Why is the flora and fauna of Australia so unique? Evolution is ultimately an unpredictable process. Although it can be predicted in the short term through knowledge of natural selection and inheritance‚ long term evolution is randomly altered by the interaction of highly variable factors. Such factors include the randomness of genetic diversity within a species and the process of natural selection acting upon this. Also significantly altering evolution is the unpredictable movement of tectonic plates
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to Oxford University Press how the process of the rise to popularity truly works. He says‚ “These individuals and groups became immensely influential by advancing innovative ideology‚ and thereby developing intensely loyal followers” (Why Does Something Become Popular). He explains how famous icons stand out to people because they make alternative approaches towards things that have once been mastered. Because of Fred Astaire’s effortless work in the ballroom genre of dance‚ and his innovative approach
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The Electoral College system is arguably biased to small states and ignorant to the overall popular vote of the American citizens. The Electoral College system that is used in America in order to elect presidents is unjust because it ignores larger states that should have more electoral votes and gives states with small populations more electoral votes. This is because the popular vote is not distributed according to population in specific states. However‚ this also gives smaller states a chance
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ergo the slaves. The new America needed money to jumpstart the economy of a new nation and nothing was better for that then exports filled by slaves. The Americans realized the economic value of slaves or forced work by a dictator can be. That is why they opened commerce with Saint Domingo and Toussant. Thomas Jefferson said that “I would gladly compound with a great part of our northern country”. He was fine doing commerce and work with freed slaves but he just needed them in the tobacco fields
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Don’t Fit In‚ Stand Out Have you ever tried to be so perfect at something and it ended up going all wrong? I have. In the essay “So What’s So Bad About Being So-So?” by Lisa Wilson Strick (205-207) she makes the point that being perfect doesn’t always turn out the way you hope. I completely concur with her. Perfection can often be a wonderful thing‚ but for me‚ perfection caused me to have a very low confidence and so it became a vice in my life. Rather then being myself‚ I was too concerned
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Introduction Prohibition began with the ratification of the 18th American Constitutional Amendment on January 16th‚ 1919 prohibiting the manufacture‚ sale‚ or transportation of alcoholic beverages for consumption.[footnoteRef:1] Prohibition was the end product of opposing views of social activism‚ and political reform known as the Progressive Era in America from 1890 to 1920 and was the first legislative attempt of the federal government to regulate consumption of a legal product in the United States
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people. They left us gigantic monuments to prove they were there‚ and that they were well past their time. On top of that‚ they left us paper. What we all use every single day. Without them‚ we might still be carving rocks! The Egyptians have shaped so much of our everyday lives‚ without us even realizing it. Egyptians had to be excellent at farming. They lived in the desert‚ after all. They had to learn to use the annual Nile river floods to their advantage. They learned that the Nile riverbed was
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could fight more effectively. Most military commanders of the day simply had their troops rush wildly at the enemy‚ relying on superior numbers‚ better soldiers‚ or luck to carry the day. The Romans realized that they could not always rely on these‚ so they turned to strategy. Each situation was handled differently‚ taking into account terrain‚ the type and strength of the opponent’s troops‚ and the type and strength of the Roman’s troops. Here are some common formations‚ and tactics that were organized
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up and lead by her example to become a culturally and religiously refined person. The opportunities that her masters gave her were very generous and had a direct impact on the progress that she made throughout her life as a writer and a human being‚ so she wants to encourage the whites to do the same for other blacks and for her race to evolve into people of opportunity and change for the betterment of
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convert to Islam or join the Pact and continue practicing your own religion!” I overheard a soldier talking to the leader of my tribe. Would he convert to Islam or enter the Pact‚ pay the jizyah and stay a Christian? Part of the reason Islam spread so quickly was because the conquered people liked the Muslim beliefs and the way they ruled. (With consideration to other religions) Other reasons for the rapid spread of Islam were trade and Jihad. (religious war) Mecca was the birthplace of Islam; it
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