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    MacBook Air is unbelievably thin and light. But it’s designed to be powerful‚ capable‚ durable‚ and enjoyable to use‚ with enough battery life to get you through the day. That’s the difference between a notebook that’s simply thin and light and one that’s so much more. Even at less than an inch thin‚ MacBook Air sets a pretty high standard — by making flash storage standard. Flash chips are very compact‚ allowing MacBook Air to be incredibly thin and light. Flash is also solid state‚ meaning there

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    The Thin Red Line depicts the American offense in Japan’s farthest point of advance‚ the island of Guadalcanal‚ focusing on a group of soldiers from the Army Rifle C-Company. Sent in as relief for the weary Marine units‚ the group includes a tough‚ cynical top Sergeant; an ambitious‚ older Lieutenant Colonel‚ and a thrice-AWOL Private. Despite their diverse backgrounds‚ the soldiers form a tight-knit group as they face the war horrors on the island. The movie is a fictional depiction of the Battle

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    Indoor Air Pollution: Effects to Peoples Health Approximately 93% of our life we spend indoors (Vladimira Bukerova‚ personal communication‚ February 2012). Even though this may sound crazy it‚ is true. Weather people stay at home or at work; school or go for shopping they are inside of a building breathing‚ living the same air most of their daily life. There are different issues now days that are destroy our air and when talking about them people immediately will thing about the pollution caused

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    H A B I T A T INTL. Vol. 19‚ No. 3‚ pp. 279-292‚ 1995 Pergamon Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in Great Britain 0197-3975/95 $9.50 + 0.00 0197-3975(94)00071-9 Sustainable Development and the Construction Industry* ROBIN SPENCE and HELEN MULLIGANt Cambridge University‚ UK and tCambridge Architectural Research Limited‚ UK ABSTRACT The construction industry‚ together with the materials industries which support it‚ is one of the major global exploiters of natural resources‚ both physical

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    Thin Layer Chromatography of the Unknown Analgesic Jessica Bajao*‚ Phoebe Abalos‚ Kevin Antiga‚ Carmelus Aseneta 3-Biology 2 College of Science‚ University of Santo Tomas‚ Manila‚ Philippines Abstract The group used five different analgesics in this experiment: aspirin‚ acetaminophen‚ ibuprofen‚ caffeine‚ and mefenamic acid. Six analgesics were spotted on the TLC plate including the unknown. After the development of the TLC plate‚ it was placed under ultraviolet light for the spots resulted

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    Grand Opening by Jon Hassler’s character Michael McMahon‚ who is referred to as Grandfather‚ teaches you that when aging you acquire many attributes such as being delightful‚ interesting‚ and wise and how aging is not something to be afraid of. First of all‚ life is like a roller coaster it goes on and on and on there are ups and downs‚ good times and bad‚ but everything that happens teaches you something new. Grandfather has educated us that you learn many things throughout your lifetime and become

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    Dvorak Technology Academy Thin Client Computer Lab Project Submitted by James I. Davis jd@gocatgo.com TIE-532 November 30‚ 2008 Thin Client Computer Lab Project - page 2 Thin Client Computer Lab Project Introduction Computers are an integral part of 21st century life‚ and as such technology education is recognized as part of the Illinois Learning Standards (ISBE‚ 2008). A computer lab is an efficient way to deliver access to computers and the Internet to students. Traditional labs‚ like

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    Air Sacrifice

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    Air Sacrifice – Mongolia Photo by Viacheslav Smilyk Lamas direct the entire ceremony‚ with their number determined by the social standing of the deceased. They decide the direction the entourage will travel with the body‚ to the specific day and time the ceremony can happen. Mongolians believe in the return of the soul. Therefore the lamas pray and offer food to keep evil spirits away and to protect the remaining family. They also place blue stones in the dead persons bed to prevent evil spirits

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    The Czech Republic boasts(se může pochlubit) some wonderful countryside crisscrossed with thousands of kilometres of marked hiking trails‚ an incredible number of historical sites‚ picturesque historical towns and world-famous spas where visitors come to be cured (lěčeni)‚ as well as to unwind(odpočinek). Visitors from around the world travel here for our culture‚ history and architecture. All of these places are easily accessible. Such a concentration of UNESCO sites cannot be found anywhere else

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    Jessica Mandrick E90 Project Proposal Swarthmore College Department of Engineering Thin Shell Concrete Structure Design and Construction 1 1 Introduction The ACI code defines a thin shell as a: “Three-dimensional spatial structure made up of one or more curved slabs or folded plates whose thicknesses are small compared to their other dimensions. Thin shells are characterized by their three-dimensional loadcarrying behavior‚ which is determined by the geometry of their forms‚ by the

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