"creative" tips that are taught to people who are nervous to speak in public. These creative bits of advice designed to help you get over being scared are not only stupid‚ but will likely hurt you and make you feel worse. Picture the Audience naked. This seemingly pornographic advice refers to imagining your audience in some position that lowers their perceived power. Other variations on this theme include‚ "Picture them in their underwear" and "picture them on the toilet." To all of these (and
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Methanol extract of P. cineraria stem bark (200‚ 400 and 600 mg/kg body weight p.o.) was administered once in a day for 7 days to rats and these rats were then subjected to Morris water-maze (MWM) test for spatial reference memory (SRM) and spatial working memory (SWM) versions of memory testing. The inhibitory effect of the extract on acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in discrete rat brain regions (prefrontal cortex [PFC]‚ hippocampus [HIP] and amygdala [AMY]) was also investigated using acetyl thiocholine
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They would force prisoners to “wash the 150-foot-long barracks aisle floor... waddling duck-style” (pg 191). The guards would use any excuse to punish a prisoner. They would be punished for “folding their arms‚ for sitting naked to help heal sores‚ for cleaning teeth‚ for talking in their sleep” (pg 194). The guards punished prisoners in the harshest ways they could think of. Sometimes forcing them to “stand... in the Ofuna crouch‚ a painful and strenuous position” for hours
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Easter Island I was born today. My bones quarried at Rano Raraku near the northeast end of my homeland‚ Easter Island. My makers were small‚ with deep tawny skin that gleamed with moisture under the sun as they carved the gentle curves of my body. As I lay among the rock‚ an unmoving piece of stone that stretched across the land to the creatures that constructed me‚ I observed the thriving life around me. I was surrounded by trees‚ some whose unbranched bodies shot into the vibrant sky‚
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In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ Mary is a quiet‚ high-school graduate recluse living on the Spokane Indian Reservation in the basement of her parents’ house. While Mary’s brother Junior has dreams and aspirations of leaving the reservation‚ he views Mary as someone destined to live and die on the rez. But‚ what Junior does not initially see is Mary’s internal need to break the vicious cycle of oppression towards Native Americans. Junior only seeing certain traits
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I. Background Analysis For 26 years‚ the Cabalen chain of restaurants has been the standard for excellent Filipino cuisine. Combining the freshest ingredients and the most stringent quality control‚ Cabalen has kept its patrons coming back for more through the consistency in Taste and Quality of its dishes served in the buffet. Balikbayans and regular patrons say that dining at a Cabalen Restaurant will make you feel the aunthentic traditional home-cooked food the Kapampangan way that you have
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…………… money. Could I borrow 20 pounds‚ please? A) off B) from C) of D) in E)by 12. The earth …………… around the sun. A) revolves D) was revolving B) is revolving E) would revolve 13. Complete the idiom: as quiet as a …………… A) beaver B) mole C) mouse C) will revolve D) rat 14. Ryan: Would you like to go to the concert with me? Adam: Thanks‚ but I’m not really …………… classical music. A) for B) into C) upon D) with E) rodent E) to 15. “I
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For many centuries‚ and still existing in modern times‚ the illusion of an American dream has enchanted and haunted people‚ drawing them from all corners of the earth to seek their own fortune and opportunity – an opportunity and hope that more often than not was dashed to the ground. The American Dream was a shining image of wealth‚ happiness‚ and prosperity‚ misguiding people with whispered promises of gleaming opulence. However‚ due to the circumstances of new times‚ the failure of the utopian
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* . Introduction Endothermic reactions are accompanied by the absorption of heat. The dissolving of ammonium nitrate in water is an example of an endothermic reaction. The solution resulting from this mixture is colder than either the ammonium nitrate or the water. This is the simple explanation of what happens in an instant ice pack. The more detailed information will be discussed in the following paragraphs. Cold Packs Most cold packs come with a fabric cover made to absorb condensation and
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affect the enthalpy change when an alcohol goes under combustion. The energy that alcohols release when being used is called the enthalpy change of combustion. This is defined as "Standard enthalpy change of combustion‚ is the enthalpy change when one mole of a substance burns completely in oxygen under standard conditions (298K‚ 100 KPa and 1 Molar) with all products in their standard state" (Collins advanced Chemistry) Enthalpy is the total energy content of the reacting materials. Enthalpy is given
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