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    Goals Chapter Review Questions and RAs Vocab: I. Mendelian Genetics  Genetics Opener      Become an Expert on a Genetic  Disorder        A. Mendel (9­1)  ★ Describe Mendel’s experiment  and conclusions  Gregor Mendel Reading Assignment    Lab:  Observable Human Genetic  Traits (on paper)          Trait  Self­pollination  Cross­pollination  Pure  P1 generation  F1 generation  F2 generation  Dominant  Recessive  Law of segregation  Law of independent      assortment  allele  B. Genetic Crosses (9­2) 

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    Nicholas Winton is an example of resistance in the Second World War. He is a hero who saved children from what would have almost certainly been a childhood of torture at best and death at worst. Winton is a kind man‚ to be sure‚ but for decades nobody knew the extent of his kindness. Despite his courageous efforts‚ it was not until 1988 that his actions became known publically. Currently‚ Nicholas Winton is 105 years old‚ living out the rest of his life as a recognized hero. During the war‚ Nicholas

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    Through the short story‚ Is Google Making Us Stupid‚ the author‚ Nicholas Carr suggests that the Internet affects how human beings process literary works. He begins to illustrate this point by using a scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey where the man purposely disassembles HAL‚ the supercomputer‚ in order to disconnect its ability to think for itself. Carr personifies HAL‚ and describes how it could feel its brain being taken away as the man stripped it of its memory circuits. Carr

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    Nicholas Carr’s essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid” explores how the internet can change the way we think about doing research‚ how it has affected our attention spans‚ and the matter in which it has influenced our means of concentrating on a subject. When comparing Nicholas Carr’s essay to Jane McGonigal’s essay “Be a Gamer‚ Save the World” they both similarly point out that technology in general can result in neglecting ones social life. Nicholas essay looks at technology in a negative light while

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    to know that during the 19th century‚ Russia was a country that specialized in agriculture and focused on improving its industrial production. As Russia grew in one area‚ they lacked in another. Most people in Russia were poor and lived on farms. Nicholas II‚ like many leaders in the past‚ did not listen to the cries of his people and did things the way he thought was best fit for Russia. Many of his decisions created problems that will later be brought up in the future. Problems such as‚ having a

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    WHO WAS NICHOLAS II? Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov was the last Russian Tsar. This title was used by the Russian sovereigns during the period of the Russian empire. Nicholas II‚ know in Brazil as “Nicolau II”‚ was crowned king by the czarist polity in 1894. His reign ended in 1917 with the Russian revolution‚ and later in that year‚ he was executed by the Bolsheviks. After his death‚ Russia changed completely‚ joining others republics and forming a new country‚ the Soviet Union. At that time they

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    Emperor Nicholas II commanded Russian forces at the front‚ abandoning the conduct of government in Petrograd (St. Petersburg before 1914; Leningrad after 1924) to his unpopular wife and a series of incompetent ministers. As a consequence of these conditions‚ the morale of the people rapidly

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    they were fine Nick explained what happened and that he and Perry are magicians. He also said that their real names are Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel and that they were born in the 1300’s. Thus‚ they are immortal. He told Sophie and josh that every human has magical powers‚ but to use them the person has to be Awakened. He also said that the man that came was Dr. John Dee. Nicholas took Sophie and Josh across San Francisco to meet up with Scathach‚ an Elder of the Next Generation. Nick asked that Sacthach

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    In Today’s time‚ people have come to realization that advancement with the new technologies have brought tremendous change that is convenient to people. Nicholas Carr writes in his work “Is Google Making Us Stupid” the ways that these new technologies‚ particularly the internet is not only damaging this generation but it will also effect the generations to come. Carr writes about the atmosphere of a present universal debate referring to assumptions that the Internet has started to reform our world

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    Rhetorical Analysis of Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid? We are at a time where technology is widespread; it has become a part of our everyday life leading to advantages and disadvantages and technology currently has become the most important topic to discuss and everyone has developed their own unique opinion. In Nicholas Carr’s article published in 2008‚ “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”‚ he argues that as technology progresses people’s mentality changes. Carr is effective in his argument

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