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    Independence Is a very important value in life and sometimes isn 't appreciated as much as it should be. Most people don 't realize that one day in your life you are going to be forced to be independent and on your own. Many people you rely on aren 't going to always be there for you and parents unfortunately don 't live forever. It is the ideal dream to one day branch off and be on your own, instead of being dependent on someone else. Growing and going to college or starting your own family is…

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    The first day I began as a county 4-H Extension Agent was January 23, 2010. As I began my new adventure with WVU Extension Service, my guiding principle was and continues to be this desired outcome: youth led by knowledgeable and caring adults learn and mature so that ultimately youth become caring and skilled citizens involved in their communities. Highlights and accomplishments of Kanawha County’s 4-H program include: • 4,797 youth and adults attended an education program by the Kanawha…

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    struck many as a very positive program is boot camps for any offender including juvenile offenders. Boot camps are one variation of shock incarceration. Shock incarceration is a short period of incarceration followed by a sentence reduction(Clear, 2006, p.229). Boot camps however, are physically rigorous, disciplined, and demanding regimens emphasizing conditioning, education and job training. This is mostly designed for young offenders. The first boot camp was created in the state of…

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    Corporate Capabilities Since the establishment of the event in the spring of 2010, the Intercamp Classic has consistently shown strong financial performances and has raised a total of $291,000. Although Howard does not have a specific marketing budget in mind for the 2013 Classic, the budget is limited because, as a charity event, funds spent on marketing could be seen as taking money away from the charity and could damage the ethical reputation of the event. Past marketing initiatives,…

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    Although, this story is fictional, most of the pain that people are going through is still there. She portrayed the refugee camp as bad places for refugee, she shows the pain of walking through Najmah and how being a women as a refugee in a camp is dangerous. Also in real life all these struggles are real. To illustrate, the idea of refugee camps Staples portrays the camps as a starving place, where food is very scarce. When…

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    Juvenile Boot Camps Butterflies fluttered in Andrew’s stomach as the wailing sirens developed closer and closer. All Andrew could deliberate was how disappointed his parents were going to be, how he blew his chances of his new car. Everything just went down the drain. Andrew was from a wealthy family, and was raised well. He was a child of good, never made rebellious choices until Saturday night. Andrew had never felt so much regret and guilt. His heart steadily beating faster and faster, for…

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    through countless hours of physical torture with little food, water and shelter, slowly progressing to a life in a tiny, brutal camp, that is a punishment no man or women should suffer. This is only a piece of the struggle of a refugee. In the book "Under The Persimmon Tree" by Suzanne fisher staples, the content portrays a relevant connection to the daily life of a modern-day Middle Eastern refugee but there are key parts of the lifestyle that are lacking in the novel. This topic enhanced the…

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    right now, compared to what I have seen in life before. Taking a walk back down my memory lanes, I remembered how I grew up in a Karen refugee camp that resides in Thailand. I was only eleven years old. My dad and I left Burma…

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    Treblinka, was one of the worst places on earth. There history wasn’t the best. Although it was a death camp the most important thing to take out was there so called ,“Treblinka Act Of Resistance”. They wanted to be free, to be able to live again. Samuel Willenberg survived the camp. Treblinka Act of resistance was an example of armed resistance to where they used their strength to escape. On August 2, 1943, prisoners started to gather weapons, but were discovered before they could rebel.…

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    refugee camp. (BS-2) The author uses real world events to develop the story and create conflict. (BS-3) The camps that the refugees stay at have varying conditions. (BS-4) Suzanne Fisher Staples uses real world conditions of the camps to show how Najmah's life is affected by the war. (TS) Suzanne Fisher Staples uses real world event to create a story and create conflicts for the characters. (MIP-1) The refugees have to make harsh and treacherous journeys to get to a refugee camp.…

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