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    Heart in the Right Place” by Carolyn Jourdan is the author’s telling of experiences she encountered while working at her father’s clinic in the Tennessee mountains. Carolyn’s father is a doctor who works at a medical practice in a rural and underserved area of Tennessee. The author grew up with her family in Tennessee‚ but she ended up going on to pursue a master’s degree and moved to Washington‚ where she worked as an attorney on Capitol Hill. She was successful in her career‚ but she returned

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    MRI of the Knee Materials utilized for the procedure KC Hutchins The materials used in the MRI of the knee are surface coils‚ volume coils‚ knee positioning pads‚ sandbags‚ and Gadolinium‚ in the case of a Magnetic Resonance Angiogram. Firstly‚ in some cases‚ a surface coil is used. They are of the simplest design‚ a loop of conducting material. It is used as a transmitter of radiofrequency energy. This receiver coil is placed on the region of interest or the knee‚ in this example‚ for greater

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    Anatomy of Knee The knee is composed of 4 bones: the femur‚ tibia‚ fibula and patella. Every one of these bones are practical in the knee joint‚ aside from the fibula. The patellar tendon elongates from the inferior pole of the patella‚ as an extension of the tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle to the tibial tuberosity. The role of the patella tendon is to transfer the force of the quadriceps muscles‚ much like a rope around a pulley‚ as your knee straightens. (John Miller‚ 2015) Definition

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    Black Panthers I think had one of the biggest impacts to the Civil Rights Movement. The started in California in 1966. Black Panthers were like a shield for the black community. Their original purpose was to patrol black neighborhoods and protect them from any kind of police brutality. They were here to protect the black people who couldn’t stand up for themselves. They were also a voice for the people. Black Panthers did other things like set-up soup kitchens and programs for kids so they could

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    Khuta English 122 18 February 2015 The ImpactCivil Disobedience” had on Civil Right Leaders The American government never thought their people would ever go against the laws they thought were fair and civil. As far back to the mid 1800’s society has always showed signs of being civil and disobedient at the same time. Until Henry David Thoreau came into the mix with a dislike of having to pay taxes on something he did not believe in. Henry knew his rights as an American and under stood his first

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    Art in my Heart "You know a dream is like a river‚ ever-changing as it flows. And a dreamer’s just a vessel who must follow where it goes. So many times we stand aside never knowing what’s in store‚ but I will choose to chance the rapids‚ than stay there on the shore… I will sail my vessel ‘til the river runs dry‚ like a bird upon the wind‚ these waters are my sky. I’ll never reach my destination if I never try‚ so I will sail my vessel ‘til the river runs dry."—Garth Brooks song As I try

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    is the view that the civil rights movement was very successful in the period 1957-1965? The period of 1957 – 1965 was both a lively‚ and a stagnant time for the civil rights movement‚ with many protests coming to action like the Greensboro Sit Ins‚ which made large progress to desegregation and equality for black people. Success from these protests‚ however‚ came later in this period as momentum in the civil rights groups was being built. Yet‚ this time for the civil rights movement was not all

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    Civil Rights Movement Many leaders in African American communities and beyond rose to great standards during the Civil Rights era‚ including Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ Malcolm X‚ Andrew Goodman and others. They risked their own lives in the controversy of freedom and equality. Malcolm X created the “Black Power” philosophy‚ Goodman was an amazing activist‚ and MLK assisted in many protests. They all greatly encouraged and impacted the acts to defeat inequality. A wise woman once said‚” You must

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    the Civil Rights Act and required people to speak up about what they feel is wrong and right: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” —Martin Luther King‚ Jr. The Civil Rights Act ended many things such as segregation and discrimination on the basis of race‚ gender‚ religion‚ among other things. Furthermore‚ the a civil Rights Act was influenced by many in their own ways people such as: Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Malcolm X‚ and even John F. Kennedy. The Civil Rights

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    Batter My Heart

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    Batter My Heart John Donne was a 16th and 17th century English priest‚ poet‚ dean‚ and lawyer. “Batter My Heart” is the fourteenth and one of the most well-known of the Holy Sonnets. The sonnets were written during a hard time in his life in which he was struggling financially and was in the midst of converting from Roman Catholicism to Anglicanism. The last few sonnets were thought to have been written after the death of his wife causing his writing to be more in depth and focused around that

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