an average of 5 hours per trip. Cost to the taxpayers: $2‚100‚744‚ or $27‚715 per trip‚ or $1‚285‚162 per year! Here’s the best part taxpayer: Cost of in-flight food and alcohol: $101‚429; $1‚193 per trip; $62‚051 per year. On one junket to Baghdad ‚ according to the Air Force report‚ she had the aircraft bar stocked with Johnny Walker Red Scotch‚ Grey Goose Vodka‚ E&J Brandy‚ Bailey’s Irish Cream‚ Maker’s Mark Whiskey‚ Courvoisier Cognac‚ Bacardi Rum‚ Jim Beam Whiskey‚ Beefeater Gin
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an esteemed judge in Iraq (I say was because he is no longer alive; he was killed after the break out of the war in Iraq in 2003). My mother graduated college with an engineering degree and taught electrical engineering at several high schools in Baghdad. Growing up between them‚ it was never ok to be lazy or careless and being successful was the optimum way of life. I was always encouraged to do well in school and give my best effort in everything.
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another without so much as a nap in between. This man never had a quiet boat ride in the entire span of time in which his adventures took place. Another interesting point is the manner in which Sinbad always left and returned to his home port in Baghdad. All seven times‚ he left with a full crew and carrying the goods of a
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In W. Somerset Maugham’s “The Appointment in Samarra” and The Grimm Brothers’ “Godfather Death‚” The reader is exposed to two classic stories on Death‚ sharing both difference and similarities. Although the stories share the same character‚ it is through the authors’ use of language‚ plot and ending that it is evident to notice Death is not always portrayed in one specific form. In “The Appointment in Samarra‚” the author successfully manages to portray Death in a negative way by carefully
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6.1 Outline – pg. 120-126 Brief - Islam was the first global civilization taking its roots in the Arabian Peninsula - It was spread by merchants‚ wandering mystics‚ and warriors across Africa‚ Asia‚ and Southern Europe - After its birth in the 7th century‚ Islamic civilization provided key links and channels for exchange among Mediterranean‚ Asian‚ and African cultures - Muslim works of philosophy‚ literature‚ mathematics‚ and the sciences elevated the Arabic language to the language of
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Walter Gropius was one of the most important architects and educators of the 20th century. The son of a successful architect‚ Gropius received his professional training in Munich. After a year of travel through Spain and Italy‚ he joined the office of Peter Behrens‚ the most important European architect of the day‚ in Berlin. In 1910‚ Gropius left Behrens to work in partnership with Adolf Meyer until 1924-25. This period was the most fruitful of Gropius’s long career; he designed most of his significant
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out public executions and crucifixions. It has taken over large swaths of northern and western Iraq. The group currently controls hundreds of miles. It ignores international borders and has a presence from Syria’s Mediterranean coast to south of Baghdad. It rules by Sharia law. Unable to serve under the new Iraq government after Saddam Hussein’s military was disbanded‚ former Iraqi soldiers became ISIS fighters. ISIS took Baquba‚ Iraq‚ as its capital and swore allegiance to Abu Omar al-Baghdadi
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Razan Dyler‚ a representative of the organization in Iraq‚ told Al-Monitor‚ “It was very difficult to track these cases‚ which occurred throughout the Iraqi provinces‚ including some in Iraqi Kurdistan. The situation in the latter is even more complicated [than in the rest of Iraq]‚ in light of the absence of laws criminalizing human trafficking in the region. Thus‚ people can easily carry out trafficking there‚ and the perpetrators have no reservations and fear nothing.” Dyler added that the majority
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consisted of purging‚ bloodletting and customized diets. Most of the time‚ however‚ mentally ill patients were considered a shame upon a family and were usually locked away and abused by the family. The first mental asylum was created in 792 CE in Baghdad and soon after more asylums were established in Aleppo and Damascus. The first asylum in
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The Tabby cat has two main coat patterns and several colors. The most common colors are brown‚ silver‚ red‚ blue‚ black‚ and cream. They are recognized by their stripes or markings. A Tabby should have a butterfly shape on the shoulders‚ from which three stripes run along the spine‚ an oyster-shaped spiral on each flank‚ and narrow necklace-like stripes across the chest. The abdomen is spotted and both the tail and legs should be evenly ringed. Facial characteristics of the Tabby include:
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