Our five senses are not enough for ideal living. We need to use our sixth sense: our sense of humor. Humor is not merely telling jokes; it is the way we view the world. We can be sincere about life without taking it so seriously. We can laugh about our mistakes and pain. Louis Kornenberger explains: Humor simultaneously wounds and heals‚ indicts and pardons‚ diminishes and enlarges; it constitutes inner growth at the expense of outer gain.Yet‚ we humans laugh an average of only 17 times a day. Biologically
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should not interfere with American nations or attempt to acquire more territory in the Western Hemisphere. The document was written and supported by the secretary-of-state John Quincy Adams. He was soon to be the next president of the United States of America after Monroe’s term. The doctrine was distributed in 1823. The main reason the Monroe Doctrine was written was for the territory of the western hemisphere not to be taken by the European countries. The doctrine was
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A Psycholinguistics Report on Genie Alyssa Conard Psycholinguistics Class April 9‚ 2012 Page 1 Discovered in November 1970‚ Genie is presumably the most thoroughly researched case history of a feral child. From ages 2 and a half to 13 and a half‚ Genie’s father isolated her to a room constrained in a homemade harness on a potty seat. On nights she wasn’t forgotten‚ Genie would be put into a sleeping bag fashioned into a sort of straitjacket‚ and laid into a crib covered with chicken
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Nervous System and Sensory Organs • dorsal roots and ventral roots - connect Spinal nerves to the spinal cord • medulla -responsible for many involuntary functions such as heartbeat and breathing‚ primary communication pathway between the spinal cord and the rest of the brain‚ • cerebellum - receives input from multiple sensory receptor types and uses this information in coordination of complex body movements • pons- communication between lower and higher brain regions • midbrain- processes
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A variety of transformations were developed and transferred to and from the New and Old Worlds. Biological changes such as animals‚ plants‚ and diseases were relocated during this time‚ making a prodigious impact on modern day’s society. Horses‚ cows‚ pigs‚ sheep‚ and chickens were among the animals introduced to the new land. Llamas and turkeys are animals that were brought back to Europe and other powerful nations. Today‚ these animals are used for food and recreation for the human populace. Plants
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The Shifting of Pangea Have you ever noticed that a map of the world looks like a puzzle and the continents look like the pieces that would fit together to complete the puzzle. In 1912‚ Alfred Wegener‚ a German scientist and an adventurer‚ came up with a theory that the continents had once been part of a "supercontinent". Wegener proposed that‚ over 200 million years‚ what he called Pangea had separated and became individual pieces. Pangea means "all lands" in Greek‚ and that is what Pangea
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4.1: The healthy and damaged brain The brain has three main parts the Cerebrum‚ the Cerebellum and the brain stem. The brain is divided into regions that each control different functions. The Cerebrum: The Cerebrum is the biggest part of the brain it makes up around 85% of the brains weight this is because it is the thinking part of your brain and it also controls the voluntary muscles. So without your Cerebrum then daily activities such as dancing or kicking a ball wouldn’t be possible. The cerebral
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Also‚ US worried that Russia could invade further down south along the Pacific coast because Russia had a trading post already south San Francisco Bay. Monroe and Adams both wanted to protect the new republics in the western hemisphere to ensure the US access to trade. British and America did not want the reconquest of Latin America from Europe‚ so the British foreign secretary George Canning proposed a joint Anglo-American warning European powers to stay out of South America
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tentorium cerebelli: supports the posterior part of the cerebrum and separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum * shape of cerebellum resembles a butterfly * vermis: central constricted area * cerebellar hemispheres: lateral wings or lobes * each hemisphere consists of lobes separated by deep and distinct fissures * anterior and posterior lobe: govern subconscious aspects of skeletal muscle movements * flocculondular lobe: inferior surface contributes to equilibrium
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important role in controlling arousal. 21) Which part of the brain forms the outside covering of the hemispheres? d) The cortex The cerebrum or cortex is the largest part of the human brain‚ associated with higher brain function such as thought and action. The cerebral cortex is divided into four sections‚ called "lobes": the frontal lobe‚ parietal lobe‚ occipital lobe‚ and temporal lobe .Each hemisphere is divided into 5 lobes: Occipital‚ Parietal‚ Frontal‚ Piriform‚ and Temporal. 22) Regarding male-female
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