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followedtheseverysameobvious&follow&WhyGeologyobvious&follow&WhyGeologyMatters:DecodingthePast,Anticipatingroostinglocation&softly&ThoseGymnasticBats,LandingUpsideroostinglocation&softly&ThoseGymnasticBats,LandingUpsideTheNewYorkDr.Riskinsaidheneededtostudyotherbatspeciestobecertain,buthesuspectedthattheseverityofthelandingwasafunctionofroostinglocation.Batsthatroostonhardcaveceilingsmustlandsoftlytoavoidinjury.Butsincefoliagehassomegivetoit,ahardlandingwon’thurt,andmightevengivethebattimetomakesureithasagoodgrip.roostinglocation&softlyroostinglocation&softly&TheNewYorkanonymityoutside&leading&anonymityoutside&leading&題JuanCole'sBadBeforeSeptember11,2001,JuanCole,ahistoryprofessorattheUniversityofMichigan,enjoyedanonymityoutsidehisprofessionalcircle.HewasaleadingfigureintheMiddleEastStudiesAssociationofNorthAmerica(MESA),editingforfiveEastStudies.(In2004,hewaselectedtheAssociation'sincomingpresident.)Buthisresearchoncertainesotericaspectsoftheeighteenth-andnineteenth-centuryMiddleEast(e.g.,thegenesisoftheBaha'ifaith)wasunlikelytobringhimattentioninthefieldandofferedlittlehopeofpublicacclaim.??anonymityoutside&leadinganonymityoutside&leading&題sweeping&lagfarbehind&題sweeping&lagfarbehind&題TheNewYorkadultsinUnitedestimatedtousesomeformofalternativefromherbsandmegavitaminstoyogaandacupuncture.Butwhilesweepingclaimsaremadeforthesetreatments,thescientificevidenceforthemoftenlagsfarbehind:studiesandclinicaltrials,whentheyexistatall,canbeshoddyindesignandtoosmalltoyieldreliableinsights.sweeping&lagfarsweeping&lagfarbehind&題MITtechnologyBoththeBaltimoresagaandtheWhitewaterinquiry withpoliticalagendas;bothcasesfeatureprominenttargetswhoactedbyMITtechnologyBoththeBaltimoresagaandtheWhitewaterinquiry withpoliticalagendas;bothcasesfeatureprominenttargetswhoactedbyturnsindignantandcontrite;andbothdetailsdecreasinglyrelatedtotheoriginalalleged producedsomanyconflictinginterpretationsoftherarelyknewwhattosignificantfiltersto&vaporize&HazardMitigationsignificantfiltersto&vaporize&HazardMitigation particularlythosethatarelowerindensityandmorevaporizeintheupperreachesoftheatmosphere,whilemoreintact,largerbodiesmaysurvivetoimpactthesurface.Thussmallcratersaremuchlesscommononbodieswithdenseatmospheres,suchasearth,Venus,andTitan,thantheyareonMercuryandtheMoon,withMarssomewhereinbetween.significantfiltersto&vaporize&significantfiltersto&vaporize&HazardMitigationdiscarded&immortality&deathand題discarded&immortality&deathand題Justthink:asordinaryphotographymovesintothedigitalrealm-aswereplaceatomswithbitsbyrecordingimagesinbinarycode-familyalbumswilllastforever.Homevideos,unlesslostordestroyed,willbeeternaltoo.Ourcapacitytostoretheminthemicroscopicworldofsiliconchipsandmagneticandopticaldisksis,forallpracticalpurposes,approachingtheinfinite.Inlifeaswehaveknownit,oldphotosfadeandcrumble,andboxesofthem,alongwithalbums,slides,andreelsoffamilymovies,disintegrateandareeventuallydiscarded.Onlyafewpreciousmementosarepreserved,perhapsrestored,andpassedalong.Thenaturalworldteachesusthatdeathanddecayarevitaltoecologicalhealth.Aretheresimilarsocialprocessesthatmightbevitaltocommunalhealth?Inthedigitalagenothingneedbelost;dowefacetheprospectofdrowningintriviaasthegenerationssucceedeachother????discarded&immortality&deathdiscarded&immortality&deathand題atypical&weaken&題theCertainly,theslowpaceofjob-creationtodayiswithoutprecedent,butsoweretheconditionsthatconspiredtoslowaboomingeconomyatthebeginningofthedecade.A?atypical&weaken&題theCertainly,theslowpaceofjob-creationtodayiswithoutprecedent,butsoweretheconditionsthatconspiredtoslowaboomingeconomyatthebeginningofthedecade.A?investmentslumped.Then,whentheeconomywasterroristattackswerefollowedbyaspateofscandalsthatunderminedpublictrustinthewaycompanieswererun.Theseactedaspowerfulheadwindsand,inthefaceofthem,thelastrecessionwasremarkablymild.?atypical&weaken&atypical&weaken&題partiallyoffsetby&shrinkingpartiallyoffsetby&shrinkingAvianMigration:TheUltimateRed-EyeThelongerthemigratoryroute,themorefatbirdsamass.Howaretheyevenabletogetofftheground?Thegaininbodymassispartiallyoffsetbyapremigratoryreductionindigestiveorgansizes,bulkingupflightmuscleshelpspowertheextrapartiallyoffsetby&shrinkingpartiallyoffsetby&shrinkingAvianMigration:TheUltimateRed-Eyerealize&unfinished&Therealize&unfinished&ThePoliticsofHBO’sTheWire:EverythingisTheessentialdifferencebetweenwritingnonfictionandwritingfictionisthattheartistownshisvision,whilethejournalistcanneverreallyclaimone,oratleastnotacompleteone–becausetherealworld 