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    clothing was stolen and it was his job to get it back on his own. I loved the end when he put the regalia on and started dancing. He said everyone stopped and starred. Now that part can be true because Native dances aren’t your typical dances that you see every day and people who have never seen it before would be take it by surprise. They are beautiful dances that catch a lot of

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    already instilled in me as my ultimate goal is to give back to the country which has provided me with opportunities and that I now claim as my own. I have been volunteering within my school and community ‚ participating in blood drives‚ school clean ups‚ and relay for life events. My perception of America has opened many doors to me personally and has instilled in me the notion that with every opportunity taken‚ something should be contributed back to the country as an incentive. I plan on becoming

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    Standing Nude with Hut Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s painting “Standing Nude with Hut” (Nackte Frau mit Hut) represents a female figure standing alone without any clothes inside a room. Though she’s unclothed‚ she wears a black round hat‚ some pieces of jewelry and pointy red shoes. The black color used for the hat was also used for the pubic hair of the Woman‚ which emphasizes its rectangular shape. Geometrical forms painted in different tones of green‚ yellow and a vivid blue

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    ever increasing decay on the world. The Dakota access pipeline will increase the rate fossil fuels are consumed by oil refineries and petroleum plants for oil companies and governments seeking to profit from the faster transportation of oil. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe are one of many tribes and citizens protesting the pipeline until the government re-assesses the pipelines effects on the environment and cease construction. The distaste of the pipeline lies with Dakotas Access’s malicious practices

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    I can do a running front flip on the ground and I recently also learned how to do a standing backflip on my trampoline and it’s simple. One glowing night after a very fun activity night‚ my best friend Calen and I thought it would be thrilling to try a standing backflip on the ground because we can do a standing backflip on my trampoline very easily‚ with a soft mattress of course‚ So we practiced our standing backflip on our trampoline that night because it was getting a little too dark to spot

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    Nonfiction Analysis The Brain and How We Believe Authors Andrew Newberg and Mark Robert Waldman set a new scale on defining beliefs and their origins in their book Born to Believe. They take where beliefs come from to the next level with in-depth explanations of where they form in the brain and how most beliefs are even thought of. There are different types of people‚ different types of believers‚ and different beliefs in which they explain why we are who we are. While neurologists have

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    This I Believe- Love The definition of love states that it is a deep‚ tender ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person such as that arising from‚ kinship‚ recognition of attractive qualities‚ or a sense of underlying oneness. How can one four-letter word hold so many characteristics and have so many dimensions to it? When you think of love‚ what do you think about? A music producer would have the adoration of music. An NBA player would have the passion and fondness

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    What do you think of the kid‚ Curly?” The two men were sitting at a rickety wooden table in the bunkhouse. The wood stove gave off an insufficient amount of heat for the still chilly Spring. “I think he’s a cocky son of of a buck‚ but he can ride; that’s for damn sure. Did you see how he topped off that roan horse‚” Dakota said. “Stuck it on him like patting for a dance.” Old man Stegner won the roan in a poker game at the saloon in town. He was a big‚ good looking rawboned

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    shapes who you are.” Body language forms who you are. From being hunched forward with arms crossing having the feeling of insecurity‚ to having a powerful posture with hands free of any way of making someone feel diffident. Body language can show a lot to a person and can shape whom you are. Our body language shows what people see in us and how we see ourselves. Amy Cuddy‚ a Social Psychologist‚ presents how “power posing” can be one of the smallest tweaks in your life to opening up a world of

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    Standing Tall” Short Response The diction used in “Standing Tall” reveals that the speaker’s tone towards Martin Luther King Jr. is confident/supportive. The first few lines of this poem describe a comparison of actual kings and Martin Luther King Jr. This serves the purpose of signifying Martin Luther King Jr’s role/ leadership during the time of the Civil Rights Movement. In the poem the speaker states‚ “But this King stood strong stood proud stood tall.” These choices of words are very positive

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