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    Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Texas Chainsaw Massacre shows it’s audience what kind of creepy people can be found in our world and how the youth of our country often ignores the obvious signs of danger in order to do what THEY see as "the right thing to do." The new version of the film takes all of the main events and characters from the original version and twists them in a way to make it easier for the present day audience to relate to the plot. In both of these movies the general plot is the

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    Oil Company

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    The Pacific Oil Company “Look‚ you asked for my advice‚ and I gave it to you‚” Frank Kelsey said. “If I were you‚ I wouldn’t make any more concessions! I really don’t think you ought to agree to their last demand! But you’re the one who has to live with the contract‚ not me!” Static on the transatlantic telephone connection obscured Jean Fontaine’s reply. Kelsey asked him to repeat what he had said. “OK‚ OK‚ calm down‚ Jean. I can see your point of view. I appreciate the pressures you’re under

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    Lorenzo's Oil

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    Lorenzo’s Oil and ALD Disease still not fully understood Disease Description The movie "Lorenzo’s Oil" brought a rare disorder called adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). It is a progressive degenerative myelin disorder‚ meaning that myelin‚ the "insulation" around nerves‚ breaks down over time. Without myelin‚ nerves can’t function normally‚ or at all. Unfortunately‚ the body can’t grow replacement myelin‚ so the disorder is progressive -- it gets worse over time. Nerve Cell diagram:

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    Oil Paintings

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    OIL PAINTINGS One of the images that I’m most fond of is the “Madonna and Child with the Chancellor Rolin” by Jan and Eck. This piece is one my favorites because it uses oil. When using oil the images of the paintings seem to realistically speak to me. This particular painting enables both fusion of tones and crisp effects and is unsurpassed for textural variation. The standard consistency of oil paint is a smooth‚ buttery paste. In this scene it depicts the Virgin crowned by a hovering Angel while

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    The reason I chose to do Bedford‚ Texas as my home town history project is because I have always known what town I was born in‚ but never really knew anything about it. A short history of Bedford‚ Texas The Old Bedford School is significant as one of the last surviving traces of the early Bedford community and a tangible link to an era from which few historic (pre-World War II) buildings survive. The building is one of the last remaining buildings of the rural‚ unincorporated community of Bedford

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    Many people have different views on the death penalty. The view is split between for and against. Capital Punishment is a touchy subject to talk about. In the personal essay‚ “A Death in Texas”‚ Steve Earle tells of his friendship with a prisoner‚ Jonathan Nobles‚ on death row. Jonathan was sentenced because he murdered two women. Earle’s argument for being against the death penalty is in a story format that persuades the reader to feel what he is feeling. The primary argument in this essay is that

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    College drop out boom

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    The College Dropout Boom Highlight/underline/note the sentence or section you believe to be the thesis statement or main point of the essay. Paraphrase this statement as briefly as possible into your own words In this essay‚ Dave Leonhardt writes about the reasons why students dropout the school‚ focusing in poor and working class. He illustrates the experience of Andy Bleving of Chilhowie‚ Virginia. Some of the reasons are: the cost of tuition‚ economic problems‚ children follow the path of

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    Oil Of Wintergreen

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    Synthesis of Aspirin from Oil of Wintergreen Objectives: In this experiment‚ the Oil of Wintergreen is put into an Erlenmeyer flask containing sodium hydroxide to create sodium salicylate. The solution is then refluxed which means that the solution will be boiled in a base‚ then condensed in a condenser. This replaces the carbon on the ester at carbon 1‚ with an oxygen atom which will have an ionic bond with a sodium anion. This yields sodium salicylate which will be acidified in methanol

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    Lorenzo's Oil

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    STUDY GUIDE LORENZO’S OIL Overview Lorenzo’s Oil is the story of the Odones’ race against time for the survival of their little boy. Lorenzo at age 6 develops a classic childhood case of Adrenoleukodystrophy. Augusto and Michaela Odone work tirelessly with little assistance from the medical community and the parent support group to find a therapy to stop the progression of this devastating disease. In 2001 Elizabeth Spike‚ a high school biology teacher in Rochester‚ New York‚ chose to show a film

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    Oil and Gas Exploration

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    OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION: INTERROGATING THE OIL COMPANY’S ADHERENCE TO ARTICLE 40 ON COMMUNITY COMPENSATION Indigenous communities across the globe have been victims of unwarranted exploitation by private investors in the search for among others oil and gas. Whenever governments and oil companies intend to enrich themselves from the oil revenue‚ history has indicated that voiceless citizens are subjected to inhuman treatment and torture‚ deprivation of their indigenous community rights‚ disruption

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