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    future is presented to the reader in which all thoughts, feelings, and emotions are regulated by the country 's government. Winston, the main character, talks about how this is done in his work at the Ministry of Plenty. He explains how his work is to change the words and meaning in newspapers, books, letters and any other text related materials in order to correspond with what the Party deems accurate. “the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan,…

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    enthusiastic audience, as this piece is Beethoven’s greatest ever composition. The work embodies the musical duality of the nineteenth century, the struggle between the Classic and Romantic Eras, between the old and new. Within the eighteenth century, there existed the quest for a broader vocabulary. Meanwhile, Romanticism promoted the personal and the individual, which completely defy the principles of Classicism. We can see the aspects of the first three movements that definitely belong to the…

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    in this society and unfortunately they have to go through very bad situation. As a student, I had go through many obstacle, specifically, when I got to New York. At first, I had the language barrier, I did not know how communicated with others in English. Therefore, in high school, the Department of Education, took out two years of my education, instead of being in 11th grade, they put me in 9th grade. It was a very difficult situation which affect my studies in a bad way, basically I am…

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    Yoga Therapy

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    This report explains, in plain English, the research article entitled “Effect of an integrated approach of yoga therapy on quality of life in osteoarthritis of the knee joint: A randomized control study”, which may be accessed for free, full text, at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3193655/. I chose this topic because I have a family friend who has osteoarthritis. She is in her 50’s and has a strong desire to stay active and healthy since she has just retired. Her doctor told her…

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    Otitis Medi A Case Study

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    Otitis Media: Effects on Language Development and Educational Success Introduction Otitis media, commonly called an ear infection, is an inflammation of the middle ear. This can occur as acute otitis media (AOM) or otitis media with effusion (OME). These infections are “caused by bacteria and often begin after a child has a sore throat, cold, or other upper respiratory infection…Because of the infection, fluid builds up behind the eardrum” (Ear Infections in Children, 2014). “Fluid may build up…

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    The Giver Community

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    that no one breaks the rules, and no one makes a mistake. And because of the so-called Sameness that the council’s community used to create the community, everyone there has the same skin color, they wear the same clothes, speak the same and perfect English, they have no climate, no wildlife, no cars, and no colors or differences at all. This special place also has ceremonies of different age groups in December,…

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    he’s not playing for the money, the spare change he’s made in the past hour won’t support him and he doesn’t expect it to. He just enjoys playing for others and if people feel like tipping him for it, then he won’t object. After a good hour of playing, his attention strays from the cords and on to a family about twenty feet in front of him. There’s a man, probably in his late twenties, a woman around the same age and a child having a picnic. All his old dreams for a family of his own come…

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    tell when they talk about the origins of the dreamcatcher as the story I wanted to tell to children. My take away from the genre change project was learning that there are many ways that you can present a topic and each has challenges and provides an opportunity for learning. I was surprised at how difficult it was to write a story at the reading level of an eight year old. I explored a variety of genres including the research paper, posters, power point and children’s books. I expect to be able…

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    beings. In Turkle’s essay, she talks about the story of Miriam, a seventy-two-year-old woman, who happens to be living in a nursing home. The nursing home is a lonely place for Miriam and her family does not visit often. Eventually, Miriam was given a “therapeutic robot” named Paro. “Paro can make eye contact by sensing the direction of human voice, is sensitive to touch, and has a small working English vocabulary” (Turkle 270). This is a prime example of the title of Turkle’s essay “Alone…

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    Creativity And Creativity

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    creative and better problem solvers than students who do not study a second language (Stewart, 2005). Research has shown that foreign language programs in elementary schools develop better divergent thinkers and a certain adaptability and willingness to change from one language to the other (Stewart, 2005). Being bilingual helps children be more creative and expand upon their problem solving skills. Building their creativity is a highly essential part to everyday life and will only be…

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