I hear birds chirping and twittering‚ singing a song. This makes me wonder about birds and where their songs come from. How ancient the song I am hearing really is. As I take a step into the forest‚ I notice at first the trees‚ stretching high above the ground‚ as if in competition with one another‚ to see who will reach the sky first. Their roots are long and strong‚ going deep under the ground‚ indicating that they have lived in the area for a long time‚ for centuries. As I look up
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Many traits of a Workaholic What is a workaholic? A workaholic is a person who is addicted to work. A workaholic is someone with a compulsive need to work. It is someone whose need to work has become so exaggerated that it may constitutes a danger to their health‚ personal happiness‚ interpersonal relations‚ and social functioning. Workaholics are intelligent‚ ambitious‚ successful persons‚ and they are prisoners of their own success. The workaholic believes that he is the only person capable
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Thermosulfobacteria are sulfate reducing anaerobes. They use lactate‚ pyruvate and ethanol as electron donors. It has an unusual genus since it has a property of the Archea which is uncommon in the domain bacteria. Sulfate-reducing bacteria like Thermodesulfobacteria fall into more than 20 separate genera and can be classified by the types of substrates that they use. They are divided by their ability to use acetate as a source for electrons. Thermodesulfobacteria are in Group 2 of sulfate reducing
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When given the opportunity to time travel to any era‚ many would wish to explore a classic civilization‚ such as the mighty Romans or the great Chaldean Empire. They wish to witness the wonders of the ancient world‚ such as the Colosseum or the wondrous Hanging Gardens. I‚ however‚ am more inclined towards investigating the unknown. I would travel to the unheralded ancient city of Eridu at the mouth of the Euphrates River in contemporary Iraq‚ arguably the oldest antediluvian city on Earth. Eridu
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In the opening paragraph‚ Gregor wakes up one day seemingly randomly after having worked as a travelling businessman for five years to support his family and finds that he transformed into a vermin (a roach or some kind of beetle) overnight. The setting takes place in the early 1900s‚ all going on during the international strive towards industrialization‚ but a distance from the internet and communications age of today. This allows the reader to understand the situation of the Samsa family members—that
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Emily Cloonan‚ Miranda Haddock‚ Ryan Getherall November 3‚ 2014 Light/Dark Paragraphs In the novel‚ A Tale of Two Cities‚ by Charles Dickens‚ the author uses light and dark to set the tone. The tone of this novel is mysterious‚ dark‚ and depressing. At the beginning of the novel‚ Dickens says “It was the season of Light‚ it was the season of Darkness‚ it was the spring of hope‚ it was the winter of despair” (7). In this quote‚ Dickens uses paradox to explain the controversy between the light and darkness throughout
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Alexander Mazariego Informative Outline II Topic: Hurricanes Audience: Classmates and Instructor of Summer semester Communications class at Austin Peay University. General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience of what a hurricane is‚ background information on some of the worst hurricanes in history and how to prepare for a one. Thesis: Hurricanes are one of the worst natural disasters but with a little bit of knowledge and some preparation you can greatly
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The etymological root of the word Anthropology is from the Greek - anthropos -‘human being’ and ology - study of. What does anthropology literally mean? The Oxford English dictionary states that Anthropology is ‘the study of humankind‚ especially the study of societies and cultures and human origins.’ Anthropology can be broken down into different disciplines‚ cultural‚ linguistic‚ biological and social. Throughout the history of Anthropology as a recognized method of studying humankind‚ different
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Decision Making Reading Brief Francesca Napolitano MGMT 401-02 November 13‚ 2012 1. The phenomenon of bounded awareness occurs when cognitive blinders prevent an individual from seeing‚ seeking‚ using‚ or sharing highly significant‚ easily accessible‚ and readily perceivable information during the decision-making process. It is different from information overload‚ however‚ because even when given sufficient time to make decisions‚ most people still fail to bring the correct information
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John Mbonimpa Professor Diane Houston English 101 December 18‚ 2012 The 2012 Toyota Prius. For consumers‚ reliability and running expenses of a product are the determining factors of choice among many options available. According to Blischke and Prabhakar‚ “High reliability is achieved through design efforts‚ choice of materials and other inputs‚ production‚ quality assurance efforts‚ proper maintenance‚ and many related decisions and activities‚ all of which add to the costs of production
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