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    1. Mental Stimulation Studies have shown that staying mentally stimulated can slow the progress of (or possibly even prevent) Alzheimer’s and Dementia‚ since keeping your brain active and engaged prevents it from losing power. Just like any other muscle in the body‚ the brain requires exercise to keep it strong and healthy‚ so the phrase “use it or lose it” is particularly apt when it comes to your mind. Doing puzzles and playing games such as chess have also been found to be helpful with cognitive

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    In Richard Wright’s book‚ "Black Boy‚" the main character who also narrates the story is Richard himself since the book is written from his point of view; we find out a lot about how Richard feels and get detailed accounts of how he reacts to the things that happen to him. Even though Richard tries hard to relate to all groups of people around him‚ he cannot because he is so different‚ so much more independent and strong willed than the masses around him‚ these and other forms of isolation help shape

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    THE SELFISH GENE Richard Dawkins is Charles Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. Born in Nairobi of British parents‚ he was educated at Oxford and did his doctorate under the Nobel-prize winning ethologist Niko Tinbergen. From 1967 to 1969 he was an Assistant Professor at the University of California at Berkeley‚ returning as University Lecturer and later Reader in Zoology at New College‚ Oxford‚ before becoming the first holder of the Simonyi Chair in

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    In the book Peasant Fires: The Drummer of Niklashausen‚ the authority and power of the church compared to the common man is greatly demonstrated. Throughout the bookRichard Wunderli talks of the evilness of the common man and the importance of the church. The church gained their power from the people because there were thought to be the only way that one could get out of “purgatory” and into heaven. The preachers would sell indulgences to the common folk in order for man to be saved from their

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    I wandered lonely as a cloud The poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud" by William Wordsworth is categorized as a representation of Romanticism‚ an intellectual impression which is characterized by the emphasis of individual’s expression of emotion and imagination. William Wordsworth was a poet who inspired himself from nature‚ and his main theme of his poem was the landscape.Wordsworth is the first modern poet who saw in his personal experience and in his inner experience a proper theme for

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    neo-classical style. The themes that run through Wordsworth’s poetry and the language and imagery he uses to embody those themes remain consistent throughout most of his works. One of the loveliest and most famous in the Wordsworth canon “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud‚” which addresses the familiar subjects of nature and memory with a particularly simple musical eloquence. Other of his works express these themes in a more complex manner‚ such as “Tintern Abbey” a monologue which references a specific

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    Richard Wright Born a black boy in Mississippi in the 1908‚ Richard Wright could not have expected to gain much education or achieve any greatness in his life. His mother was a school teacher and his father an illiterate sharecropper. Yet‚ at the age of 16 he was published in a newspaper‚ at 32 wrote his bestseller Native Son‚ at 33 married a white woman‚ and‚ shortly before his death‚ moved to Paris‚ France. As a child‚ Wright was forced to move around constantly because his mother was forced

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    How similar were Richard and Saladin? Richard: 1. Look at source F. Which person is Richard and why? I think Richard is the one on the horse with the long flying cape on his back because it is the main feature in the picture and is not faded out like the rest of the picture and he also has a crown on his head. 2. Is source F Primary or Secondary? Why? 3. What do sources G-J tell us about Richard? It tells us that King Richard was a very powerful and a man of great courage and spirit

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    Good Enough is Not Good Enough The American secondary school system is not good enough anymore. A lack of focus has turned out students with neither the skill nor the ambition to compete in the current job market. Leaders and educators need to examine the problems in the current system and correct them before it’s too late. By looking at vocational and alternative schools‚ which currently turn out graduates ready to compete‚ they can remodel the current curriculum in order to meet the global

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