Christine R Jinks English 100 1-3:20pm T/Th Writing Project 1 (Final Draft) R. Fleming Safa January 23‚ 2012 Second Chances How many of us really do take our lives for granted? Are you comfortable where you are in your life? If you knew a date that would tell you your life is over as you know it‚ would you be able to tell yourself that you have lived a happy and fulfilled life? Or do you think maybe you’re just still young
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B04 Wong Lap Jack A0126596U Convergence or Coincidence??? Evolutionary convergence is the process by which unrelated or distantly related organisms of different lineages evolve similar smorphology‚ organs‚ and adaptations‚ but that were not present in the last common ancestor of those groups. Evolutionary convergence involving unrelated organisms living in similar environments but in different places or even in different environments. Similar or different environments have several challenges
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My students always ask‚ “Did the author do that on purpose or was that just a coincidence?” The question is following some discussion of circumstance‚ character‚ or wording. My response is always some version of‚ “There are no coincidences in [good] literature.” Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is a fast-paced comedy of errors and chance that shows the transitioning gender roles of the Victorian era. The play provides numerous laughs thanks to Wilde’s wit and wordsmithing. Contemporary
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Understood Complexity: Ibsen’s ‘An Enemy of the People’ E:CO Issue Vol. 11 No. 3 2009 pp. 1-15 Academic Understood Complexity: Ibsen’s ‘An Enemy of the People’—On Complexity‚ Sense-Making‚ Understanding‚ and Exit/Voice/Loyalty Tom Eide Diakonhjemmet University College‚ NOR ‘Understood complexity’ is a term of Albert Hirschman (1976) whose economicpolitical theory of ‘exit’ (‘vote with your feet’) versus ‘voice’ (feedback or use your influence for change) (1970)‚ has often been
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Mayor Rodrigo Duterte‚ the current mayor of Davao is very well-known for up-rising of Davao because of his leadership in the city. But aside this highly-renowned place for the development of the city of Davao‚ he is totally a friendly and loveable kind of person to his countrymen and for his city. Rodrigo "Rody" Roa Duterte (born March 28‚ 1945)‚ nicknamed Digong‚ is a Filipino lawyer and politician of Visayan descent. Duterte was born on March 28‚ 1945 in Maasin‚ Leyte in the Philippine Commonwealth
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I suggest Mayor Seidenberg remain silent because it creates better economy and brighter future‚ although the statement from Fornshell Chemical may not be true. Remain Silent keeps the town in better shape. As the document states‚ Fornshell Chemical could shrink the size of their factory or relocate if Mayor Seidenberg expose the matter‚ which could lead to a economical downfall in near future‚ returning the city to previous conditions‚ with poor economy along with decaying education system and raising
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It was a difficult move for Daisy as she could hardly walk and was in a tremendous amount of pain. She was of course given vet care and pain killers. The staff at PDT were very concerned and it was discussed whether she would perhaps have been better off being put to sleep. She had not been eating‚ Luckily Tina and Mikka (staff and volunteer) realised that Miss Daisy had very few teeth and so she was given a special soft diet‚ which helped her begin to gain stregnth. However‚ after five days Miss
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believe that coincidence is the only explanation for the way their lives and others turn out. Thomas Hardy portrays chance and coincidence as having very significant roles in "Tess of the d’Urbervilles" continuously. Three such coincidences were quite influential and had large effects on Tess’s future. The first being that Tess Durbeyfield’s father‚ discovered that their family came from the oldest‚ (and at one time) most wealthiest family in England. Another event that occurs by mere chance in Tess’s
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the one I read independently is how difficult love can be. Whether it be loving someone that others think would not think would be a good match or loving the old part of someone. Love is a test of trials and tribulations. The novel I read‚ The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden‚ is about two young adults who meet in high school and later meet again in high school. Except in college‚ Kayden now notices Callie more and starts to grow love toward her as they become closer and closer. They both also share
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Dorothy Parker writes in her poem “Unfortunate Coincidence‚” “By the time you swear you’re his‚ / Shivering and sighing. / And he vows his passion is / Infinite‚ undying. / Lady make note of this-- / One of you is lying.” Surely‚ by most standards this sort of remark on romance would be considered by many to be pessimistic‚ however the story of Parker’s life reads like that of a romantic tragedy: she is unhappy in her marriage‚ and after an abortion she attempts suicide twice‚ then even divorces
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