Why I Deserve This Scholarship I deserve to be selected for this scholarship because as a hardworking and committed student‚ I will take advantage of the tremendous academic opportunity that this scholarship will create for me. In addition‚ I am not only a student who works hard athletically and academically‚ but I also am a leader who is constantly active in community service organizations to better my small town. For the past eight years‚ I have attended a Baptist church that offers countless
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<b>A)</b> Write a critical commentary on key aspects of either Act 2 Scene 2 or Act 3 Scene 5. <br> <br><b>B)</b> Indicate briefly how you would read this extract using one of the approaches studied so far in Peter Barry’s Beginning Theory other than the liberal humanist approach. <br> <br><b>ACT 2 SCENE 2</b> <br> <br><b>Part A</b> <br>Act Two‚ Scene Two of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a romantic and poetically lavish scene. This emotionally abundant section of the play contains the love passages
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The goblin shark has a distinctively long and flat snout‚ resembling a sword blade. The proportional length of the snout decreases with age.[17] The eyes are small and lack protective nictitating membranes; behind the eyes are spiracles. The large mouth is parabolic in shape. The jaws are highly protrusible and can be extended almost to the end of the snout‚ though normally they are held flush against the underside of the head. There are 35–53 upper and 31–62 lower tooth rows. The teeth in the main
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Roosevelt‚ Taft and Wilson were all viewed in the public eye as trust busters. This was the first group of presidents who believed that the federal government should play a role in protecting consumers and workers from big business. These three were progressive presidents implemented reform and new ideas such as government intervention and conservation methods. However‚ their policies and approaches to achieve tor work towards these goals differed. Roosevelt believed that as the president it was
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Leonardo da Vinci When most people think of Leonardo da Vinci they think of a painter. He specialized in painting and sculpting extremely detailed‚ and masterful pieces. Although Leonardo was a fantastic artist he used a different method to create his paintings. He used math equations to develop certain angles‚and to define depth with the quantity of paint he used. Although he showed no exceptional talent for math‚ he realized at a young age that mathematics supports everything in the scientific
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The Seljuks were a group of Turks who had converted to Sunni Islam in 1000 B.C. They had migrated into the Abbasid Empire while it weakened‚ and were named the Seljuks after their leader’s family. (1) They were a large‚ yet somewhat short-loved empire. (2) The Seljuks inhabited Baghdad by 1055 B.C. (3) They treated their subjects fairly and gained the support of the Persians by doing so. Toghril Beg‚ who founded the Seljuk Dynasty‚ wanted a Persian city named Isfahan to be the capital‚ plus Persians
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As a nation of over one billion souls‚ I feel sorry and totally embarrassed to think that India is nowhere on the top in the world of sports and‚ in fact‚ it is somewhere on the bottom. There was a time before and after independence‚ my country - a country that I love‚ cherish and never thought of leaving to make a permanent home elsewhere in this wide planet - was for a considerable period of time a dominant force in hockey. Hockey‚ unlike cricket‚ is an international sport that is played and
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There are those that fight with swords‚ and there are those that fight with magic spells. It is seen often that the warriors reach their peak early in life‚ however wizards‚ with time‚ see their peak much later in life. But what is a wizard? A wizard is somebody who changes the behavior of matter using language. Language and gestures are the two things that are used in public speaking‚ and are used in shaping the ideas of those around you. Now‚ any movement starts off hopeless and ends up unbelievably
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Born the son of an astronomer‚ Phidias‚ in 287 B.C.‚ Archimedes’ education began as a young man in Syracuse. He furthered his education in Alexandria‚ where he studied with fellow scholar Conon‚ an Egyptian mathematician. What we know of Archimedes comes from his personal works as well as those of Cicero and Plutarch. However‚ "due to the length of time between Archimedes’ death and his biographers’ accounts‚ as well as inconsistencies among their writings‚ details of his life must remain subject
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The castle. A symbol of the Middle Ages. A great fortification made from the fall of the Roman Empire‚ to the 1500s. The word castle originated from the Latin word "castrum"‚ which means town‚ a walled enclosure‚ a stronghold‚ or just a tower. From little wooden towers surrounded by a logs‚ to great stone fortresses with elaborate designs and structures. When the Roman Empire was falling‚ people set out to the country side to begin a new life. Struggles between lords for power led to battles‚ so
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