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    Natural rubber latex is a raw material harvested from the rubber trees known as H. brasiliensis. There are about eight Hevea plant species from the Euphorbiaceae family are known to produce natural rubber latex, but only H. brasiliensis species is economically exploited. This tree is originally found growing in the Amazon basin of South America but now grown in plantations of rubber producing nations such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand (Tuan Muhammad, 2009). Natural rubber latex was discovered in 1496 when Christopher Columbus and his crew saw indigenous people of Amazon play with a bouncing ball made from dry natural rubber. Since then, samples of natural rubber had been sent back to Europe from time to time. In 1770, Joseph…

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    who were allowed to roam about the gym without following the instruction of the teacher. As gym went on, more and more students became disengaged with the activities. What was remarkable, however, was that Mr. Burger’s sharp discipline kept two of the three disruptive students immediately in line, preoccupied with the physical tasks that he would give them. After gym, we returned to the classroom and began the next activity: game time. This activity consisted of students choosing to play at…

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    Tpo Roofing Research Paper

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    How TPO Roofing Works TPO Roofing Thermoplastic Olefin (TPO) roofing membrane is often regarded as one of the most efficient and economical roofing alternative to PVC roofing. This single ply roofing system is made out of thermoplastic polyolefin membrane, which consist thermoplastic polyolefin top fly compound, TPO polymer base and polyester-reinforced fabric center. TPO fabric also uses fillers made out of carbon fiber, Metal Oxy Sulfate, wollastonite and fiberglass as well as EPDM and…

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    Live River Analysis

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    Range Analysis Introduction This paper analyzes the appropriateness of the text Live River (a short story consists of 1428 running words) for students who have mastered the most frequent 2000 words, but have not reached higher levels. Apart from that, modifications based on the data from “Vocabprofiler” are given in order to reach the 98% text coverage or more, so that students can get ideal comprehension. “Vocabprofiler” (Cobb, 2002), a software for lexical text analysis, classifies the words…

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    What does reading comprehension mean? Reading comprehension is an intentional, active, interactive process that occurs before, during and after a person reads a particular piece of writing. (K-12reader.com, 2008-2016) Therefore, simply put, to comprehend reading a person is making sense out of the information they are given. In schools teachers use strategies to help students learn the necessary concepts they need to graduate. Some of the strategies that teachers use are summarized below…

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    My life, although be it short, has been full of experiences that have sculpted and molded me into the man I am today. I have been given the task to make a cube that makes a collage of my past, present, future, family, and things I enjoy. The goal of this project is to make a cube that acts as a summarization of my life thus far, my goals, and my aspirations. I found pictures and words which I believe best describe me and the phases of my life. Each side of the cube tells a story, which I…

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    City Hunter Analysis

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    Jakkraphat Singraksatrakul My Video Share (City Hunter) Communication Principle has many ways and in groups of meaning. First Communication is Irreversible which means that of what you say you cannot rewind it back. Another definition that the Russian proverb said that “Once a word goes out of your mouth, you can never swallow it again”. In real life situation, mostly this principle can apply to a young lover that love each other but then soon break up each other. This may cause by having them…

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    entertainment the film Rubber is perfect for you. Rubber was created in 2010 and falls into the horror comedy genre. Rubber was written, directed and edited by Quentin Dupieux. It was produced by Gregory Bernard, Julien Berlan, and Kevos Van Der Meiren. The main characters in the film are a car tire, Lieutenant Chad (Stephen Spinella), Sheila (Roxane Mesquida), and an accountant (Jack Plotnick). The film starts out discussing things with no reasons and how Rubber was created for no reason. At…

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    Many ask, what is determination? Listen to me. Determination comes from within. It has many forms. It will test the willpower, the strength of the mind, and the character someone has. It can be a decision or the focus one needs to accomplish a goal. Many people never complete their goals and aspirations in life, but the ones who do thank determination. If you hear what I am saying, then you will understand the true meaning of determination. (Flashback) *Determination is not giving up. I have…

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    So Mote It Be I got the word incorrect because I had no clue as to what it really meant. I was unable to know the true meaning to the word, but it goes way beyond just knowing a word you have to understand and really know how to use it correctly in order to understand where it comes from. I am thanking or asking for help in some way. It is the thought of something in which I want it to be done. It is important to believe that it will be done the way you want it to be done, if I want it done I…

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