How Elephants got their trunks This report discusses the evolution of the Elephant. The fossil evidence is described and the theories of Evolution known as Lamarckism and Darwinism are compared and evaluated. Neo-Darwinism and punctuated equilibrium are also defined. Introduction Curiously‚ the evolution of the Elephant was considered by the 3rd American President‚ Thomas Jefferson. During his presidency the remains of a Mammoth were excavated and brought to his attention. The historical context
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Unforgettable Fishing Trip I remember it like it was yesterday blood was everywhere; my pants leg was soaked and weighted down from the bleeding. The bottom of the truck had turned into a crimson sea of red. The throbbing in my thigh had been replaced with numbness and nausea. As everything started to fade‚ I remember my cousin Joe saying over and over in a nervous voice‚ "You will be okay‚ just hang in There..." Fishing is one of my favorite things to do but there is one fishing trip that I will never forget
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The design concentrates the weight on the shoulders and hips‚ where it would be less likely to cause back pain and injuries. The final design‚ named‚ “Baby Got Backpack” has two parts: the backpack and the straps. The backpack is designed to mold to the EMT’s back and provide support for lifting the stretcher. The straps are sewn into the backpack and go over the EMT’s shoulders. A belt‚ similar to the straps
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You’ve Got Mail is based on the 1940 movie Shop Around The Corner‚ except it’s an electronic update. The plot is funny with some element of romanticism. Joe Fox of Fox Books opens up a book superstore in Manhattan Upper East Side. Joe is untroubled that his bookstore is driving out smaller bookstores. Kathleen Kelly‚ an owner of a smaller bookstore‚ Shop Around The Corner‚ declares war on Joe and his cruel antics. What Joe and Kathleen don’t know is they’ve been secretly talking to each other
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I lost my mother to pancreatic cancer in March‚ 2006. My father and I only had three months to prepare for life without her. This time period affected me deeply as I was only six years old. My mother lived at the hospital in the weeks after her diagnosis. My dad was touring overseas with his band. I was told what was happening‚ but I don’t think it truly sunk in for me at that age. Since my dad was away‚ and my mother was sick‚ I lived with my friend’s family for a month. Living without both parents
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Modzelewski English 100 – Essay One Lost My Scholarship “Dad‚ I got it. I passed the test‚ I got it.” It was a sunny day in Jakarta‚ the capital city in Indonesia. I remembered somebody stood next to me and held me with empathy as she watched me sobbing over the phone. I called my dad right after the scholarship representatives from one of the highly ranked secondary schools1 in Singapore told us about their decision that has changed my life forever; I was the chosen ones. Of course there
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“Got Milk?” If you are familiar with this ad‚ in particular‚ you have experienced prosperity‚ in advertisements‚ firsthand. Being a widely accepted method of advertising‚ prosperity conveys factual information to an audience that would otherwise have been lost in translation. There are claims stating that advertisements are solely propaganda‚ but the underlying goal is for the betterment of society. When you are walking down the street‚ or driving down the freeway‚ odds are that you will come across
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We’ve Got Mail--Always Is e-mail a blessing or a curse? Last month‚ after a week’s vacation‚ I discovered 1‚218 unread e-mail messages waiting in my in box. I pretended to be dismayed‚ but secretly I was pleased. This is how we measure our wired worth in the late 1990s--if you aren’t overwhelmed by e-mail‚ you must be doing something wrong. Never mind that after subtracting the stale office chitchat‚ spam‚ flame wars‚ dumb jokes forwarded by friends who should have known better and other
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reader work to figure out the literal and metaphorical meanings of sight. The author’s meaning of sight is that when you’re depressed or ignorant then you are lost. Most of the time our sense of sight is linked with discovery or finding something‚ but you can make a compelling case that sight may relate more to something being lost or feeling lost at times. That is my interpretation of her poems on sight. In the first poem “ We grow accustomed to the dark” one of her lines say “we grow accustomed to
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How I Got to Salt Lake Community College I always wanted to go to college growing up‚ but because of my family‚ along with my sisters and myself‚ were born and raised in a refugee camp in Nepal‚ I had a feeling that college was a dream that would not come true for me. In 2012‚ we came to Salt Lake City‚ Utah. The school I did was from 9th grade. After resettlement in the United States‚ my parents are still struggling to look after the educational future of me and my sisters. My family said if I could
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