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    The book Beautiful Creatures was written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. This is an example of science fiction. Beautiful creatures is about a 15- year old girl who has magical powers and will either turn dark or light on her sixteenth birthday. The main character is Lena Duchannes‚ the caster girl who will turn good or evil on her birthday. Ethan Wate is also a major character in the novel; he is Lena’s boyfriend that tries to turn Lena light. The setting takes place in a small southern town

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    Regardless of where you come from in life‚ everyone wants to do something great. There are many different pathways to achieve this‚ but‚ overall‚ we all want the same thing. Growing up‚ I didn’t really know how much my parents earned financially. That never affected me as a child. I remember being denied toys and thinking that it was because I did not deserve it and not that we couldn’t afford it. The circumstances of my childhood were not based on whether I deserved the toy or not‚ but on the necessity

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    PRACTICE QUESTIONS ON BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS 1. A small firm intends to increase the capacity of a bottleneck operation by adding a new machine. Two alternatives‚ A and B‚ have been identified and the associated costs and revenues have been estimated. Annual fixed costs would be $40‚000 for A and $30‚000 for B; variable costs per unit would be $10 for A and $12 for B; and revenue per unit would be $15 for A and $16 for B. a) Determine each alternative’s break-even point in units. b) At what volume of

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    Calculating the break-even point To avoid making a loss every business must at least break-even by achieving a level of sales that covers its total costs. But what level of sales is necessary to break-even? To explore the concept of break-even‚ we need to define some basic terms: Fixed costs: Costs that do not vary with output or sales e.g. managers salaries‚ rent and rates on business premises. Variable costs: Costs that vary with the quantity produced or sold e.g. costs of materials

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    The protagonist‚ John Nash‚ of the movie “A beautiful mind” suffers from the mental illness called ‘Schizophrenia’. It is a mental disorder or illness characterized by the breakdown of thought processes and by a defect of typical emotional responses. The common symptoms include auditory hallucinations‚ paranoid or bizarre delusions or disorganized speech and thinking and it is occupied by significant social or occupational dysfunction. In the case of john Nash‚ his mind created fiction characters

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    Best friend

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    Everyone has someone they consider a best friend. That best friend is like no one else. You can tell them all your secrets without fear of them getting out. They’re the person you can act like a nerd with‚ and know they’re going to be just as nerdy‚ like two peas in a pod. I’ve known my best friend since I was in the third grade when she moved and came to my school. Today‚ we’re still going to school together‚ and are better friends than ever. We’re like good wine‚ we get better with age. We have

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    society’s intent changed. We‚ as a society now‚ collectively attribute to everyone becoming blindly ambitious towards reaching a position complacent to the existing state of affairs. Yet‚ one‚ or even many influential people can rupture the societal control and attain true freedom. Such individuals can even liberate many others around them. Moreover‚ various works of art and literature display how someone submits to the status quo over time or refuses to conform to society’s standards. For instance

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    Response-"Life is Beautiful" The movie‚ "Life is Beautiful"‚ was an innovative and realistic film. It demonstrated many serious issues and aspects of life. Prior to viewing the film‚ I was not looking forward to watching it. I thought it would be very boring and more of a film that adults would enjoy. As soon as the film started‚ it was enjoyable. It got my attention right away because of the humorous atmosphere that the characters created. The emotions that I experienced during the film changed

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    Rhetorical Analysis: Life is Beautiful As an exquisite woman walks into a room‚ it is not uncommon to see heads turn her way. We have seen beautiful women be the center of attention in many instances‚ such as when a bride walks down the aisle to her groom‚ or perhaps when Julia Roberts walks out in a stunning red opera dress in Pretty Woman‚ illustrating her transformation from rags to riches. The familiar arrival of the pretty woman in movies and books is also seen in Lancôme’s perfume advertisement

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    My Beautiful Place Have you ever felt like you were born in the wrong era? I ask this because I know I do. The place that I consider beautiful is America‚ but please bear with me for a second and let me explain. I’m not talking about the America built on people who are famous for just being famous or the obese population produced by Mc Donald’s‚ I’m not even referring to the weather (yes I’m still bitter about the excuse of a “summer” we get in Ireland). To me America isn’t beautiful anymore but

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