Time to evaluate your energy choices. With Earth Day right around the corner‚ A Moment of Science decided to learn how to better conserve natural resources. Try some of our tips and add your own in the comments section! The Top 20: 1. Make sure to use your clothes washer and dryer when you have a full load. You could save 1‚000 gallons/month! 2. Water your lawn during the evening‚ when it is cooler and dryer. Watering in the morning‚ when it is hot and dry‚ leads to water evaporation. 3
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Rabbi Simeon’s allegory bridges the gap between a people and a time through the anthropomorphization of the Sabbath and exegesis of Exodus 20:8. The Sabbath’s dialog with God anthropomorphizes the day. The Sabbath’s character has one statement with which to judge it‚ a plea for companionship: “All [of the other six days] have a partner‚ while I have no partner!” This desire implies that the Sabbath is a spiritual entity. With God as proof‚ nothing quite inspires people to connect like anthropomorphization
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Foster Electric 20 Years of Reform and Leadership (October 2013) Foster Electric is presently approaching its greater growth period in its 65 year history. For Fiscal year ending in March 2014‚ sales are expected to be a record 159 billion yen with profits of 4.8 billion yen. However‚ the path to achieving these stellar results has not been easy. Harsh times have included the bursting of the economic bubble in Japan‚ severe cost competition‚ and other impediments. The question becomes
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Ch. 20: The Muslim Empires Introduction -Nomadic invasions wasted much of the Muslim world w/ the sacking of Baghdad in 1258 • 3 new Muslim dynasties emerged after the nomadic invasions -New flowering of Islamic civilization; Competition(political divisions+military incursions -Largest-Ottoman from N Africa to S Russia; Safavid dynasty to the E; Mughals in Delhi region of Ganges plain -3 empires combined=largest Islamic political+military power ever -All 3 depended on firearms-“gunpowder
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Francis Scott Fitzgerald‚ the author of The Great Gatsby‚ presents the idea that the “Jazz Age”‚ or the Roaring Twenties were not as romantic as they seem to the average spectator of the twenty-first century through staged movies and prose. The character Daisy Buchanan perfectly encompasses this theme of beauty on the surface‚ but wicked deceit underneath the façade. She is the epitome of unfaithfulness and love for the material rather than the moral. Daisy uses her beauty as a way to control the
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Apply the 80/20 Rule to Market Your Medical Practice More Effectively I’m a firm believer in the "80/20 Rule" and I’ve found that you can apply the rule to many things‚ including the marketing of your medical practice. Historically‚ the 80/20 Rule is actually called the Pareto Principle and comes from an economic study that was done by an Italian economist‚ Wilfredo Pareto who learned over 100 years ago that 80% of the wealth was owned by 20% of the population. This came to be known as the Pareto
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20 – 70 – 10 vs. A – B – C Week 4 Assignment 1 Discuss the strengths‚ pitfalls‚ and underlying assumptions of differentiating employees in the manner suggested in Jack Welch’s 20-70-10 framework. Jack Welch has created a framework for managing his talent‚ something that is also referred to as a vitality curve. Jack’s is broken up into three separate categories‚ 20% that consists of the top performers in an organization‚ 70% that consists of average performers but makes up the most of any organization
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Andrew Jackson vs. the $20 bill The seventh president of the United States of America was Andrew Jackson. He was known as the “common person‚” because he was from a poor family. At age 13‚ he was arrested by the British for being a rebel messenger. As he got older‚ he became a self-educated lawyer. He is well known for fighting in the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Today‚ Jackson’s face can be seen on the twenty dollar bill. President Jackson shouldn’t be on the twenty dollar bill because he did
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Agrarian Magic: 20 Theories on the Origin of Religion Religion is a species-specific human universal phenomenon‚ complex‚ full of paradoxes‚ and found in all cultures. Social scientists and anthropologists since the late 17th century have attempted to rationally answer questions about religion‚ and while we can’t evaluate the veracity of religion’s claims‚ we can attempt to understand its functions. The methods of comparative religion‚ comparative mythology‚ with interdisciplinary analysis
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Chapter 20: The Changing Life of People Marriage and Family Extended and Nuclear Families Extended family was when one spouse of a new marriage goes to live with the other spouse’s family‚ opposed to living on their own. a. Provided security for adults and children in traditional agrarian peasant economies. Nuclear families were when married couples create their own households. Typically during this time people did not marry young because they could not yet economically support themselves.
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