When teachers asked that what it is you want to be when you grow up‚ most children do not respond with "a career in financial services". Like most children‚ I responded with reference to jobs that seemed fun at the time. My first choice was a typewriter and translator‚ second naturally a pianist‚ but the third and most important choice was a computer engineer because I like computer‚ typing‚ translating a work and playing piano. If I were a computer engineer‚ I will
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What do you understand by the term “Lancefield groups”? History In the early 1930’s Rebecca Lancefield recognized the importance of serological tests for the identification of organisms. The system is based on specific antibody agglutination reactions with cell wall carbohydrate antigens (C polysaccharides) extracted from the streptococci. Lancefield also showed that further sub division of group A into specific serological types was possible using type-specific M (protein) antigens. The groups
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"What do you want to be when you grow up?" It is such a typical question‚ yet it compels children to venture into their innocent minds and let them imagine the world full of possibilities and encouragements. Their responses vary‚ ranging from superheroes to the President of the United States. But how would the little ones react when they were told‚ "You are not talented or smart enough. Try again." Their dreams would be shattered into millions of pieces and their hopes would be lost forever. Plummeting
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Deborah Tannen is the author of the book You Just Don’t Understand where she analyzes the different meanings of communication between men and women. Her research shows that women and men use the same words and phrases and yet can interpret and react to those same words and phrases differently. Tannen compares the two sexes to find men use their conversation as a type of competition or to preserve their independence. For example‚ men talk about their knowledge regarding sports‚ cars‚ women‚ exc
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Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2011‚ Vol. 16‚ No. 1‚ 80 –94 © 2011 American Psychological Association 1076-8998/11/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0021708 I Know What You Did: The Effects of Interpersonal Deviance on Bystanders Merideth Ferguson Baylor University Bruce Barry Vanderbilt University Using social information processing theory‚ we explore how interpersonally directed deviance affects work group members who observe or are aware of these insidious behaviors. In a field study
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Concept The concept of “The Devil You Know” started off with the theme ugly‚ then went on to delve deeper in synonyms for the word ugly ‚coming across many but deciding on the word evil. Thoughts quickly shifted to the struggle between good and evil .The inner struggle of good and evil that many tragic heroes in history and film have been faced with but usually overcome was used as a platform to go from‚ but in our version evil overcomes good to convey the message of ugly more clearly. The psychological
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Do you know the elephant clock? Tahukan.com - Do you know the elephant clock? About eight hundred years ago‚ Al-jazari built this elaborate clock in order to celebrate the diversity of mankind and the universal nature of islam. At this time‚ the Muslim world spread from Spain to Central Asia. So‚ to reflect thisscope‚ Al-Jazari used Greek (Archimedes) Water Principles Combined with an Indian water timing device (ghati)‚ an Indian elephant‚ an Egyptian phoenix‚ Arabian figures‚ a Persian carpet and
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winter. The weather is just about always warm and pleasant. When it rains it feels nice to sit around and enjoy the water droplets fall on the skin and roll off. Almost all of the beaches are crystal clear with warm sand‚ but beware when in the water. The ocean swells can go from playful three-foot waves to humongous twenty-foot monsters in just under five minutes. It makes for excellent relaxation or surfing. There are also many hidden dangers below the water even though it’s just about as clear and
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Lama 1 Sandip Lama Instructor Kennedy Anthropology 3 12 September 2014 You are what you speak In the article “Whorf Revisited: You are what you speak‚” the writer Guy Deutscher talks about Sapir - Whorf’s famous controversial hypothesis. The ethnography is written in style of realist‚ because the theories are looked at objectively and scientifically. The article is also written in critical style‚ since list of measurements‚ evidences are given‚ and it is written analytically. The range of the
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hooked on "World of Warcraft"). I mostly read Newsweek and Reuters.com for current events. "Fun" reading usually consists of novels of various subjects. I am waiting for the fifth installment of "A Song of Fire and Ice" series by GRR Martin and I Just finished Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff‚ Christ’s Childhood Friend which was hilarious. I am also an avid coin collector (although my financial situation is requiring me to reconsider the "avid" portion) focusing on United States and Ancient (pre-
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