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Why would somebody need to have or maintain cardiovascular fitness? What is it that concerns people so much about their heart and lung fitness? Sportsmen would always want to perform well, some ladies would always want to maintain good body sizes, obese people strive to reduce weight and many people strive to avoid heart diseases….

The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Related to pigeons and doves, it stood about a meter (3. 3 feet) tall, weighing about 20 kilograms (44 lb), living on fruit, and nesting on the ground. The dodo has been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th century. It…

Born in Monroe, Washington, in 1940, Close studied picture at Yale University before traveling to New York in 1967. Although he greatly admired Abstract Expressionist painters such as Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and, particularly, Willem de Kooning, he wrote, “ They nailed it down so wellthat I couldn’t do anything but weak caricatures of their…

Amnesia Introduction Amnesia is a collective term used to describe a condition characterized by loss of memory. The part of the brain that controls memory storage and retrieval is compromised by brain damage. This damage to the brain may affect the short-term or the long term memory. Brain damage may be caused by various events….

Dog Days: “We love him; he’s ruining our lives” states loyal caregiver, Louise Aronson, about her family dog, Byron (Aronson, 17). This author faces one of life’s most difficult choices: life or death? While being a controversial topic, Louise does a good job supporting her positive views of euthanasia. She argues that euthanasia is the…

The story “Erostratus” by Jean-Paul Sartre revolves around Paul Hilbert’s infatuation with fame. Sartre, renowned as a prominent advocate of existentialism and one of the great philosophical minds of the twentieth century, heavily drew inspiration from the Greek mythological tale of Erostratus. The author enhances the character’s weaknesses by using historical references, like the tale…

FAULT TREE ANALYSIS 1. Introduction FTA is a deductive, failure-based approach. As a deductive approach, FTA starts with an undesired event, such as failure of a main engine, and then determines (deduces) its causes using a systematic, backward-stepping process. In determining the causes, a fault tree (FT) is constructed as a logical illustration of the…

If you look at the reproduction time of an elephant and the amount of times the elephant will mate in its life. I. The African Elephant is quickly becoming extinct due to several main A. If You look at how many times an African Female Elephants reasons. Mates in its entire life time and add…

From smutty words to filthy pictures, everyone’s got an opinion on porn. And deep down inside, everyone likes some form of it. You can disagree till your face turns blue, however the porn industry is a money making lucrative world, and we are the reason why. No matter what you look like, someone out there…

Known as a skilled draftsman and then acclaimed for his mastery over color in oil and pastels, Jean Francois Millet’s work has mesmerized audiences for decades. He is widely known for his portrayal of peasants and working men and women, creating earthly and realistic pictorial representations[1]. As a French Realist, Millet’s famous ‘Man with a…