Birds The earliest birds of which we have any record were descended from reptiles and lived about a hundred and thirty million years ago. These first birds had tails like lizards and teeth in their jaws. Over a period of many millions of years‚ the wings developed at the expense of the tail and the teeth disappeared. Thus birds as we know the today have evolved. They now differ very much from reptiles and it is only because of the research of zoologists one hundred years ago‚ that they were
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You walk your black lab down the street. You clench the leash‚ it’s your first time walking alone. You begin to loosen the leash with each step‚ your lips form a smile and like a soldier returning from battle you march. The lab wants to stop to eat grass‚ you don’t let her. Just like mom told you‚ you are the one in control. You pull the leash closer to your body. As you pass the first house on your left you remember the screams and the yelling and being woken in the middle of the night. Every night
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Book Review by Alan Deutschman Leadership is about inspecting not expecting or to put it another way leaders should practice what they preach. However‚ few leaders seem to actually do it. In Walk the Walk‚ Mr. Deutschman‚ a consultant and ¬former ¬Fortune magazine writer‚ argues that ¬leaders are most effective when they rely on the power of their ¬example. People who become leaders have many options. One way a leader can lead is by becoming a ruler. Machiavellian leaders who rule tell people
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pressure. Walking can also protect you from certain cancers. Walking strengthens bones and can relieve joint pain and swelling. Walking can help you lose weight or manage your weight. If you walk on a daily basis it can help relieve stress and can make you feel energetic. To receive these benefits you only have to walk for 30 minutes a day‚ 10 minutes at a time. To get 30 minutes a day you can substitute things like talking the stairs instead of the elevator or parking farther away. Exercise can help
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Prejudice: The Root of Evil “Prejudice is burden that confuses the past‚ threatens the future‚ and renders the present inaccessible.” – Maya Angelou Prejudice is a force of destruction in our world. Even after much time has gone by‚ prejudice has yet to diminish once and for all. As implied by Maya Angelou‚ prejudice has undeniably created a burden in our past that has held us back. Our future is at stake as it continues to linger throughout the world. Prejudice has impacted our present so immensely
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Introduction The title of the story is The Rain Came by Grace Ogot. The author of the story is Grace Ogot or also known as Grace Emily Akinyi. She was born on 15 May 1930‚ near Kisumu‚ central Nyanza Region in Kenya. In achievement‚ she became the first African woman writer in English who published fiction by the East African Publishing House. Her stories such as Land Without Thunder (1968)‚ The Other Woman (1976)‚ and The Island of Tears (1980) provides the traditional Luo life. Most of her fiction
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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott was a very enlightening reading experience. You can see within the first page of reading that the author has been influenced by writing at an early age. It made her seem very credible and gave more influence on her words about writing. I like that at some points she goes past the surface of just talking about why she liked writing‚ but also what her family was like and how her childhood affected her. Her humor helped to make this
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Birds (class Aves) are feathered‚ winged‚ bipedal‚ endothermic (warm-blooded)‚ egg-laying‚ vertebrate animals. With around 10‚000 living species‚ they are the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. All present species belong to the subclass Neornithes‚ and inhabit ecosystems across the globe‚ from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) Bee Hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) Ostrich. The fossil record indicates that birds emerged within theropod dinosaurs
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The Rain Came Oganda could see the lake in the distance. She swallows her fear and walks towards it‚ like a cow led to slaughter. Singing quietly under her breath Oganda ignores the prickling of her skin as she makes her way through the sacred land. When at last she reaches the lake Oganda breathes a small sigh of relief‚ she is so thirsty‚ and her journey would be over soon. Just as she’s about to step a foot in the stretching expanse of the water a voice shouts from behind her. Startled
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As illustrated by Anne Lamott‚ author of Bird by Bird‚ first drafts are not meant to be perfect‚ but merely to begin the writing process and generate ideas that can later be perfected. Lamott attempts to eliminate the common perceptions of the writing process‚ emphasizing the need for accepting flaws of an initial draft. Written by almost all good writers‚ sloppy first drafts are a way to begin the long writing process‚ while still allowing mistakes along the way. In order to make a piece of writing
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