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information,computersarenomatchforhumanawell-defined&awell-defined&nuanced&nomatchconfound&puncture&??TheChicagoShedocumentsoveronehundredfemaleprospectorsandis confound&puncture&??TheChicagoShedocumentsoveronehundredfemaleprospectorsandis devotesentirechapterstolegendaryfiguressuchasCashman,dubbedthe“frontierangel”;FeminiaSarras,theSpanish“CopperQueen”;diminutiveFrancesPatchen,whohadbeenasocietybeautyinherpreprospectingdays;DeathValleyprospectorPanamintAnnie(bornMaryElizabethWhite); towardwomenprospectors.SheusestheexamplesoffemalelonerstopuncturesomeofthefacilegeneralizationsofEuro-Americanwomenasuniformlynurturant,sociable,andreluctantpioneers.confound&puncture&confound&puncture&TheChicagoapreferencefor&apreferencefor&suppress&TheDeathofIvanIlychStudyTolstoywrotemanyworksofnon-fiction,andprofessedapreferencefortheseexplorationsofethicsandreligionoverhisnovelsandshortstories.Thefictionwriterinhim,however,washardtosuppress.Tolstoy'slatenovel,HadjiMurad,wasneverpublishedduringhislife;thisfactsuggestssomeoftheauthor'sambivalenceaboutthework,butTolstoycouldnotresistwritingit.Farfromthenear-didacticnatureofhisnon-fiction,HadjiMuradisashortnovelwiththebreadthandpowerofanepic,withvividcharacterizationandintensestorytellingthatsweepthereaderaway.Whilethereadersensesthemoralconcernsofthetale'screator,theshortnovelisafarcryfromthedidacticismofTolstoy'snon-fiction.?apreferenceapreferencefor&suppress&attributableto&largelydebunkedbyattributableto&largelydebunkedby&proximitytoAminorshortcomingofthebook,temperedbytherecognitionofthedifficultyofdoingdirectresearchinHongKong,isSo’srelianceonsecondarysourcestotellthestoryofHongKong’spoliticaldevelopment.Previoushistoriesoftheperiodplayalargeroleinhisresearch.GvenSo’sproximitytomanyoftheplayers,itissurprisingthathedidnotuseinterviewsandotherformsofdirectresearchtodelvefurtherintothemotivations,strategies,andtacticsofparticipants.attributableto&attributableto&largelydebunkedby&proximitytoananomaly&pessimistic&TheNewYorkReviewofananomaly&pessimistic&TheNewYorkReviewofMovementfrombottomtotop,frompoortorich,wasrare;evenmovementfrompoortomiddleclasswasananomaly.Statisticalanalysisoftrendsinoccupation,income,andpropertyownership,Thernstromwrote,“yieldedrathernineteenth-centuryAmerica.”Sowemightexpectaolderandstill-wiserStephanThernstromtobesuspiciousofclaimsthatdifferencesinclass,whichiscloselyrelatedtoraceinAmerica,couldbeobliteratedifonlythepublicschoolsdidabetterjob.?ananomaly&pessimisticananomaly&pessimistic&TheNewYorkReviewofpresidedover&undisputed&題presidedover&undisputed&題ConstructionoftheAfricanAmericanartists,1920-DuringtheHarlemRenaissance,AlainLockepresidedoverthefirstflourishingofaself-consciouslyracialartmovementinAmericaandwaswidelycreditedwithprovidingthephilosophicalbasisforitsemergence.HisimportanceasacriticofAfricanAmericaartandasanarttheoristisundisputedifcontroversial,yethehasreceivedinsufficientattentionforhisuniqueinsightintothebroadforcesthatshapedAmericanmodernismandculturalnationalisminthevisualarts.presidedover&undisputed&題presidedover&undisputed&題ConstructionoftheAfricanAmericanartists,1920-reduce&misguide& ferryboats.Ferriesnotonlyreduce&misguide& ferryboats.Ferriesnotonlyrelieveourfrayednerveswe'vestewedinbumper-to-bumpertraffic,butconventionalwisdomsaysferriesalsoreducecongestionandairpollutionbygettingusoutofourgas-guzzlingcars.Unfortunately,this