...Bearded Dragons I have done a couple of different speeches on animals so far, and yes, you are about to hear another one. This time I am going to talk to you about one of my favorite reptiles, the bearded dragons. Most people are influenced by their mean appearance, as was I when I saw them for the first time. Beardies, as we call them at work, are one of the most laid back reptiles you can ever handle. They are a very easy reptile to have; they just need specific living conditions, diet, and lighting. When getting a juvenile bearded dragon, you can start with a 20 gallon tank. This tank will last you about 6 months, and by that time you will need to upgrade to a 40 gallon breeder tank or larger. A breeder tank means it is at least 18 inches in width. You will also want to have a screen top on it to allow airflow and proper heat and lighting to sit on top. With a juvenile bearded dragon, you want to have a reptile carpet as the floor. If you use sand, or any other type of loose substrate, it can get clogged in their intestines while eating, and can potentially be fatal. Beardies also like branches and a hiding place to sleep in their habitat. Bearded Dragons are omnivores, meaning they eat meat and plants. The food they eat should be no bigger than the space between their eyes. If it is bigger than that space it can cause paralyzing of the back legs. As babies, you should feed them small crickets 2-3 times daily. Give them about six crickets each time to start out, increasing...
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...an interest in a pet a bit more exotic than your average cat or dog? It could be simply that you want to embark on a new adventure as a pet owner. What ever your reason maybe, I Think I may have a solution for you. I highly recommend the Bearded Dragon for any first time exotic pet or reptile owner. I have been the proud owner of three beautiful bearded dragons for the past year. At first I was scared to even pick one of them up. Reptiles are not normal pets to most people, so it can be intimidating and overwhelming at first. After getting to know their temperament and behavior, I soon became comfortable in knowing that they meant no harm to me. I learned to look past their rough textured skin and really paid attention to their demeanor. I quickly went from being the owner of one to three bearded dragons in a matter of months. Bearded dragons make great pets for a number of reasons. They are one of the tamest, friendliest reptiles around, compared to the Iguana, whose temperament is unpredictable and can often be aggressive. Reptile owners will agree that if you are new to reptile ownership, the bearded dragon is the best reptile to start off with because of their friendly disposition, hardiness and gentle nature. Bearded Dragons are very friendly and inquisitive, which makes for an interesting interaction between pet and owner. I really enjoy feeding mine their live prey, and watching them run around the house. They have the most curious personalities, using their...
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...but when I did some research I found out that Hermit crabs can’t be alone, they have to be together in a group. So the next day my mom and I went to Petco and got another crab, while we were there we saw tanks full of bearded dragons and I really wanted one, I asked my mom if I could switch out pets and trade them. I saved up my money and had about $150 to spend and my mom found a place near us called Scott Smith’s all animal expo that’s held at the Dupage county fairgrounds every 3 weeks that sold bred bearded dragons. I took my hermit crabs with and gave them away to a person who was selling more hermit crabs. He was nice and agreed to take them and give them a new home so I was happy they were going to go to someone new. I found this one booth that was selling dragons and I fell in love with one of them,( he even started to fall asleep on me) I told my mom about them and she said I could get him. I purchased him and all the materials I needed, and my mom also surprised me and got one of her own....
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...As Beowulf rules his kingdom for 50 years, unpredictably, a massive dragon invaded his kingdom. And although the brave grey-bearded king has already aged, Beowulf still insisted to fight the massive dragon to defend his people. Before his last battle, Beowulf does his final formal boasting “I’ve never known fear, as a youth I fought/ In endless battles. I am old, now,/ But I will fight again seek fame still,/ If the dragon hiding in his tower dares,/ To face me.”(607-611) On the contrary, in the poem, when Beowulf ruled for 50 years he focused on peace but in the movie, the dragon that Beowulf defeated turned out to be his son. Originally in the poem, Beowulf’s son or wives were really not mentioned at...
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...Universal appeal, another characteristic for a classic, and appeal The Hobbit still has. In The Hobbit the story takes place in a mystical world with unusual creatures like Bilbo Baggins a hobbit. On page 16, the author describes what a hobbit is. “[Hobbits] are (or were) a little people, about half of our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves. Hobbits have no beards. There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary sort which helps them to disappear quietly and quickly when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along … They are inclined to be fat in the stomach; they dress in bright colours; wear no shoes, because their feet grow natural leathery soles and thick warm brown hair like the stuff on their heads (which is curly);have good-natural faces, and laugh deep fruity laughs.” This passage not only shows an almost innocent, loving creature that appeals to many, but it also shows how the author isn’t necessarily boring when being descriptive, but often humorous. Overall after finding that their was over 100 million copies sold over the course...
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...I want to be a zookeeper because I luxuriate in working with animals a lot and I think that it would be a good job for me.My wage would be about $16,000-$30,000 a year.I wouldn’t really have any risks being a zookeeper besides an animal outbreak,but that risk is very well prevented. The hours would be about 37-40 a week.The location would be at whatever zoo I decide to work at.There may be some training required with the animals so that you know what to do and to make sure that the animals trust you. I don’t think that I will have to continue education to become a zookeeper because I already know a lot about animals,and if there are things I need to know,I’ll most likely just learn there. I wouldn’t need insurance for anything because the zoo...
