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    in the world today [2]. Dr. Pemberton developed a syrup originally as a patent medicine to heal headaches and drowsiness with the majority of the ingredients containing coca leaves (cocaine) and kola nut (caffeine) - hence the name Coca- Cola [1]. This was then mixed with carbonated water to create the now famous Coca Cola product. Coca-Cola proved to be a hit at its opening location in the local community‚ Jacob’s Pharmacy [1]. Shortly after the creation of the carbonated beverage‚ Dr. Pemberton

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    BODY Both Mary Shelly and Riddley Scott share similar concerns as to the capacity of science to corrupt humanity resulting in humanity objectifying‚ repressing and destroying nature. Within both texts science has progressed to the point where we are able to control and create life (victor animating the monster and Tyrel creating replicants) but valuing only self-glorification‚ commerce or personal gain rather than nature..Science results in humanity believing that we’re in control of nature‚ resulting

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    Guantanamo: past‚ present and future The Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay is the oldest U.S. military base still operating outside the U.S. It has been under U.S. control since 1898 but it was not used to hold prisoners from the Afghanistan war until January 2002. Since then‚ hundreds of “law combatants” have been held there against the Geneva Convention and their rights have been removed. Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp became a matter of international concern when it was stated that the prisoners

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    What Is Hairspray Made Of

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    What is hairspray made of? Hairspray is a solution of long‚ chainlike molecules (called polymers) in a very volatile solvent. Spraying deposits a stiff layer of the polymer on your hair after the solvent evaporates. The solvent used was once a compound of carbon‚ fluorine‚ and chlorine (a chlorofluorocarbon‚ or CFC). CFCs are nontoxic‚ nonflammable‚ and make almost ideal aerosol propellants. But when it was learned that they causedestruction of stratospheric ozone‚ they were replaced with other

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    Comparative Study of Texts

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    The module comparative study of texts should remain in the Board of Studies syllabus as it can provide a powerful insight into the human condition and social values of an era. The play “Away” by Michael Gow and poems published in “Sometimes Gladness” written by Bruce Dawe are both texts which reflect similar conditions that the typical person living in suburban Australia between the 1950’s and 1960’s experienced. There were many significant events that took place during these two decades such as

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    November 2015 The Past Doesn’t Affect the Future Some say that the future is always influenced by the past. This is often applied to The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. In this book‚ the protagonist is haunted by guilt his entire life from the failure to help his friend when he needed it‚ but is given the chance to redeem himself later on in his life. Many people say that the idea of the past influencing the future appears frequently in The Kite Runner. However‚ one can find that the future is influenced

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    rubbed on ebonite. Copper‚ rubber or gold Name one substance that will get a positive charge when rubbed on ebonite. acetate‚ glass‚ wool or human hair One piece of glass is rubbed with silk. A second piece of glass is rubbed with a rubber balloon. What will be the charge on both pieces of glass The glass will have a positive charge when rubbed with either silk or rubber. Which piece of glass will have a stronger charge and explain why. The glass rubbed with rubber will have a stronger positive

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    The Past‚ Present and Future of Computer Hacking Abstract Society relies heavily on technology for many things‚ but our use of technology opens us up to become victims of cybercrimes‚ like computer hacking. Hackers can be divided into three main categories: novice‚ intermediate‚ and elite. Hacking has been in the information technology (IT) field for a while. The first hackers appeared in the nineteen sixties and hackers have continued to make progress since then. People hack for a variety of

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    Work(painting): Pair of Shoes (1886) Artist: Vincent Willem van Gogh Theme: Van Gogh made Pair of Shoes from a pair of boots he purchased at a flea market. He wore the boots on an extended rainy walk to create the effect he wished for this painting‚ which may have been a tribute to the working man. The Van Gogh Museum speculates that they may also be symbolic for Van Gogh of his "difficult passage through life." Reason: In this painting of Vincent Van Gogh‚ all we can see is an old pair of shoes

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    A corpus-based study of ‘talk’ and ‘speak’ Wang Bingran Student ID: 11820787d Introduction This study compared ‘talk’ and ‘speak’ in terms of their senses‚ grammatical patterns and collocations. The comparison is based on data drawn from the British National Sampler Corpus (the BNC Sampler Corpus).The vast majority of the examples in this essay were selected from the BNC Sampler Spoken Corpus‚ one example was drawn from the BNC Sampler Written Corpus.

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