Looking for Alaska is a book that everyone should read. It is written by John Green‚ and it is such a nicely written book. It is about a boy named Miles Halter (nickname is Pudge) who doesn’t have many friends where he lives‚ so he decides to move away and attend Culver Creek boarding school in Alabama for his junior year like his father did. Miles goes to Culver Creek searching for his Great Perhaps‚ because he knows there is something more out in the world for him. Miles Halter is the main
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The system should ensure nurses’ ability to adapt and be flexible in response to changes in science‚ technology‚ and population demographics that shape the delivery of care. An improved education system is necessary to ensure that the current and future generations of nurses can deliver safe‚ quality‚ patient-centered care across all settings‚ especially in such areas as primary care and community and public health. Enactment of the ACA offers a myriad of opportunities for the nursing profession
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Marijuana is a substance that has become very much a part of American and Canadian culture. Nearly 65 million Americans and Canadians have either used it occasionally or regularly. The use of marijuana hit American and Canadian about thirty years ago and has been accepted by large section of society. The debate on whether this substance should be legalized or not. It still remains a topic today in the world. Marijuana should be legal because it can be used of medical use‚ puts too many people
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Education for the Future According to the Oxford Dictionary “Education is the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction‚ especially at school or university level”. Nowadays‚ there are dozens of theories about education and most of them consider what its aims should be and what type of subjects should students be instructed in. In order for schools to fully prepare students for their future‚ the annual curriculum should be modified to include academic subjects as well as creative subjects
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change‚ change in perspective‚ emotional change‚ physically change and world change. In Looking for Alibrandi‚ the author‚ Melina Marchetta demonstrates‚ the concept of change not only through the main character‚ Josephine‚ but also some other minor characters such as Michael Andretti and John Barton though the majority is shown through Josephine. The poem‚ “The Door” by Miroslav Holub is very similar to Looking for Alibrandi as it also shows the concept of change but it tells us that change can mean
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Anatomy of the Future Andreas Vesalius August 1‚ 1539 After attending college at the University of Louvain‚ I moved to Padua to study for my doctorate. After being offered the chair of surgery and anatomy‚ I pursued my desire to research the anatomy. Although surgery and anatomy are considered of little importance in comparison to other branches of medicine‚ I believe that surgery must be grounded in anatomy. I have been given the opportunity to perform my research on the cadavers of executed
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The Future of Ecotourism Chayla cruz The destination I have choosen to write about is Mexico because Mexico has many natural and breathes taking environments currently at risk. Mexico is a tropical and temperate region that contains many deserts. Its mountainous‚ and rugged topography makes an environment that creates microclimates because of the environment Mexico has a diverse assortment of animal species‚ and plants. The impact humans have had in Mexico is huge and it has created a long
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The future of policing is fairly clear in what direction it is heading. It has been slowly reforming to meet the needs of the people‚ reduce crime‚ and make policing more efficient. Some of the reforms that will probably take place in the future include‚ better educated police officers and police managers‚ consolidation of police departments to save on money and resources‚ upgraded technology‚ race and gender equality‚ better testing techniques to recruit and promote within the department‚ and
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Halter in Looking For Alaska. Miles was a boy that didn’t have friends and was sent to a boarding school where he met a girl he eventually fell in love with named Alaska. The Puritans would not approve the book Looking For Alaska‚ due to the characters not respecting authority‚ women having equal rights to men‚ and the characters swearing. Authority was a big deal to the Puritans and the characters did not respect it‚ which is enough for Puritans to destroy this book. In the novel Looking For Alaska
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The Future of Diplomacy HANS J. MORGENTHAU FOUR TASKS OF DIPLOMACY Diplomacy [is] an element of national power. The importance of diplomacy for the preservation of international peace is but a particular aspect of that general function. For a diplomacy that ends in war has failed in its primary objective: the promotion of the national interest by peaceful means. This has always been so and is particularly so in view of the destructive potentialities of total war. Taken in its widest meaning
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