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    of “thugs”, and the complete underrepresentation in my limited circle of entertainment of school, Disney movies, and books. Even with my mother’s constant, effortless strategies of expanding my collection of Barbie’s from the lightest shades of cafe au lait with shiny, bone straight hair that glided through my plastic combs with ease to the crispest, darkest shades of the night sky who hair was so thick and curly that no comb nor brush ever survived a single run through. The Disney movies that lined

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    been a fundamental part of the culinary and social culture of New Orleans. It’s not just the city’s penchant for chicory café au lait served alongside warm beignets. Nor is it just landmark gathering spots like Café du Monde or Morning Call Coffee Stand that spawned the notion of the laborers’ coffee break and served locals and tourists for generations. And it isn’t solely boozy Café Brulôt, the brandy-spiked coffee drink New Orleans families serve in slender china cups that makes New Orleans a true

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    a fundamental part of the culinary and social culture of New Orleans. It’s not just the city’s penchant for chicory café au lait served alongside warm beignets. Nor is it just landmark gathering spots like Café du Monde and or Morning Call Coffee Stand that spawned the notion of the laborers’ coffee break and served locals and tourists for generations. And it isn’t solely boozy Café Brulôt, the brandy-spiked coffee drink New Orleans families serve in slender china cups that makes New Orleans a true

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    Write your name here Surname Other names Edexcel International GCSE Centre Number Candidate Number French Paper 2: Reading and Writing Thursday 17 May 2012 – Morning Time: 1 hour 30 minutes You do not need any other materials. Paper Reference 4FR0/02 Total Marks Instructions Use black ink or ball-point pen. Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, centre number and candidate number. Answer all questions. Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there

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    The air held all the magical wonder that was unique to New Orleans. The night sky glowed a faint indigo hovering above the city. Exotic scents drifted from the restaurants of the French Quarter mingling with the smell of spilled liquor and beer from Bourbon Street. The sultry, musky smell that flowed from the Mississippi River drew tourist along with locals into its web of mystery. Danger and excitement abounded in this place that was never quite still. The revelers in the streets wandered up

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    Neurofibromatosis Neurofibromatosis is a disorder affecting the chromosomes of the human body. It is a hereditary disorder affecting the nervous system. The term neurofibromatosis actually refers to two different genetic diseases. The most common type is NF 1, and the less common type is NF 2. Both disorders are transmitted in an autosomal dominant fashion. An autosomal dominant disease is a disorder caused by the presence of a single autosomal dominant gene; an abnormal factor located

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    According to Medical News Today the inherited gene that causes NF1 can be found on chromosome 17 on the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) strands. Individual with NF normally develop brown spots (café au lait) at birth or during early childhood but, for a diagnosis more than six spots must be present. Or two of the following symptoms: soft tumors (neurofibromas) on the skin or under the skin, bone abnormalities, bowed legs or curving of the spine,

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    In the early 1970s the English traveler and writer, Bruce Chatwin, reached the peak of his nomadic journeys when he decided to experience a huge change of lifestyle to spend several months discovering and knowing the remote Patagonia. The book In Patagonia shows a journey which was Inspired by concerns of his childhood, when he found a piece of dinosaur skin in his grandmother’s cabinet and by a nomadic spirit he carried since he was little, Chatwin, leaves his job in the famous newspaper Sunday

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    Eleanor stopped at the pastry shop for a café-au-lait and croissant. The morning started early with a meeting with corporate bigwigs who had flown in from the east coast late the night before. There had been discussions, then disagreements, and finally it became heated. Corporate threatened, but Eleanor had stood firm pointing to numbers, surveys, and results which were just now beginning to be seen. Patience was required. But corporate viewed the world in the short-term. Eleanor felt it was not

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    2.0 Materials and Methods Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is one of the current methods used to obtain the entire genetic composition of a particular patient. Once the sequence of DNA has been obtained the information within the patient’s genome is compared to a reference genome so that potentially pathogenic mutations can be identified. Regions of DNA that are of interest are validated following the procedure outlined below. Primer design Specific DNA loci were obtained from analysts in the form

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