In their 1953 Nature publication‚ Watson and Crick announced their landmark discovery: DNA exists in the form of a right handed‚ three-dimensional double helix. They described their DNA model as two DNA strands connected by hydrogen bonds between complementary bases. Adenine bases are always paired with thymines‚ and cytosines are always paired with guanines. Watson and Crick identified the anti-parallel configuration of DNA strands; each 5’ end of one strand is paired with the 3’ end of its complementary
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Three Lunulae Truro Museum – Penelope Shuttle Three Lunulae‚ Truro Museum is a poem written by Penelope Shuttle and it is written with the perspective of a person who visits a museum and views the Lunulae. The visitor‚ upon first seeing the Lunulae begins to imagine their history. The gender of the viewer is unknown but it seems to be a woman‚ given the gentle and delicate way of writing‚ shown through the first stanza “gold so thin‚ only an old woman would notice its weight”. The poem consists
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Break Break Break by Alfred Lord Tennyson The poem ‘Break Break Break’ by Alfred lord Tennyson was written in 1834‚ the year after the death of one of his closest friends; Arthur Henry Hallam. Hallam and Tennyson had been very close for almost six years‚ and Hallam had been engaged to Tennyson’s sister‚ so his fatal brain hemorrhage in 1833 came as a great shock to Lord Tennyson. Hallam’s death affected him so much that nineteen years later he named his son Hallam.The literate subject of the poem
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The Misleading Ideas of War During the times of war‚ young men were taught into believing that one must sacrifice his own life in order to demonstrate worshipped patriotism. Wilfred Owen’s “Dulce et Decorum Est” is an eye-opening poem that illustrates powerful imagery and diction. He creates the theme of false idealism being that the deceiving ideas of war as a glorious act of loyalty to one’s country in reality causes traumatizing experiences and memories that can scar individuals for
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I found my favorite quote after I read the book SOLD in class. The book was about a young girl who got sold into the sex slave trade and it illustrated her realization of how horrible the world can be. Even the people who should depend on can cross you and become untrustworthy. My quote is by Patricia McCormick who writes a main character named Lakshmi. The main character snuck down after a customer and saw the woman who owned her paying off a police officer to look the other way. She began to realize
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After reading Walter Wink’s analysis‚ I discovered that the Bible contains many defenses and strategies that contest all of the injustices toward the poor and homeless. Within Wink’s excerpt‚ he targeted three core sayings that the evangelists Matthew and Luke employed in their Gospels‚ “turn the other cheek”‚ “give the undergarment”‚ and “go the second mile”. I have read and heard of all three of these sayings previously‚ but I never understood them the way that I understand them now. When I first
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Thinking about everything I have learned from reading “Monique‚” I would say it is one of the greatest books I have read. Kris Holloway did an awesome job with how she made you feel about Monique and Mali. I liked everything from when she spoke about child birthing to the culture status for women in Mali. (Question #1) After reading the book‚ I would say that I know a lot more about childbirth and childrearing practices in Mali then I did before. Starting with chapter 1 I knew this was going to
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“Shifu‚ You’ll Do Anything For A Laugh”: A commentary The first chapter of a story is always one of the most important ones. It sets the stage and tone of the story‚ introduces us to the characters‚ and has to be sufficiently interesting to keep the reader engaged. In “Shifu‚ You’ll Do Anything For A Laugh”‚ Mo Yan brings us straight to the heart of the action and the root of the story’s plot; when Ding Shikou‚ the main character‚ is retrenched. The type of society in which the story
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decided to write a piece on the subject of cooking in order to entertain my audience‚ but I didn’t want to just entertain the reader by including some jokes‚ I wanted my piece to have a twist so I decided to write a piece which had an unusual recipe. Of course it was not meant to be actually carried out‚ only to point fun at the subject. I decided to write this subject as I have an interest in the subject of cooking‚ and what I find is that most people are put off cooking because they believe it
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This poem is about the time following a car crash‚ when the ambulance is arriving‚ and taking the body away. The first stanza concentrates more upon the physical description of the crash‚ and while there is still emotion in the first stanza‚ through the use of emotive language‚ metaphor‚ and imagery‚ the second stanza is the stanza that explores the emotions felt after the car crash. Karl Shapiro‚ the author‚ starts the poem with an image of a bell. At first‚ the bell seems peaceful‚ because of
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