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    Metallurgy- the study of the chemicals of the metal Bronze 3. Iron Metallurgy- the study of the chemicals of the metal Iron 4. Nile- gives people fresh water and is a major source for Egypt. The yearly activity is that it floods the river valley and moist fertile land is left behind. The resource the Nile has is the floodplain full of fertile land 5. Cataract- an unnavigable stretch of rapids and waterfalls 6. Delta- at one of the ends of rivers where the river spreads into many

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    CHAPTER 18 The Atlantic System and Africa‚ 1550–1800 I0.Plantations in the West Indies A0.Colonization Before 1650 * 10. Spanish settlers introduced sugar-cane cultivation into the West Indies shortly after 1500 but did not do much else toward the further development of the islands. After 1600 the French and English developed colonies based on tobacco cultivation. * 20. Tobacco consumption became popular in England in the early 1600s. Tobacco production in the West Indies was stimulated

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    Saint James The Great 1. How Did Saint James Became a Saint? Saint James accepted Our Lord’s invitation to become an apostle. He preached the Gospel and he died the death of a martyr which meant automatic sainthood to the early Christian community. ames gave up everything to follow Our Lord. After Our Lord was taken up into heaven. Preached in Samaria‚ Judea‚ and Spain. First Apostle to be martyred. He was stabbed with a sword by King Herod Agrippa I in Jerusalem in the year 44. 1492 was also

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    13 reasons why Alex Morgan is a great role model… Reason 1...Alex Morgan is a great female soccer‚ she works hard‚ she doesn’t give up. Reason 2...Alex Morgan trains to succeed in her career‚ this should encourage people not to give up in life. Reason 3...Alex uses what she knows to help her. This should make you want your education for a successful life. Reason 4...She influences young girls to follow their dream. There should be plenty more girls going for what they believe in. Reason 5

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    Healthcare Systems are Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) because they are heavily influenced by both internal and external environmental factors. Healthcare institutions have a large number of stakeholders‚ which encompass individual health consumers to larger groups such as public‚ private‚ and federal payers. Institutions are further influenced by local‚ state‚ and federal regulations. With so many relationships at play‚ the healthcare system remains an unpredictable high-risk environment. Over the

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    in fact‚ most leaders have a mixed profile of the full range of leadership styles. The best form of leadership is not only transformational or only transactional‚ but rather a combination of the two. However‚ in order to better understand each style ’s pros and cons‚ they have to be discussed in terms of similarities and differences. This cross-analysis will reveal further inquiry topics. Most leaders and followers find themselves in transactional relations - leaders engage in an exchange process

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    American dream. In The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the main character‚ Jay Gatsby fulfilled the American Dream by starting as a soldier‚ and building his way up to living in west egg with a frivolous mansion. The American Dream however is not perfect‚ and the author tells us so. Fitzgerald portrays the tragedy of the American Dream through symbolism. Some of these symbols include the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg‚ Gatsby’s phoniness‚ the eggs‚ and the valley of ashes. The eye of Dr

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    in Eastern Africa. I have used the UN sub region classification of Eastern Africa1 as many cultures define it differently. These nations specifically belong in the sub-region: The East of Africa generally causes people to recall colonisation of the 19th century‚ however apart from nations who were still under the control of a parent country‚ very little new colonies emerged‚ and the ones that did where short lived during the first and second world wars with German and Italian East Africa. However

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    the place? Unlike the other settings in the book‚ the valley of ashes is a picture of absolute desolation and poverty. It lacks a glamorous surface and lays fallow and grey halfway between West Egg and New York. The valley of ashes symbolises the moral decay hidden by the beautiful facades of the Eggs‚ and suggests that beneath the adornment of West Egg and the mannered charm of East Egg lies the same ugliness as in the valley. The valley is created by industrial dumping and is therefore a by-product

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    desolate plain‚ a gray valley where New York’s ashes are dumped. The men who live here work at shoveling up the ashes. Overhead‚ two huge‚ blue‚ spectacle-rimmed eyes—the last vestige of an advertising gimmick by a long-vanished eye doctor—stare down from an enormous sign. These unblinking eyes‚ the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg‚ watch over everything that happens in the valley of ashes. The commuter train that runs between West Egg and New York passes through the valley‚ making several stops

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