I’m going to speak a little bit about china. -China has 1.3 billion people‚ a little over 20 percent of the world’s population. - The capitol city is Beijing and I have been there myself. China is the fourth largest country in the world. Only Russia‚ Canada and USA are larger. - The Great Wall of China is the longest man-made structure found anywhere in the world. The main reason for making the wall was to protect themselves against the Mongols. The wall is around 5.500 miles long. - Giant pandas
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professor for two classes. I have also spoken with him privately regarding attending graduate school and areas of study. (Start of Interview) Interviewer: Particularly in regard to design and development‚ what are your duties as a mechanical engineer? Interviewee: Do you mean before I took this position or in this position. Interviewer: Both. Interviewee: In my position I have now‚ about half of my time is devoted to counseling and registration and other issues like that. About thirty
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the support of the Romans‚ and he made his 17 year old daughter‚ Cleopatra‚ his co-ruler‚ but in 51 BC the king died and in his will it said that Cleopatra would have to share the throne with her older brother‚ Ptolemy XIII. When Ptolemy XIII heard about this arrangement he became upset and he and his advisors refused to acknowledge it. This caused fighting to break out and Cleopatra was forced to leave the royal palace. Cleopatra soon regained her throne‚ with the help of Caesar‚ but Ptolemy XIII
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that’s how long my parents gave my sisters and me to pack everything that we had‚ say bye to everyone we loved‚ and get ready to start a completely new life. Moving here to the United States from Brazil wasn’t an easy thing to do‚ having to make new friends after knowing the same people since I was a kid was hard‚ getting used to a new educational system was also challenging‚ but nothing compares to learning a completely new language and having to do all these things while not being able to communicate
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2 I have chosen to write about the symbolism between two stories. ( Rhys’s “ I Used to Live Here Once” and Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”). I have chosen to compare these two because they use a lot of symbolism. I am drawn to Frost’s poem and Rhys’s short story. I will write about how both author’ use symbolism in different ways. Frost “The Road Not Taken “is a poem‚ Rhys’s “I Used to Live Here Once”
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Arguing Abortion Danielle Staples BCOM 275 Tuesday January 8‚ 2013 Walter Wise Arguing Abortion Abortion is a legal and necessary medical procedure to have available in the United States. Despite spiritual‚ emotional‚ or physical beliefs‚ the basic truth of any right or law is that a person is free to express his or her opinion and to fight for causes‚ provided it does not harm another person. This concept could also be applied to the issue of abortion. Though some
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speculum into the patient’s vagina‚ spreading it open so that access to the cervix is possible and collects a sample of cells. CIN – cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; pre-malignant transformation and abnormal growth of squamous cells in the cervix. TWO METHODS: 1. Liquid – Based Cytology This method uses an arrow-shaped brush and the sample is deposited into a small bottle of preservative liquid rather than putting it in a microscope slide. Involves ThinPrep– it preserves the cells and minimizes cell
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Summary of the Dialogue At the gates of the city of Megara in 369 BC‚ Eucleides and Terpsion hear a slave read out Eucleides’ memoir of a philosophical discussion that took place in 399 BC‚ shortly before Socrates’ trial and execution (142a-143c). In this‚ the young Theaetetus is introduced to Socrates by his mathematics tutor‚ Theodorus. Socrates questions Theaetetus about the nature of expertise‚ and this leads him to pose the key question of the dialogue: "What is knowledge?" (143d-145e). Theaetetus’
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generational and cultural conflicts within the family. My parents arrived in the United States during the 1970’s. My brother was born in 1975 and I was born 9 years later. Not only is there a cultural difference between the rest of the family‚ but also a semi-generational difference between my brother and myself. In the Philippines‚ it is‚ from my understanding‚ a strict custom to always show respect to your elders‚ never talk back‚ and take care of your elders. However‚ here in the US‚ it generally
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(BP14161014) Yola : Hi Amaleena. Amaleena : Hi Yola. It’s been a long time I don’t see you. Yola : Yes‚ how are you? Amaleena : I am fine. How about you? Yola : I am fine‚ too. Let me see‚ I think you are not fine because your face shows that you are not okay. What’s wrong with you? Amaleena : I was worried about something. I have made mistake about people on my first sight meeting them. Yola : What did you do? Amaleena : I have my classmate of mine. At the first sight I saw him‚ he behave
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