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    A new study in Puget Sound‚ Washington has brought to light that when an orca breaks through the water surface and exchales‚ it sprays an array of bacteria and fungi. Consequently‚ these findings raise concern on whether infectious diseases could be a major stress factor for the struggling population of orcas. Moreover‚ the study took place throughout four years as scientists on boats followed orcas as they swam in Washington state waters and collected the droplets spreyed out as the orca exchaled

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    Management Control System | Case Study 9-1 | Sound Dynamics‚ Inc. | ID-09-058 | Mohammad Shakhawat Hossain | 4/8/2010 | | Introduction and Case History: Sound Dynamics was a US-based international manufacturer of audio recording equipment‚ including consumer and commercial lines. Annual sales volume

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    kind of verbal communications wouldn’t exist and everyone will be forced to learn sign language. Facial expressions will be pointless without their accompanying sounds. There would be no point in watching orchestras performing or movies playing or dramas unfolding anymore‚ it would all be just actions without sound. However important sounds and noises are in our daily lives‚ a balance still needs to be found. More often than not there needs to be a greater amount of silence. First‚ silence can be

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    Hughes’ "Blues" Jazz music is often associated with long‚ lazy melodies and ornate rhythmical patterns. The Blues‚ a type of jazz‚ also follows this similar style. Langston Hughes’ poem‚ "The Weary Blues‚" is no exception. The sound qualities that make up Hughes’ work are intricate‚ yet quite apparent. Hughes’ use of consonance‚ assonance‚ onomatopoeia‚ and rhyme in "The Weary Blues" gives the poem a deep feeling of sorrow while‚ at the same time‚ allows the reader to feel as if he or she

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    Sound is everywhere. It is part of our everyday lives and our interactions and definitely a part of film. Sound‚ especially dialogue‚ makes it easier to understand what is happening. But it also provides texture and emotion to each scene. Though most moviegoers might think of film as an essentially visual experience‚ we cannot underestimate the importance of sound and music in film. Most movies would not be interesting at all if you were to take away the sound and music. Sound enables the director

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    Topic: Pronunciation sh/ and ch/ sounds Students: ESL Beginning 3 Emphasizes understanding and producing longer conversations.  More emphasis on reading and writing. Goals: Students should familiarize pronouncing sh/ and ch sounds given a video to watch and practice. Objectives:Students should be able to: distinguish ch/ and sh sounds when reading the list of minimal pairs. identify and write down which (sh/ch)sound was read aloud. use sh/ch sounds correctly while reading a text. Anticipatory set: Tongue Twister

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    4/6/2013 | For PROF. ALEX MORES‚DPA On the sound development management roles of the state (page 3)‚ give one (1) specific program/activity/project to address respond to one (1) key milestone for each role. | The sound development management roles of the state should help assess the strengths and weaknesses on government policies to identify strategic direction for reform. In this paper‚ as we identify the key milestones specific to the sound management roles of the state the writer identified

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    odors than at discriminating among them; women usually outperform men 5. The process by which a sound is transformed into a neural sign involves which of the following sequences of transformations? A. Sound wave : eardrum vibration: pressure wave in fluid B. Eardrum vibration: pressure wave in fluid: sound wave C. Sound wave: pressure wave in fluid: ear drum vibration D. Eardrum vibration: sound wave: pressure wave in fluid 6. Melody is looking up a phone number in a phone book with tiny print

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    Roll of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry Roll of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry is a realistic fiction novel by Mildred D. Taylor. Roll of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry is about a family who is called mean names and not very nice words who try to push themselves past that. The main character in Roll of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry is a girl named Cassie who goes through a lot of trouble. At the end of the book‚ Cassie stops all of the mean comments and is finally free to say what she thinks. Roll of Thunder‚ Hear My Cry is about a

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    Measuring the Speed of Sound (Moving Tube) KEY Purpose: To measure the speed of sound in air using a variable length column of air. Apparatus: resonance-tube apparatus (an open ended tube which can be moved in and out of a container of water) constant frequency source (tuning fork or computer generated tone) rubber hammer meter stick rubber stopper Procedure: 1. Set Up the Experiment: Place the open ended tube into the water‚ and verify that it can produce a resonance tube

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