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    In the video it uses a hamster as an illustration for economic growth. The hamster is a living thing so it has boundaries and limits as to how much growth it is able to do. It is not able to exceed the growth limit because it is not able to live and survive past the maximum growth point. Limited resources are the factors that would not allow the hamster to continue to grow even if it was genetically possible for it to. The economy grows and changes based on the factors around it. When unemployment

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    The Beginning of Something New July 21, 2009 was what I considered to be the worst day of my life for several years. I woke up that morning to an empty room besides my bed, an empty bookshelf, and my hamster, Skittles. In the living room I could hear the sound of boxes being taped shut and several people talking. This was the day I left my life in Omaha, Nebraska to move to Roswell, Georgia. I was ten years old and oblivious to the idea of moving to a different state. Little did I know my dad would

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    them. Jason is described as a serious and responsible man, who never breaks any rules. He goes to the university Harvard with Eugene, and he strives to be as good as possible. He has dedicated a lot of time to his science project, which includes 20 hamsters having

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    By comparing the carbon dioxide output of a cricket to that of a hamster, we observed that on a per gram basis, the cricket’s carbon dioxide output was significantly lower than the hamster’s. The difference in carbon dioxide output in the two species may have been caused by the absence of lungs in insects, which in contrast, is a key organ of a mammal’s respiratory system. In a mammal, the lungs function in the respiratory system by providing a large surface area for incoming oxygen to enter and

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    Jutras, Connors, & Burwel, 2005). In studying hamsters’ circadian rhythms it was found that a mutation causes hamsters’ SCN to generate a 20-hour rhythm instead of a 24-hour rhythm. When the researchers removed the SCN tissue from the hamsters with a 20-hour rhythm into a normal hamster with a 24-hour rhythm, they then produced a 20- hour rhythm. Likewise, when they transplanted the tissue from the hamster with a normal 24-hour rhythm into the hamster with the mutated gene they no longer produced

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    brown oval- shaped poops were lying around everywhere.The white bath powder was spread all over the place that made it look like it had snowed last night My hamster came out of her little shelter and stared innocently at me. “Bad girl!” I whisper- shouted at her though I knew it was pointless, “I thought you were just a cute, little hamster. After that, I just sat there for a few minutes with a silly expression on my face, trying to figure out what to do. Then, I got up and went into the kitchen

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    could be minimized a whole lot. I as a pet owner, I would definitely say spending the necessary money on my dog and my hamster is worth it. If it’s going to make them get better or keep them from becoming sick I am all for it. You can not talk me out of it if my Kingsley needed some procedure to keep him by my side I would do it without hesitation. Just as I did with my pet hamster (Stinky). I agree with his point of spending way too much money for those random reason but I disagree with him that spending

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    are used to draw you in and convince you to buy products you don’t need. Advertisers use fictional characters like hamsters and cartoons to entertain and entice consumers. Advertisers use advertisements to entice consumers to buy their products by appealing to their emotions. The advertisement starts with a nurse in a hospital feeding all the newborn babies. She can’t find a hamster baby named Turbo. The nurse see’s Turbo running away trying to escape, which represents the need to escape. The nurse

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    a unique perspective on the everyday life in a classroom. The story is written from the point of view of a hamster who spends his tortured life entrapped in a cage. From the first point in this story, it is clear that the purpose of the writing is not to understand the hamster, but rather to analyze the different actions of the people, and to discover that how they act towards the hamsters reflects on their character. It is curious to view the everyday interactions of people through a different set

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    takes a unique perspective on the everyday life in a classroom. The story is written from the point of view of a hamster who spends his tortured life entrapped in a cage. From the first point in this story it is clear that the purpose of the writing is not to understand the hamster, but rather to analyse the different actions of the people, and to discover that how they act towards the hamsters reflects on their character. It is curious to view the everyday interactions of people through a different set

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