Taylor Shockley Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel A. YORK Period 4 Research: Write a short biography of the author‚ include information about his areas of research‚ books written‚ and prizes awarded. Jared Diamond is a professor at the University of California He wanted wrote Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚ which won the Britain’s 1998 Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize and Pulitzer Prize. He also wrote Collapse: How Societies choose to Fail or Succeed. Jared has been on 22 expeditions to New Guienea and islands
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they had to lower the production of the Geoffrey doll. Furthermore‚ G.G. Toys’ management was considering adding two more products to its mix: the holiday reindeer dolls and handmade Romaine Patch dolls. As of the time when the case was written‚ G.G. Toys was using a traditional job-‐order costing system to calculate
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Unforgettable History: The Story of the Execution of Millions The Holocaust was the successful persecution of Jews‚ Slavs‚ homosexuals‚ communists‚ and disabled people by the Nazi Regime. This 20th century Holocaust took place in several European countries‚ and by the end of 1945‚ nearly twelve million people were killed. Anti-Semitism was the central motive for the execution of European Jews and was led by Adolf Hitler. Because of this massive genocide there have been many books written to explain
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The holiday Christmas has traditionally represented the birth of Jesus Christ. Christians worldwide have celebrated December 25 as their God’s birthday; however‚ Christians have held no historical significance to the holiday. Most customs involved in Christmas have originated from ancient pagan celebrations. The customs have dated back to events like Saturnalia and the Unconquered Sun‚ proving the ideas stemmed from pagan roots not Christian. For instance‚ the date of Christmas has held no significance
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IELTS Introduction Listening ( 30 min.) 10 Questions in each section Types of questions asked : Multiple Choices Short Answer Questions Sentence Completion Matching Classification etc. Reading (60 min.) 40 Questions in all Types of questions asked : Academic General Multiple Choice Multiple Choice Short Answer Questions Short Answer Questions Sentence Completion Sentence Completion Labelling a Diagram Labelling a Diagram Choosing Suitable
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Realia ‘Realia’ in EFL terms refers to any real objects we use in the classroom to bring the class to life. In this tip I’d like to offer a few suggestions for activities using realia and to consider why we may want to bring things into the class. Why use realia in class? The main advantage of using real objects into the classroom is to make the learning experience more memorable for the learner. To give a couple of simple examples‚ if you are going to teach vocabulary of fruit and vegetables
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Final essay The order carnivore is a very interesting order that takes in different forms. It contains five families all of which are uniquely different. Members of Carnivora have diverse food habits‚ although many are primarily carnivorous‚ and carnivory is widely distributed in mammals‚ being found in many other orders including bats‚ marsupial mammals‚ primates‚ and dolphins and whales. Carnivores occupy just about every type of terrestrial habitat‚ and many aquatic habitats as well‚ from the
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English as an analytic or synthetic language Old English is frequently presented as a synthetic language‚ a language in which grammatical function of clause elements is primarily derived from inflections rather than from word order and prepositions‚ while Present Day English is said to be the opposite‚ and analytic language‚ A.C. Baugh writes that “Modern English in an analytic‚ Old English a synthetic language.” Similarly‚ Dan McIntyre writes that “The main difference between Old English and
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Christopher Whitten The Polar Express Caldecott Award paper Lorinda Cohoon Polarizing The Polar Express The Polar Express written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg in 1985‚ was chosen for a Caldecott Medal in 1986. It was praised for its detailed illustrations and calm‚ relaxing storyline. Widely considered to be a classic Christmas story for young children‚ it has earned recognition several times in the 28 years since its conception and publication. No stranger to such honors‚ Van Allsburg
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have discovered degraded fat particles that are found in milk on unearthed potshards of European farmers from as early as 4000 B.C. Since then people around the world consume the milk of not only cows‚ but goats‚ sheep‚ yaks‚ water buffalo‚ llamas‚ reindeer‚ horses‚ and camels. (PROCON.ORG) From birth‚ babies (if fortunate enough) are given mother’s milk. Formulas from cow’s milk with added Iron and essential fatty acids are also given to human babies to simulate mother’s milk. After their first
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