Category: Entertainment
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What is the Meaning of Black Friday?
The Meaning of Black Friday in the United States has been used in numerous themes, dating back the 19th hundreds, where it was related to the financial disaster in 1869. The earliest uses of the word to represent the day after Thanksgiving comes from or references Philadelphia and refers to the arduous traffic on that…
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What You Need to Know by Black Friday to Keep Your Business in Profit
As you start reading the beginning of this article, you will find comfort in knowing there is a powerful new way to guarantee increased sales this holiday season. Even in a struggling economy, your business will not feel the hurt if you implement these incredibly simple marketing tips.You don’t know it yet, but by the…
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Apple Student, Black Friday and Apple Certified Refurbished Discounts
There are only a handful of instances when Apple will discount its new Macs and MacBooks. The two most notable occasions are for academia purposes and for Black Friday promotions. Apple Education discounts are available year-round. Students, teachers and academic administrators are eligible for this special pricing program. Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving.…
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Smart Tips for Scoring Superb Laptops for Black Friday 2011
If two of your goals this year are: 1) have your own laptop and, 2) join this year’s Black Friday shopping event, then better read through and learn some smart and simple ways into scoring wonderful and affordable laptop deals this Black Friday.Without a doubt, laptops sales are the most in demand gifts for the…
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Online Holiday Shopping – How to Do it and Save
When the holiday season arrives, for most people this is one of the most loving and exciting times of the year. Even though this is true, one thing that goes with the holiday season is holiday shopping. Holiday shopping can be some of the most stressful and expensive tasks to accomplish. The crowded parking lots,…
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Black Friday – Humans Behaving Badly
We are the most compassionate country on the face of this planet. There are those who would think that a bold statement; however, when you consider worldwide contributions in the form of relief efforts and international aid, obviously there is not a more giving country anywhere on Earth. With that said, we also own the…
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Cockroaches (Blattaria)
Cockroaches are among the oldest and most primitive of insects. They evolved about 350 million years ago during the Silurian Period, diverging together with the manrids from an ancestral stock that also gave rise to termites (Boudreaux 1979). Cockroaches are recognized as the order Blattaria. Although the majority of species are feral and not directly…
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Epidemiology of Vector-Borne Diseases
COMPONENTS OF TRANSMISSION CYCLES The components of a transmission cycle of an arthropodborne disease are (1) a vertebrate host which develops a level of infection with the parasite that is infectious to a vector, (2) an arthropod host or vector that acquires the parasite from the infected host and is capable of transmission, and (3)…
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The Black Hole Game
Adding the Finishing Touches Our Black Hole game is functional in terms of the mechanics of the game working and being fairly well balanced, so now we can spend time addressing the gameplay and “fun factor” of the game. The goal is to increase the replay value as much as possible. A neat idea for…
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Rocket Science: Acceleration
Building the Game The Black Hole game is based on most of the code we’ve developed in each of the previous hours of the book, and there really is no single previous hour that gets more credit than others since each hour has built upon the hours that came before. Let’s dig into the game…