introduced to his peers by presenting a paper comparing the anatomy of modern and fossil elephants. He clearly separated African elephants‚ Asian elephants‚ and mastodons as distinct species. Then he presented a similar work on modern and extinct sloths. These two works were important in defining the concept of extinction. Indeed‚ it was the
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Spc Drummond‚ Casey Vigilance Essay Feb 2015 1028 words The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. (Quote- Desmond Tutu) Vigilance is defined as the action or state of being alert and watchful. It is concerned both with what is and what will be. Thus it is important to be Vigilant in the army for many reasons. Not the least of which being it could keep you and your buddies alive despite the world’s best attempts to make you otherwise. But it means more than just staying awake and alert at guard
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yet again‚ urging me to rise up from bed and get ready for school. Groggily‚ I lift my head toward the clock above me. Reaching out‚ I whack the snooze button. I have fifteen more minutes until the school bus comes. As I possess the deadly sin of sloth‚ I let myself drop to the bed‚ back into the safety and warmth of my cover‚ a typical decision for a typical day. Beep! I rise up immediately‚ my eyes wide open. Panic takes over my body‚ causing my heart to beat fast. With a swift pound‚ I stop the
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Time scale The Pliocene Epoch extends from 5.3 million years ago to 2.58 million years ago. This epoch was also a period of cooling down for the Earth after the warm time period of the Miocene Epoch. There was also more advanced primate development of the ancestors of humans. It follows the Miocene Epoch (23 million to 5.3 million years ago) and is followed by the Pleistocene Epoch (2.58 million to 11‚700 years ago). The Pliocene Epoch is a subdivision of the Neogene Period‚ which is a part of the
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America‚ A Christian Nation...? Introduction to Religion REL 2000 April 24‚ 2012 It has been said before that the United States is considered a Christian nation. Many citizens truly believe this‚ while other strongly oppose this belief. Contrary to what critics imply‚ a Christian nation is not one in which all citizens are Christians‚ the laws require everyone to adhere to Christian theology‚ or all leaders are Christians. America is a Christian nation only in the sense that the majority
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Being an athlete comes with a very big price. Many people say collegiate student athletes have it just as hard as a normal college student. I have to disagree though. There are multiple examples that separate athletes from the regular or average student. Time constraints‚ stereotypes‚ class attendance‚ physical and emotional fatigue‚ and also the athletic sport the student is participating in‚ are just few of the many burdens athletes have on the shoulders that the common student does not. Although
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over-swept the reigning Anglo-Saxon principles and caused a dramatic change in the way people thought. Germanic values‚ such as kinship‚ respect‚ and loyalty to one’s king‚ were converted to avoidance of sins such as greed‚ gluttony‚ envy‚ lust‚ wrath‚ sloth‚ and especially pride. As a result‚ the earliest translations of Beowulf were written by Christian scholars. Beowulf scholar‚ John D Niles‚ states‚ “Like any interpretive work‚ a translation is the result of hermeneutic process…Readers are advised
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things. One is management. If I have kept this subject on the margins thus far it is because I still flinch to think that I spent all those weeks under the surveillance of men (and later women) whose job it was to monitor my behavior for signs of sloth‚ theft‚ drug abuse‚ or worse. Not that managers and especially "assistant managers" in low-wage settings like this are exactly the class enemy. In the restaurant business‚ they are mostly former cooks or servers‚ still capable of pinch-hitting in the
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mignon‚ it can all be done. Unlike dinner‚ breakfast can be sweet or salty. Of course breakfast CAN be eaten for dinner‚ but it just isn’t the same. After some six-ten hours of not eating‚ something needs to be consumed in order to not turn into a sloth. The last thing students need is to have to go to school on an empty stomach – it just makes school that much harder. Even just a few cheerios can make the difference. Unknown to many people‚ breakfast can actually help people lose weight! (As long
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Mistakes are inevitable. There’s no sugar-coating it or avoiding it since it’s inescapable. In life if there’s one thing that is certain‚ apart from death and taxes that is‚ it’s that no matter how hard you try or how noble your intentions may be‚ you’re going to make mistakes‚ and as a result hurt others and yourself. It’s merely human to and isn’t that what we are? So what does happen after we make the inevitable mistakes we do? For all our justifications of making mistakes because we’re human
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