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    CATCH ME‚ I CAUGHT It was Friday morning on Januari 2010. I was in the third grade of senior high school. I studied in Bekasi 1 Senior High School or as known as Smansasi‚ well-known with very strict rules. Learning activities began at seven‚ which no students could pass through the gates even though only one minute late. My day started with heavy rain. As usual‚ i waited for my friend to pick me up. It was ten minutes to seven in the morning. I was worried‚ i was sure that i and my friend would

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    Almost 90 years ago‚ the invention of television began with the story of 11 year-old boy‚ Philo Farnsworth. Unlike other boy‚ he was the smartest one and started developing his talent‚ especial in electricity‚ very early in his life. First of all‚ he was the first member in his family who discovered the electricity while they were traveling to find the new home. And in this land‚ he had a chance to get involved with every electric machine that he had known only from the books. In the new home‚ he

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    Clock is the best invention in the world! The history of clocks is very long. There are many different types of clocks over the years. The word ‘clock’ was first used in the 14th century. It comes from the word for bell in Latin (“clocca”). The very first timekeepers were natural clocks such as the sun‚ moon and stars. Ancient people used sticks and stones to find out the time around 3500 B.C. When it was between 3500 BCE and 1949‚ the inventors improved clocks‚ and became the clock that

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    British ship that was carrying 46 tons of tea and was dumped into the harbor. The conflict between the Monarchy and nobility over reform of tax system lead to bankruptcy and more. In the result the Monarchy ends up falling. It was said to be an invention of a new

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    developed a writing system. The early Mesopotamian civilization was known for inventing the first 30-day lunar calendar. Using the phases of the Moon‚ they counted 12 lunar months as a year. Moreover‚ Mesopotamians first observed a seven-day week. The invention of the calendar was a remarkable contribution that later had a major influence on our modern calendar. The Mesopotamians also developed mathematics to a very advanced level and created the sexagesimal system for the calculation of time and angles

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    October 2‚ 2013 Word Count: 460 The Invention of Lying Would a world without lies be better? How would you react if every individual you had contact with told you their true opinions about you? Would you like hearing the truth about everything or hearing the lies? No matter how much you say you haven’t lied‚ you just lied. Most in their early years of life have lied whether its candy they stole or hitting their brother. In the film‚ The Invention of Lying‚ Mark Bellison is an average who is

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    The Cotton Gin Invention "Go get the cotton so the people can get the seeds out‚" his dad said. Eli was a boy who lived on a farm with a normal family that was going to do a great thing in his life. He went around and asked farmers what they think was most hard. Most of the answers were the same. "On a farm what do you think is most difficult to do?" Eli told the farmer. "Obviously the getting the seeds out of the cotton‚" replied the farmer. "Can you hand me that ranch‚" said Eli. He began

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    The directors Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson‚ of the film The Invention of Lying suggest that honesty is not always the best policy. Gervais and Robinson support their suggestion by creating a society that has only relied on telling the truth and nothing but it. In this world‚ the superficial truth is told over and over‚ where one man‚ Mark‚ is told of people’s true feelings more often because of his size. Mark is facing several obstacles during this time‚ such as his mother dying and losing

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    Topic: Surfboards Purpose: To inform the class about the invention of surfboards and how they have progressed. Central idea: To give the audience information on how the surfboard was invented‚ history‚ how its improved‚ and a little information about the sport of surfing. Introduction: Surfing is something I’ve always been interested in. My dad surfs‚ my uncle surfs‚ I just grew up around surfing and the ocean. I’ve been surfing for three years. I wanted to tell you guys how the surfboard

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    Teenager invents revolutionary device; A device which can charge a cell phone in just 20 seconds A California teen has attracted the attention of tech giants Google for her potentially revolutionary invention which charges a phone in 20 seconds flat. The super-fast charging device has been dubbed a super capacitor by 18-year-old Esha Khare‚ of Saratoga - as she took home $50‚000 from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair‚ which took place in Phoenix this week. The device will

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