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    immigration act made it virtually impossible for females to get work in on the 50 person quote a year ear man. The federal government wanted Filipino men to immigrate over and become migrant farm workers picking vegetable. The 1924 immigration Act helped spur the influx of Filipino labor to Hawaii which lead to the increase in California. The Act virtually stopped all Asian immigrants from immigrating to the United States. It also cut immigration quotes for Eastern Europeans like the Slovaks.…

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    joint motion and acts as a cushion between the bones. In OA, the cartilage breaks down, causing pain, swelling and problems moving the joint (Mayo Clinic, 2017). As this disease intensifies over time, cartilage may collapse and develop build up called spurs. Bits of bone or cartilage may chip off and float around in the joint. An inflammatory process can occur in the body and proteins and enzymes develop additional damage the joints (What is Osteoarthritis). In the final stages of…

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    stages of the American Revolution, to the struggles of civil rights advocates, to the actions of one Edward Snowden in exposing the government's surveillance to the people; all of these cases represent how, employed correctly, peaceful protest can spur necessary action. In the case of the American Revolution, the necessary action was not peaceful. The Declaration of Independence and numerous actions from the former colonists in rejecting the intolerable and unfair rule of England forced the…

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    in the joints takes place. This famous autoimmune disorder additionally impacts the tissues determined concerning the body, including the center, lungs, muscle groups, blood vessels, and dermis. Osteoarthritis is related to the development of bone spurs and the discount of cartilage placed at the joint, which is as an alternative painful. When a sufferer suffers osteoarthritis, cartilage begins to break down more commonly within the joints located in the neck, knees, diminish again, hips, and…

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    Kids at ages 7-17 are considered juveniles and can be sentenced to an adult without the possibility of parole (Aliprandini 2). James Stewart was one of the two suicides by young people in Colorado jails that help spur a significant change in state laws (Schwartz 8). States are trying to keep more juvenile offenders in the juvenile justice system instead of being tried as adults. Teens shouldn’t be tried as adults because their brains aren’t fully developed, they have a chance of rehabilitation,…

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    The Last Supper, Hamlet, etc. In the essay, “What Are Master-pieces and Why Are There So Few of Them” by Gertrude Stein, she believes that masterpieces is something done by the human mind. Stein says that masterpieces are anything that come to in the spur of a moment and only a few of them are created. Stein says it is hard to make a masterpiece because if someone knows their identity you can not have a masterpiece. A masterpiece can only be a masterpiece if no one is able to copy it or…

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    power is his tragic flaw. As the story progresses, MacBeth becomes less cowardly and is more care-free. His ambition for power grows and he does not stop until he has a strong rule over Scotland. MacBeth acknowledges his ambition by saying, “I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself and falls on the other.” (Shakespeare 12) MacBeth is aware of his ambition and is not keen on changing his ways. MacBeth's tragic flaw inevitably leads him to…

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    In the book Fallen Angels, Perry is often found in the grey lining of right and wrong. What makes you a good guy or a bad guy in war? This is a question often asked during the course of the Vietnam War, but was Perry a good guy or a bad guy? First what makes Perry good? Perry is described in text as a young teenager fighting, not a man. He’s not fighting for the cause of the war, but more for the cause of his family which is to help his mother, and his brother. This is not straightforward but…

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    For change to have any element of success, it must be realistic, attractive, empowering, and have a positive impact on students. Stoll (2006) states this simply as “The ultimate purpose of educational change has to be beneficial to students”. The actual definition of change is simple. The Australian concise Oxford dictionary (2009) defines change as an “act or instance of making or becoming different”, yet complexity arises when you look into its multifaceted nature and that change of decades…

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    The invention of photography carves a new understanding of reality by providing what many consider “evidence” that at times, spurs political change and sways national sentiment. In today’s America, this is seen almost on a daily basis with the extremes of both sides of the political spectrum taking photos out of context and fueling impassioned campaigns and protests instantly, using the distribution network online. Political photography has been an integral part of the democratic process in the…

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