The House I Live In was an amazing documentary. I was saddened to hear Nannie’s story and the stories of others that I witnessed in the film. I was blown away by how much the war on drugs is really a war on blacks more than anything else. It disgusted me to see the stereotyping of blacks by police officers under the guise of "probable cause." The police aren’t about doing real police work‚ only placing cuffs on blacks and low-income civilians and sending them to jail. It’s mind blowing to me how
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The book‚ This Life I Live‚ by Rory Feek is about determination to want to become a better person. Rory talks about his childhood explaining how difficult it was for his mother to raise 5 kids on her own without their father around. Times were really difficult for his family‚ until one day when Rory met the love of his wife‚ Joey. Rory and Joey both had a strong passion for music‚ and became very popular within the county charts. When Joey found out she had cancer she never gave up for what she loved
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The Shoe-Horn Sonata written by John Misto creates images through distinctively visual elements. Through the use of projected images‚ carefully selected music and descriptive dialogue‚ challenging aspects of life can be represented. An image we see early on in the play is Singapore Harbour burning down in 1942 when the Japanese first invaded. This is shown as Bridie and Shelia are discussing their experiences on the boats. This shows the ignorance of the British as they did not evacuate the women
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Exploring WORK and ENERGY Pulling Masses Procedure: 1. Measure exactly 0.5 m and 1.00 m from a piece of tape‚ designate one as your starting line and the other as your finish line 2. Attach a 1-kg mass to the end of a force meter (the force meter will measure the force required to move the mass. 3. Place the lass on the table at the starting point. Hold the force meter parallel to the tabletop. Pull the mass at a constant speed along the surface of the table to the 0.50 m mark. Observe
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for the prisoners who have to spend their time in jail‚ because they have no freedom to do anything. Each prisoner lost their freedom as soon as the committed
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The Father Of Chemestry Abu Musa Jaber Ibn Hayyayn. (721-803AD) Abu Musa Jaber Ibn Hayyayn generally known as “The Father Of The Chemestry” and also known as Al Chemist “Geber” of the middle ages of an ”attar” (druggist). The date of the birth is not known but it is established that he practised medicine and alchemy in kufa (now known as Iraq) around 776A.D. In his Early age he practised medicine and was under the patronage of Barkemy Vazeer during the Abbasith caliphate of Haroon al Rashid. He
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I have been truly fascinated by many cultures in my life. The one that truly calls out to me again‚ again is the southern culture‚ in Georgia to be specific. I feel as if I would be able to meld into their way of life easily. They seem to be more relaxed and happy on a daily basis. I’ve often thought that they live life more simply. I would be okay with simplifying my life to mimic there way of life. I would always prefer less of the drama and more of the sitting in the breeze with a tall glass of
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selfish‚ lively‚ and so on. We each have a set of these patterns‚ and this set makes up our personality. Generally speaking‚ personality doesn’t change very much‚ but it does develop as we go through different experiences in life‚ and as our circumstances change. We mature with time‚ and our thinking‚ feelings and behaviour all change depending on our circumstances. We are usually flexible enough to learn from past experiences and to change our behaviour to cope with life more effectively. Body People
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The choice we make and the actions we take result in consequences we have to live with for the rest of our lives. The decisions we make in the present will decide what the future holds for us. Today young adults are pushed to make better grades and excel in extracurricular activities so as to get into a good college. The motto "the more high quality education the better the future"� has been taken as gospel for today’s youth. This often makes me wonder whether our goals are contorted and out of
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Stigmas about mental health issues seem to be widely recognized by the general population of the Western world. Studies propose that the majority of citizens in the United States and many Western European nations have stigmatizing attitudes about mental illness. Outside of the general populous‚ denouncing views about mental illness may even effect well-trained
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