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    Death Caused By Stroke Stroke defined by a medical encyclopedia‚ published in 2005‚ is an interruption of the blood supply to any part of the brain. A stroke is sometimes called a “brain attack”. The main prevention of stroke is the reduction of risk factors across the board‚ by public health measures such as smoking and the other behaviors that increase risk‚ such as alcohol consumption‚ hypertension‚ high cholesterol‚ heart disease and even diabetes. The encyclopedia is very effective and it

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    The Blind Side History

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    The Blind Side is a tear jerking‚ heat warming story about acceptance‚ however‚ it lacks the suspense that audiences crave. Just when the movie starts to get good and you start to feel the suspense the scene changes to another hart warming part. Based off of the book The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis the movie represents the life of Michael Oher. Tears are bound to flow during this extremely emotion story. The Blind Side implies that the movie will be all about sports‚ however

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    Old People

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    longer living‚ which causes many advantages and disadvantages. In my view‚ longer living has many side effects. Firstly‚ to individuals the most important advantage of longer living is that the elder person considerably increased recently. Older person can give some advice from experience to the younger generation‚ so that to help them when they are in troubles. Taking heed of the suggestion from old‚ young becomes sophisticated in making their thoughts and hence succeed. On the other hand‚ longer

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    Cutting Down Trees

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    Cutting down too many trees will result in nature being gone very soon. We will not be able to survive because we live on the oxygen that trees and plants breathe out. Because we need O2 and give off CO2‚ and because trees and plants breathe CO2 and give off O2‚ if one group is not there then the other will die. It is a bad thing if we keep cutting down trees in an unlimited way. In addition to the impact on the balance of gases (O2-CO2)‚ trees and plants provide habitat for huge numbers of creatures

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    West Side Story

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    West Side Story West side story is a musical drama film adapted from the 1957 Broadway Musical with the same name. The films show the story of two young lovers that belonged to opposite gangs. Tony‚ a former member of the Jets (the American gang)‚ fell in love for Maria‚ Bernardo’s sister. Bernardo led the Puerto Rican gang‚ the Sharks. Both gangs were in continuous conflict‚ but everything got worse after Tony met Maria. Both gangs were against the union of Maria and Tony‚ therefore they had a

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    The Old Cottage

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    The Old Cottage. The night was still. The tumbleweed lay flat on the frosting blades of grass. These were the signs of a changing season. ‘Smith Farm’ was engraved on the stone posts that led to the entrance of what seemed like a graveyard. The snow slowly fell from the starless night over the tin roof. The farm was bare‚ as the snow had smothered the barren paddocks. Life seemed like it was in hibernation. The cottage was old and made of rotting wood‚ which the paint had peeled off ages ago

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    The Blind Side 3

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    Family: Sociology - The Blind Side The Blind Side      In the context of this extraordinary real life story a boy‚ depending on which society you come from he came from “The other side of the tracks” or “The wrong side of the tracks”. The story is about a young black kid who is shuffled between the welfare system‚ Foster homes that he runs away from and the mother (a drug addict) that has let him down. Big Tony takes him along I think as leverage to get his own son in to a Catholic school because

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    Down These Mean Streets

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    desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important.” Nobody wants to be left out of the pack. Not being apart is like not living. Therefore‚ when people are struggling and having a hard time fitting in with life people and with other people they put themselves in position to build a reputation amongst their surroundings. For the feeling to be equal and considered on the same level as the popular one is what most want. But people fail to realize that just wanting to be down with people that

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    Side Show Analysis

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    Side Show was put together through the Kent Theatre Department. The set design‚ acting‚ and theme came together to create the love story of Daisy and Violet. Side Show was written by Bill Russell and directed by Amy Fritsche. The production of this musical created a performance that was exhilarating and unforgettable. The authors of the production were trying to emphasize that even though Daisy and Violet are conjoined twins‚ they were meant to be together. Throughout the musical‚ there were times

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    Down a Dark Hall

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    Down a Dark Hall was written by Lois Duncan and is a book about a girl named Kit Gordy‚ going to a boarding school miles away from the closest town‚ which is a small village called Blackwood. So she comes to her new home for the school year with her new step father Dan and her worrying mother‚ who are ready to go on their honeymoon. When they see the boarding school that Kit would be staying at‚ it looked surprisingly different from what they saw in the brochure they were given. The three of them

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