Are you an urban inhabitant who is fed up with the characteristic noises and dirty of the city? Do you yearn for hiding in a quiet and tranquil place inside? I was once awed by the peaceful scene of a small anonymous village in northern Fujian where lived an old friend of my grandmother’s. The beauty and peace of the village were unequaled. It was a beautiful morning; green mountains extended high above the clouds. Wild flowers speckled the base of the mountains‚ waving their faces in the gentle
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Have you ever met someone who changed your life forever? I have. When I first started as an undergraduate‚ I had no desire to study biology. At that time‚ most biology-associated classes I experienced were in a typical lecture setting. While they were relatively easy for me‚ they were not exciting nor did they motive me to learn more. Biological science‚ for me‚ was simply something theoretical and too far away from real life. However‚ my ‘Evolution’ and ‘Animal Behavior’ professors completely changed
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Most elements have isotopes. For stable isotopes‚ an interesting plot arises when the number of neutrons is plotted versus the number of protons. Because the plot shows only the stable isotopes‚ this graph is often called the Nuclear Belt of Stability. The plot indicates that lighter nuclides (isotopes) are most stable when the neutron/proton ratio is 1/1. This is the case with any nucleus that has up to 20 protons. As the atomic number increases beyond 20‚ a different trend becomes apparent. In
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Did You Ever Stop To Notice? “The question is not‚ “Can they reason?” nor‚ “Can they talk?” but rather‚ “Can they suffer?”” – Jeremy Bentham. Every year‚ 58 billion land animals are consumed. Billions of these animals experience cruelty that is considered “humane” in today’s world. Chickens live 3-6 weeks and have incredibly rapid growth due to antibiotics and an unhealthy diet. Billions of animals suffer each year. Their safety‚ comfort or pain does not matter in the eyes of corporate moguls who
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Scientist Biography: Hedy Lamarr She is most easily recognized as ‘the most beautiful woman in film’ during the Golden Age of film. She was incredibly beautiful and talented‚ but Hedy Lamarr was much more than a pretty face. She was also extremely intelligent‚ creative‚ driven‚ and hardworking. She made some of her own movies‚ and beyond Hollywood she spent much of her time helping support the World War II effort. Lamarr did amazing things in her lifetime and proved to be a very well rounded individual
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Did you ever stop to wonder what sets apart the really successful students from the average ones? Why do some students who appear to study all the time just get by‚ while others who don’t appear to put in as much time and effort do well? Is it all related to IQ or are some other factors involved? The truth is that success in school is not so much determined by sheer intelligence as knowing how to study. Studying is a skill. Being successful in school requires a high level of study skills. Students
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MgtS 4481 Sec. 5 Geoffry Bell‚ Ph. D. February 6‚ 2012 Hand-In Summary 1 Hambrick and Fredrickson’s literature review‚ Are you sure you have strategy? focuses on the key components of a strategy. Its purpose is to expand on the past 30 years of strategic frameworks and help us identify what actually constitutes a strategy. When executive call everything strategy‚ they create confusion‚ so this article works to dispel the misconception many executives and scholars hold that a strategy is
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We Have Given You A Republic. It Remains To Be Seen If You Will Be Able To Retain It: Benjamin Franklin said “We have given you a Republic. It remains to be seen if you will be able to retain it.” The statement was made soon after Benjamin Franklin and the other delegates had concluded their work on the Constitution. A woman approached Ben Franklin outside and asked him "Well‚ Dr. Franklin‚ what have you done for us?” The response from Ben Franklin was directed or likely meant
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Have you ever thought about having a later school starting time‚ and how it could affect us for the better or the worse? Well in this essay I will explain to you how having schools to start later could help us‚ for example students will get more sleep‚ secondly they won’t be tired during school and lastly they will be more active during class which would help improve their academic performance. Many students are not getting enough sleep and always being late for school‚ this is due to having an
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Period 3 Montgomery 9/9/14 This Day In History 1 Have you ever wondered how or when the first tanks were built? In September 1915‚ the first prototype tank built was named Little Willy. Weighing 14 tons and only moving 2 mph‚ Little Willy was far from a success. The idea came from a British colonel named Ernest Swinton. Swinton’s idea was to create an armored vehicle that would tear through enemy lines and destroy their troops. The performance of Little Willy was not so great. It was slow and
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