POEM: "ORCHIDS" POET: HAZEL SIMMONS-McDONALD (St. Lucian-born) FACTS: Ø Orchids are currently believed to be the largest family of flowering plants. Ø The number of orchid species equals more than twice the number of bird species‚ and about four times the number of mammal species. It also encompasses about 6–11% of all seed plants. Ø All orchids are perennial (persistent) herbs and lack any permanent woody structure. The leaves of most orchids are perennial‚ that is‚ they live for several
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both have received settlements; one of the settlements was for 14.5 million dollars the other had not been disclosed. What would you have done in that situation – blown the whistle or kept quiet? Why? If placed in the same situation that they were in and with the knowledge of wrong doing that knew I most definatly would have blown the whistle. I am sure that there would be many sleepless nights prior to the blowing of the whistle however I know that I could not let something like this go on and
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Al Amodeo Interdisciplinary analysis September 8‚ 2012 Introduction: The title of my article is “Underage Drinking Laws Save 732 Lives per Year” by Ada Demb and Corbin Campbell. This article explains how law enforcement has cracked down significantly on under 21 possession purchase and consumption laws. It also explains the problems of drinking at the college level. The topic is a problem because way too many underage people are getting behind the wheel after becoming intoxicated and it is
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A prisoner of war can be defined as somebody who is captured or imprisoned by the enemy during an act of war. Anybody can be a prisoner of war‚ even an eight year old civilian who is simply caught in the crossfire. Both “Guantanamo Boy”‚ a novel written by Anna Perera‚ and “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”‚ a film directed by Mark Herman‚ revolve around two key issues relating to the main theme of Prisoners of War. The issues are Innocence of Children and Discrimination. All of the three main characters
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It was a windy day. The mailman barely made it to the front door. When the door opened‚ Mrs. Pennington said‚ "hello"‚ but‚ before she had a real chance to say "thank you"‚ the mail blew out of the mailman’s hands‚ into the house and the front door slammed in his face. Mrs. Pennington ran to pick up the mail. "Oh my‚" she said. Tommy was watching the shutters open and then shut‚ open and then shut. "Mom‚" he said‚ "may I go outside?" "Be careful‚" she said
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New Building-Optical Networks The new structure has been given a grant to make its network state of the art by making it a fiber optic network. The topics of discussion that will be mentioned in this paper are the hardware that will be necessary for the inside and outside of the building and how we would expand the fiber to an adjacent building if it is built. Another topic to be discussed will be describing the safety procedures that will be following during the installation. INSTALLATION HARDWARE
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and nude women were barely ever portrayed. Many aspects of Botticelli ’s Birth of Venus are in motion. For example‚ the leaves of the orange trees in the background‚ locks of hair being blown by the Zephyrs‚ the roses floating behind her‚ the waves gently breaking‚ and the cloaks and drapery of the figures blown and lifted by the breeze. Botticelli ’s Venus was the first large-scale canvas created in Renaissance Florence. He prepared his own tempera pigments. He covered them with a layer of pure
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types of behaviour‚ innate and learned. Innate behaviour is inborn‚ inherited in our genes‚ unchangeable behaviour such as a reflex; a uncontrollable‚ involuntary movement. For example when an eyelid will automatically close when a puff of wind is blown into it or the palmer grasp‚ a baby will automatically close its hand and hold any object that stimulates its palm. Babies are born with numerous innate reflexes. These primitive reflexes include‚ The rooting reflex – when the corner of a babies mouth
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environmental influences. Blown glass It is a very ancient technique‚ the oldest among the handicrafts‚ where the glassmaker blows air into the hot molten glass and the art of transformation into attractive shapes begins. Glassmakers create many shapes and colors as water glasses‚ wineglasses‚ beer mugs‚ water pitchers‚ vases‚ candle sticks… Blown glass workshops appeared in all Phoenician cities‚ and more particularly in Tyre‚ Sidon and Tripoli. Near Tripoli‚ in Beddaoui‚ blown glass is manufactured
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Explaining Phobia Paper Stacy R. Lee University of Phoenix-Online November 26‚ 2012 In this paper the principles of operational‚ classical‚ and observational learning theories will be discussed as those theories pertain to the Case Study of Little Hans. I will review Sigmund Freud’s case study of Little Hans‚ the child that developed a fear of horses‚ and relate how this case is explained by the above mentioned theories. I will also discuss this case from the psychoanalytic perspective.
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