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    Metabolic Rate Lab Report

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    The goal of this research was to conduct the mass-specific (MRMS) metabolic rate (oxygen consumption) for homeothermic endothermic female mice (Mus musculus) depending on their body mass and temperature of their environment. Mice were first weighed and then placed into 250mL chambers. The aquatic environments surrounding the chambers were acclimated to temperatures of 10°C, 15°C, 20°C, 25°C and 30°C. The effects of temperature and mass on metabolic rate of the female mice were measured by…

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    After around twenty minutes of the movie, Jeff sits in a little café called La Mar Azul next to a movie house. While he waits there during a hot afternoon, we hear him say the famous line: ”And then I saw her coming out of the sun”(Out of the Past 1947). This is the very first time the viewer gets to see the object of desire. Teasing her character in the beginning of the film, but never showing her, increases the impact of her first appearance. It also shrouds her in a veil of mystery, which the…

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    When the Army is restricted from employing the latest and greatest technology on the battlefield, it is usually because of the cost of the item or the time it would take to procure and distribute new equipment. Sometimes, lack of interest in a useful piece of equipment will prevent it from being funded and used. Prior to the Korean War, none of these three restrictions served as the obstacle that blocked the Army from maximizing the potential for aviation assets, even as incredible…

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    Central Europe that were under the influence of communism and lastly promoting Americas sovereignty.The containment policy was related to the endorsement of the Truman Doctrine and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by President Harry Truman in 1947 and 1953 respectively which were both defense policies. He also worked closely with the three secretaries of state to control the expansion of the Soviet Union to regions where the government of U.S had vested interests. In line with this, the…

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    do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained, according to me, Queen Elizabeth II. (Queen Elizabeth II quotes) I was born on April 21, 1926 in Mayfair, London. My husband is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; we got married in 1947 and are still married to this day. My father was King George VI, and my mother is Elizabeth, Duchess of York. My sister, Princess Margaret, and I were home schooled. Three important parts of my life while being queen are becoming queen, my…

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    research I have chosen Jackie Robinson. The reason why I chosen him was because he changed the way of baseball. In 20th century he was the first black athlete to play major league baseball. Jackie signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 (“Jackie Robinson”). Also in 1947 he was named the Rookie of the year and national League MVP in 1949 (“Jackie Robinson”). In 1955 he took the Brooklyn Dodgers to the World Series and won (“Jackie Robinson”). Jackie was born January 31,1919, in Cairo Georgia.…

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    Rebecca Miller is a film director, actress, and writer. "The Misfits", which he later adapted as a vehicle for his second wife, Marilyn Monroe (“Arthur Miller” Contemporary Authors). All My Sons is a 1947 play by Arthur Miller. It opened on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in New York City on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1949 and ran for 328 performances. It was directed by Elia Kazan, produced by Elia Kazan and Harold Clurman, and won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. It…

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    Introduction: During the First World War Americans began to develop a fear communist subversion within American society, this fear became known as the Red Scare. This fear of communism was compounded during the Cold War because of the paranoid beliefs of Senator Joseph McCarthy, who developed a set of anit-communism ethos known as McCarthyism. The purpose of McCarthyism was to minimize the communist threat to America by accusing and detaining suspected communists by claiming that they were a…

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    Billie Josephson Biography

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    Year Age Major Events 1940 25 Billie performed for nine months at Café Society. She was supposed to sing again on 1 October 1940 but she did not turn up. So Barney Josephson cancelled her contract. She was replaced by Hazel Scott who sang there for the next seven years. In December 1940, ASCAP (American Society of Composers and Performers) went on strike. 1941 26 On 25 August 1941, Billie married Jimmy Monroe, a never do well, an ex-trombonist and a former pimp. She had been engaged to Sonny…

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    Absolutism Dbq Analysis

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    Liberty and freedom is often overlooked in some countries but other countries have never seen freedom or liberty before. That is because our vast world has many different forms of government with different forms of control, two being democratic rule and absolute rule. Democracy by definition is a system of government by the whole population or all eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. Many countries today have democratic governments such as the United States…

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