What kinds of animals live in each area? What is the weather like? (On the north and south pole, winter animals like penguins and polar bears and it is very, very cold.) Explain that the polar habitat is both really cold and snowy. It’s so cold that the ocean water freezes into ice! What would it be like to walk across a frozen ocean? What kind of
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at Hogwarts, but creatures like Dobby, the house elf, are not. Dobby lives in the house with the people while other creatures live in the woods at Hogwarts or are hidden at Hogwarts the like three-headed dog. There are also creatures that are snuck into Hogwarts and aren’t supposed to be there like the dragon that Hagrid gets. One creature that roams around in the woods at Hogwarts is the centaur. Centaurs are half-human, half-horse. The have the body of a horse and the torso of a human. Centaurs
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human into one of their living dead kind. There is a small window of vulnerability where powerful magical or religious forces can intervene. Generally success equals a Dhampir. These Dhampir’s often go on to be Vampire Hunter since their human half tends to amazingly mentally dominate their mental state while their physicality is powered up by the demonic vampire side. Dhampirs have increased strength, speed, agility, and somewhat limited vampire hypnosis skills. They are perfect for vampire
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chapter 2 Exemptions and Dependents “D o I get a refund?” Whether you are preparing someone else’s tax return or your own, this may be the most important question that comes to mind. The U.S. tax system offers many adjustments, deductions, and credits that help lower the amount of income tax a taxpayer will pay. In this chapter, we discuss how a taxpayer’s taxable income may be reduced based on the number of exemptions included on their tax return. There are two types of exemptions:
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Aristophanes's Speech from Plato's Symposium Translated by Benjamin Jowett from Collected Works of Plato, 4th Edition, Oxford U. Press, 1953 (189c-189d) p 520 to (193d-193e) p 525 Aristophanes professed to open another vein of discourse; he had a mind to praise Love in another way, unlike that of either Pausanias or Eryximachus. Mankind, he said, judging by their neglect of him, have never, as I think, at all understood the power of Love. For if they had understood him they would surely have
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reactants and catalysts. The power of the concentration in the rate law expression is called the order with respect to the reactant or catalyst. This page deals specifically with first- and second-order reaction kinetics, but you should know that other orders such as zeroth-order and 3rd order may also be involved in chemical kinetics. Reaction Rates and Stoichiometry In acidic solutions, hydrogen peroxide and iodide ion react according to the equation: H2O2 + 2H+ + 3I- = 2 H2O + I3-. In
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Sedaris expresses his distaste of reality by contrasting his dream life to his actual life through the use of juxtaposition, hyperbole and sarcasm. Sedaris emphasizes his unhappiness with his common life by juxtaposing the first half of his memoir with the second half through tone. The shift in tone in the middle of the piece emphasizes the contrast of Sedaris two worlds. While writing about his fantasy, Sedaris describes his family's physical attributes by saying, “... the people at NASA want to
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How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis is an emotional picture book that has and still is shocking middle and upper class Americans . Riis created a sensation when he revealed to the world, combining detailed written descriptions with graphic photographs, the horrific conditions of New York City’s tenement housing. How the Other Half Lives raised many questions, such as how and why the poor are subjected to such terrible
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Today, nearly three billion people, half of the world, live on less than two dollars a day and the number is increasing each year. People are struggling everyday for food, shelter, and other necessities. Their nutrition and health will be critically affected by the poverty. In order to completely solve the issue, correct theories of the cause of poverty must be found. Industrialized countries can help developing poor nations to reduce their poverty levels by providing some aid programs. Poverty
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exemptions Taxable Income Less: Tax Credits Tax Due/Refund Deductions for AGI (above the line deductions) * Expenses incurred in a trade or business * One half of self-employment tax paid * Unreimbursed moving expense * Contributions to traditional IRAs and other retirement plans * Fees for college tuition and related expenses * Contributions to health savings accounts * Penalty for savings early withdrawal * Interest on student loans
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