A focal issue in Albert Wendt’s novel Leaves of the Banyan Tree is the influence of Christianity on Samoan culture. Leaves of the Banyan Tree opens in the small village of Sapepe during the 1930s. Traditional Samoan culture is on the decline and according to Sefrosa Carroll’s article “Weaving New Spaces: Christological Perspectives from Oceania (Pacific) and the Oceanic Diaspora” “western theologies” are the primary reason. The “papalagi” have intertwined their western values‚ particularly capitalism
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probable phylogenetic tree. The earliest methods of calculating the maximum likelihood used gene frequency data‚ and more recent approaches involve algorithms of amino acid and nucleotide sequences. The general equation for the likelihood L of a phylogenetic tree is defined as the probability of observing the data in a given tree under a specific substitution pattern‚ L=(data│tree). The tree with the highest L value is the most probable tree out of all of the possible tree constructions. The likelihood
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computer-based systems‚ which help decision makers utilize data and models to solve unstructured problems (Scott Morton‚ 1971). A Decision Support System (DSS) is an umbrella term used to describe any computer application that enhances the user’s ability to make decisions. More specifically‚ the term is usually used to describe a computer-based system designed to help decision-makers use data‚ knowledge and communications technology to identify problems and make decisions to solve those problems
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The Janissary Tree The Janissary Tree is a novel written by Jason Goodwin‚ it is a fictional story that takes place in a real historical setting. I initially thought it would be interesting because I am extremely fascinated with murder mysteries‚ and the fact that it was set in the Ottoman Empire intrigued me. I wanted to learn more about this Historical time period in a fun and interesting way. The novel had a fictional plot but it helped me understand more about the period of the Ottoman Empire
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When a tree falls in the forest‚ does it make a sound? Ladies and gentlemen‚ and the class of 2016‚ I can definitely assure you that it does. But what is the purpose of worrying about what a silly tree sounds like when it meets its demise? The noise it makes is irrelevant to the bigger picture‚ the falling of one great tree provides room for multiple new saplings to grow in its place. As time goes on‚ this cycle continues and eventually the forest is full of what was once a bunch of young‚ flexible
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Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree‚ a classic children’s book about a boy that grows up alongside a tree and continues to take advantage of the tree’s love for him by taking its resources throughout his life. I reread this book many times throughout my childhood‚ and despite me not quite grasping the story’s message when I was younger‚ I eventually realized what the actual moral of the story was as I thought about it more and more as I grew up. Due to this‚ The Giving Tree was one of the first stories
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The Oak and the Elm Tree Nature and the outdoor world that surrounds us can be amazing and awe-inspiring‚ a thing that anyone and everyone can and should enjoy. The biggest and oldest living things on Earth are trees. Trees enter into the lives of us all. Also‚ they are the source of materials we need for many everyday purposes. Above all‚ they provide beauty in our outlook on the world. In the United States there are “about 865 different species of trees‚” and “comprise about three and one-half
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In the story‚ a single shard‚ the character tree ear possesses many character traits and strengths. One character trait he possesses is he has integrity. On page 5‚ tree ear shows integrity. One example is‚ " Honorable sir‚ as I walked behind you‚ I noticed that you are making your path with rice." This shows integrity because tree ear could have waited till the farmer left to pick up all the fallen rice or tell the farmer he had left a path of rice. He chose to tell the farmer about the rice and
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Succession in Tree Type from Field to Forest Alyssa Estabrooks October 21‚ 2013 Ecology 2101 Group #3/Thursday PM Succession and diversity in a local field and forest of Sackville‚ NB was measured using a quadrat sampling method. Tree species were counted and recorded to numerically represent the difference in species between the two chosen locations. Using our diversity indices‚ we found that the forest had a higher diversity based on both the Shannon-Weiner
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Executive Summary This report will display the history and background of the worldwide famous company Samsung; Which was established on march 1st 1938 by Byung Chull lee‚ as well as their exceptional 3d technology which is used in their televisions‚ in addition to future inventions and technology we wish to see. The company started by exporting dried Korean fish‚ sugar‚ along with fruits and vegetables. Through out the years Samsung slowly started getting into manufacturing equipment‚ and
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