MYP Personal Project For my Personal Project I wanted to do something with the community that had something dealing with giving. I want collect 500 shirts and pants to donate to the Salvation Army. For me to be able to complete this job I would have to make sure that I stay in contact with the Salvation Army. If you don’t stay in contact they will forget about everything. I’m also going to ask the Wal-Mart on Powder Springs rd. to see if I can use their property so that I can have an event so
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Reginald Lewis: The First Black Billionaire When I say‚ “Billionaire‚” who is the first person that comes to mind? Is it Bill Gates‚ or maybe…. Donald Trump? How about Reginald Lewis? Who is he‚ you ask? Reginald Lewis is the first black billionaire‚ born in 1942. Early Life He was born December 7 in 1942 in Baltimore‚ Maryland. He grew up with his mother‚ Carolyn Fugett‚ who was a mail carrier and his stepfather‚ Jean S. Fugett‚ who was a teacher. He grew up with two sisters and
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independence from Great britain and the slaves try to free themselves from the bonds of slavery. One side becomes victorious as a leader‚ Benjamin Banneker‚ arises on the other side‚ becoming the voice for the slaves. He expertly writes a letter to Thomas Jefferson arguing the slaves deserve freedom by using rhetorical devices‚ such as analogies‚ allusions‚
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Ocoee Adventure By Nathan Lewis There’s nothing quite like the exhilaration of thinking that you’ve taken your last breath. Then God steps in and lets you take one more. This little adventure started out‚ as so many others do‚ with a simple conversation. Last summer‚ Shawn‚ a friend of mine‚ asked me if I would like to join him on a trip down south. With my schedule free‚ a few days out of town seemed like the perfect opportunity to recharge. A taste of serenity and time away from the day-to-day
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11 September 2012 C.S. Lewis: Canon; Natural Law C.S. Lewis wrote a book called Mere Christianity that conveyed his views on natural law. Lewis focused his writings on first principles and policy matters as the pertained to questions of lasting value. “He infused an interrelated worldview of truth‚ moral ethics‚ natural law‚ literary excellence‚ reason‚ science‚ individual liberty‚ personal responsibility and virtue‚ and Christian theism. (Evils of statism)” According to him we learn
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Thomas Jefferson‚ our third president‚ was born in 1743 in Virginia. He studied at William and Mary and then read the law. In 1772‚ he married a widow lady‚ Martha Skelton and he took her to live at his partially completed home at Monticello‚ the plantation consisting of approximately 5‚000 acres that he inherited from his father. Mr. Jefferson was considered to be a gifted writer‚ but he was not a public speaker. He wrote his support for the patriotic cause in the House of Burgesses and the Continental
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supported in class –to lead into a conclusion based on personal observation- C.S. Lewis’s excerpt on the law of human nature does demonstrate inductive reasoning through his argument; I say this because of my own observations and inductive analysis. Lewis first states that there are laws of different manners that subject all things in the world. Organisms‚ specifically humans‚ are subjected to a biological set of laws that cannot be disobeyed. The majority of these types of laws are not subject to choice
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The first stanza contains a description of a winter’s dawn in a cold country house. The house is beside a dug garden. The poet is aware of the mixed smells of clay and stale bedroom air. As dawn occurs‚ the lamplight fades. He interrupts dressing himself to shave. He begins to daydream about some favourite image‚ maybe a sexual fantasy. Then he catches a disturbing reflection of himself in the mirror. As he dries himself with a towel‚ he notices his tired looking eye‚ his twisted mouth. He is shocked
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Thomas Jefferson Unit 2 Essay Portion Thomas Jefferson has been viewed to be a positive influence on old Jeffersonian America‚ as well as a negative one as he expanded and reshaped the country with instances like the Louisiana purchase. His efforts are viewed negatively by some‚ and very admirably by others but personally‚ I find that his attempts and reasons for things were hypocritical. He did things contradictory to what he said he wanted for the country. His presidency was
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use of multi-channel retailing‚ increased use of technology and focus on value delivered are all general trends that influence how John Lewis operates as the market leader in the UK department store sector. Consumers today are not afraid to do price-comparison and the idea of choice makes John Lewis’ costumers not only buy products‚ but experience. John Lewis compliment their sales by giving their customers insurance and trust as a part of the package‚ and the business are delivering choice and
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