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    Once upon a time‚ there lived a frog in Bingle Bog‚ who croaked all night long from the foot of a sumac tree‚ in his loud and unpleasant voice. All the creatures hated his “singing” but endured it as they had no other option. He was so stubborn and shameless that nothing from stones to insults to prayers could stop him from singing.  One night‚ a nightingale came to the tree and sang in such a beautiful‚ melodious voice‚ that it left the frog and all the other creatures dumbstruck. The whole bog

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    different than humans. First‚ the lungs in a frog have thin walls and are shaped like balloons. When frogs swim‚ they fill their lungs with air‚ which helps them stay buoyant while swimming. Frogs also do not have diaphragms compared to humans. They only breathe through their nose. They use muscles in their throat sacs to help move the air in‚ and then is pushed to the lungs. During this time‚ their mouth is closed. Body contractions allow the frogs to release carbon dioxide. When us humans breathe

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    tibo-fibula bone while leaving the it attached to the knee and heel. The muscle was consistently moistened by Ringer’s solution throughout the entire experiment. The Achilles tendon was removed at the heel of the frog. The tibiofibular bone was cut below the knee and the femur below the knee (Frog Skeletal Muscle Experiement). The baseline value of the force transducer was set to zero. This zeroing procedure was conducted at the start of each exercise. The force transducer was then calibrated for the

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    TOPIC : Frogs NARROWED FOCUS : Species of Frogs THESIS : There are over 4‚000 species of frogs but our focus will be limited to the Poison Dart‚ Wood and Darwin Frogs‚ which all belong to the Ranidae family. INTRODUCTION : Frogs belong to a group called amphibians which begin their lives in the water as eggs and then tadpoles and when fully developed they live on land. Three distinguishing elements such as: their habitat‚ size and the reason for the names given to them will be highlighted

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    high-tech exercise equipment‚ the jumping jack might be considered "old school." When Michelle Obama encouraged others to help her set a Guinness World Record in 2011 for the most people performing jumping jacks in a day‚ she not only became "Jumper in Chief‚" but she bestowed a certain modicum of cool on this most basic of calisthenics. The resulting buzz from fitness experts indicates that your PE teacher was on to something after all: Regularly performing jumping jacks imparts significant health

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    Journal Article Review Jumping Rope in Physical Education Settings This article by Susan B. Nye was written to educate all students that jumping rope is an activity that can be fun and enjoyable. The overall layout of this article I thought was well constructed. The article begins with background information about jumping rope and why it is important to incorporate jumping rope in the classroom as well as why it is considered a lifelong physical activity. Then the article shifts toward

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    Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Chapters 5‚ 6‚ 7 Study Questions 1. What is significant in the new judge’s treatment of Pap? - The judge was sure that he could transform Pap into this new and improved father figure so that he can be a good father to Huck‚ rather than let Huck be adopted to a better parental figure. The judge’s hard work to change Pap didn’t pay off‚ for Pap was back into his old ways in no time. 2. What questions does Pap’s attitude toward Huck evoke? - Pap disagrees of Huck’s

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    HOW TO WRITE A NONPROFIT BUSINESS PLAN? 5 What is your opinion about eating toasted ants‚ about eating fried frog legs‚ about eating puppies and kittens? About eating raw monkey brains? If you were reared in U.S. society‚ more than likely you think eating frog legs is okay; eating ants is disgusting‚ and eating dogs‚ cats‚ and monkey brains is downright repugnant. How would you apply the concepts of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism

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    Bungee Jumping or Skydiving Bungee jumping and skydiving are two adventurous activities that can be very exciting and enjoyable. In both cases‚ an adrenalin rush is produced by jumping from a great height in order to enjoy falling towards the earth with speed‚ but the experience of bungee jumping is actually very different from the experience of skydiving as you shall see. Bungee jumping makes use of an elastic cord‚ which is attached to the jumper using a harness. As you jump‚ the cord stretches

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    Shouldn’t it clarify Haron Siddique”s profession?in the article Hospital admissions for injuries caused by dogs up 76% in 10 years‚ “In the 12 months from March 2014 to February this year‚ there were 7‚227 admissions for dog bites or attacks‚ 6.5% up on the previous 12 months…” (Siddique). This statistic includes jumping dogs. You know‚ that gigantic dog that greets unsuspecting people by jumping on them? Yeah‚ that one. There are many things that could go wrong with jumping dogs‚ but these things can be

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