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    Jesus Cholula 5-7-13 Any other day in school was the same‚ going to class going to lunch and going home that was until I saw my schedule change. I was a bit shy not knowing what to expect from my new classes and what were they going to be like. When I come into my new class I felt scared‚ it was like a western movie‚ when a cowboy walk into a bar and its dead silence nothing but eyes staring at me and not in a good way. I was put in Mr. U Jimenez classroom. After a couple of days in the class it

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    found the topic of slavery interesting because in my head and the way I was raised‚ the idea of slavery is unfathomable and I cannot believe it had ever been an issue. Through this topic I heard about Harriet Tubman the creator of the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in 1820 and escaped slavery in 1849. I admire Harriet Tubman because when she was free‚ she chose to risk here freedom in order to help her family and friends. It is a character like Harriet Tubman’s that

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    The Diary of the Human Genome and Its Breakthrough What is our human genome? Our human genome is what makes us who we are. Many people might find its role in our human body as a miniscule one‚ but it is rather one of a great role consisting of all the genetic information in a single human being. What makes the human genome unique and amazing is its function and structure. The human genome also has its complications‚ these are genetic mutations creating genetic disorders that affect millions. With

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    Important People / Events 1815-1850:Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad was started to being built in 1815 and it finished in 1850 allowing many Africans Americans over to Canada. It was a secret way of reaching freedom and the railroad was made out of safe houses‚ rivers‚ conductors‚ trails and secret routes which all led to freedom. Ten of thousands of african Americans got to Canada using the Underground railroad getting them to Upper and Lower Canada. 1850:The Fugitive Slave Act The

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    successfully sued the Long Island Railroad Company for compensation for her injuries in the Kings County‚ New York State Circuit Court. The Long Island Railroad Company appealed this decision to the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court‚ Second Department‚ which upheld the lower court’s ruling. The company appealed once more to the New York Court of Appeals‚ which agreed to hear the case. FACTS OF THE CASE The Plaintiff was purchasing a ticket on the railroad platform. A train stopped on the

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    The Diary of Jose Rizal

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    MADRID -- 1 JANUARY 1883 - NOVEMBER 1884 1st January 1883 Night‚ I don’t know what vague melancholy‚ an indefinable loneliness‚ smothers my soul. It is similar to the profound sadness that cities manifest after a tumultuous rejoicing‚ to a city after the happiest celebration. Two nights ago‚ that is‚ 30 December‚ I had a frightful nightmare when I almost died.1 I dreamed that‚ imitating an actor dying on the stage‚ I felt vividly that my breath was failing and I was rapidly losing my strength.

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    ANGEL OF THE BRIDGE You may have seen my mother waltzing on ice skates in Rockefeller Center. She’s seventy-eight years old now but very wiry‚ and she wears a red velvet costume with a short skirt. Her tights are flesh-colored‚ and she wears spectacles and a red ribbon in her white hair‚ and she waltzes with one of the rink attendants. I don’t know why I should find the fact that she waltzes on ice skates so disconcerting (=embarrassing)‚ but I do. I avoid that neighborhood whenever I can during

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    CU695 Use A Diary System 23.05.2014 1.1 Explain the purpose of using a diary system. Time is very important and it can be utilised in a very efficient way by maintaining a diary system. The efficient planning and organisation of your own time and other people’s is‚ therefore‚ one of the most important activities that you can get involved with. The diary is one of the major resources within the office‚ without which‚ none of us would know where

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    The conflicts in “The Diary of Anne Frank” lead to the development of the characters and plot in the play. There are many types of conflicts including Anne vs Mrs.Frank ‚ Mrs.Frank vs Mr‚ Van Dan. “The Diary of Anne Frank” is a historical play about how the Franks and the Van Dan’s live in hiding for two years. Anne and Mrs.Frank have many conflicts throughout “The Diary of Anne Frank”. Mrs.Frank tells Anne “ You complain that I don’t treat you like an adult . But when I do ‚ you resent it”. Anne

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    Of The Diary Form Narrative in The Novel Dracula The Irish author‚ Bram Stoker‚ was a creative and intellectual writer‚ and as such‚ wrote the gothic novel Dracula in the diary form of narrative. This was a good choice of how to write the novel since it was very beneficial to the plot of Dracula. Examples of how the diary form is beneficial to Dracula are seen in his writing and book‚ as I will now commence in telling you. One of the greatest benefits of the diary narrative

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