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    An Old Woman

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    An old woman clutches a tourist’s sleeve and tags along with him. She wants a ’fifty paise coin’. For this she offers to show him ’the horseshoe shrine’. This refersto a legend centred around a horse-shoe shaped depression in a rock about Khandoba‚ the presiding deity at Jejuri‚ who leaped from that rock onto his horse ashe carried his wife with him. This is a legend that the true believer reveres and the sceptic doubts.The tourist moves away as he has seen the shrine already. The old woman ’tightens

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    americans into the west was a major step in the 1800’s. the united states had a great deal of land that no one had ventured to settle. however‚ that all changed as the prospect of making it big in the west entered people’s minds. although white settlers wanted desperately to settle the west rapidly‚ they encountered varous problems. the west was land like thye had never seen. the climate could change from one extreme to the other in a matter of hours‚ it was very dry‚ there was hardly any water

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    04/06/2014 Effects of Violent Video Games Video games are getting advanced to the point where it has become graphic and where it looks all too real‚ revealing way too much for a child between the ages of 8-14. Some say that violent video games have little impact on young teenagers that most video game players live normal lives. The weakness in the argument is obvious because “some” not “most” not even “all” act out and run around taking people out with automatic rifles like they do in video

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    Old Buildings

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    Topic 1 Many old buildings are protected by law because they are part of a nation’s history. However‚ some people think they should be knocked down to make way for new ones because people need houses and offices. How important is it to maintain old buildings? Should history stand in the way of progress? In the contemporary age‚ the contradiction between preserving history and progress becomes increasingly serious‚ which has disturbed and alarmed many people. In terms of the old buildings‚ many

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    Old is GOld

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    Old is Gold “Don’t try to be original; just try to be good‚” a very simple advice from Paul Rand‚ yet a very honest advice for designer-to-be. Paul Rand was one of the inspirational pioneers of modern graphic design. Even if one has not heard of his name‚ he or she must has seen his design works certainly. A few of his well-known logo designs are ABC‚ UPS and IBM. His book‚ “A Designer’s Art” is as influential as he was. It is not only involved aesthetic requirements for graphic designers‚ but

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    method since early centuries. It is believed that violent methods can force a child to distinguish the right from wrong‚ and an effective way to discipline a child. However‚ it is also likely to affect the child’s behavior‚ strain the relationship between child and parents‚ and hurt the child physically and mentally. The cons of violent methods outweigh the pros; therefore‚ children are better off if they are raised non-violently. First of all‚ violent punishments may lead to children’s violence and

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    Old Yeller

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    Travis‚ and a brave dog called Old Yeller. Little Arliss’s hobby was to hunt small bugs and animals. But when a big yellow dog appeared in Arliss’s house they had planned to keep him home. Arliss didn’t like dogs so he called the dog Old Yeller. Arliss and Old Yeller had many exciting and dangerous adventures. In this story there were many main characters. They were Travis‚ Little Arliss‚ their mother‚ and Old Yeller the dog. Old Yeller was a big old yellow dog that was very close to Arliss‚ and helped

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    Ebola In West Africa

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    posted on NaturalNews states that shipments of nonosilver were used in the treatment of Ebola in West Africa‚ but what is nonosilver? A declassified document from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) (declassified in 2009) shown that antimicrobial silver solutions have proven effective at 10 PPM in fighting Ebola and other forms of hemorrhagic fever. If this is so good‚ why isn’t it used more? And if it was a cure‚ or at the very least‚ slowed the spread of Ebola‚ why isn’t it used on Ebola patients

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    Old Faithful

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    Old Faithful is a geyser located in Yellowstone National Park‚ Wyoming‚ United States. It is one of 300 geysers in Yellowstone National Park. Old Faithful has a groundwater supply that is heated by a volcano. Old Faithful received its name by being predictable with its eruptions. It received its name by members of the 1870 Washburn Expedition. Old Faith had an average of 91 minutes between eruptions. Old Faithful is thought to be so reliable since it not connected to any other thermal feature

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    West nile virus

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    encephalitis‚ as well as those with previous WNV infection or current SLE infection. 3. When Jason was feeling at his worst‚ he had extreme malaise‚ vomiting‚ and diarrhea. What stage of the illness was he experiencing at that time? Explain the physiologic mechanisms that give rise to the signs and symptoms of infectious illness. According to the CDC‚ 70-80% of people who become infected with West Nile virus do not develop any symptoms (CDC‚ 2013). The incubation period of WNV to the onswt of symptoms

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