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    Is Your Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Is Your Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Shakespeare quotes “there is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so.” These are words of wisdom‚ as Shakespeare had discovered centuries ago that are still relative to the daily events that occur for the average twenty-first century adult. People often waste too much time thinking about small negative aspects of their day which creates added stress that is not necessary. Like over analyzing every detail of

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    Problem Statement: There was a very economic king who gathered up all the gold in his land and put it into eight bags.He made sure that each bag weighed exactly the same amount. The king then chosed the eught people in his country whome he trusted the most‚and gave a bad og gold to eahc of them to keep safe for him.On special occasions he asked them to bring the bags back so he could look at them.(He liked looking at his‚even though he didnt like spending it.) One day the king heard from a foreign trader

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    However‚ Elizabeth‚ the protagonist of The Paper Bag Princess defies typical gender roles as a female character and becomes the hero of the story. Cinderella and The Paper Bag Princess share many qualities‚ but have major differences as well. Cinderella is an example of a woman who occupies traditional‚ domestic roles‚ but she does not portray the modern‚ liberated woman Elizabeth exhibits.

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    Materials and Methods This experiment required 30 Alaskan Pea seeds‚ 3 pots (4 1/16in x 2in)‚ two 60in Vigoro Sturdy Bamboo Plant Stakes‚ one API Nitrate (〖NO〗_3^( -))Test Kit‚ one API Phosphate (PO_4^(-3)) Test Kit‚ half of one bag of 3.7L bag of Earthgro: The Natural Choice Potting Soil‚ 10 Red Wriggler Earthworms (Eisenia foetida)‚ 2 mesh strainers (1 small‚ 1 big)‚ one 400mL beaker‚ 4 glass tubes‚ one 12in ruler‚ Garden Clippers‚ Greenhouse‚ Greenhouse Thermometer‚ Greenhouse Watering Can‚ and

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    Final Essay- Events before World War I World War 1‚ one of the biggest wars in history‚ did not begin because of one problem; it was a mixture of many different factors that eventually caused the final outcome. This war was so great because it basically included all of Europe. As we look back to the events that led up to the war‚ we see that one country looks like they are the cause of most of the problems; this country was Germany. Because of their great obsession with gaining power‚ they

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    since I was a kid I’ve been afraid of empty spaces. I would put random objects all around my house to try and fill the empty spaces: a notebook in the corner of the dining room‚ a teddy bear in the middle of the kitchen‚ a tissue box in the hallway. My parents took me to a doctor because they thought I had OCD. But‚ no‚ that was not the reason for my behavior‚ for my fear. No‚ it was the result of an incident that happened 17 years ago. An incident I try so hard to forget but still remember in vivid

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    The "Stand Your Ground" statute states that “a person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force‚ including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony” (Sherman). Many people will say that

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    Areli Garcia 02/22/2013 Hist. 121 Movie Critique Stand and Deliver is the movie I chose because I want to learn about latinos and how they are  qualified in their education in America and because I want to learn about how much a person can  succeed when their surroundings aren’t the safest to their life and future. I’ve seen many occasions  where latino’s intelligence has been put down to the floor because of their culture‚ their background‚  and/or even the barrio they are from and aren’t given the support that they need

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    Hard Water Analysis Guided Inquiry Lab CaCl2 + