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    They’re blessed with two weeks of peace as they travel with several other families headed towards Columbus‚ Ohio. They’ve barely made it to Louisville when they begin to hear rumors about this new Militia and it’s rulers. About how they’re trying to help by getting rid of the clans that have risen up since the lights went out‚ trying to make order out of chaos. By the time they actually reach Columbus‚ rumors are flying that the newly fledged Militia are on the west side of Pittsburgh. Even closer

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    funding‚ practical political reform‚ and an attention steered towards development in tourist relations has sparked the region into an overdrive of pleasing progress. Thank the Tourism Enhancement Fund‚ a $1.2 billion dollar strategy implemented by the Jamaican Minster of Tourism and Entertainment. At least half of this appropriation has been stream lined towards resort towns‚ where unique agro-tourism farmers markets are bringing the fruits of Jamaica’s finest to the forefront. With the ever-rising

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    The Story of an Hour: Summary “The Story of an Hour”‚ written by Kate Chopin in 1894‚ reflects upon the life of Mrs. Louise Mallard‚ stricken with “a heart trouble”. Upon hearing of a railroad disaster that claimed the life of her husband‚ her sister Josephine and her husband’s friend Richards confronted Mrs. Mallard in an attempt to notify her of the tragedy. Cautious of Mrs. Mallard’s illness‚ Josephine successfully took great precaution and unveiled the sad news. Troubled by the news‚ Mrs

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    In the book‚ Outliers‚ Malcom Gladwell expresses situations in different people’s lives through statistics and probability. This book focuses on the “Outliers” of the world‚ these people are the smartest‚ most successful‚ and well achieved human beings. He describes how we pay too much attention to what successful people. We observe minor things like and how they live‚ and not enough attention to their background‚ their culture‚ their family‚ their generation‚ and the way they live‚ and their upbringing

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    In February 2013‚ Ingrid Mattson had published her book titled‚ The Story of the Qur’an‚ from Malden‚ MA. Mattson had written this book after she taught a course about the Qur’an at Hartford Seminary and wanted to provide an academic and comprehensible history and interpretation of the Qur’an. She pursued to make the book elaborate enough for anyone interested in the subject‚ whether or not they were general readers or Islamic researchers. In writing this book‚ Mattson’s goal was to assist people

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    Summary on the story “The most important day” Every person has a particular day in life that considers as the most important one. Usually‚ things that affected or changed life occurred on that day. In short essay “The most important day” (“Models for writers”‚ Alfred Rosa & Paul Eschholz‚ Bedford/St. Martin’s‚ 2010‚ New York)‚ author‚ Helen Keller‚ writes about her most important day. She shows that her most important day is when she met her teacher for the first time. Author uses description

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    Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers‚ he explains the significant amount of opportunities that successful people are given. Gladwell uses the example of Joe Flom to explain how timing is a huge factor in success. Early in his career‚ he was declined by a huge law firm‚ and had to settle for a firm that was just starting out. Even though this seems like a disadvantage‚ it turned into an opportunity because the new law firm turned out to grow into one of the best. Another example used in Outliers would

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    In his book‚ Outliers‚ Gladwell’s claim that success is determined as a result of one’s opportunities‚ legacy‚ and their ability to capitalize on them is valid and holds its weight when closely examined. Gladwell’s sub-claim in the first half of Outliers that the time an individual or individuals chooses to puts into a certain activity when given the chance to is what ultimately determines mastery of that skill is seen prevalently in society. He substantiates this claim by examining numerous success

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    Jing-Mei-Woo’s Epilogue Three years have past since I found my sisters‚ and I still wish my mother could see how much‚ us being together has affected me. I have become a new person‚ I do not cower in fear about tomorrow or let anyone belittle me. I am strong‚ confident‚ successful‚ and it is all because of her. If it weren’t for my mom I probably wouldn’t be married to my wonderful husband of 5 years. Believe it or not but we met working on Waverly’s firms brochures. So if it were not for Waverly’s

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    LALALALALALLALALALLALA Story-story” is a circle game for all ages. The group of performers sit and a moderator (us) stands in the middle and provides a setting for the story. Then we point to a person in the circle and they begin telling a story (says 2 sentences). After the first storyteller has described the beginning of the story‚ the moderator points to another person‚ the story continues on; the new person picks up from the last word and tries to continue the narrative. Every performer should

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