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...suppose Hobbits need some description nowadays, since they have become rare and shy of the Big People, as they call us. They are (or were) a little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves. Hobbits have no beards. There is little or no magic about them, except the ordinary, everyday sort which helps them to disappear quickly and quietly when large stupid folk like you and me come blundering along…” (Tolkien 2) Tolkien had a passion for creating worlds and different sorts of people to live in them. Comparing a being, such as a hobbit, to ourselves as humans, assists a reader in understanding something (or someone) completely foreign. The reader is, at the same time, able to gain insight into the perspective of a hobbit when the narrator describes us as “large stupid folk” (Tolkien 2), indicating that they view any big folk as brash, careless, or witless. The narrator also speaks far more directly to the reader. “There was a lot here which Smaug did not understand at all (though I expect you do, since you know all about Bilbo’s adventures to which he was referring)” (Tolkien 223); He directly addresses the audiences knowledge of details in the story, once more adding in a sort of excitement a child might feel at the notion that they know something that a mighty dragon does not. ...
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...“Amaru” itself. Amaru is certainly describable in English: it is a water serpent with the head of a llama or lion and the tail of a fish. It comes with complex connotations about revolution and droughts, but these connotations do not necessarily have to be conveyed in a single English word. For example, the mystical Chinese beasts, often bearded and snakelike, are described as dragons. The English word dragon comes from the Greek drakon, meaning serpent. The definition evolved into the Western idea of a dragon: a giant, fire-breathing lizard, but definition was expanded to include the Chinese variant (Dragon). This could justify translating Amaru to “the dragon,” in fact they already share many characteristics. However, we decided to leave the word in its original Spanish because its translation would sacrifice many characteristics, like its association with revolution, and cause children to apply Western stereotypes of a dragon, such as fire-breathing, to the Amaru. By leaving the title in the original Spanish, we allow the story to introduce its own version of the Amaru, instead of the reader assuming characteristics based on a Western dragon archetype. ...
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...history. Gandalf always seems to be in the right place at the right time with a sort of grace about him, as if always waiting for the perfect moment. His knowledge of Middle Earth is inexplicable; he rarely misses a beat. Although he is not on a personal quest, he is quick to help those he sees fit. Several times over the fellowship found themselves in a sticky situation, and Gandalf appeared only just in time. Knowledge, a keen eye, the desire to do what is right, and also a grain of mystery are all characteristics residing in Gandalf the Grey. According to "Tolkien-Online" (2007), “Tolkien was likely heavily influenced by one of the tales found in the Elder Edda which tells of the Norse god Odin traveling the Earth in the guise of a bearded old man with a staff.” Gandalf the Grey shares several similarities with the “Father God” known as Odin. For instance, he is seen as the overseer of the group. He unintentionally becomes a father figure within the fellowship. He is constantly keeping them out of the trouble they so easily find themselves in on their adventure. Gandalf finds himself in...
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...behind. Bob Young, who lives near Hidden Valley Lake, had enough time and the space to take all of his horses except two. “That was very hard,” he said. Lucky when he went back home his horses that were left behind had survived but with some healable injuries. Horses had been found wandering down the highway, dazed and confused, with cuts and scratches from the fences they had to get through to get away from the fires. House cats had been reported being seen running into burning buildings to their death, perhaps prone to the panic. A dog was reported sheltering her two 8-week-old puppies, and all three survived. They had injuries but they were healed back to health. Many different types of pets were brought into the animal shelters from bearded dragons to cockatoos. The people and the animal suffer a lot from this state...
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...RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 36. Barnett, T. P., Dumenil, L., Schlese, U., Roeckner, E. and Latif, M., The effect of Eurasian snow cover on regional and global climate variations. J. Atmos. Sci., 1989, 46, 661–685. 37. Douville, H. J. and Royer. F., Sensitivity of the Asian summer monsoon to an anomalous Eurasian snow cover within the Meteo-France GCM. Climate Dyn., 1996, 12, 449–466. 38. Yadava, M. G., Ramesh, R. and Pant, G. B., Past monsoon rainfall variations in peninsular India recorded in a 331-year-old speleothem. Holocene, 2004, 14, 517–524. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. We thank Dr N. C. Mehrotra, Director, BSIP, Lucknow for encouragement and permission to publish this work. We also thank the officials of Perambikulam Forest Division, Kerala for permission and for providing the necessary facilities during collection of teak samples. We are grateful to IMD, New Delhi for providing the meteorological data. Generation of MVA data through image analysis was done in the laboratory of the Wood Biology, Department of Wood Science, University of Hamburg, Germany through funding under the INSA/DFG Scientist Exchange Programme. We thank the two anonymous reviewers for their critical reviews of this paper. Received 30 October 2006; revised accepted 8 August 2007 Ethogram of courtship and mating behaviour of garden lizard, Calotes versicolor Bhagyarekha N. Pandav, Bhagyashri A. Shanbhag* and Srinivas K. Saidapur Department of Zoology, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580 003, India An...
