As we all know‚ M. NourbeSe Philip is famous as a Caribbean- Canadian poet‚ novelist‚ lawyer‚ playwright‚ essayist‚ and short story writer and her amazing experiments with literary form. Her most recent amazing work Zong! M. NourbeSe Philip As told to the author by Setaey Adamu Boateng is a collection of poetry‚ which is filled with unusual poems made of words taken from a court decision by Gregson v. Gilbert. The poetry is a reflection about the notorious massacre case “cannot be told‚ yet must
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How Music Affects Us and Promotes Health Music is one of the few activities that involves using the whole brain. It is intrinsic to all cultures and can have surprising benefits not only for learning language‚ improving memory and focusing attention‚ but also for physical coordination and development. Of course‚ music can be distracting if it’s too loud or too jarring‚ or if it competes for our attention with what we’re trying to do. But for the most part‚ exposure to many kinds of music has beneficial
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employment and non - academic settings. Studying is often an individual activity and what works for one student with regards to study may not work for someone else. Self regulation is an important aspect of study skills. Having the ability to goal set‚ work towards deadlines and have persistence in the subject the student is studying will help achieve success. In effect good studiers are good strategy users‚ they know how to use a variety of goal specific tactics‚ to execute them in a planned requence and
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Nuclear family: a family which consists of an adult man an adult woman and their dependant children ‘Cereal packet’ family: The ‘typical family’ portrayed by the media‚ where the man is the ‘bread winner’ (the one who goes out to work) and the woman is the ‘home maker’ (does housework/childcare.) Cohabitation: When a couple are living together but are not married. Domestic division of labour: The way jobs are divided/ shared around the house e.g. washing dishes schedule. Patriarchal: When the man
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struggle with their beliefs‚ experience higher levels of stress.” This can cause stress hormones that are known to depress the volume of the hippocampus over time. The hippocampus is the central structure of the limbic system that is involved with emotion and memory formation (Newberg‚ 20ll). How is this affecting our society? Religious radicalism has become a new trend; an increase of terrorist attacks has our people in utter fear. We
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unknown how this will affect healthcare in the nations‚ because most of the population in these areas is far to poor to afford health insurance‚ much less medications such as insulin needed to properly treat the
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how the does the skin act as a barrier The skin is cleverly designed to perform in helping the skin acting as a physical‚ chemical and physical barrier for the body. The physical barrier acts as a protective cover to protect us from the environment i.e. pathogens‚ physical abrasions and radiation from the sun. Yet it is known to be one of the largest organs in the body in weight and in surface area. In adults‚ the skin makes up 16% of body weight and the skin covers an area of about 2 square meters
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How does Cannabis cause addiction? Addiction is seen as a difficult medical disorder by the NHS‚ this is because of how the chemical imbalance is altered as illicit drugs tap into the way the nerve cells communicate. There are two prominent ways in which drugs of abuse and legal drugs affect the brain. The first way is by mimicking the brains natural chemicals. Another way in which the brain can be affected is through the overstimulation of the limbic reward system. The majority of illicit drugs
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non-essential letters such as ’wud’ for ’would.’ But researchers say the texting is having a detrimental effect on normal rules of grammar. Mr Cingel gave middle school students in a central Pennsylvania school district a grammar test and also asked them how often they sent text messages. "Overall‚ there is evidence of a decline in grammar scores based on the number of adaptations in sent text messages‚ controlling for age and grade‚" said Mr Cingel. Those who sent or recieved the most text performed
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Costing A company is planning to replace its current production process with a new one‚ and has produced the following estimates: Selling price per unit Variable cost per unit Fixed annual operating costs Sales volume Current system £41 £26 £485‚000 New system £35 £8 To be determined 40‚000 per year 90‚000 per year The company is aiming to achieve five times its current annual operating profit with the new process. What is the target fixed cost for the new process? Activity
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