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Energy As Rope

a: The kundalini ~
b: rope

What: "The Kundalini is the primordial power and is reflected in you. In a human being, it is like many strands of energy, like rope. This energy is all twisted together to form that Kundalini."

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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Feb 11 2012 1:04 PM



a: cache ~
b: table at a restaurant

What:

"To revisit the restaurant analogy, on-die L2 cache is like having a larger table at the restaurant where the waiter can pre-position your favorite foods."


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Writer: Scott M. Mueller, ‎Mark Edward Soper, ‎Barrie Sosinsky
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Date: Aug 29 2014 7:58 PM



a: neutron star ~
b: gigantic atomic nucleus

What:

"neutron star is like a gigantic atomic
nucleus, packing more than a solar mass
of neutrons inside a ball just 20 kilome-tres across"


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Writer: Chris Fryer and Stan Woosley
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Where:
Date: Oct 8 2014 10:20 AM



a: stopping ATP formation ~
b: poison

What:

"Stuff that stops ATP formation is like poison. It makes the cell stop making energy. Unless it starts making energy anerobically the cell is going to die.Cyanide does that. "


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Writer: Sara S
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Date: Dec 18 2014 10:17 AM



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