to be eaten by the Europeans. This was a rumor that traveled among the captive slaves. There were also rumors circulating among white slave traders about a grisly incident that took place in 1724 on an English slave ship commanded by Captain John Hardin. Believing that the slaves onboard his ships were plotting a revolt‚ Harding ordered the arrest of the man whom he believed to be the ringleader. In front of the other captives‚ the man’s throat was cut and his heart and liver were cut out. Then
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Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Second Wave of Islamic Extremism By: Drew Hardin Boko Haram are a radical extremist group formed in northeastern Nigeria. They are Sunni Muslim terrorist organization that has been in existence since 2000‚ but become an important topic in July of 2009. They follow Ultra-Salafist ideology which is an ultra-conservative form of Islam. Boko Haram have two main goals‚ institute Sharia law in Nigeria and/or create their own caliphate and establish a strict code of Sharia law according
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2013 Dear Parents/Guardians: Welcome to kindergarten! I am pleased and excited to work with your son/daughter this year. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Katie Morgan. I graduated from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor with an EC-6 Generalist Bachelors of Arts degree. This year will be my fist year teaching in public schools. I am delighted to say this year is going to be full of exciting experiences for everyone. I know that together we can provide your
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highly valued neighborhoods‚ like the Elmwood District‚ the first step is to beautify the neighborhoods. The insightful leader of this organization‚ Harvey Garrett‚ organizes “block clubs” to begin the beautification. A block club is a group of people living on a street that combine their efforts to improve their living conditions. After Garrett gets the block clubs started‚ they often take off on their own‚ upon learning what it is possible to accomplish. The block clubs begin by taking care of the
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Billy the Kid is my kind of Cowboy This issue of Living in the West explores the love affair we have with the great American Cowboy. Call them cowhands‚ cowpoke‚ cowpuncher or buckaroos‚ billions of dollars have been spent chronicling their storied history. With his Stetson hat‚ sunburned face‚ weathered dungarees and boots of leather‚ the cowboy has gone from a ranch hand to a blue color icon. In fact‚ America’s love affair with the cowboy has been around longer than the name “cowboy” itself
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the most abundant class of biological molecules. The classification carbohydrate stems from the general molecular formula for monosaccharides‚ (C·H2O)n where n is more than or equal to 3‚ which implies that these compounds are hydrates of carbon. (Garrett & Grisham‚ 2009) However‚ carbohydrates are not true hydrates in the chemical sense. Carbohydrates‚ chemically‚ are polyhydroxy aldehydes (-CHO) or ketones (C=O) or compounds which upon hydrolysis yield these compounds. Note that each carbon in
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river‚ Harriet found moss on a tree. For those who do not know‚ moss only grows on the north side of a tree‚ that is how she knew she was on the right trail to the north. There was this amazing man who had helped Harriet to go to a man named Thomas Garrett who had assisted other slaves to freedom. The man told her to dress up as a man and chew tobacco to pass the slave patrollers. It had worked and they were on their way to Mr. Garrett’s house. There she was provided with clothing‚ food‚ and the other
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The Curse of Knowledge plays a role in misunderstandings between healthcare staff/physicians and the stakeholders or patients and their family members (Burns‚ Bradley‚ & Weiner‚ 2011)..Evidence of such exists in the physician’s communication and the understanding on the part of the Santillon family after it was determined that irreversible brain damage had occurred. The Curse of Knowledge occurs when a communicator (sender of information - physician‚ in this case) begins to communicate a piece of
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References: Viewpoints In Context. Web. 13 Jan. 2013. Barrett‚ P. M. (2012). What We Can Do About Guns. Bloomberg Businessweek‚ (4310)‚ 39-42. Garrett‚ M. (2012). Three Simple Steps Obama Can Take on Gun Control. National Journal. Retrieved from Shear‚ M. D. (2013‚ January 11). Gun control group urges expanded background checks [Newsgroup post]. Retrieved from New York Times website: http://www
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Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong was the greatest of all Jazz musicians. Armstrong defined what it was to play Jazz. His amazing technical abilities‚ the joy and spontaneity‚ and amazingly quick‚ inventive musical mind still dominate Jazz to this day. Only Charlie Parker comes close to having as much influence on the history of Jazz as Louis Armstrong did. Like almost all early Jazz musicians‚ Louis was from New Orleans. He was from a very poor family and was sent to reform school when he was twelve
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