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    realities of the world can hurt when you haven’t yet been exposed to them. Another key point the author used was growing up is painful but inevitable; the author has used structure to portray this. The poem is about a young boy collecting frogspawn from a flax-dam. The poem has relevance to the innocence of the young lad as he doesn’t know how the world can have harsh realities. The poems layout of the two separate stanzas shows innocence in the first and then the realities of losing his…

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    EXT. GRAVEYARD - DAY Gray skies drape over the horizon releasing a steady, yet light stream of rain over the mournful head of HOWARD WADE. He places a hand braided bracelet on the headstone of a person that reads: ‘Rebecca Wade, Beloved Wife. 1888 - 1909’ Howard only lets one tear fall down his cheek, when suddenly he hears a voice over his shoulder. TRAVELER They say he works in mysterious ways, brother. HOWARD There’s no mystery to tuberculosis. You get, you die.…

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    The benefits of a vegetarian diet are most evident among Seventh-Day Adventists. A systematic review and meta-analysis was done that compared vegetarian diet, Seventh Day Adventists and the risk of cardiovascular mortality. Eight studies combined equated to 183,321 participants. The 3 Adventist cohorts revealed significant relations between vegetarian diet and reduced all-cause mortality, whereas the non-Adventist studies failed to show any reduction in mortality in vegetarians. Likewise…

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    Weight Gain Plan

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    Designing a weight gain plan to create muscle is not hard in case you have all of the items into the problem. The thing is, most of the people have no idea of what those items are. Therefore today we will talk about the way to build a great weight gain plan that will have you increasing about two lbs in one week or even more. Whenever 2 lbs a week doesn 't sound like a whole lot to you, consider this: Your body can only naturally produce two pounds of muscle mass each week without the need for…

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    . Disney was an innovative animator and created the cartoon character Mickey Mouse. He won 22 Academy Awards during his lifetime and was the founder of theme parks Disneyland and Walt Disney World. In 1929, Disney created Silly Symphonies, which featured Mickey's newly created friends, including Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto. One of the most popular cartoons, Flowers and Trees, was the first to be produced in color and to win an Oscar. In 1933, The Three Little Pigs and its title…

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    “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world,” stated famous Greek inventor, Archimedes . One of the city-states of Greece, Athens, used their adept shipbuilding skills to create the most powerful navy the world had ever seen. Using this great navy as a ‘fulcrum’ the Athenians protected their territory and fended off dangerous enemies like the Persian Empire. The main component of this great navy was a type of ship known as a trireme. The ancient…

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    Roles Of Women In Sparta

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    Section 1: Identification and Evaluation of Sources This investigation will be done in order to find what the similarities and differences between the role of women of Athens and Sparta were, using the research question: How did the roles of women of Sparta and Athens compare and contrast to each other? The amount of action women can take in a society reflects the culture’s values and beliefs. Therefore, researching to answer this question will lead to a deeper understanding of the Greek’s…

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    Moving boxes up and down three flights of stairs, rearranging the whole kitchen, dusting every inch of the basement, setting up storage, setting up the buffet; today had been an at home workout. My mom and I had been cleaning our house all day long, although I still felt full of energy. Although my mouth was still watering at the thought of a veggie burger loaded with avocado, sautéed onions, american cheese, lettuce, tomato, on a toasted hamburg roll after we finished. My mom on the other…

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    Alpha Linolenic Acid (ALA) is a short-chain ɳ-3 fatty acid molecule composed of eighteen carbon atoms and three double bond hinges. ALA is the most abundant form of ɳ-3 fatty acids and is found in plants, including salad greens, and in seeds, such as flax and canola (Sears 24). Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) is made up of twenty carbon atoms and five double bonds and is also mainly found in seafood. Finally, the last and longest form of ɳ-3 fatty acid, Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) has twenty-two…

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    poly-unsaturated fats, and vitamins D and E with all three levels being under 50% of the recommended amounts. I am only consuming around 40% of my recommended amount of poly-unsaturated fats, so to increase my intake, an easy way for me would to incorporate flax seeds into my diet, I could easily add this to my cereal or yogurt, which I often east for breakfast. I could also be eating fish on a weekly basis, or eating more soy products, both are high in omega-3 a poly-unsaturated fat. By…

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