severalhigh-poweredWestCoastmayors.JoinedbymembersoftheSanFranciscoBayAreaWaterTransitTaskForce,aservicethroughtheCaliforniaLegislaturewithwake-jumpingreduce&misguidereduce&misguide&limited&extensivecontacts& AmericaandItslimited&extensivecontacts& AmericaandItsNotallpaleontologistsagreethat,forthefewmillionyearsaftergroundzero,contactsbetweenthecontinentswereseverelylimited.SomeholdtheviewthatNorthAmerica,Asia,andSouthAmericahadextensivecontactsfollowingthedisaster,pointingtosimilaritiesbetweenancientkindsofmammalsthatexistedonallthreecontinentsatthistimeinsupportoftheirargument.limited&extensivecontacts&limited&extensivecontacts&rationalefor&mentioned& scientificrationalefor&mentioned& scientificprojectslargeandsmallthattheyhavepotentialtomakeourliveslonger,healthier,safer,moreproductive,morepleasant.Thatscience,even"pure"science,canstrengthendemocracyandpromotepublicparticipationinthepoliticalprocess,bothintheStatesandthroughouttheworld,ishardlyevermentioned.Itshouldbe.Scientificliteracyenergizesdemocracy,Isuggest,andthisisanimportantancillarybenefitofthepromotionofscience.Canthispropositionbedefended?I’dliketotry.?rationalefor&mentioned&rationalefor&mentioned&vanishing&paucity&virtuallycamevanishing&paucity&virtuallycametoastandstillChristianity:TheFirstThreeThousandForatimeintheearlyMiddleAges,Latinculturewithinahair’sbreadthofextinction:thewitnesstothatisthesurvivalofmanuscriptcopiesoftextsdatabletotheperiod.Theprocessofcopyingmanuscripts,theonlywayinwhichthefragileproductsofcenturiesofaccumulatingknowledgecouldbepreserved,virtuallycametoanend,asituationthatdidnotchangefortwoandahalfcenturies,untilthetimeofCharlemagne.Intheinterveningperiod,muchofClassicalliteraturewaslosttouseforever.vanishing&paucity&vanishing&paucity&virtuallycametoastandstillaltruistic&illusory&Commonsensealtruistic&illusory&Commonsensetellsusthatsomepeoplearemorealtruisticthanothers.Egoism’sclaimthatthesedifferencesareillusory—thatdeepdown,everybodyactsonlytofurthertheirowninterests—contradictsourobservationsanddeep-seatedhumanpracticesofmoralevaluation.altruistic&illusory&altruistic&illusory&stable&permanent&WelivetodayinaworldthatisquiteatypicalofEarthovermostofits4.6billionyearslonghistory—andprobablyatypicalaswellofmuchofEarth’sfuturehistory.Yetitishumannaturetoregardtheworldthatweareusedstable&permanent&WelivetodayinaworldthatisquiteatypicalofEarthovermostofits4.6billionyearslonghistory—andprobablyatypicalaswellofmuchofEarth’sfuturehistory.Yetitishumannaturetoregardtheworldthatweareusedto—whatmightbecalled“theworldasweknowit”—asapermanentthing.Theoceans,prairies,andmountainchains—eventheairwebreathe—seemthenormandthereforepermanentthings.stable&permanent&stable&permanent&detectable&violent&Ofcourseitwouldbemuchbettertodetectable&violent&Ofcourseitwouldbemuchbettertoobservethewavesdirectly.ThechallengeisthattheyareextremelyinstrumentwecanimaginebuildingonEarth,themosteventsintheuniversearerequired:supernovaexplosions,theformationofblackholesorthecollisionsofstars.Evenso,theeffectsaretiny:Thegeometrychangessolittlethatadistanceofseveralkilometerschangesbylessthanthediameterofa陳琦GRE團(tuán)80313頻detectable&violent&detectable&violent&陳琦GRE團(tuán)80313頻restrain&incursionsof&Methodsweredevelopedrestrain&incursionsof&Methodsweredevelopedtoremovedistortionscausedbyeithertheresearchenvironmentortherespecttotheresearcher,wereconsideredtorestrainthoseincursionsofsubjectivitywhoseunbridledexpressionwasthoughttocorruptrestrain&incursionsrestrain&incursionsof&題源EmotionsintheField:ThePsychologyandAnthropologyofFieldworkdifficult&relativelysimpledifficult&relativelysimple&題源Otters:ecology,behaviorandTheresearchonotters’environmentalrequirementsissurprisinglydifficult.Onereasonforthishastodowiththeestimationofhowmuchtheyusedifferentareas.Doingsomayberelativelysimpleinsomekindsofterrain,suchasShetlandwheretheEurasianottersareactiveindaytimeandhaveclearindividualmarkings.Thereitispossibletoidentifytheindividualsoverstretchesofcoastofafewkilometersandtoseewhatkindsofcoasttheyuse.However,thefieldconditionsare陳琦GRE團(tuán)80313頻difficult&relativelydifficult&relativelysimple&陳琦GRE團(tuán)80313頻surfeit&virtue&題源TheNewpossibletohavetoomuchsurfeit&virtue&題源TheNewpossibletohavetoomuchofagoodthing.Aplethoraofcanbeparalyzing,asBarrySchwartzpointedoutinhisbook“The 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