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    lived, better known as “Captain Sly”. There were two factions on the block that constantly battled for control of our meager living space. The Pirates, us, and the Knights, them. The Pirates consisted of Sly and I, as well as our friends Mason and Oliver. On the other hand, the Knights were composed of Sly’s little brother Loki, a kid named Jimmy, his little brother Sylas, and Cameron from Wales. It was summertime, and I was probably about ten or eleven. I was over at Sly’s house, and we were…

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    movies such as 1998s Half Baked and even Puss in Boots which is essentially a children’s movie. Our nation has made fun of a very traumatic and extremely horrific problem rising in the prison system. It has been estimated that 4.0% of state and federal prison inmates have reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization (Oliver). This is only the estimate of those who’ve come forward, imagine all the times and inmates who’ve never submitted reports out of fear or…

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    they are eating. The massive problem to our society is not knowing what people are consuming and how children is not learning about nutrition and health in schools. Both of the TED talks explains how children are not receiving proper education about food and describes the fact that nourishing children can give them more successful lives. James Oliver informs that food can be the huge cause of preventable diseases, which has been the most driving deaths in America(Oliver). While Sam Kass, the…

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    Ruth Rendell is celebrated as one of the best contemporary British crime novelist, sharing the nickname “Queen of Crime” with another New Age crime writer, P.D James. Rendell wrote captivating psychological mysteries that pushed the boundaries of the traditional mystery genre. Rendell is known primarily as a crime novelist with protagonists who are often deeply disturbed as a result of a childhood trauma. Although she is most well known as a novelist, her short fictions are also highly…

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    I was fifteen when I obtained my first dog, my first major responsibility. She was a 3 week old female pit bull pup. I welcomed the dog as a gift, a gift from a dear friend, It was the raddest thing ever. I resolved to name her Louie, She had blue eyes that resembled the high noon Texas sky. Her fur was brown with a hint of amber, that resembled a wheat field. Unfortunately, I was dog less throughout my life, so you can imagine how ecstatic I was. At the time it was 2012, my older sister…

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    How To Recipe For Success

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    The Oliver Foundation is similar to Recipe for Success. “The Oliver Foundation is a Houston-based 501(c) (3) non-profit operating foundation organization dedicated to the prevention of childhood obesity. We provide technical support, training, and nutrition and physical activity education materials to grant recipients” (The Oliver Foundation, © Copyright 2004 - 2015). The Oliver Foundation seems to be another group that helps to inform the…

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    Oliver writes about a person who one day, realized what he/she had to do. This person is someone who is trying to look for the light in the darkness of his/her life for he/she no longer wants to be a broken individual. At first, he/she was so focused on…

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    Abstinence-Only Education

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    Former sex education programs in American led to misinformation about the fundamentals of sex. For example, a sex-education video from the 80s insinuated that a young girl performed better in bowling due to the starting of her menstrual period (Oliver), It is important that the basics of sexual education are accurately and efficiently delivered to the students of America. If a student is provided with a book but is never taught how to read, what use does the book serve? Who will teach the…

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    Define Community Policing

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    The examination of community policing attests to a decrease of people’s fear of crime with a problem-solving agenda to battle disorder via protective measures in a local context. This conviction lays barrier for one’s mental state which generates necessity for a good relationship between the officer and community itself. Community policing offers had addressed incivilities that undermine from residents’ quality of life. They must, therefore, engage in building strong partnerships to identify…

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    research showed that seventy-five percent of the dancers felt a decrease in their body satisfaction after taking ballet with a mirror (Radell 1245) and another study found “99.1 percent said that dance clothing made them more aware of their appearance (Oliver 220). Therefore, the way ballet is taught causes body image issues already, so if a teacher is continually vocal about the weight of their dancers, it causes even more mental harm to the dancer's self-esteem and perception of themselves. In…

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