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    Only Two Percent of Women Describe Themselves As Beautiful In the world today‚ it is very difficult for a girl or woman to consider themselves beautiful. This is caused by multiple reasons. Society today has a very different definition of beauty than woman want to believe. Women do not believe that they are beautiful. Dove did a global study that uncovered a desire for a new and more broad definition of beauty. “The Real Truth About Beauty: A Global Report makes it clear that it is time to life

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    Determining Percent of Water Crystallization and the Chemical Formula of a Hydrate Aim: To determine the percent water of crystallization and the chemical formula of a hydrate Materials * 400 ML beaker * Glass rod * 3 to 5 grams of hydrated copper (II) sulfate CuSO4 (crushed) * Bunsen burner * Spatula * Heating pad * Clamp and stand * Electronic balance Procedures Refer to Lab sheet Observations 1. The powder seems to be very bright and shiny before any heating 2.

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    Nineties Pop Rock

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    Pop Rock in the Nineties The nineties were a decade of enhancement. It was no longer fit to have anything the way it was originally made. It needed to be enhanced. The tastes and wants of society changed as technology changed. Every time technology advanced it would have a ripple effect to everything around it. This included music. Alternative rock was glorious in its day‚ but in the society of the nineties something more was needed. There are some alternative bands that embraced this change and

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    Thomas Edison should have won the inventor of the year award Have you ever wondered who invented some of the things that you use every day? Thomas Edison was one of the very many famous inventors. Thomas Edison should have won the inventor of the year award. First of all‚ Thomas Edison invented things that we use everyday. According to [biographyonline] Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb in 1879. Another example he invented the electric car in 1912. According to edison muckers.org he

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    Thinking Like a Genius

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    Thinking like a genius Famous thinkers "Even if you’re not a genius‚ you can use the same strategies as Aristotle and Einstein to harness the power of your creative mind and better manage your future." Nine approaches to creative problem solving: Rethink! Look at problems in many different ways. Visualize! Utilize diagrams and imagery to analyze your dilemma. Produce! Genius is productive. Combine! Make novel combinations... Form! Form relationships. Opposite! Think in opposites. Metaphor/simile

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    The War of the Currents was a battle between Thomas Edison‚ Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse. Thomas Edison was a famous inventor who invented motion pictures and practical electric light bulb‚ as well as a good businessman. Nikola Tesla was a famous inventor‚ electrical and mechanical engineer. George Westinghouse was a famous entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry They were trying to decide which electricity system‚ either direct

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    questions one may think of. However‚ what science has left unexplained until now is the concept of love. What is love? Is there such thing as "destiny" or "fate"? What does one mean by "100% woman"‚ or a "perfect" man/woman? Since science still can’t find answers to these questions‚ several love-story writers often play around with the world of love. They either attempt to provide an explanation for love‚ or use its "unexplainable effect" to create a story. In the story "On Meeting My 100 Percent Woman

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    very provocative. He attacked the idea of indulgence and the way that Christians were being persuaded that the purchases of indulgences would give them vindication when salvation was really accessible free through Christ‚ by faith and repentance. The Ninety-Five Theses had made inquiries and raised purposes of conflict that many had needed to ask‚ yet few had set out to. What Luther had done turned into the voice for a developing discontent inside the Catholic Church. Did the Church really hold the keys

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    Tesla V Edison

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    1 March 2013 Tesla vs. Edison Everyone knows who Thomas Edison is‚ and many attribute the “invention of electricity” to Edison‚ but this is simply not accurate. The truth is‚ while Thomas Edison did patent and market DC‚ or direct current‚ electricity‚ he did not “invent” electricity‚ and as a matter of fact‚ much of his work was actually basically stolen from other scientists‚ among them‚ one brilliant scientist‚ Nikola Tesla. We are all taught about Edison in school‚ but never once was

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    Thomas Alva Edison was one of the most prominent American inventors of the 20th century. He was born in 1847 in Ohio and worked several different jobs during his early life. In 1968‚ while working at Western Union Company‚ Thomas Edison designed an electronic vote recorder for recording vote faster in legislature‚ which went unsuccessful with the Massachusetts Legislature. In 1869‚ he invented the Universal Stock Printer‚ which synchronized several stock tickers’ transactions‚ and sold the rights

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