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This corresponds with a regression as the change in depositional environments marks a decrease in sea level over a short period of time. The transition from Hard Scrabble to Lower Fountain also represents a regression, but was likely caused by isostasy. Isostasy occurs when the elevation of Earth’s surface lowers in order to meet the level that the lithosphere naturally rests: this process would reduce the amount…

Gavin?” Meme (pronounced Mimi) asked me as I got in the car that Thursday afternoon. “It was fine.” I replied, “How about yourself?” “Oh, I’m doing well.” She said, reaching out her aged arm and grasping the ignition key to start the car, “I played Scrabble with Nana today, though Miss Kitty kept jumping on the table and smacking all the letters around.” “Ha, yeah, you know Zoey is quite the attention hound.” I retorted. Meme is my great-grandmother and the one who picks me up and drops me off…

Fridriksson knows his company, Plain Vanilla Corp, is gambling by making changes to its popular app. “This is a risky move on our part,” Fridriksson said. “Popular wisdom tells you not to change something that’s working. Instead of incrementally changing QuizUp — which is a very successful game — we’re really going back to the drawing board.” Perhaps QuizUp’s fairy-tale rise to the top of the trivia heap has something to do with his stomach for risk. It’s an against-the-odds story that…

Cora really hopes for the arrival of yet another baby, meaning Offred’s. Meanwhile, this conversation is going on, Offred remembers Nick informing her that the Commander wants to see her in his office. A meeting that surrounds itself around playing Scrabble and a goodbye kiss, in favor by the Commander’s part. (E): This brief text may not be extensive, but through its empowering phrases, one can further understand the Commander’s character. Initially, during the Ceremony, the audience got the…

Albert Camus, a famous French philosopher, journalist, and author of renowned novel “The Myth of Sisyphus,” is widely known for emphasizing that the philosophy of absurdity should be embraced rather than frowned upon. In literature, absurdity attempts to get a glimpse into elements of the world that do not make sense. It portrays how humans experience isolation and alienation as a result of their strange behaviors and actions. It has a lack of realism, consistency, and logic, but is still able…

The Struggle of Women In the novel The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, the women in Gilead appear to have diminished rights and a limited amount of freedom. These women have lives that resemble a lifestyle similar to the women who lived prior to women’s suffrage, even though this novel takes place in a futuristic time. Some of these women, like Offred, remember the past and long for a time when they can be free again. However, for many of the women, they will never understand what it is…

objectify when I would ask for their permission to participate in after school activities so without informing them I started to participate in chess, table tennis, scrabble, and cricket competition. By participating I discovered that I am not only good in academics but also in extracurricular activities. I got first position in chess and scrabble competition; this made me realize that I have certain abilities to make my own decision. I came to know that being depressed due to being a middle kid…

In The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, Offred, one of the main characters lives in the Republic of Gilead. The Republic of Gilead is a regime where fertile women are used for their ovaries to reproduce children. Known as handmaids, these women are treated like prisoners and are forced to have sexual relationships with their Commander. Before Offred entered the Republic of Gilead she was the wife of Luke and the mother of a daughter and her life was complete. “Our happiness is part memory.…

This study connects the two different aspects of subconscious goal motivation. Two studies portray the effects of modifying subconscious goal motivation, and its combined influence with assigned conscious goals on the task performance. Both the studies yielded a considerable connection between subconscious and conscious goals. Assigned goals with a relatively higher difficulty level were seen to be modified by the presence or absence of subconscious goals; however, easier assigned goals remain…

As a fourth grader, there was only one job I considered worthy.Scientist? Feh. Engineer? Please. I felt I was destined to be a professional downhill skier. Why would I want to shake test tubes inside all day when I could be burning my lips off flying down a mountain? Fast forward eight years, and while I have grown to understand and respect professions from all walks of life, my passion for skiing remains ever so present. When I ski, I fly. Nothing can catch me. No physics problem set, no essay…