stinging cells located on their tentacles. The box jelly fish can weigh up to two kilograms. Box jellyfish are pale blue in colour and are translucent‚ which makes them invisible in the water. So much so‚ that for years nobody knew what was causing swimmers such excruciating pain‚ and sometimes killing them. The animals have eyes but no brain so no one knows how they process what they see (Birgit‚ 2008). Mating behaviours in box jellyfish species are quite different compared to other marine species
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short story ends with the secretary humiliating the boss and becoming more self-assured. John Cheever’s short story‚ “The Five-Forty-Eight”‚ contains themes of sin‚ deception‚ and redemption that merge together to reveal how good can overpower evil. Cheever uses a stereotypical relationship between a powerful boss and a “weak” secretary to portray the main theme. To begin‚ the main character‚ Mr. Blake‚ has committed many sins throughout the short story with his actions and constant mistreatment of
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are slight: since 1852 there has been one fatal attack every 13 years. You are far more likely to drown than be mauled by a shark. Nets After a spate of attacks off Dunedin beaches in the 1960s‚ patrol boats and planes have been used to warn swimmers and surfers. From 1969‚ nets were also laid at local beaches; the programme was still in effect in 2004 at St Clair‚ St Kilda and Brighton beaches. In the early to mid-1970s‚ about six great whites were netted each year. Since then most of the sharks
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A main limitation to technology in sports is that it is not available to everyone‚ sometimes due to the price of the availability of the product. Many people argue that the LZR Racer swimming suit is more like a ‘device’ that swimmers who can afford it wear to improve their performance (the retail price of $550‚ and you are supposed to wear it only 10
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Relativity research task 1. James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish theoretical physicist who proposed a mathematical link between magnetism and light. He developed a series of mathematical equations that were eventually reduced to four equations now known as Maxwell’s equations. Explain the significance of Maxwell’s equation to scientists’ understanding of the transmission of light and the search for the aether in the Newtonian era of physics. James Clerk Maxwell developed four of the most influential
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Odyssey‚ the Bible‚ Beowulf‚ and other sagas. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- In 1578‚ Nikolaus Wynmann‚ a German professor of languages‚ wrote the first swimming book‚ The Swimmer or A Dialogue on the Art of Swimming (Der Schwimmer oder ein Zwiegespräch über die Schwimmkunst).
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Assignment Number: INN210.1 Assignment Name: SQL Assignment Weighting: 20%. Each of the tasks of this assignment is worth an equal amount. In general‚ part marks will be given for a partly correct answer‚ for each of the tasks. Due Date: Sunday‚ 14th September 2014 Rather than leaving it to the last minute‚ you are strongly encouraged to start working on this assignment at a much earlier stage. The relevant material is covered in Lectures 2 through 6‚ and in the corresponding
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Sample Problems for Speed: 1. Calculate the speed of a dog running through a field if he is covering 23.7 meters in 54 seconds. 2. If a cross country runner covers a distance of 347 meters in 134 seconds‚ what is her speed? 3. What is the speed of a baseball that travels 49 meters in 2.4 seconds? 4. What is the speed of the horse that runs a distance of 250 meters in 3.5 seconds? 5. The girl runs 136 meters in 30 seconds. What is her total speed?
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Leaping off the lifeguard stand into the coarse sand‚ I raced into the water to help a struggling swimmer in need. Becoming a lifeguard was no easy task‚ I was challenged throughout training and earned my position. I grew as a person along the way and learned essential personal and career skills that would help me throughout my adult years. Prior to lifeguard training‚ life was simple. I didn’t know how to fill out a check‚ nor did I need to. Deadlines and time management were foreign to me. Removing
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Reverend Hale’s Metamorphosis In Arthur Miller’s play‚ The Crucible‚ it is clear that Reverend John Hale of Beverly is the character that undergoes the most dramatic transformation and is a perfect example of how a well-respected‚ strong willed man can be changed due to deceit and lies. His reputation and control in the play moves between two extremes as the events continue- shifting from confident accuser to helper of the accused. Hale’s arrival during Act I in Salem depicts him as character full
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