Book: Looking for Alaska by John Green # Character Trait Context of Quote & Page Number Response to Text 1 Warm “In the dark beside me‚ she smelled of sweat and sunshine and vanilla‚ and on that thin-mooned night I could see little more than her silhouette except for when she smoked‚ when the burning cherry of the cigarette washed her face in the pale red light. But even in the dark‚ I could see her eyes-fierce emeralds. She had the kind of eyes that predisposed you to supporting her every
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CLIMATE CHANGE IN ALASKA? Scientists believe that a decrease of between 65% and 80% of carbon dioxide emissions is necessary to prevent the effects of global warming (?Carbon Dioxide?) and government taking actions to find solutions in Alaska. To create awareness the government has released new climate data‚ tools‚ and mapping of Alaska that will assist them to understand and prepare for future climate change (Wuebbles and Jain 2001 p. 99-102). Permafrost has been a major problem in Alaska and to resolve
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Alaska Airline & Corporate Culture A unique cultural characteristic of Alaska Airline would be the benefits they allot their employees. After 90 days of working with Alaska Airline‚ an employee earns benefits which allows him or her to fly anywhere at anytime with 1 other individual. In addition to this‚ the employee is given 6 “buddy passes” each year which allows the employee to give 6 roundtrip tickets to people other than himself or the 1 person he chooses to travel with. The best part
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The salmon of Alaska have been here for millions of years and over those years five specific and distinct species have evolved and developed. Theses five species are Chinook‚ Chum‚ Coho‚ Pink and Sockeye salmon (Morrow‚ 2013). These salmon all have very different looks and different timetables of life. However‚ they all share the same main lifecycle going from egg‚ to alevin‚ to fry‚ to parr‚ to smolt then on to their adult stage (Marrow‚ 2013). They have a difficult life and only a few eggs of
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How good research look like? Following the standards of the scientific method:1- purpose clearly defined . 2- research process detailed . 3- research design thoroughly planned . 4- high ethical standards applied . 5- limitations frankly revealed . 6- adequate analysis for decision – maker’s needs . 7- findings presented unambiguously . 8- conclusions justified . 9- researchers experience reflected . What are the good element of sampling? Reasons for sampling : practically impossible to collect
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An Eye for an Eye This was something ought to do… Something that had to be done. There was no other lucid reason for my resurgence; as a spirit in the doll of my callous assassin’s daughter. Due to the juvenile fault of the colonel‚ my innocent family was killed; Hence‚ it was certain that I would not lose this glorious chance laid right in front of cursed blood-thirsty eyes. The colonel and the surrounding people must pay for his doings‚ and I could not have been more maliciously intrigued as to
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Persuasive Lying Essay People often say that honesty is the best policy. You should listen to them they know what they’re talking about. Lying. In the dictionary the definition of lying is an “intentionally told false statement” but the dictionary doesn’t list the consequences of a lie or why said false statements were used. So‚ I’ll have to do it. I know that no one wants to hear that they look fat or grotesque ‚ or that the ugly sweater they gave someone for Christmas will never see anything
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experience you’ve been through that makes you prosperous. Jon Krakauer in Into the Wild‚ he wrote about Christopher McCandless‚ an upper-class kid that donated all his money to charity‚ burned the cash in his wallet‚ abandoned his car‚ and hitchhiked to Alaska. McCandless embarked on a new life outside of society‚ seeking “raw‚ transcendental” experience. Many who hear his story find it insane. In fact‚ when I read that McCandless had blown off law school‚ I thought he was crazy. He had a potentially lucrative
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Persuasive Essay The Return of the Rams: The Rams will make their long anticipated return to Los Angeles Table of Contents Introduction Page: 1 Why St. Louis? Why not expand? Page: 1‚ 2 Can Los Angeles Support a team Page: 3‚ 4 Farmers Field Page: 4‚ 5 Summary Page: 5 Introduction The NFL and AEG Financial Services have come to terms of an agreement to move the St
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to Alaska is an awesome experience for me. I went to Alaska during the summer of 2015 on a cruise for 2 weeks to explore the area. One of the stops was at Juneau. My family and I had waited for Juneau because we knew that we were going to go canoeing. Before we did the fun activities‚ we decided to go take a look at the city and to take a bus ride to an area around 12 miles out. We stopped at the launching point of the canoeing trip. I was very exhilarated as I always wanted to come to Alaska and
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