I used to believe the best way to avoid failure was to quit. Giving up before falling short meant never having to worry about losing or appearing incompetent. By insisting it was not worth my time to try‚ I could dissociate from my failures and blame them on my lack of interest or the activity’s low level of importance. This mindset went unchallenged throughout elementary and middle school when many of my chosen pastimes required minimal skill. It was not until high school that I began to feel
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I am the most amazing person on earth. Do you know why I am so great? I am almost godly because of my great skill of tetherball. I hit the ball so hard that the post will fall over. Sometimes my arms power is so great that the string snaps. After snapping the ball would travel 300 feet before landing so the crowd members have a special spot called a splash zone. It was made just for me! The only thing that can compare to my power is the gods themselves! Maybe even my power is beyond this world
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of humanity. Global Warming is finally receiving acknowledgement necessary to make a difference in the wasteful and destructive routines of human expansion. Artic wildlife is experiencing the most difficulties as the surrounding glaciers are all melting. Our primary focus is on polar bears as they rely on masses of ice to rest after hunting for food. With the emergence of warmer climate‚ the areas of ice are diminishing leaving polar bears swimming for even longer until they drown from exhaustion
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Purpose The purpose of this lab is to find the boiling point of the liquid and find the melting point of the solid. Procedure Boiling point: To find the boiling point of Isopropyl Alcohol I put about 1 mL of it in the test tube. Then I attached the thermometer to the test tube with a rubber band(make sure the thermometer bulb is lined up with the end of the test tube). After that I made a water bath with a beaker and put in the test tube with the thermometer. I then used a burner and a burner stand
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UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH SCHOOL OF FOOD SCIENCE & NUTRITION LABORATORY REPORT NT20903 FOOD CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY Determination of free fatty acid(FFA) and iodine value (IV)in oil LECTURER NAME : MOHD NAZRI BIN ABDUL RAHMAN LAB SESSION : 3 OCTOBER 2011 (GROUP 4‚ MONDAY) Group Member Title: Determination of free fatty acid (FFA) in oil and determination of iodine value (IV) in oil Introduction Acid value or free fatty acid content is an important characteristic commonly used
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Choosing the Sex of Your Baby Ashton Jackson English 101 How is it possible to choose the sex of your baby besides adoption? Has our society really dropped their morals so low? Before reading this text‚ I skimmed through‚ and seen that there were arguments pending on whether this should occur or not. I am curious as to why people would want to choose the sex of their baby. I see that as ‘cheating God’ in a way. Even if parents have a child of one sex‚ should they honestly get the choice
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Introduction A gas is the state of matter that is characterized by having neither a fixed shape nor a fixed volume. Gases exert pressure‚ are compressible‚ have low densities and diffuse rapidly when mixed with other gases. On a microscopic level‚ the molecules (or atoms) in a gas are separated by large distances and are in constant‚ random motion. When dealing with gases‚ the Ideal Gas Law equation is the most famous equation used to relate all the factors in dealing and solving the problem
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Complexometric Determination of Water Hardness Mike Monaghan CHM 152LL 01/27/2013 Abstract: What can be found from this experiment is as follows‚ Introduction/Background: This lab was about determining water hardness. Water hardness is the amount of metal ions in the water. The most common found ion in the water is calcium ions and typically with a charge of +2. Water hardness plays a big significance in our daily life because to many metal ions in our drinking water can have adverse
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Wildcat’s article “The Question of Self-Determination” explains that self-determination is when one freely chooses to act or think a certain way. He then examines in great detail the question of what does self-determination really mean for Indigenous Peoples? Wildcat states that Indigenous self-determination commences with consideration for the relations around us whether they are political‚ social‚ economic or spiritual in nature. The article also explains that education is in and of itself an assimilation
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Melting Permafrost’s Negative Contribution to Global Warming [pic] Global Warming is a problem that impacts the entire planet. The average temperature of our planet has risen about 0.5°C in the last 100 years. According to field biologist Wolter in 2008‚ the melting of permafrost in the colder regions of the world is mostly responsible for global warming; causing the world’s climate to be at risk. (Wolter‚ 2008) “Permafrost is any rock or soil that remains frozen constantly
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