pADVENTURES of an Atom By: Nicole Zemaitis Atom-Smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of the element. Scientific discovery is how the present day Atomic Theory was made up. The current atomic theory was formed by different scientists over many years‚ each scientist building on or proving theories wrong. Democritus 460-370 B.C. Narrative: Hello! My name is Anna the Atom. I’m writing to you to describe
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Two very different events took place in 1984. The first event‚ essential to my development as a person but not significant to my development as an artist‚ was my birth on April 23rd of that year. The second event‚ and more significant to this autobiographical story I’m trying to tell‚ followed 3 months later in July when the band “Minutemen” released their album “Double Nickels on the Dime”. On the album in the song “History Lesson – Part II” the singer D. Boon ends the first stanza with the line
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The Liberal Life I am a pure liberal who will likely vote for Democratic party candidates in upcoming elections. There are many types of political views that people have that are extremely different from each other as well as very similar. Two groups people would be the pure liberals and the pure conservatives. The pure liberals are the ones who want more government action in economic issues‚ but less government action in social issues. Pure conservatives are the people that want less government
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I am a fish‚ very small and cute. At one time a long long ago‚ I used to live in the depths of a river but‚ as time passed by‚ my life has changed a lot. This new life that I am spending now‚ is just wonderful‚ and I like it immensely. However‚ life was never hard on me. Even when I lived in the river‚ I was very happy as‚ life there was calm and quiet‚ and I gained a lot of experience there. Going backwards down memory lane‚ I can very clearly recall my life in the river. There‚ in the depth of
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I have an extreme love for Music. I first started my journey with music in elementary school‚ at that time I never knew music would come to be such a part of my daily life as I got into middle school and high school. I was first in choir all through middle school and my freshman year in high school. I became accustomed to learning how to sight read and memorizing new music within a week. Learning new music and being able to sing it along with my choir members was more than rewarding and I loved
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difference between an autobiography and biography. I will discuss the reason why I think an autobiography and biography mixed together is better in most cases than a biography or autobiography. I will use the autobiography of Anne frank as one of my main sources. I believe too many people are stuck in the world of just using an autobiography or just using a biography as their source for history. I think it is important to combine the two. Why does someone write an autobiography? Why do people feel
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REVIEWS‚ REFINEMENTS AND NEW IDEAS IN FACE RECOGNITION Edited by Peter M. Corcoran Reviews‚ Refinements and New Ideas in Face Recognition Edited by Peter M. Corcoran Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9‚ 51000 Rijeka‚ Croatia Copyright © 2011 InTech All chapters are Open Access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike Attribution 3.0 license‚ which permits to copy‚ distribute‚ transmit‚ and adapt the work in any medium‚ so long as the original work is properly
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one really able to read your mind by the look on your face? In this essay‚ the Naked Face‚ Malcom Gladwell explains how some individuals are born with this gift and some are able to learn it. We center our story on howyou can read someone’s true emotions just by the looks on their faces. Malcom Gladwell uses personal experiences as well as facts to prove that these are not just lucky guesses‚ but long intricate thought processes. The Naked Face was published for The New Yorker in August 2002. It
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Saving Face Saving Face In Shooting an Elephant by George Orwells‚ the author narrates an incident when he was an unhappy British police officer in Burma faced with the predicament to shoot an elephant and safe face‚ or not shoot it and loose face. Making decisions to meet others expectations‚ to avoid humiliation and embarrassment‚ or to maintain ones dignity can have repercussions in ones life. Orwells final act of killing the elephant to please a crowd and look like a powerful sahib‚ in
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Siqi Yi July 08 2013 Professor Jacobs-Beck Cultural Biography: How My Roots Shape My Identity It is often said that we should not let a single feature of ourselves define who we are. For example‚ a basketball should not only be an athlete‚ but must also value her roles as a sister‚ a daughter‚ a student‚ and anything else that gives her life meaning. A doctor should not only focus on his identity in the medical field but also his place in his neighborhood‚ his church‚ and‚ of course‚ his family
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