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    Recently‚ to our horror‚ random mass shooting incidents successively occurred one after another in the United States. Above all‚ one of those happened in California is still fresh in our memory. On November 14th‚ 2017‚ the armed criminal‚ Kevin Neal‚ got killed by police after he committed mass shooting at multiple locations that killed 4 people and injured 14 people including 2 elementary school students. On the evening before the day‚ it already began secretly. He murdered his wife at home‚ hiding

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    JHT2 Task 3 The Healthcare Industry A1. Economic Features One dominant economic feature of the healthcare industry is the growing need for both basic and specialized healthcare due to the continued aging of the “Baby Boomer” generation. This generation consists of over 79‚000‚000 individuals born in the US between 1946 and 1964. As this generation has aged‚ the need for healthcare has increased dramatically. Let us take a look at some statistics: As of 2012‚ there were 65.2 million Baby Boomers

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    Extra credit due Thursday April 17th Double spaced‚ 5 pages‚ 3 scholarly articles Roman gods and Ovid Intro Greek and roman equivalents Aphrodite-Venus Ares-Mars Artemis-Diana Athena-Minerva Demeter-Ceres Hades-Pluto Hephaistos-Vulcan Hera-Juno Hermes-Mercury Hestia-Vesta Kronos-Saturn Persephone-Proserpina Poseidon-Neptune Zeus-Jupiter(Jove) Eris-Discordia Eros-Cupid Ovid the Poet Born 43 BC His first poems appeared in 20 BC Completed the metamorphoses in 8 AD Timeless

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    As a whole‚ both texts have the recurring theme that if nothing changes‚ if the people of the time don’t stop deluding themselves then the rich are going to carry on getting richer and the poor will continue to get poorer. If nothing is done by the audience or the reader and their perceptions remain the same the squalor‚ hardships and injustice will carry on for

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    He spent his life in voluntary poverty‚ enthralled by the study of nature. Two years‚ in the prime of his life‚ were spent living in a shack in the woods near a pond. Who would choose a life like this? Henry David Thoreau did‚ and he enjoyed it. Who was Henry David Thoreau‚ what did he do‚ and what did others think of his work? Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord‚ Massachusetts on July 12‚ 1817 ("Thoreau" 96)‚ on his grandmother’s farm. Thoreau‚ who was of French-Huguenot and Scottish-Quaker

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    Anything Goes as Long as the System Never Changes Introduction The best form of fantasy is a depiction of what we covet and cannot attain‚ as mere viewers. As a result‚ most television series will depict fantasy as a form of entertainment‚ and it is usually labeled the “American Dream.” Achieving the American Dream without sacrifice‚ however‚ is unrealistic and suggests an ideal in itself. There is always a price to pay to become self-made and successful‚ and this type of sacrifice becomes

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    because he consistently acknowledges the phoniness of his surrounding society without looking in the mirror. He is no better than the ones he has accused because he‚ too‚ is guilty. He excessively smokes‚ drinks and takes a great interest in sex‚ deluding himself into thinking that these are acts that would make him an adult‚ but truthfully‚ becoming an adult is his greatest fear. Holden’s insolence is a facade that masks his true self‚ a person who is sensitive‚ compassionate and moral. One

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    Name: Emma Burwell Module: Community Studies Word Count: 2049 ‘Explore the ways in which we can understand the concept of ‘community’. By Emma Burwell. The purpose of this essay is to explore the ways in which we can understand the concept of ‘community’. In doing so the essay will aim to introduce community with its many definitions and articulate a discussion around its ambiguous hidden

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    different picture of the door that will lead to hope and new life with God. The section on Jeremiah is wonderful. This chapter‚ "Only Grief Permits Newness‚" powerfully traces the difficult task of speaking the truth of loss before a people lost in self-deluding slogans. It is Jeremiah’s task to cause the people to embrace their loss‚ to convince them of the incurability of their wound. It is only through grief that newness can take root. "If the hurt is fully expressed and embraced‚ it liberates god to

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    3.1 The Incompatibility Argument: Relational Understanding of Self According to Roger Ames‚ “transplanting” human rights to China was doomed to failure because of the incompatibility between Chinese values and the Western human rights concept.36 Historically‚ he argues‚ the concept of rights did not naturally evolve in China‚ which leads him to portray Western human rights efforts as imperialistic. Indeed‚ the Western concepts of “rights” may indeed have posed a problem for Chinese society‚ when

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