I‚ Pencil Summary: This was an article written from the aspect of a wooden pencil. The pencil first starts out talking about how no one knows how to make him/her. It states that it is a mystery even more so than a tree or a sunset. It goes on to talk about even though it might look like a simple object‚ it is much more complex with creation. Referencing each piece used to create the pencil‚ then tracing its genealogy to those who made objects used for transportation‚ manufacturing‚ texturing
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Summary and opinion Gisela Lizette Carrillo Lopez This article is about the defeat of the S. Korean fencer. When South Korea’s Shin Lam had just advanced to the gold medal the officials had to reset the clock from zero to one second‚ making that moment the turning point‚ because Germany’s Britta Heinemann took that moment as a second chance‚ ending as the winner of the match. Loosing was both embarrassing and agonizing for Shin‚ in that moment she became the loneliest athlete in the Olympics
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apples and then there is no substitute they’re stuck with putrid smelling apples. John then later states that he has given up all that stuff. Additionally‚ he explains that Lorraine doesn’t want him cursing‚ so instead of writing it out he will just write @#$%. After that‚ he explains why Miss Reillen is called the “Cricket.” Furthermore‚ Lorraine says he is “extremely handsome” and therefore the
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narrative article‚ “The Truth wears off.” describes the study of what is called the decline effect. In which‚ scientific data is put into question on whether the data is reliable‚ or If it’s been effected by production bias‚ statistical errors. Lehrer’s purpose is to convey the idea that it is extremely difficult to prove anything. She adopts a serious and skeptical tone in order to appeal to similar feelings and experiences in her adult readers and the scientific community. The article is set as
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Journal Article Review Krystle Gonzales College of Nursing NR 305 Health Assessment Professor Sherer Summer II 2014 .. Journal Article Review Introduction “A guide to taking a patient’s history” is an article published in Nursing Standard in the December‚ 2007 issue‚ written by Hilary Lloyd and Stephen Craig. In this article‚ Lloyd and Craig outline the process of taking a complete health history from a patient. The reasoning for gathering a comprehensive history is also described. There
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Chapter 1 In this section of the book‚ before we became homo sapiens‚ we evolved from past ancestors who weren’t up to par on further knowledge on life as modern humans today. The author suggests that humans come from a long past of ancestry from Africa that has been spread all around various parts of the globe. The locations of their selected spots have had a huge impact of the development of technologies and how they came to evolve to have more appealing characteristics suited for their
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A form of literature that is rapidly growing more popular today is that of the graphic novel. This unique type of text has been associated with and been more commonly called the comic book. But‚ in recent years‚ this form of literature has grown more powerful through the realization of all the values it offers and has thus caused scholars to adopt other more sophisticated names such as graphic novel or graphic narrative. Books that have become sources of scholarly learning have been categorized under
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On July 1st 2008 an article was written by Nicholas Carr titled “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” and this article was taken differently by many people. He talks about how he has problems reading ever since he discovered Google. Carr states “my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages. I get fidgety‚ lose the thread‚ begin looking for something else to do” (2) and he blames Google is the problem. He believes the constant multi-tasking and skimming over articles on the internet has
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The book “Night” is a true story based on the author’s life‚ Elie Wiesel. The book takes you through his journey of WWII‚ and how the Nazis affected himself as well as his friends and family. This book paints a true picture of what it was like to grow up in Hungry during that time and how the Nazis were perceived at different points throughout the war. Throughout the book‚ he explains his journey with God as a Jewish boy and how he questions who God is and His plans for Wiesel. The first chapter
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The Thought about Food Mankind differentiates itself from other species in its willingness to exhaust its environment in order to satisfy its immediate needs of the essential components: food and water. In order to satisfy the demands of an ever-increasing global population‚ we rely on an international‚ industrial food system. When it comes to global warming we think about how climate change will impact farming‚ but not how farming will impact climate change. The impact of the food system on global
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