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    Sitting on my blue‚ self-inflating camping mattress with papers around me flitting in the wind‚ I wondered “how did I get here?” I’d applied to and was accepted to go on a three week camping trip out West. With two days left on this adventure‚ my fellow participants and I took a long van ride to Shoshone National Park. As we stepped out of the vans we were handed yellow folders full of letters from family‚ along with keepsakes of short essays‚ pictures‚ and quotes meant to supplement our experience

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    Brown: The Last Discovery of America completes Richard Rodriguez ’s three-volume work in which he explains and explores the ethnic and racial future of America. In this particular book‚ the author defines the color brown not as the representation of the Hispanic race but as the color of the future. Black‚ white‚ yellow‚ the author explains‚ are incorrect racial categories for it is not how nature works. Nature yearns for combination of all different colors‚ and brown is the final result. In the

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    The Methods of Latent Fingerprint Discovery Finding and Retrieving Latent Prints from a Crime Scene Megan M. Anderson Brevard Community College Abstract This paper explores the methods of latent fingerprint discovery the finding and retrieving of latent prints from a crime scene. Here we will review how to find a latent print using alternative light sources and what those light sources are. We will also review the surface characteristics of evidence and the purpose of sequential processing

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    A Remedy for Self-Discovery “Do not judge me by my successes‚ judge me by how many times I have fallen and gotten back up again” respectively said by Nelson Mandela illustrates the young protagonist Mildred Peacock of Point Haven‚ Michigan. A mother of five‚ Mildred‚ undergoes multiple struggles throughout her life reflecting on and from children. With all but one of her children being born to a crooked‚ cheating‚ alcoholic father‚ Mildred was making ends meet with little to no money‚ few jobs and

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    Student Success Self Discovery Artifact Reflection I am someone who likes write things out‚ and see what I have to do‚ and so I went to the store and bought a calendar that I can use dry erase markers on so that I have to write everything out. It gets me to know exactly what I have planned during the week after school‚ on weekends‚ or on breaks from school. I put things like my family or a friend’s birthday so I make sure to call‚ also if I plan on staying afterschool one day. I use it to see

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    Old Age - Golden Age?

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    Is old age really golden age? What are its pros and cons? Human life is a long and complex process which passes through many stages. Each stage contains new circumstances and requirements to which one has to adapt. The great English poet W. Shakespeare described and divided the human life span into a number of stages: an infant‚ a schoolboy‚ a lover with agonies of adolescence‚ a soldier as a youngish‚ a justice as an adult‚ a pantaloon who is over the hill‚ and the second childhood with "sans teeth

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    The novel “Looking for Alaska” written by John Green is predominately about self discovery. I found this novel was filled with overwhelming emotions that connected and allured me deeper as the novel carried on. I think the theme adolescence this novel portrays is very relevant to todays world because young teenagers are all going through a intimidating and perplexing time and this book relates to the way they feel and see the world in a way they can understand and relate to. Protagonist Miles’

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    Age Of Exploration

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    many other have a differing view. Others believe the age of exploration was undoubtedly the bigger consequence of Gutenberg’s printing press. Therefore‚ the more significant effect of the printing press was the age of exploration because it allowed for what explorers found to be printed and published shortly after they made their discoveries and for stories about exploration

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    CHAPTER I The Problem INTRODUCTION Computers are considered to be one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th Century.  As time goes on‚ computers have become more and more important in our lives. We use computers at school‚ at home‚ and at work and most of us can’t imagine life without them. One of the many uses of computers is used in communicating within the country or even around the world where there is Internet access. The Internet has become a fully integrated part of our

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    Allen’s Self-Discovery Allen’s persona is tested countless times throughout his journey in Hell. As the story develops‚ he is able to overcome his selfish personality and find a balance within himself. In the novel Inferno‚ by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle‚ the main character Allen‚ travels through the nine rings of Hell. As Allen witnesses each ring‚ a little piece of him changes with each one. While he is traveling through the circles‚ he learns a lot about the world he lives in by seeing all

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