you drink‚ the greater the health risks. what is a drug?- A drug is any chemical you take that affects how your body works. for example Alcohol‚ caffeine‚ aspirin and nicotine are all drugs. A drug must be able to pass from your body into your brain. Once inside your brain‚ drugs can change the messages your brain cells are sending to each other‚ and to the rest of your body. They do this by interfering with your brain’s own chemical signals: neurotransmitters that transfer signals across synapses
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Gentri W. & Kimberly P. A4 October 23‚ 2012 Les Miserables Transmediation Final Project: Eponine We chose to do Eponine for our final project. She was the Thenarider’s oldest daughter. She is hopelessly in love with Marius and he doesn’t take any notice of her. While posing as the Jondrette family‚ she is the one to go and ask Marius for some money. Later in the book‚ she shows Marius where Cosette lives and then leads him into the barricades for war‚ with the thought that if she couldn’t
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IB Literature II—HL: Cue Card Instructions L.Lyon (Adapted from A.Wiggins) Spring 2014 Contents of each Cue Card: 1. AUTHOR and TEXTS (properly punctuated) Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller 2. BIRTH/DEATH DATES AND PLACES OF BIRTH/DEATH He was born on October 17‚ 1915 in Harlem New York He died on February 10‚ 2005‚ in Roxbury‚ Connecticut. 3. HISTORICAL DATE THE TEXT WAS PUBLISHED The play was first performed in 1949. That period was the post war period for the Second World
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In Theory: The No Child Left Behind Act The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (often referred to as No Child Left Behind) was a landmark in education reform designed to improve student achievement and change the culture of America’s schools. President George W. Bush described this law as the "cornerstone of my administration" (Department of Education). It allows low-income families‚ whose children traditionally have less academic opportunities‚ to move to private school or specialized charter
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ETIM MICHAEL CARD 405 WEEK 7 Interview Questions Group A: Standard Questions 1. Tell me something about yourself. I am a hard working employee who is dedicated to get the job done successfully‚ effectively and efficiently. I have a strong background in business management and a variety of job experience. This has helped me to develop valuable skills and abilities I use in my personal and professional career path. 2. Why should I hire you? I
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Do you ever wonder what exactly does The No Child Left Behind Act mean? Well I can tell you along with tell you how it affects our society and the people in it. The No Child Left Behind Act includes four key principles: stronger accountability towards schools for performance results; expanded flexibility and local control; expanded options for parents and students; and emphasis on teaching methods that have been proven to work. The NCLB Act basically supports a system of challenging state standards
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Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card Ender’s Game is a thrilling Sci-Fi novel by Orson Scott Card‚ which takes place in about 200 year in the future. Orson is well known all around the world for Ender’s Game and other books. At the age of six‚ Andrew Wiggin is sent to battle school‚ an isolated training ground for young soldiers‚ to prepare for the Buggers third invasion. He is forced to put his whole past life behind him. Everyday‚ he pushes himself to be his very best in the limited‚ tiresome military
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The idea that was the driving force behind the crusades was that Christianity must replace previously held Islamic and Judaic beliefs at any price‚ even the lives of others. The people of the world must be saved through their belief in the Christian God‚ no matter the cost‚ even if violence was to be used. All throughout Europe‚ Jews were persecuted‚ and eventually Jerusalem was captured. Jewish and Muslim people living within the city were murdered; this included the slaughter of women and children
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THE SECRET BEHIND MONALISA’S SMILE By RisshaNair & SubhaShini There are few works of art in the world that are as well-known or as talked about as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa in Paris. Despite the immense wealth of treasures in the Louvre‚ not to mention the grandeur and history of the building itself‚ The Mona Lisa portrait is a highlight for most visitors as well as their main reason for visiting the museum. But what is it about the Leonardo’s Mona Lisa that makes it so special that everyone
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reveals the origins of teenage life and why teenagers act as they do. He attempts to convince the reader that the teenager years are more important than society makes them by taking a zoological approach to them. Bainbridge describes the science behind the changes of the teenage body and mind. He also attempts to discover the reasons how teenagers came to be and why they developed over time. Teenagers were developed for a specific reason during evolution. The teenage stage takes place after adolescence
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