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    Plot device

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    Indiana Jones film series‚ Jones is always on the hunt for some mystical artifact. In Raiders of the Lost Ark‚ he is trying to retrieve the Ark of the Covenant; in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade‚ Jones is on a search for the Holy Grail. This plot device dates back to the medieval Arabian Nights tale of "The City of Brass"‚ in which a group of travellers on an archaeological expedition[2] journey across the Sahara to find a brass vessel that Solomon once used to trap a jinn.[3] Several books in the

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    Although smartphones have many downsides‚ they have not destroyed a generation. To say our generation is “destroyed” by technology is very extreme. The advances made with technology is remarkable and should‚ in many ways‚ be celebrated. The access we have to the internet and to each other is no longer a privilege but a guaranteed convenience; however‚ our generation of smartphone users have abused this convenience. I do believe that smartphones have created a distracted‚ less productive generation

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    All works of Utopian literature are designed to present ideologies and protest. Through this they have maintained their popularity whilst retaining the ability to reformulate. This ability to reformulate itself has created a way for authors to explore and investigate ideologies and protests whilst keeping the issues contextual to the time. More has done this extremely well‚ establishing the genre at the beginning of the 16th century‚ in his novella Utopia. By using Rafael as the narrator he successfully

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    Medical Devices

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    Medical Devices For many patients‚ medical devices deliver valuable relief from critical‚ yet failing‚ anatomical mechanisms within their body. An implantable cardioverter – defibrillator (ICD) is one such device that‚ when implanted into the upper left torso‚ delivers high voltage jolts of electricity to patients who are at risk for life-threatening arrhythmias. Ultimately‚ they have the potential capacity to resynchronize one’s cardiac rhythm to the extent that imminent death may be averted. Although

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    Climate Change(ing) Popular Perception One of the biggest‚ but most underrated problems we face in our world today is global warming‚ or as some call it‚ “climate change”. Global warming is defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as “an increase in the earth’s atmospheric and oceanic temperatures widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting especially from pollution.” The cause of this warming of the overall atmosphere of earth is anthropogenic‚ or in other words

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    Why do many cars have a gearbox? Introduction Gearbox is an enclosed system of assembled gears that transmits mechanical energy from a prime mover to an output device. A gearbox can also change the speed‚ direction‚ or torque of mechanical energy.[1] Gearbox was invented in the 19th century and it is still being widely used today. In the early age and in some part of the world‚ gearbox is also known as transmission. Merriam-Webster defines transmission as: an assembly of parts including the speed-changing

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    experience something new. After he gets sick from eating the sea urchin‚ he decides to go back and says: "But a week later I’m better‚ and I go back by myself. My mouth slick with anticipation and revulsion‚ not yet knowing why” (Lee 215-216). ” The reason he eats it again is to learn “why” he wants it. The teen wants to learn about the outside world and grows up. Just like the teen tries to learn about the outside world‚ a young toddler in “The Nothingness Forest‚” expects to find greatness in a forest

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    Personal Responsibility and How to Become a Master Student Robin Loafman-Bass GEN/200 August 21‚ 2012 Personal Responsibility and How to Become a Master Student The phrase “personal responsibility” simply means taking care of ones’ own life in every aspect without succumbing to fears or to the distractions of the outside world. In order to become a master student and achieve the goals a person has set for himself or herself‚ he or she must first have an internally defined level of personal

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    Literary Device Glossary Allusion: An implied or indirect reference to a person‚ event‚ or thing that has to do with another part of a text. Can be direct quotes or it can be indirect things that are implied. Most are from commonly known pieces of literature or history. Example: “but now he found that he committed himself to the following of a grail” The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald. Function: In this example‚ Fitzgerald alludes to the Holy Grail. What this does is show how

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    1. How does a cell become differentiated? A cell becomes differentiated by using only the DNA that it needs. 2. Give an example of 2 differentiated cells. Two examples of differentiated cells are lysosomes and mitochondria. Lysosomes are small so they can move throughout the cell effectively. Mitochondria have a lot of surface area to make more energy 3. (Essay) What does it mean to be specialized? Explain how the structure of the cell determines its function. Give at least 3 examples. Being specialized

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