Quetzalcoatlus was first discovered in Texas in 1971 by geology graduate student Douglas A. Lawson. The feeding habits of Quetzalcoatlus are controversial. Originally‚ it was assumed to catch fish and crustaceans‚ like most other pterosaurs‚ until it was realized that it lived 248 miles from any shore during the Cretaceous period‚ and that there was no evidence for an inland water source for miles around. Lawson‚ in 1975‚ rejected the fish eating hypothesis and said that it instead was a scavenger‚ like
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Composers create distinctively visual images to draw aspects that they are presenting in their texts. This helps the reader to understand and visualise the characters responses to significant aspects of life. The Author Henry Lawson uses these distinctive images in his short stories ‘The Drovers Wife’ and ‘The Loaded Dog’ to help portray the harsh realities of living in the Australian bush. These realities create significant experiences for the individuals in his stories as they are faced with hardships
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1. What are Browning’s are the dilemmas at White Cap? Explain Peter Browning’s job is to revitalize a mature business in the face of serious competitive threats‚ but without discouraging the loyalty and morale of a family style culture. Market share of plastic bottles was growing fast and White Cap is losing customers due to that‚ so a change is necessary. However‚ few managers or employees at White Cap acknowledged the need for change and were resistant to change. Employees have been accustomed
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#3 Case 6.3: Diverse Friends Day‚ pages 62-64. Problems posed by the case Mr. Carbondale is the only one who shows interest in making the school more diverse accepting and inclusive. For example‚ every year he is the only one who attends the district’s “Inclusive Excellence” conference. Overall‚ Mr. Carbondale has no support in improving the school environment for the students. Mr. Carbondale’s student all feel very differently about his Diverse Friends Day idea. For example‚ some students want
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How to Brief Cases To fully understand the law with respect to business‚ you need to be able to read and understand court decisions. To make this task easier‚ you can use a method of case analysis that is called briefing. There is a fairly standard procedure that you can follow when you “brief” any court case. You must first read the case opinion carefully. When you feel you understand the case‚ you can prepare a brief of it. Although the format of the brief may vary‚ typically it will present the
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Creative Essay Benjamin Putter’s dad’s favorite hobby is golf. He loves golf so much that when he died he wanted to be “[...] Spread on the eighteenth green at his magnum opus‚ Augusta National Golf Club‚[...]” (Lawson 26). Benjamin didn’t think he would die so suddenly‚ but he did. When his dad died‚ he developed a “golf ball” in his throat that everyone questioned. Benjamin Met a girl that helped him undertake the mission of getting his dad to the golf course.They went on a long journey
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fAn examination of the differences in Gordon Ramsay and Nigella Lawson’s Spoken language? Nigella Lawson and Gordon Ramsay‚ two very famous TV chefs‚ have completely different ways of presenting themselves verbally. Ramsay is well known for his fiery temper and for being extremely rude at times by using profanity. Nigella Lawson is renowned for her flirtatious manner of presenting‚ and is known as the “queen of food porn”; both of the transcripts I selected identify these characteristics. Gordon
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The Doolittle Raid "Yesterday‚ December 7th‚ 1941-a date which will live in infamy-the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by Naval and Air forces of the Empire of Japan (Roosevelt)." Those were the famous words spoken by Franklin Roosevelt the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed. Roosevelt went on to say that because Japan and Hawaii are such a large distance apart‚ the attack was deliberately planned many weeks age. He also stated that during that time of planning
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(Jackson‚ 1998 p35) The post war industrial boom was affecting lifestyles and in particular‚ it was the the Youth culture that benefitted mostly from this shift in movement. There was emphasis on the youth and ‘The Look’ that began to displace the ‘New look’ of the post war period. Becoming more open minded‚ independent and culturally aware were all things that the youth began to adopt‚ along with disposable income. Benefits from the post war industrial boom encouraged this new attitude towards money
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Edmund Kemper was born in Santa Cruz‚ California in 1948. Edmund was born into a dysfunctional family and his parents divorced when he was nine years old. After his parents’ divorce‚ Edmund lived with his mother who grotesquely mistreated him. Edmund’s mother employed an authoritarian parenting style and punished him with severe punishments when he failed to meet her standards. For instance‚ Edmund’s mother locked him in the basement for significant periods of time. Edmund’s harsh punishments left
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