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    She was the first of all the women to marry an angel." He said. Azazel rolled his eyes. “This skull, is made of pure, quartz crystals because I remembered what you said about them having an abundance of energy, so I decided I would make thirteen of them. This is the only one in Mu though, I had twelve others made each lie in a different city." "And what exactly did they…

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    human manufactured stone tools in its lower layers. A number of these tools were created by intentionally bashing stones with one another, known as the process of flintknapping. These stone tools were rendered from an array of material such as basalt, quartz, and fine-grained stones, and were selected based on their properties and the intended use. (Price & Feinman, 2013, p 55). 5. Hyoid…

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    Great Valley Sequence

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    shales, which were deposited during Upper Cretaceous (74-80 Ma) in near shore and shallow marine environment according to the fossils found. The sandstone in this outcrop is medium-sorted, angular to sub-angular arkosic arenite, with minerals such as quartz, plagioclase, muscovite and altered biotite. 1/4 of the muscovite was dated as 90 Ma old, matching the time of Cathedral Peak Intrusion. The provenance of the sandstone is probably granites. Round concretions on sandstones indicate calcite…

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    making company in the gold fields of American Bar in 1856. Hallidie had learned his craft in Scotland where at the age of ten he had apprenticed under his father, Andrew Smith, who had a number of patents for the making of wire rope. At American Bar a quartz mill had built an incline railway using hemp rope to haul empty cars up and full cars down. The hemp rope required replacement every 75 days, Hallidie’s lasted for two years. Returning to San Francisco in 1857, the A.S. Hallidie & Co.…

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    Greek Homo Sapiens

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    well as prepared core (Conroy and Pontzer). Most of these tools used were either made from stone or bone. Most of the smaller stones consisted of flakes or broken cores and were most commonly made from flint; the larger ones were typically made from quartz (Conroy and Pontzer). Bone tools seemed to have many different uses within this specific…

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    Beginning with Lithogenous sediments, they are the major sediments found on the ocean floor, they are created through the process of both chemical and mechanical weathering of rocks, mostly quartz. These Lithogenous particles make up beaches, rivers and even glaciers. Biogenous sediments are primarily derived from the parts of a once living sediment. This sediment is generally made up from dissolving shells, teeth and bones from decaying…

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    and hydrogenated fats like olive oil, nut oil, seed oils and coconut oil, but this is only a problem for vegans, who do not consume any animal products. For minerals, which according to Merriam-Webster [APPEAL TO AUTHORITY], is a substance (such as quartz, coal, petroleum, salt, etc.) that is naturally formed under the ground, they are also found in abundance in mostly vegetables like beans and leafy greens but also in some fruits as well.…

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    Absolutism Vs Women

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    leaves women in the same uncomfortable position as before. “And with so few female professors in economics, who can show a female graduate student how to promote herself gracefully, break into predominantly male conversations without raising hackles?” (Quartz…

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    Swiss watches are one of the finest watch industries in the whole world. Behind their backs stands a deep and full of experience history that lasts for many centuries. Swatch watch industry provides and covers accessories’ for every social class from poor to rich. Starting from the cheapest and world best-selling “plastic watches” Swatch and ultra-expensive luxury class watch Patek-Philippe. Switziland exports 95% to the world (Swissworld.org, 2015). Swiss industry today faces a lot of…

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    In 2013, China became just the third country – following the US and Russia – to achieve a soft landing of instruments on the moon, landing the “Jade Rabbit” (or Yutu) lunar lander. The significance of this, and other China National Space Administration (CNSA) missions, however, has been the national reaction within China. According to National Geographic’s Michael Greshko, millions of people followed the rover’s activity on social media. In 2014, Yutu was believed to have failed after being…

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