Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that is required for blood clotting and to prevent hemorrhaging. It also plays a role in bone formation and repair. Deficiencies can occur with inadequate dietary intake‚ malabsorption syndrome‚ chronic liver disease and in patients taking antibiotics. There are several forms of vitamin K‚ including K1‚ K2 and K3. K1 is the form found in plants such as spinach‚ broccoli‚ cabbage‚ and cauliflower. Vegetable oils such as olive and soybean also contain small
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The Kreutzer Sonata The Kreutzer Sonata‚ named after Beethoven ’s violin sonata no. 9‚ is a novella written by Leo Tolstoy in 1889. As the anti-hero‚ Pozdnyshev‚ relays his life story to the audience on the train‚ he introduces a conflict between human nature and spirituality‚ what one is versus what one should strive to be‚ and challenges the corruptive influences of society. While Pozdnyshev comes to controversial generalizations about women‚ love‚ and marriage‚ the purpose behind his story is
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music‚ body language and lighting. The glaring confrontation provokes audience empathy for the two protagonists and thus aids them in visualising the unimaginable experiences of the two protagonists. John Misto’s award winning play‚ The Shoe Horn Sonata (1995)‚ is an example of a text that effectively animates the experiences of the characters. An exploration of women involved in WWII and their life today back in Australia reveals how little has changed in regards to the recognition and appreciation
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A Literature Review of K-12 Virtual Learning Communities Virtual learning environments‚ often referred to as online learning or e-learning‚ have proliferated both at the K-12 and the adult levels. Formal virtual learning communities (VLCs) at the K-12 level however‚ are relatively new phenomena. Traditionally‚ literature regarding online learning has focused largely on technology and learner-computer interaction. These isolated computer-mediated environments where the need for community and human
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The Shoe-Horn Sonata by John Misto has five main themes or concerns. They are; History and Memory‚ Power and Control‚ Heroism and Relationships and War and Atrocities. John Misto explores all these ideas while telling the story of Bridie and Shelia’s reunion fifty years after they last saw each other. The play is about the histories of the women and the nurses that were captive of the Japanese during World War Two; their individual histories and joint suffering. The stories of these women were
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The notion of the distinctively visual can be seen as a process of connecting an image with an idea‚ the distinctive quality of the visual lies in its capacity to elicit a powerful response and plant it within the reader’s mind‚ in order to cultivate as the themes‚ characters and plot of the material begins to broaden. Distinctively visual texts have the power to provoke reactions from responders whether that would be reactions of pleasure or anger and most intentions of distinctive visuals is to
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though his acclaimed play the shoehorn sonata playwright john misto utilises distinctively visual techniques to explore and convey the theme of friendship and mate-ships. through these dramatic and literary devises and through the use of his protagonists‚ bridie and sheila‚ misto explores how strong friendships can come from unlikely circumstance‚ while also conveying and highlighting how he quintessential australian notion of mate-ship can allow an individual to not only survive dark times but to
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My K-12 Opinion I myself am not a great fan of K to 12. I know it’s now law and is on its second year. The Department of Education says the implementation is getting better‚ as schools get to iron out the kinks of last year. But whether it is or not‚ I don’t know that the program will really make a huge dent in the huge problem of education. Let me be clear: I believe in education‚ I’m big on education. If there’s one thing I think will bring us out of the rut of poverty‚ it is education. If there’s
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Mineral: K-Feldspar K-Feldspar‚ also known as Potassium Feldspar or orthoclase‚ is the most common rock-forming mineral. It covers up about 60% of the Earth’s crust (Feldspar). Feldspar crystalizes from magma which is found in both extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks as well as metamorphic rocks (wisconsingeologicalsurvey.org). They form at medium to high temperature and at certain depths. They may also be found in some sedimentary rocks. This mineral is widespread and can mostly be found
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“K-POP Culture” *It only shows that OPM can’t beat KPOP. And the bad thing is they already imitating KPOP like Down to Mars‚ and yet they can’t make it on top. Magaganda naman ang OPM like PNE & others mas marami lang talagang handang gumagastos at suportahan ang KPOP. (http://www.facebook.com/x.WE.LOVE.KPOP.x?fref=ts) *Korean Pop/ Kpop on Philippine Music Essay Below is a free essay on "Korean Pop/ Kpop on Philippine Music" from Anti Essays‚ your source for free research papers‚ essays‚ and
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