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    2014 film Maleficent finishes it’s story with this quote from the movie’s narrator‚ "In the end‚ my kingdom was not united by a hero or a villain as legend predicted‚ but by one who was both hero and villain." This is just one quote that helps inspire and teach youth that one moment doesn’t define your life and puts Maleficent ahead of the original Sleeping Beauty. The original 1959 film Sleeping Beauty has an evil villain and a pure princess‚ but the 2014 remake portrays the villain‚ Maleficent‚ as

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    When I am driving‚ one of my biggest pet peeves is listening to someone blow the car horn because someone else is essentially not traveling fast enough. Have you ever been at stop light that turned green‚ and the first car does not move? What makes this situation even worse‚ is when a driver three or four cars back blows their horn. Why does the fourth car back feel entitled to be the hurry-up police? It does not make sense to me‚ that someone not immediately impacted by the delay feels the need

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    phone network. The term originally referred to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS); it has grown to include messages containing image‚ video‚ and sound content (known as MMS messages). The sender of a text message is known as a texter‚ while the service itself has different colloquialisms depending on the region. It may simply be referred to as a text in North America‚ the United Kingdom‚ Australia and the Philippines‚ an SMS in most of mainland Europe‚ and a TMS or SMS in the Middle East

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    The world broke out into a massive conflict‚ which had 32 countries pitted against each other. The two sides of the war were the Allies and Central powers. America’s involvement in the war came much later than the rest of their allies like Great Britain. The reasons that America entered the First World War were due to specific events like German submarine attacks on the Lusitania and Sussex. Another event that sparked America’s intervention in the First World War was the interception of the Zimmermann

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    speaks in a particular dialect. “Is this yer a dd picnic?” (128-129)‚ this is local color because it shows how people really talked. In this time period‚ regionalism starts when the people of Poker Flat start discussing about throwing the outcast out of town. In Bret Harte’s "The Outcast of Poker Flat"‚ he uses setting‚ conflict‚ and symbolism. The story is based around a small group of "misfits" who are in a western region‚ struggling to survive obstacles that are yet to come. Bret Harte uses

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    Texting While Driving

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    Intro I. Imagine your sister or brother‚ or mother or father tells you I’ll be right back I’m just going to run to the store. Then stop to imagine receiving a phone call or a knock on your door getting the horrifying news that someone in your family was hurt or even killed as a result of texting while driving. II. The specific purpose of this speech is to inform you of the dangers of texting while driving. Thesis statement: Texting is one of today’s most popular forms of communication

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    I Told You I Was Tired I wake up at 6 am‚ tired and unfocused. Well doesn’t matter it’s time to get ready for school. Brush your teeth‚ comb your hair‚ get dressed‚ eat breakfast‚ and leave the house. I get to school‚ boom 1st period the test I forgot about. I work through the test just barely finishing. Next day I get it back and no surprise‚ C+. Many students are not getting enough sleep on a day to day basis. I believe that in order to fix this problem school start times should be pushed back

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    Naturalism‚ realism‚ and regionalism in the Outcasts of Poker Flat The story fictional story‚ The Outcasts of Poker Flat‚ written by Bret Harte is a filled with abundant examples of naturalism‚ realism‚ and regionalism. Examples of naturalism‚ realism‚ and regionalism are shown many times throughout the story and is important for the development of characters‚ settings‚ and plots. The short story‚ being very naturalistic‚ has multiple examples of naturalism. “Toward the morning he awoke benumbed

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    World War I World War I was one of the most devastating wars of all time. It took place in Southeastern Europe around the year of 1914. Some may think "What lead up to the war? What were the causes?" Even though there are several different causes of WWII the main three are militarism‚ imperialism and‚ alliances. Before the outbreak of World War I alliances were created to gain power and strength over the other countries. The two major alliances were the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente

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    Disney’s 1959 film Sleeping Beauty‚ Maleficent‚ the main antagonist and evil fairy‚ is frustrated and offended when not invited to the christening of Princess Aurora. As a punishment and attempt for revenge on the king and queen‚ she places a curse on Aurora so that on her sixteen birthday she will “prick her finger on a spindle of a spinning wheel and die.” Wrath the punishment or vengeance as a manifestation of anger. Of all vices that surround the world‚ violence is shown to be the most influential

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