just like the captivating beauty of this ancient city, these smells wafting from a thousand years back to today are still potent enough to pierce through visitors with a single sip or whiff. It is difficult to write and talk about Xinjiang without mentioning the political implications…
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City of Secrets [part I]
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City of Secrets [part I]

Spicy. Walking around the ancient city of Kashgar, I constantly bump into the smell of spices every time I turn a corner. Just like the captivating beauty of this ancient city, these smells wafting from a thousand years back to today are still potent enough to pierce through visitors with a single sip or whiff. Kashgar is the largest city in the south of Xinjiang, an autonomous region of…
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All Hallow’s Eve
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All Hallow’s Eve

by Lennart Whittstock First ignore their grotesque limbs, with odd proportions twisting in ways that should be impossible, fingers uncountable but somewhere around five, probably, shrinking and growing and long and sharp. Ignore their hooked elbow-like structures always changing, ever-changing, do not watch their shoulders melded into the right sockets and ignore the ripped flesh a little bit lower, like something misplaced.  Second do not look at their faces,…
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