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  2. Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

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    The book follows Rebecca Hall's experiences searching through municipal records and archives in an attempt to find evidence of the Atlantic slave trade and its effects on American society. [1] Hall includes autobiographical details about herself and her ancestors in relation to her search.

  3. Dehydration reaction - Wikipedia

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    The classic example of a dehydration reaction is the Fischer esterification, which involves treating a carboxylic acid with an alcohol to give an ester RCO 2 H + R′OH ⇌ RCO 2 R′ + H 2 O Often such reactions require the presence of a dehydrating agent, i.e. a substance that reacts with water.

  4. Storm glass - Wikipedia

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    The compositions of the liquid in a storm glass varies but usually contains "camphor, nitrate of potassium and sal-ammoniac, dissolved by alcohol, with water and some air." These devices are now known to have little value in weather prediction, and tend to change visually based on the surrounding temperature, [ 1 ] however they do not react to ...

  5. List of esters - Wikipedia

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    Nitrate esters, such as nitroglycerin, are known for their explosive properties, while polyesters are important plastics, with monomers linked by ester moieties. Esters of carboxylic acids usually have a sweet smell and are considered high-quality solvents for a broad array of plastics, plasticizers , resins , and lacquers . [ 2 ]

  6. The prosecution has rested and the defense will begin presenting its case this week in the murder trial of Rebecca Grossman, charged in the deaths of two young boys in a traffic collision in ...

  7. Want to drink less? 8 expert tips for cutting back on alcohol.

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    And for good reason: While the World Health Organization says that no level of alcohol consumption is safe, studies also show that there are health benefits from even a small reduction in alcohol ...

  8. Not only a matter of education - HuffPost

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    Executive summary In the past few decades, the education system in the US has undergone various reforms with the goal of achieving better quality for American students. Experts have tried measured the impact of these reforms and attempted to share some of their lessons. Nevertheless, there is not yet a complete

  9. Metabolism - Wikipedia

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    Metabolism (/ m ə ˈ t æ b ə l ɪ z ə m /, from Greek: μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.The three main functions of metabolism are: the conversion of the energy in food to energy available to run cellular processes; the conversion of food to building blocks of proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and some carbohydrates; and the ...