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    Genghis Khan was a Mongolian warrior and ruler, and a military leader. He was born as “Borjigin Temujin.” He was born in Mongolia at around 1162. He had many wives, but he first got married when he was 16 years old. He created one of the biggest empires, which was the Mongolian empire. It covered up to 12 million square miles. It stretched all the way from the Pacific Ocean to eastern Europe. He started created the Mongolian at age 20. He created this empire by conquering many empires. The…

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    The Blumenthal family was only one of many who suffered from the holocaust, under the reign of Hitler. Marion Blumenthal was lucky to have survived with her family, but not without memories of the terrible suffering her and the rest of the jews in that time went through. The book, Four Perfect Pebbles was named after a past time game Marion would play to distract from the horror around her in the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen. She would search the grounds of the camp for four pebbles, each…

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    Imagine that at the age of 19 you earned and received the Medal of Honor for valor. That is what this soldier did. This person's name was Audie Murphy who also wrote an autobiography about himself titled To Hell and Back. This soldier inspires me for many reasons. He enlisted under the age of 18, which is and was illegal, and left the military being the most decorated soldier of World War II. Audie Murphy was born to poor sharecroppers named Emmett Berry Murphy and Josie Bell Killian. He…

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    VANET Essay

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    separation is considered as a RSU or base station and given every one of the benefits to get to the information i.e. perused and compose consents, the information and the following succession numbers are encoded utilizing encryption procedures utilizing open key foundation (PKI). On the off chance that any noxious hub goes into the system and tries to get to the information, attempt to show fake personality to send or get messages, its one of a kind id is cross checked with the source id and…

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    initiative came in to place this said that the US would give 1.4 billion dollars to help stop the drug and smuggling industry (Skinner, 7). All of these actions have effected todays drug war heavily. The DEA has created an organization that we can station people out of to stop drug trading. by signing the Merida initiative, we have increased the trust that…

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    place you are moving to I suggest looking at what the Army will or, will not provide you. For instance, the Army will provide you with housing. However, the army will not provide you with a car. Since you are planning to take your car to your duty station you will need to know how to register the car. You also need to know how to get your driver’s license changed over. Once you research the laws on vehicles and understand what is required, feel free to research other things such as local…

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    this incident attracted lots of attention within the society, because the media tracked the report for the whole time. (Li, Li) On July 24th, 2015, an old man from Sichuan, China accidentally fell down from the bike when he was driving across the cross. After a while, a student who was riding a bike passed by and asked him about his situation. To the student’s surprise, the old man framed him and wouldn 't let him go if he would not give him the money. Fortunately, the spy cam recorded…

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    Ironically, that is a positive argument in favor of legalization as the industry isn’t the “crack cocaine of gambling” as many critics would have suggested. Dr. Sally Gainsbury, an Australian psychology researcher at Southern Cross University, has published research which refutes the conventional wisdom regarding Internet gambling. Thus, she concluded that “Internet gambling participation was not predictive of problem gambling severity,” in her paper, “Online Gambling Addiction:…

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    Texting and Driving:Blind Drivers Texting and driving is a dangerous act around the country done by teens and adults who most likely know the outcome of possibly killing or seriously injuring someone but doesn't cross their mind at that point. Electronic devices are distractions for people of any age, teens constantly on them. Texting, tweeting, or maybe snapchatting someone. Social media is overpowering minds of teens, completely controlling their minds, distracting them from the real world.…

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    All throughout history immigrants have been degraded, discriminated against, and denied many opportunities. In the middle-1800s, the Irish left their homeland came here to pursue the American dream. But instead of being welcomed they were labeled idle drunks and were turned down from many jobs. And In the beginning of the century many Italians, Russian, Jewish immigrants were also ridiculed and isolated. Today, society is more outwardly respectful towards immigrants. But our immigration policies…

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