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    The documentary The Antarctica Challenge was directed by Mark Terry and was produced in 2009. This documentary is about how temperatures and sea levels are rising and affecting Antarctica‚ wildlife and the world. As the Antarctica deteriorates‚ sea levels increase which could cause flooding around the world. Also‚ the wildlife in Antarctica are at risk of becoming extinct. The director was most effective in the use of expert testimonies and facts but lacked the emotional appeal. The emotional appeal

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    What if your biggest achievement was swimming a mile in antarctic water. Lynne cox the author of this story faces challenges through preparation‚ work ethic and determination. Lynne cox swam a mile in the frigid antarctic water. Lynne cox was the author of swimming to antarctica. She wrote this story too show that she swam a mile in the antarctic water. She was proud of herself after she did the swim and wrote the story. Lynne practiced for her swim for days and didn’t give up on practicing. She

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    To what extent is the concept of discovery influenced by the character and concerns of individual people. In your answer‚ consider how the representation of the relationship between individuals and discoveries are represented in your core text and related text. Discovery is an ever-growing understanding of the world and is constantly being uncovered by individual people. Through history‚ many individuals have been made famous through their discovery. It is through their discovery that the character

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    The explorers pushed themselves against the harsh‚ cold winds. The helpless dogs whimpered at the men as they hauled four fully-loaded sledges across the ice. The unpredictable weather made the more than 800-mile journey tough‚ but the explorers were up for the challenge. Roald Amundsen‚ a Norwegian explorer‚ was the first person to reach the South Pole‚ and the first expedition leader to fly over the North Pole. Amundsen was a man with big dreams‚ and followed his motivation of wanting to risk his

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    maintained the support from the regions. Rome maintained endurance‚ as well as superior resources‚ throughout the war‚ due to the massive support received from its government and allies. Combining these elements created a “national strategy” that made accessible the Roman victory at the conclusion of the war (Parker). CONCLUSION: LESSONS LEARNED A primary lesson learned from the war was the importance of combining elements of national power‚ such as information‚ economic power‚ or diplomacy skills

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    What is Cardiovascular Endurance? Cardiovascular endurance is the ability of the heart‚ lungs‚ and blood vessels to deliver oxygen to your body tissue. One uses cardiovascular endurance when performing various exercises. Cardiovascular endurance is the most important aspect of fitness. Performing cardiovascular endurance exercises is done to help strengthen ones heart. The heart is one of the most important muscles in the human body. By going through the process of strengthening your heart you

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    same pace and are appropriately called steady state activities. However‚ considering the duration of a badminton match‚ which could last from 30 minutes to an hour‚ it also has aerobic elements which means it would also require sustained endurance. So the more accurate description would be that badminton is both an aerobic and anaerobic sport‚ with emphasis on the anaerobic aspect. The Three Energy Systems: There are three energy systems

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    Hills 1 Beverly Hills Jordan Simpson English 101 25 July 2013 A Memory of a Lifetime The poem‚ “My Papa’s Waltz‚” by Theodore Roethke is about a childhood memory written later in the adult narrator’s lifetime with his father. This poem reveals the relationship between the narrator and his father when they were waltzing about the room when he was still a small boy. This poem creates what appears to be

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    Endurance is cruel‚ necessary due to preconceived notions of another person’s self worth‚ and lack of compassion. In Khaled Hosseini’s book “A Thousand Splendid Suns”‚ Hosseini highlights a greater understanding of what it takes for women in oppressive countries to endure their entire life hardship and isolation. In the case of Mariam and Laila‚ at very young ages‚ struggled to find their path in society‚ only to have their fate decided for them with many deaths and family members lost along this

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    Every single person endures‚ it’s how much you can endure until you break that makes people’s endurance different and unique. Weather you’re mentally enduring talking politics with your opinionated family on Thanksgiving or you’re enduring the physical pain of a gunshot wound‚ you continue to endure the pain and see the day through. Endurance is the ability or strength to continue‚ especially despite fatigue‚ stress‚ or other adverse conditions. In Ernest Hemingway’s book‚ The Old Man and the

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