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    Unknown Microorganism

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    of each is vital to treat a patient correctly. The purpose of this report is to explain the process and steps used to identify a certain microorganism referred to as the unknown. Materials and Methods A test tube with an unknown microorganism will be retrieved. Once the test tube is retrieved‚ a steak for isolation will be completed in order to produce isolated colonies of the organism on an agar plate. The unknown test tube with the bacteria is flame sterilized using a Bunsen burner. Once the

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    Essay 23: Common Myths about Medical School Acceptance Myths abound about the gauntlet that medical school applicants must survive just to become medical students. To hear people describe the process‚ it sounds as harrowing as basic training in the Marine Corps. On the other hand‚ every legend contains some truth. So let’s cut through the layers of exaggeration and get to the kernels of truth. Myth #1 - You need a 4.0 GPA in college to get into medical school. Reality: Although getting straight

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    Fear of the Unknown

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    Jennifer Haynes Anthony Priest English 210 September 26‚ 2012 Fear is a powerful and psychological entity. Fear can make us rise to an occasion or crumble under its mighty psychosis. Fear can arise anywhere. It can come from the known and unknown. Fear can show the strong they are weak and it can show the weak they are strong. A person can learn from fear‚ as I have learned from being afraid. The first day attending a new school is scary to most young children. They know no one and usually

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    Many times as a dancer‚ I find myself thinking about what my body is capable of. “What A Dancer Thinks About”‚ by Doris Humphrey‚ was written around the time period of 1937. This essay describes a dancer’s point of view of dance. Doris was born in Oak Park‚ Illionis‚ in 1915‚ where she studied dance. She became a member at the Denishawn school along with assisting Ruth St. Denis‚ a member of the Humphrey-Weidman Company‚ and creating works of her own. While creating her own works‚ Humphrey became

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    Unknown Girl

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    The Unknown Girl By Moniza Alvi The title ‘unknown girl’ may suggest that the poetess is in search of her roots‚ culture‚ traditions and heritage. She is unknown to her country‚ the place from where she belongs. She is trying to find out more about her home-country. This poem is a first-person narration from the poetess’ point of view. It us a free verse‚ autobiographical poem which is written in a single stanza containing many local dialects‚ for instance‚ ‘bazaar’‚ ‘hennaing’‚ ‘kameez’ and

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    The Fear of the Unknown

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    The Fear of The Unknown The short stories of Ben Loory‚ Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day‚ exhibit numerous postmodern qualities through literary context‚ language and themes. One of these reoccurring themes within the collection is the concept of fear of the unknown. Three stories exemplary of this theme are “The Magic Pig‚” “The Fish in the Teapot‚” and “The Snake in the Throat.” In every one of these stories chosen there is an appearance of an object. One character is tortured by the

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    An Unknown Girl

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    Imran Hyder      4th Period English An Unknown Girl An Unknown Girl is written by the poet Moniza Alvi. Moniza Alvi is a renowned Pakistani-British writer. Her mother is British and her father is from Pakistan. She was born in Pakistan and later moved to the United Kingdom. This could reflect why An Unknown Girl is about the struggle Alvi or The Unknown Girl has trying to relocate her cultural identity and cling onto it in a nation where the culture is slowly drifting away and being replaced by western

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    Into The Unknown Analysis

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    intelligence and the reliability of IQ tests has always been a controversy in this modern society. The disparity over the understanding of intelligence has also led to much conflicts and struggles on how to measure one’s ability to acquire knowledge and reasoning. In Kevin Warwick’s “Into the Unknown‚” he argues that instead of measuring intelligence in a single dimensional value‚ difference aspects like culture and values should be taken into considerations throughout the process. In “The Social

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    Religion and Word Myth

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    HUM150 DEC 06‚2012 REGINA VEGA FOUNDATION OF MYTHOLOGY *How is the word myth used popularly? For example‚ what does the statement‚ “It’s a myth” mean? In contrast‚ how is the word myth used in the academic context? After considering the definition in your textbooks and course materials‚ write a definition in your own words. The world myth is used to identify a story which usually is a fiction story stating it is not real. “It’s a myth” means that it is not a fictional story‚ it is sort of like

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    An Unknown Girl

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    An unknown Girl Moniza Alvi was born in Pakistan .Her father was Pakistani and mother English. She left Pakistan when she was a baby for England. The poet is thus caught between two worlds and her poems exemplify her quest for her cultural identity. The prescribed poem appears to be set in India. Pakistan was a part of India before the partition‚ therefore the setting may be a symbolic thirst for her motherland. The title of the poem is “The Unknown Girl”‚ though it may refer to the girl in the

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