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Shrimp Life
Number of Words: 1972 / Number of Pages: 8
... called pleopods, and a fanlike tail.
Many small shrimp are harvested from the cold waters of Iceland, Greenland, and Canada. Today, cultured or farmed marine shrimp play an important role in supplying the world’s shrimp demand. Total wild and farmed shrimp harvest accounts for less than 5 percent of the total world fisheries harvest. Even so, shrimp has a very high commercial value and is the most important species group in world fisheries trade. The United States spends more on shrimp purchased from around the world than on any other imported fishery product.
The amount of shrimp consumed in th ...
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Dinosaurs
Number of Words: 1047 / Number of Pages: 4
... over millions
of years. Evolutionists say that dinosaurs came from six million years
back. They also say that the Earth is four to six billion years old. They
say that fifty million years ago there was horses no bigger than dogs, and
birds as tall as man, three hundred million years ago giant dragon flies
buzzed around in the large forests, six million years ago small animals,
called trilobites, lived in the sea and were rulers of the world.
Evolutionists think that the world started off with just plants on it, then
came many- legged animals from the sea (walking fish) that took over. They
feel ...
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Air Bags
Number of Words: 647 / Number of Pages: 3
... back of the seat and the airbag. Children are less likely to be killed in a crash if they are in the back seat.
If someone must put a child in the front seat, they may want to have an on/off switch for the airbag installed on the passenger side. On/off switches are used to prevent the airbag from going off in an accident, but they aren’t recommended for most people. You only need an airbag switch on the driver’s side if your legs are too short to reach the pedals and have your torso 10 inches away from the steering wheel. Passenger side switches should only be used if you always have to have a sm ...
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Japanese Arts
Number of Words: 1554 / Number of Pages: 6
... the most elegant of Chinese-inspired architecture in Japan (Tansey, Kleiner 537). Like its name, the design of the building with its wide multiple roofs resembles a flying bird. The slim columns and the reflection from the pond add to the illusion of flight (Tansey, Kleiner 537).
Beginning in the twelfth century the Zen tea ceremony became very popular and gave rise to teahouse architecture. This architecture focused on simplicity and nature (Tansey, Kleiner 541). It usually had rectangular rooms with limited furniture. The walls of paper screens opened to a carefully designed garden. The simplicity ...
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Gender Communication
Number of Words: 600 / Number of Pages: 3
... not have any misunderstandings.
ANALYZE
The difference in the way the genders interact arises from the fact that men and women view the world differently. The sexes have distinct viewpoints and attitudes towards life, they think differently and therefore do not have the same ideas of what is essential. A woman's personality, which includes our views and our thinking, is reflected in our conversations. The genders have different opinions about the purpose that a conversation should fulfil, and they can be perceived differently by the two sexes.
The male conversational style is above all interp ...
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The Widsom Of Teams
Number of Words: 1055 / Number of Pages: 4
... different approaches.
Teams are one of the catchwords of the 90's. And with them has come an explosion of literature telling us what teams are and what they are not; how to create them, measure them, use them and empower them. A new vocabulary has emerged that distinguishes work groups from work teams, and self-directed teams from all other teams.
Some of the essential lessons learned about teams and team performance are:
- Teams do not arise without a perforce challenge that is meaningful to those involved.
- Real team’s results will be greater if the leaders aim their sights on pref ...
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Put Me In, Coach...!
Number of Words: 834 / Number of Pages: 4
... parents will complain of their child having certain disadvantages. Among all types of criticism a coach faces, the one heard the most is that their child has not been getting enough playing time. In baseball, there are nine positions on the playing field. Softball has an additional player, the rover. The parents seldom realize that if the coach has fourteen players on the team, and only nine to ten positions exist on the field, the other three or four players must sit the bench. The substitution players look upon sitting on the bench as degrading.
The equipment used for each sport is similar. Each ...
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Email What Is It Good For
Number of Words: 2410 / Number of Pages: 9
... demands people to communicate faster and cheaper. E-mail provides instant communication at a fraction of cost compared to talking on the phone or video conferencing. It gives people to go portable which in today's business world is a necessity; people can E-mail each other with computers that are smaller than their hands and its much more convenient than actually going to a post office and mailing a letter. With some much competition, in some cases it's cheaper to buy an E-mailing device then to run to the post office and we all know E-mail is a whole lot quicker. With so many amazing things sai ...
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The Fbi 2
Number of Words: 1090 / Number of Pages: 4
... During World War One, the Bureau was given the responsibility of
investigating espionage, sabotage, sedition (resistance against lawful
authority), and draft violations. The passage of the National Motor Vehicle
Theft Act in 1919 further broadened the Bureau's jurisdiction.
After the passage of Prohibition in 1920, the gangster era began, bringing
about a whole new type of crime. Criminals engaged in kidnapping and bank
robbery, which were not federal crimes at that time. This changed in 1932
with the passage of a federal kidnapping statute. In 1934, many other
federal criminal statute ...
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Working At Mcdonalds
Number of Words: 1082 / Number of Pages: 4
... most difficult stages to go through while working. If you can make it through the training, and impress the managers with your work, you are almost guaranteed a position. There are many stations that you can be trained on at McDonald's. Some examples are window: that is serving customers at the counter; table: where the food is prepared; buns: toasting appropriate buns for the burgers; meat: grilling the appropriate burger patties; drive-thru: self explanatory; lobby: cleaning tables, chairs, floors, outside, mopping, and sweeping; and fries: also self explanatory. There are many complicated pieces ...
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