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    Defending The Double Wing Part I Rules for every player on the defense By Clay Kallam‚ Contributing Editor In 1994‚ coach Don Markham’s Bloomington High (Calif.) Bruins had a pretty good season. They went 14-0 and scored 880 points. Let’s review: 880 points. In one year. How did Markham do it...with an offense he devised that was a modern version of the Double Wing. It’s a highly effective offense featuring two tight ends‚ one fullback (right behind the quarterback) and two wingbacks…as in 880

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    JMJ Moral intuition is a standard by which human action can be judged (Refuting John Stewart Mill’s claim) Clifford Hearn Foundations of Ethics with Dr. Harold C.S. Lewis wrote‚ “If nothing is self-evident‚ nothing can be proved.” [1] In other words‚ there can be no structure to thought‚ no order to logic‚ if there is not at the root of these things an immediate and self-evident knowledge of the nature of a thing through intuition. In John Stuart Mill’s

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    ANALYSIS OF KENYA’S GOVERNMENT REVENUE From the analysis Taxes seem to be the major source of revenue to the government since in the year 2006/7 it accounted for 93.16% of the total revenue‚ in the year 2007/8 it accounted for 94.91% of total revenue and in the year 2008/9 it amounted 94.71%. This is a good sign since the tax revenue/total government revenue is ideally required to be above 50%. The following classes of taxes were the major sources of revenue for the government: • Taxes on income

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    apples are cultivated‚ their appearance‚ their taste‚ and their qualities. Furthermore‚ throughout “Wild Apples”‚ Thoreau responds to “why wild apples are significant?” . He discusses the ways apples are the most refined from other crops‚ the bond several animals have with apple trees‚ and their significance in early history. According to Thoreau‚ apples are the most refined of all of the fruits and vegetables[paragraph 12 part 1 ]. Apple trees are not dangerous like a dove‚ pretty like a rose

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    that the government must safeguard and limit our rights to protect the safety of its people‚ however I do not support the actions that have took place in my town. The government must balance the rights and needs of individuals with the needs of the public‚ but the rights that were taken away from my town’s people were not beneficiary to the needs of the public. While broadcast were sent out to every home in the town‚ some people evacuated‚ while others stayed in their homes. The government then forced

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    Emerson and Thoreau are equally significant writers when it comes to transcendentalism. Both writers were part of the movement and genuinely believed that individualism is vital to having a successful and fulfilling life. In fact‚ Thoreau lived on Emerson’s property when he began constructing his popular book “Walden”. The two of them were close and shared the same theme that focused on nature and individualism. However‚ this is not the only thing that the two writers have in common. In Emerson’s

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    The Best Cover Letter I Ever Received Harvard Business Review – David Silverman - 1:18 PM Monday June 15‚ 2009 In my last post I talked about how to make your résumé more likely to catch the attention of a hiring manager. As a follow up‚ I’d like to discuss cover letters. Here’s my basic philosophy on them: don’t bother. That’s because the cover letters I see usually fall into one of three categories: The recap: The résumé in prose form. It’s redundant‚ harder to read than the résumé‚ and provides

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    How did Charlemagne Build and Govern his Empire? Charlemagne was one of the most successful rulers of his time period. How did he build and govern his empire the way he did? He used a combination of his personal charisma and intelligence‚ the feudal system‚ the Church‚ and war in order to create the greatest Empire since the time of the Romans. His dislike of corruption‚ and his power in battle all contributed to his success as Emperor. Charlemagne himself was the key to his own success. He himself

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    Henry Thoreau -- Civil Disobedience Historians‚ philosophers‚ and authors have spent decades contemplating the relation between government and citizens. Though the question sparks many thought s‚ it is rarely met with sufficient answers. However‚ a theorist known as Henry Thoreau has offered many works that have shown deep insight on viewing man as an individual instead of a subject‚ through analyzing the ways citizens should live out their lives. Thoreaus most famous work Civil Disobedience

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    The Screwtape Letters The Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis is good novel that was written in 1942. While reading throughout the novel‚ C. S Lewis has used many classic major genres to describe his characters and manipulate the patient with imagination and emotion. Throughout the first chapter of the book‚ Screwtape uses allusion on page two to mention that Jesus was a pure spirit and had been a human so He had an ” abominable advantage.” In addition‚ Lewis uses descriptive words imagery on page

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