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    story of a woman, Celie, who’s beaten-down, oppressed, discriminated, abused, and uneducated from childhood into her adulthood. As a young child Celie was never complimented or well-liked by others besides her sister who helped her cope and tried to lift her spirits. Finally, Celie meets someone who loves her and nurtures her into a strong and independant woman who learns to love and accept herself for who she is. From a beaten-down child into a strong, independant, and loving woman Celie defies…

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    earthquake in Nepal. These acts of compassion are in link with the gospel passage, psalm 146:7-8 as it says “He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free, the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down and…

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    In the passage “Policy: Women in combat” the author talks about reasons why women can not and should not be in combat positions. However, in the lines of these two things seemed to be blurred rather than concrete. The passage gave an example of articles that emphasize this belief. They gave the article that former senator of virginia wrote which was a clear outline of common reasons as to why women should not be in combat. Some of the reasons he listed is as follows: that the fact women can…

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    Proper research has actually found that they are other factors that influence the gateway aspect of marijuana. Factors such as family stability, social class, education quality, and ease of access are all stronger factors, which explain why marijuana users are more likely to use hard drugs. All of these casual theories, which actually don’t have concrete date to create a correlation, and the history of anti-marijuana policy in the United States, all contribute to the current policy today and…

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    Beowulf Epic Hero

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    In the poem, they said that Grendel's hide "blunted every mortal man's blade." Beowulf still managed to rip Grendel's arm off, and Beowulf only used his hands. Beowulf was also able to lift the giant sword in Grendel's mother's lair. The poem describes this sword as "so massive that no ordinary man could lift it." Beowulf also manages to swing the sword hard enough to take off Grendel's mother's head with…

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    Ted Kramer

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    Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman), an obsessive worker promoting official, is simply given his organization's greatest new record. Subsequent to going through the night visiting with his manager about taking care of another and vast record, he returns home to discover his significant other Joanna (Meryl Streep) during the time spent abandoning him. Ted is left to bring up their child Billy (Justin Henry) without anyone else. Ted and Billy start to loathe each different as Ted never again has…

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    Concorde The one and only supersonic passenger airplane that existed up until now was the Concorde. The Concorde belonged to both the British Airway and the Air France and was released on 21st January 1976. The Concorde flew with a speed of 2172 km/h and had a takeoff speed of 402 km/h. It used the most powerful pure jet engines flying commercially (Celebrating). Concorde was 62 m long and still increased between 15 to 25 cm due to heating of the airframe as well as a wing span of about 25 m…

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    Roller Coaster Physics

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    Part 3: Practical Research Although I have tried my best to make my roller coaster model close to the real one, I have to admit that there are a number of features which could not be revealed in the model. In this part of the research, I will pay attention to some details of design of real roller coasters and further research on some roller coaster of new types. Composition Generally speaking, a complete roller coaster system contains several sub-systems, which include lifting system, braking…

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    The Equality Act helps the NHS discriminate the inequalities within the health care profession. Training on The Equality Act is often given with the first session being very in depth and then staff should receive refresher courses every year. Throughout hospitals there should be wide variety of resources advertising The Equality Act such as posters, leaflets and TV adverts. There are 9 protected characteristics which are: • Age-a person belonging to a particular age or a range of ages. •…

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    Ski Trip to Vermont My friends and I consider ourselves to be very spontaneous and adventurous. It was one cold week in February of 2016, when a group of about 6 of my friends (including me) all decided that we wanted to go to Vermont for the weekend to ski and snow tube. Considering this would be my first trip with no parental guidance at all, I was apprehensive about asking my mom. On the way to drop me off after school one day, my best friend Tony told me to tell her that he was going too…

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