Plants That Can Move Inspire New Adaptive Structures http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2011/02/23/plants-that-can-move-inspire-new-adaptive-structures Summary: Researchers at the University of Michigan and Penn State University have been studying a species of shape-changing plant that they believe can help them develop a new breed of structures that can twist‚ turn‚ bend‚ stiffen‚ and otherwise adapt to their environments. The Mimosa plant‚ which folds its leaves on contact through a phenomenon
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There has been a time when I have always wondered what it would be like to have dinner with people who inspire me. I have thought long and hard about 3 people who give me motivation to be all I can be. Growing up as a Latina woman in NYC has made me want to be a successful woman. I want to see the world and help others in need. I have chosen to have dinner with Rita Moreno a Latina woman from Humacao‚ Puerto Rico. My Grandparents are from Humacao‚ a small town about 45 mins from the capital. Humacao
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Only people who earn a lot of money are successful. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Definitely‚ I do not totally agree with the statement of title. However‚ the wealthy people are indeed a successful group. So let me discuss what the success includes‚ and then to get a conclusion. First is money. There are too many examples to tell‚ such as Bill Gates‚ Dell‚ the mayor of New York and more and more. Nobody doubts
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Three People Who Have Influenced Me the Most In Life Do you have anyone you cherish and love? Can you think of someone who you could not live without? Have you stopped and thought about who inspires you? Do you know someone who has influenced you? For me‚ there have been three influential people in my life who I love and cherish. I know I could not live without them because they inspire me so much. Those people are my mom‚ papa‚ and my best friend Jessie. They have all influenced me in many ways
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when you feel like you are dominated or you are being treated abusively by another person. At one point in life‚ everyone has or will be bullied in some form or another. People are usually bullied because of the things they have and what the bullies do not. Only certain groups of people are bullied. Bullying can be in different forms like verbal‚ physical‚ mental‚ or emotional. A bully will go after the person with the things that they don’t have. For example‚ the bullies will target people because
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The notion of success holds different meanings for different people. Such meanings have changed over time. Actually many propose that processing an abundance of money implies success. However‚ this view is rendered obsolete in the minds of those individuals who hold that one individual’s success can not be measured by money. Material possession has been accepted as the measurement of success or social status. When we refer to someone we tend to mention how much money he owns and thereby believe
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Oscar Wilde portrayed in his writing that: “It is only shallow people who judge by appearance. The true mystery of the world is the visible‚ not the invisible” (qtd in Davis 1). All humans have all been made uniquely. Which is why we all don’t have the appearance. But currently‚ the idea of having a “picture perfect” shape and look is one of the problems women and men alike deal with. Some want to get thinner‚ some want the ideal thickness everyone has skewed views of what the define beautiful to
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They can show the geography information of a region when you click it with a special pen. (Go ahead to the windows. Yes. ) You saw that curtain? But it is not simply a curtain‚ but a curtain which is full of geographic knowledge! And some of the images on the curtains were bought from abroad. That is extremely rare. So‚ I would say‚ that this whole room is full of Geographic Knowledge. Finally‚ let us come to this funny big ball here. You know that it symbolized Earth. And magically‚ it can have
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My speech on why I support and defend my document for human rights! Good morning/afternoon classmates‚ Ahead of time I would like to let you know that my book is The Civil Rights Movement People Who Changed America By:Kevin Supples. This book’s genre is Expository. It is a National Geographic book. It is about very important leaders and what they accomplished and how they accomplished and overcame their goals. I defend this document because I know it is it is truthful. I know it is truthful because
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Why You Want Who You Want by Wendy Paris is an article explaining why people are attracted to certain people and shows that everyone has different tastes. In the article Paris explains many experiments that took place to find out what people go for in a relationship. Along with some of the ways we can change ourselves to make the opposite sex attracted to us. In class we are talking a lot about the brain. Such as why we do certain things and the way that we behave. In this article Parris explains
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