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    My Hero

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    people through my academies and musters. Musters are gatherings of Explorer post throughout Southern California. We do bucket brigades and much more activities with hoses and water. Being in Fire Explorers showed me integrity‚ dedication‚ and self sacrifice. Firefighters made an impact on my life and showed me what it takes to be a hero. Firefighters taught me integrity a quality that a hero should have. Integrity is honesty and truthfulness in one’s actions. Trust is one of the most important

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    If you are in an activity that requires teamwork‚ then you must be prepared to make personal sacrifices to ensure its success. Not only is this true with team sports‚ but also in real life events. Even the smallest communities in the insect world require teamwork for their success. For example‚ the success of my lacrosse team requires that each member makes the team a priority over their personal needs. My lacrosse coach said that we must totally commit our personal time to practice six

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    Mayan Calendars

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    calendars to reflect time within their cultures? Well since many researchers have discovered many different types of calendars throughout time and been used differently than other due to culture or belief. The three most popular calendars are the Mayan calendar and the Eygtian Calendars (Source 1). The Egyptian Calendar has been around for many years and was used to count the days in the years. As our calendar we have 365 days in a year‚ the Egyptian calendar has 354 days in a year (source 1)

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    Oscar Wilde The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde Summary The story “The Happy Prince” has at least three themes. The first theme of the story is that outward beauty is nothing. It is just a show. The real beauties are love and sacrifices. The second theme is that love and sacrifice are two saving forces. The third theme is that there is great gap between the rich and the poor‚ the rulers and the masses. When the happy prince is alive‚ he lives in a palace where sorrow is not allowed to enter. He lives

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    How does Hesse and Coelho present the importance of wealth and love is to fulfilment and self-discovery in ‘The Alchemist’ and ‘Siddhartha’? Siddartha and The Alchemists are both novels featuring a world of sacrifice and journeys of the soul in order to find enlightenment and have fulfilling lives. Both stories show a journey distracted by love and wealth but ultimately returning to their desired goal of finding true happiness. The Alchemist describes the journey of a humble shepherd who seems to

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    for what he did for each one of us and never get tired of doing those things‚ so should just be thankful for what we did. That is God’s will for us. There are times we need to sacrifice for the sake of others. Those sacrifices are just tools for them to have happiness they deserve. But should not be lonely because we sacrifice it‚ God has always plans for our life. We don’t that he might have more plans for our life. Also we don’t know what will happen in our lives‚ but we should not just wait until

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    Jim and Della

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    Henry is telling us that the wise thing to do is to sacrifice for each other the greatest treasures of our house. He is even suggesting that this is the only true wisdom. The story contains a deep and permanent moral lesson‚ and also one which is true. (Of course‚ you don’t need to accept it).The true value of a gift lies in the sacrifice involved in it. When Christ was born‚ ’the Lamb of God’ was a gift for the salvation of mankind. The self-sacrifice of the Lamb led the road to salvation.Three wise

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    richer man. In order to support her mother and two brothers‚ Mrs. Linda found it necessary to sacrifice her happiness for the sake of helping out her family. Another example of a sacrificial role held by women was when the Nanny had to leave her child to support herself‚ which is when she started working as Nora’s and now Nora’s children’s caretaker. During the play Nora made a couple of sacrifices such as leaving her children‚ despite the love she had for them she chose to leave them with the

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    The Lottery

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    wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair!” In this quote‚ Tessie is saying that it was not fair that they got the paper with the black spot on it indicating that they were the winners of the lottery: destined to be stoned by friends and family as human sacrifices. Winning the lottery is often seen as a positive event‚ however‚ in the short story due to the dark nature of the lottery no one wants to win it. Furthermore‚ the over arching theme of outer appearances can be deceiving is further shown by the

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    The Mayan Empire

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    http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/09/maya-empire-snake-kings-dynasty-mesoamerica/ The Mayan Empire stretched from an estimated 525 A.D. to 1300 A.D. Hundreds of research expeditions and excavation teams have been sent out into the ruins of temples and pyramids from this era‚ in search of what happened in that almost 10 century time period of the first documented history of the Mayan Empire. Throughout its time the empire had several different dynasties and rulers overseeing and conquering

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