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...Chapter 1 At 10:30 a.m., sharp, James Eckert pulled up in front of Stoddard Hall on the Riveroak College campus, where Grottwold Weinar Hansen had his lab. Angie Farrell was not, however, ready and waiting at the curb. Of course. It was a warm, bright September morning. Jim sat in the car and tried to keep his temper un- der control. It would not be Angie's fault. That idiot of a Grottwold undoubtedly had dreamed up some- thing to keep her working overtime in spite of-or perhaps because of-the fact he knew she and Jim were supposed to go home-hunting this morning. It was hard not to lose his temper with someone like Grottwold, who was not only one of the world's non- prizes but who had been very patently trying to take Angie away from Jim and get her for himself. One of the two big doors on the front of the Stoddard Hall opened and a figure came out. But it was not Angie. It was a stocky young man with bushy reddish hair and mustache, carrying an overstaffed briefcase. Seeing Jim in the car, he came down the steps over to the car and leaned on the edge of the opened win- dow on the curb side of the front seat. "Waiting for Angie?" he asked. "That's right, Danny," said Jim. "She was supposed to be out here to meet me, but evidently Grottwold's still hanging on to her." "That's his style." Danny Cerdak was a teaching assistant in the Physics Department. He was the only other Class AA volleyball player on campus. "You're going out to see Cheryl's trailer?" "If Angie ever...
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...Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Distributed by Random House, Inc., New York. Originally published, in different form, by Paolini International, LLC in 2002. Copyright © 2002 by Christopher Paolini. KNOPF, BORZOI BOOKS, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. www.randomhouse.com/teens LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Paolini, Christopher. Eragon / Christopher Paolini. p. cm. — (Inheritance ; bk. 1) SUMMARY: In Alagaësia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters. eISBN 0-375-89036-X [1. Fantasy. 2. Dragons—Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.P19535Er 2003 [Fic]—dc21 2003047481 SAPHIRA’S EYE (From the original Front Cover done by the author) This book is dedicated to my mom, for showing me the magic in the world; to my dad, for revealing the man behind the curtain. And also to my sister, Angela, for helping when I’m blue. TABLE OF CONTENTS .........................................................................................................................5 SAPHIRA’S EYE............................................................................................5 (From the original Front Cover done by the author)........................................5 This...
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...Don Quuixote Don Quixote is a middle-aged gentleman from the region of La Mancha in central Spain. Obsessed with the chivalrous ideals touted in books he has read, he decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless and destroy the wicked. After a first failed adventure, he sets out on a second one with a somewhat befuddled laborer named Sancho Panza, whom he has persuaded to accompany him as his faithful squire. In return for Sancho’s services, Don Quixote promises to make Sancho the wealthy governor of an isle. On his horse, Rocinante, a barn nag well past his prime, Don Quixote rides the roads of Spain in search of glory and grand adventure. He gives up food, shelter, and comfort, all in the name of a peasant woman, Dulcinea del Toboso, whom he envisions as a princess. On his second expedition, Don Quixote becomes more of a bandit than a savior, stealing from and hurting baffled and justifiably angry citizens while acting out against what he perceives as threats to his knighthood or to the world. Don Quixote abandons a boy, leaving him in the hands of an evil farmer simply because the farmer swears an oath that he will not harm the boy. He steals a barber’s basin that he believes to be the mythic Mambrino’s helmet, and he becomes convinced of the healing powers of the Balsam of Fierbras, an elixir that makes him so ill that, by comparison, he later feels healed. Sancho stands by Don Quixote, often bearing the brunt of the punishments that arise from Don Quixote’s...
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...Heavy Metal as a Social Movement Thorin Shafer [Social Movements] Dr.Harry Murray Prologue It began in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 with Black Sabbath…. Factory worker and world renowned Guitarist Tony Iommi lost the fingertips of his ring finger and his middle finger on his right hand in a work related accident. Being left handed, this almost prevented him from playing guitar ever again. Instead he found a work around that would prove to be most beneficial for the metal movement that was to take place thereafter. After attempting to play right handed, He tuned his guitar down with lighter strings and used homemade plastic fingertips and created a new sound. After playing with several bands in the early 1960’s, he teamed with Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward under the moniker Earth. After some controversy with another band who shared the name Earth, in August of 1969 they changed the name of the band to Black Sabbath. This breathed new air into the band and they would go on to be pioneers in The Heavy Metal genre for decades to come. Black Sabbath paved the way for other bands like Motorhead, Deep Purple, and Rainbow. It was these bands that would be influential and play a pivotal role in the lives of the next wave of heavy metal bands that was to come. It started out slowly in 1969 and took a bit of a nosedive in the 1970’s with the disco era, but the 1980’s and the 1990’s would be two decades of aggression that would shape...
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