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    issues. Not only has she already divorced, she seldom sees her boyfriend, Emmanuel, because of work. In addition, she takes in children who have been abused by adults into her home as a place of refuge. Because she has too much on her workload and as a result feels overwhelmed, she finds her workplace to be a refuge for her. Vivian’s coworkers are supportive and always there to help her through her family troubles. In this…

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    Dunlin Research Paper

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    shorebird about the size of a sanderling that are found around the world. Dunlin breeds across the coastal area of both North America and Eurasia, and they winter along coasts around the northern Hemisphere (Pough 2003). Dunlin can be seen in all three refuges on the Complex at a suitable habitat. The natural habitats of dunlin consist of coastal mudflats or sandy beaches (Pattern 2003). Classification Dunlin is in the family of Scolopacidae (order Charadriiformes), which have small to medium…

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    throughout the world today, I have realized how much greater the calling is that I leave my community and help heal a new one. From March 24st to March 31st I will be going with my school to Kansas City, United States. We will be serving at an Open Door Refuges Ministry, which is a ministry that cares and shows love to the Burmese refugee community, in the Kansas…

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    Blue Racer Snake

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    For my endangered species project I chose the coluber constrictor foxii also know as the blue racer snake. I chose this endangered animal because there are very few of them and it is a beautiful species. One of the biggest reasons this animal is endangered is because they are a very docile snake that would rather flee then flight. There are many organizations trying to save this species and others like it. https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/556687203910425502/?lp=true The…

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    Think back to the early 1940s, when hundreds of thousands of Jews from Europe sought refuge from a crazed ruler. Knowing the events that occurred, any decent person regardless of their country or religion would have voiced their concern for the Jews to their government, and not rest until action was taken to free the oppressed. People would have welcomed the Jewish refugees to their country with open arms if only they could have foreseen what was to come. In the Middle East there is a rising…

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    Sephardic Jews are Jews who are from Middle Eastern countries, including Spain, Portugal, North Africa, Syria and more. They are now spread out all over the world, and this is because of the Spanish expulsion inquisition, when all Jews were expelled from Spain. The Jews in Spain experienced a normal life, up until the increase of Anti - Semitism which led to the Expulsion and the Inquisition. The word Sephardic comes from the word Sephrad, which means Spain in Spanish. Sephardic Jews are…

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    many that accepting them is a worthy cause. The refugee dilemma in America is a divisive, breaking, and inevitable topic of debate that has been slowly burning since before Trump even ran for office. Trump’s harmfully strict laws on immigration and refuge, however, are unnecessary, dehumanizing for those wishing to become American citizens, and potentially dangerous for all parties involved. Refugees should be accepted into the United States because they have the potential to grow the economy,…

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    Many of these refuges became the sites of major massacres. In addition to mass killings, thousands and thousands of Tutsis and people suspected of being Tutsis were killed in their homes and in the street, especially at roadblocks set up across the country by militias…

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    Holes

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    the desert. When they made it up to the base of the mountain Zero started to feel sick but they kept walking. When they were starting to near the top, Zero passed out so Stanley has to carry him to the top of the mountain. Ultimately, they found a refuge where there is a puddle of water and Stanley gave some of the water to Zero. As Zero got better and he fell asleep, Stanley decide to sing the poem which is familiar to every generation of Yelnats’s family. Elya’s later generations finally…

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    Acceptance of Syrian Refugees Congress should support legislation to allow Syrian refugees into this country. One might argue that with the possibility of terrorists entering the U.S. and the fears associated with the number of refugees coming into the country why this legislation should be upheld. The United States of America is the land of opportunity to everyone who enters here legally. We are a people who have built our country over hundreds of years based on strong principles. It is simply…

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