It was a grey afternoon with a dull sky. The wind was sighing in the tree top and boughs moaned. The dark‚ ragged and ominous clouds drifted over. Surprisingly‚ instead of beating down a curtain of rain from heavens‚ it only brought drizzle. “I wish it would rain cats and dogs.” Sylvia talked to herself while she was sitting in a bus looking up to the eerie sky. Sylvia was on the way to visit her father‚ alone. Her mom refused to go with her‚ she did not want to see him. They were divorced. Well
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One day in a far away land of Olympus‚ Hercules‚ the son of Zeus‚ was strolling through his house and overhears his father say‚ “I cannot believe what Prometheus did. Stealing fire! From the gods! Oh‚ I will punish him. Him‚ his brother and the whole human race!” Hercules was in disbelief of what he just heard. He could not believe that Zeus would be so cruel over a small act‚ one to help the humans! After the gods left and sent Pandora down to Earth for Epimetheus‚ Hercules stormed in to talk to
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On Friday July 6th 1979‚ villager and holidaymakers had a miraculous escape when an out of control RAF fighter jet ploughed into the village just yards away from a loaded petrol tanker. The Plane Crash 1979The pilot‚ who was on a training flight‚ experienced control difficulties and had to eject into the sea leaving his Hawker Hunter jet to crash into the ocean. Instead it veered towards land‚ hurtling at 250mph‚ a major disaster seemed inevitable. But it was nothing short of a miracle when the
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Blood Blood is a connective tissue. Blood has three general functions transpotation of oxygen‚ carbondioxide‚ nutrients and hormones to and from the body; regulation‚ blood regulates pH(normal pH is 7.35-7.45) and body temperature; protection‚ blood is able to clot after an injury thus protecting execessive blood loss and white blood cells protect the body against disease. Components of blood are plasma which is the liquid part of blood and formed elements which are cell fragments including platelets
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A. Which serous membrane in Chloe’s abdomen most likely contains the greatest adipose tissue? The peritoneum is the largest serous membrane of the body which contains the greater omentum‚ the largest peritoneal fold. The greater omentum normally contains a considerable amount of adipose tissue. The adipose tissue content can greatly expand with weight gain‚ giving rise to a characteristic “beer belly” seen in some individuals. B. What involuntary muscle process initiated by deglutition
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A. Baru is using surface markings to identify the gender of a skull. What two major types of surface markings do bones have? Surface markings that occur on bone are depression and openings; these markings upon bones are what allow soft tissues or joint formations to be present in order to supply nutrients to bone and give the body movement. The other surface marking is process; which are the projections or outgrowths of that bone the gives an attachment of that bone to the connective tissue or
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A flight had just landed in the very crowded Houston airport. It was a very foggy‚ misty morning. The Journey from Belgium to Houston was long and uncomfortable‚ and Peter was cold‚ miserable and unhappy. Huddled up like a hedgehog‚ in his filthy black coat‚ he pierced through the crowd for a familiar face that could help him get through this confusion. Looking in his wallet he discovered that he was penniless. Peter was sixteen years old‚ average height‚ and a child with a mild and simple character
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1.)Which minerals are stored in bones? Solid mineral crystals in your bones impart them with the strength and rigidity to support your body and withstand powerful physical stresses. Calcium and phosphorus are the most abundant minerals in your bones‚ together forming calcium phosphate crystals. Your bones contain roughly 99 percent of the calcium and 85 percent of the phosphorus in your body. Other minerals stored in your bones include magnesium and fluoride. 2.)Which type of bone provides a
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6 Simple Tips on How to Stay on Task to Achieve Your Goals Life will throw some unexpected curves in your journey. If we are not disciplined and have not the ability to adapt to unexpected changes‚ those unexpected situations will throw you for a loop. This race‚ called life‚ is not given to the swift‚ nor to the strong but to those who endure to the end. After I learned these 6 simple tips to help me to stay on task so that I can achieve my goals‚ my life went from default mode to design mode.
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For many years corn was only known in the Americas‚ now it is the most important grain in the world after wheat. When Columbus was traveling to search for new lands‚ he stumbled upon the island of Cuba and found native Indians that raised corn. In America we know the plant as corn whereas in Spanish-speaking countries it is called maize. The corn stalk itself has obvious features like the coarse leaves and its grown height. A corn stalk can range from 3 to 15 feet tall. The corn itself is consisted
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