Studies indicate that nonsmokers are also adversely affected by environmental tobacco smoke. There are 4000 chemicals in tobacco with 100 identified poisons and 63 known drugs which cause cancer. The most talked about drug in tobacco is nicotine. Nicotine is vasoconstrictor and a nerve toxin‚ it has been classified as a class I insecticide. Other poisons include: Arsenic‚ Cyanide‚ Formaldehyde (used to embalm bodies)‚ Ammonia Bromide (a toilet cleaner )- Ref. 1. Each year‚ because of exposure
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TIMBRE In music‚ the term “timbre” is used for the quality of a musical note or sound that distinguishes different types of sound production‚ such as voices or musical instruments. Timbre is also known in psychoacoustics as tone quality or tone colour. There is no rating scale on which timbre can be measured‚ unlike pitch and loudness‚ which can be rated on scales from “high” to “low”.(i) The commonly quoted American National Standards Institute formal definition of timbre reflects this: “Timbre
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ALL ABOUT APPLES The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree‚ species Malus domestica in the rose family (Rosaceae). It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits‚ and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apples grow on small‚ deciduous trees. The tree originated in Central Asia‚ where its wild ancestor‚ Malus sieversii‚ is still found today. Apples have been grown for thousands of years in Asia and Europe‚ and were brought to North America
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to spread apart‚ the light then bounces‚ or reflects‚ off of the back of the droppled and refracts once again as it leave the dropplet on the same side it entered. By the time the light reaches your eyes the refraction is so noticeable that you see all the colors of sunlight spread apart - creating a Rainbow Colors of rb traditionally‚ the rainbow’s colours are described as red‚ orange‚ yellow‚ green‚blue‚ indigo and violet. In fact‚ our eyes can discern many more indivual hues. Rainbow colours
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* a head of a newspaper story or article usually printed in large type and giving the gist of the story or article that follows * usually only four or five words. It tries to attract the interest of the reader by telling them what the story is about‚ in a short and interesting way. "The best headlines both ’tell and sell ’‚ that is‚ they tell the reader quickly what the news is and persuade the reader that the story is worth reading." (Ludwig‚ Gilmore‚ 2005) Headlines are usually read first
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an amazing hero here to love and help me whenever I need her. My mom is 45 years old but has the energy of a 20 year old. She is tall‚ a women who isn’t afraid to strut her stuff in a nice pair of heels. She has short black hair‚ and brown eyes that can definitely tell if you are up to no good. With a smile that can brighten the dimmest room. She was originally from Haiti but moved to the United States when she was sixteen years old. My mom is currently a BSN Nurse so that basically meant there was
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film or a digital storage device. Mis-en-Scene is used to represent the director’s role of what appears in the shot. This can include lighting‚ setting‚ costumes‚ props and actions of who or what is in the shot. Citizen Kane was a revolutionary film and advanced many film techniques that are still used today. Citizen Kane was released in 1941; Directed by Orson Wells who also stars in the film at the age of 25. It was him film debut. Citizen Kane used Mis-en-Scene and deep focus to show themes in the
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formulation -> assets & skills -> strategy implementation -> AAR) • Resource-based model (internal focusing: resources -> capability -> CA -> attractive industry -> strategy formulation & implementation -> AAR) Risk is an investor’s uncertainty about the economic gains or losses that will result from a particular investment. Average returns are returns equal to those an investor expects to earn from other investments with a similar amount of risk. Note: • Returns are normally measured
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chemical energy in all living organisms. It consists of adenine linked to D-ribose (i.e. adenosine); the D-ribose component bears three phosphate groups‚ linearly linked together by covalent bonds (see formula). These bonds can undergo hydrolysis to yield either a molecule of ADP (adenosine diphosphate) and inorganic phosphate or a molecule of AMP (adenosine monophosphate) and pyrophosphate. Both these reactions yield a large amount of energy (about 30.6 kJ mol–1) that is used to bring about such biological
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In the film All About Eve‚ (directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and released in 1950)‚ Eve Harrison (Anne Baxter) was a young woman with evil running through her veins. She wanted to be ’somebody’ and chose to get there through Margo Channing (Betty Davis) who was a famous stage star. Eve would do whatever it took to get where she wanted to be‚ including hurt the ones that trusted her and took her in as a ’lost lamb’. Though Eve was already evil within and throughout‚ the people around her made
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