Please do not disturb. When the season is changing and it is getting colder‚ you know that winter is coming. Animals‚ which are able to migrate ‚ fly to the south to spend the winter in warmer places. What if you are an animal who is not able to fly to sunny Spain during the cold winter months? You gather a lot of nuts‚ find a nice den to lie in‚ curl up into a ball and sleep through the winter‚ but is that all there is to it? The common name for this event is hibernation‚ but scientists call
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The situation of Homosexuality in China is quite indefinite‚ although it has been recorded in the dynastic history‚ These days‚ “tongzi” and “geil” used as slang in Chinese language; it is considered of unpleasant used by homosexuals. On other hand‚ we know Eastern culture is different from the Western one on society and people understandably. In the Asian countries often society effects on the way people thinking. The Bridegroom written by Ha Jin is a good example for the Western readers who have
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Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction Business Intelligence (BI) plays a vital role in decision making for any organization. Reporting is a part of BI that enables management to only observe or view the current situations. In case of take decision‚ one must consider previous and current data to visualize the trend of future. While data is considered authenticated‚ correct data is required for the management to take any further steps. Hence‚ technical personnel will be very concerned about
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Phryne and Lais are historical representatives. Phryne was a famous hetaera (courtesan) of Ancient Greece (4th century BC). Phryne’s real name was Mnēsarétē‚ she was also known for her yellowish‚ or "golden"‚ complexion so she was called Phrýnē‚ "toad"‚ a name given to other courtesans as well. She was born at Thespiae in Boeotia‚ but seems to have lived in Athens for a lot of her life. According to Athenaeus‚ she acquired so much wealth by her extraordinary beauty that she offered to fund the rebuilding
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On the power of man: A position paper on synthetic biology BBC Horizon’s documentary “Playing God” has given its viewers a glimpse on the technological advances of the field Synthetic Biology‚ a field that dwells on the so-called artificial life. Like what almost all the field of science has been brought about‚ synthetic biology’s aim is to be of benefit to the human kind—to serve our dominant race for scientific and economic prosperity. In itself‚ however‚ ethical issues are bugging this
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during the winter but they can not do this unless they eat a lot of food. Frogs swim to the bottoms of bodies of water and eat vegetation small animals that live and grow there (2010‚ p. 2). The tomato frog is a bad swimmer compared to other frogs and toads. Instead of chasing their prey tomato frogs hunt without ever getting in the water. They are what some would call a lazy species of amphibians. They hide in vegetation along bodies of water to wait for prey. Instead of going to their food‚ they wait
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Geography Tucked away between the Aravalis and the Vindhyan hill systems in the Sawai Madhopur district of eastern Rajasthan‚ Ranthambhore National Park (282 sq km) is a part of the much larger Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve (1334 sq km). The reserve is home to over 40 species of mammals‚ 300 species of birds‚ 45 species of reptiles and over 300 species of plants. However it is the “relatively easy sightings” of wild tigers that has made Ranthambhore famous all over the world. The Ranthambhore
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Because of this most frogs do not survive the winter‚ and if they do‚ deformed frogs do not advance on to a second year of living. Deformities do not occur in all frogs‚ the most common frogs with these malfunctions include the wood frog‚ American toad‚ and the northern leopard frog. Since deformed frogs have been found in ponds and both the urban and rural parts of Minnesota‚ scientists have concluded that well water can produce such malfunctions. Several tests have been preformed on the water that
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to do all she can in her power to avoid this fate completely. She uses a series of images to portray her struggle with fate and how she deals with it. She tells us how she sees Laius drunken and crying over what he has done to Chrysippus. "Life is a toad. All day and all night the Sphinx. We cannot escape her song." In her attempt to work around the gods plan‚ Eisenburg gives us the image of " the gods laugh[ing] and turn[ing] away to drink. [Jocasta] sit[s] raveling knots. The knots become
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Richard is shown as a despicable‚ deformed man and is described as a "bottled spider"‚ "poisonous bunch backed toad" and "abortive rooting hog". In particular‚ the metaphorical animal imagery of the boar is used as the boar was seen as a dangerous animal during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. People from the Shakespearian age would have perceived the boar as vicious
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