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    Many people do not help stop the major international conflict. Part of this conflict starts with ignorance. “In 2005, to date the hottest year on record, there was a massive loss of coral reefs, including some that were healthy and thriving when Columbus first arrived in the Caribbean. In 1998, the second hottest year on record, the world lost an estimate of 16 percent of all its coral reefs” (Gore 164). This quote states the increasing of pollution in the atmosphere and the pollution is…

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    At my birth, I received a gift from the devil. Since I didn’t give a damn about anything other than my pacifier, I had no idea about my hair color, my jaundiced skin, or the UV light over me to try to get rid of the extra bilirubin in my blood. How would I know that my mom would have met someone with the rarest blood type in the world, one that would cause me to destroy my own blood cells and release their contents into my veins? The yellow color would soon go away forever, only memorialized by…

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    Medical Daily writer, Dana Dovey, journalist of Nature vs. Nurture Debate: 50-Year Twin Study Proves It Takes Two To Determine Human Traits, has written that “A culmination of more than half a century of research collected on 14.5 million pairs of twins has finally concluded that the nature versus nurture debate is a draw” (Dovey). In other words, Dana Dovey restates Dr. Beben Benyamin’s research that nurture (environment) and nature (genes) both play an equal role in deciding one’s personality.…

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    Salma who narrates the novel speaks perfect English. This is necessary since Fadia Faqir decides to “creat an ‘Arab book’ in the language of the other.” ( Al-Maleh 238) Diya Abdo, while investigating “double agence” in Faqir’s Pillars of Salt , discusses the hybridity of the language Faqir uses to sustain a “transcultural/translinguistic position” (A-Maleh 238). This position creates ambiguity in its relation with the reader. Abdo argues that Faqir’s texts are presented to a western reader…

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    war. Both here and in the Crispin’s day speech, Hiddleston almost made himself giddy spinning around after each line to address the next one to a different face in the crowd, trying to secure each potential vote from the multitude. Anton Lesser’s Exeter was rather resigned and melancholic and Paterson Joseph, swapping his Brutus for York, regularly appeared to be holding…

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    Children spend a significant amount of time with their teachers during term time; therefore, a teacher plays a crucial role in a child’s educational progress and can inspire them to progress both educationally and socially. Teaching children gives me an endless satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment. I realised this, when my son started his school 20 years ago. Every parent wants their children to achieve their potential and this motivated me to start my career as a teacher. I have a lot of…

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    My first favorite text of literary would gladly have to be not a book, but a series and that’s the Harry Potter series. I love the books that are written by J.K. Rowling, I find the books to be very fascinating to read because you are allowed to escape the aspect of reality and to be a part of the world of Hogwarts. Well other than the fact that it’s science-fiction, it also has real life places involved in the series as well. Just like the use of London, it’s used as the home of Harry Potter…

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    The History Of Nike

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    Nike is an American international company that is committed in the design, development, manufacturing, international marketing and sales of footwear, apparel, equipment, accessories and services. Nike is headquartered in the Portland metropolitan area, near Beaverton in Oregon. Today, it is considered as one of the world’s biggest sportswear and athletic footwear company, with a brand value of $19 billion, making it the most valuable brand among sports businesses. Nike retails its products…

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    Can Genetic Engineering Save the Florida Orange? For the past decade, Florida’s oranges have been infested and starved by Asian citrus psyllids. They are invasive insects that feed on citrus trees and infests them, causing citrus greening. Due to its incredible ability to kill the infected trees, Florida’s $9 billion orange industry is in danger of being closed down. However, Erik Mirkov, a plant pathologist, has been researching on genetically modifying the oranges to contain some genes from…

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    Harry Potter Popularity

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    J. K. Rowling 's Harry Potter series is well known all over the world, by people of all age groups. In 1997, when the first book was released, it wasn’t all that popular, however, as time went by the books grew in popularity and took up a special place in the hearts of readers everywhere. Unlike many other works, these books aren’t specific to one age group or demographic; the books allow readers to grow as the characters in each book grow and evolve. This series is appealing for so many reasons…

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