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    employed in California to correlate oil-producing zones. In 1910‚ the University of Pittsburgh and the University of California started offering courses in Petroleum Engineering. “During the 1920’s‚ Petroleum Engineering focused mainly on drilling” (Britannica). In the 1930’s‚ abundant discoveries of oil caused Petroleum Engineers to focus on the entire oil-water-gas reservoir system instead of the individual well. In the mid 1950’s‚ offshore drilling boomed and is still booming today. There

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    2007. 23 February 2010 < www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookEnzyme.html > Wellner‚ Daniel‚ Royer‚ G.P.‚ Stellwag‚ Edmund J.‚ “Enzyme”‚ In AccessScience ‚ McGraw-Hill Companies‚ 2008. “Enzyme.” Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica Online Academic Ed

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    Entire Play." Hamlet: Entire Play. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 05 May 2013. <http://shakespeare.mit.edu/hamlet/full.html> Reference: 2. Bevington‚ David. "William Shakespeare (English Author) : Understanding Shakespeare." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica‚ n.d. Web. 05 May 2013. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/537853/William-Shakespeare/232444/Understanding-Shakespeare>. Websites: 3. Farouky‚ Jumana. “The Mystery of Shakespeare’s Identity” Time.com. Time‚ Inc

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    is a “Parody”? According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary‚ a “Parody” is: a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule; a feeble or ridiculous imitation. While according to Britannica Encyclopedia: In literature‚ parody is when a person closely imitates an author’s style or work in order to ridicule or to provide comic effects. The word comes from the Greek “Paroidia”‚ meaning "a song sung alongside another." Parody differs

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    -Sept. 1997. Web. 07 Nov. 2013. Locke‚ John. "Right of Revolution: John Locke‚ Second Treatise." University of Chicago Press. Ed. Peter Laslett. New American Library‚ 1965. Web. 07 Nov. 2013. “serfdom”. Encyclopedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.‚ 2013. Web. 08 Nov. 2013

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    Is Wikipedia a credible and valid source of information? Wikipedia is an online source of information; it is the counterpart of Britannica in the modern computer world. “Wikipedia is about as good a source of accurate information as Britannica‚ the venerable standard-bearer of facts about the world around us‚” according to the study: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica by Daniel Terdiman. The modern computer world brought major changes around us; it introduced a modern way of doing research through

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    References: * Chase‚ R. B.‚ Jacobs‚ F. R.‚ & Aquilano‚ N. J. (2006) Operations management for competitive advantage (11th ed). New York: McGraw Hill/Irwin. * Flowchart (2010). In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 30‚ 2010‚ from Encyclopedia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/211027/flowchart *

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    University‚ 13 Sept. 2005. Web. 25 Mar. 2014. . "Niccolo Machiavelli‚ 1469-1527." Niccolo Machiavelli‚ 1469-1527. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2014. . Mansfield‚ Harvey. "Niccolo Machiavelli (Italian Statesman and Writer)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica‚ n.d. Web. 25 Mar. 2014. . Effect/Insight: The effect of the allusion to Niccolo Machiavelli in “Fahrenheit 451” is it connects Guy Montag to Machiavelli. Montag acted on his thoughts and what he believed in rather than what society

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    Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.(A) In 1768 Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell publish what they called a “Dictionary of Arts and Sciences” - Encyclopedia Britannica‚ Inc (EBI). Its mission was ‘ serving society’s need to know’. By 1815‚ when the fifth edition was published‚ the set had ballooned to 20 volumes from earlier 3 volumes. Throughout the 19th century and into the 20th‚ when the company was purchased by Americans and moved to the U.S.‚ EBI continued to enhance its reputation as the premier source

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    Bibliography: "Portuguese man-of-war‚" Encyclopedia Britannica. 1988‚ University of Chicago: Vol "Portuguese man-of-war‚" Animal Kingdom. 1972‚ United States of America: Vol. http://hillside.sowashco.k12.mn.us/kaipo/invertebrate/welcomeinv.html‚ United States of America: hillside.sowashco.k12.mn.us‚ 1997 Microsoft

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