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    USA AND COMMONWELTH 1. Discovery and settlement In the Last Ice Age the level of the sea water lowed‚ and people from Central Asia crossed the Bering Strait from Siberia to Alaska. Five hundred years ago Indians in North America lived in scattered villages. Indians joined to protect themselves to common enemies. They founded the Iroquois leage and the Algonquin leage‚ later known as the Leage of the five Nations. They made only the simplest tools. There were no cities ando no white men. White

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    Alyssa Walker COR-110-32 Assignment #4 12-02-2010 Black‚ White‚ and Color Who am I? That is the hardest question to answer for a college freshman. In a sense my life has just begun. I am finally on my own trying to figure out who I am and what I want to do with my life. Does anyone find out who they are as a person at the age of eighteen? This is the age where a major transition is made from teen to a legal adult. I am going from being a child to being on my own making my own decisions

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    Aquaporins are "the plumbing system for cells‚" said Agre. Every cell is primarily water. "But the water doesn’t just sit in the cell‚ it moves through it in a very organized way. The process occurs rapidly in tissues that have these aquaporins or water channels." For many years‚ scientists assumed that water leaked through the cell membrane‚ and some water does. "But the very rapid movement of water through some cells was not explained by this theory‚" said Agre. Aquaporins selectively conduct

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    DISCIPLINE OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY DRUG DESIGN AND DISCOVERY BY: xxxxxxx Introduction A drug is a substance that we used mostly in our daily lives. It is a chemical substance with physiological effects when ingested or introduced into our bodies. The response produce can either be beneficial or harmful. Toxins and poisons can be classified as drugs. This report the term ‘drug’ is for medicinal or pharmaceutical purposes. Drugs used to prevent or treat diseases. Drug design

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    age of exploration

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    history of the world. Before this‚ there had been no lasting contact between the New World (the Americas) and the Old World (Europe‚ Africa and Asia). Beginning with the Portuguese in the mid 1400’s‚ European explorers went on voyages of discovery‚ in search of gold and glory. The places and people that they came in contact with‚ as well as the exploring nations themselves‚ were forever changed. Introduction: The Age of Exploration (1400-1700)had a tremendous impact on the history

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    all know that penicillin is one of the top known class of antibiotics prescribed today. Although this drug has been getting numerous applauds since the mid 1900s on its effectiveness; it did not start at that way. The biggest challenge to this discovery was it mass production‚ which later came down the road. This drug was discovered in a very unusual way by Alexander Fleming in 1920. Fleming had returned from a summer vacation and began sorting petri dishes‚ which contained colonies. Which are

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    Rosalind Franklin Crick and Watson‚ together with Maurice Wilkins‚ won the 1962 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their 1953 determination of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) this was one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the 20th century. James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the molecular structure of DNA model of the structure resembled a twisted rope ladder. They proposed that the DNA molecule consisted of two spirally wound‚ helical chains. Rosalind

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    Henry Hudson

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    forced to turn back to England. The second voyage was in 1610-1611 He traveled to Canada. The other ship was the Discovery. I think he was a very good explorer‚ he loved to explore. Some of the things Henry Hudson would use during his voyages were bells‚ ropes‚ maps‚ compasses‚ and telescopes. He used these tools in both his voyages. The Half Moon and the Discovery were both small ships‚ about 80 tons‚ and carried less than twenty crew. The length of these ship were about 80 feet.

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    Discovery – Creative Writing Write an original narrative which deals with the idea that the best discoveries are unintended. You must include a birthday party. The lingering light was immersed by the rapidly falling night. The once salmon‚ purple sky transformed into a vast expanse of jet-black that engulfed the whole town. Yet at the corner of the street‚ the house remained unchanged. Supported only by stilts‚ its shabby character inconsistent to the grace and elegance of its neighbours. Its door

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    Bigfoot

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    prove a discovery videos‚ sightings and footprints aren’t solid evidence because scientist can tamper with their videos‚ sightings and footprints to make believers believe what they want them to see which would result in not being true. With the technology in today’s society scientists don’t have a problem animating or editing videos to make believers believe about a Sasquatch and making it look real. When in realty Sasquatch doesn’t exist at all because there has been no real discovery of it.

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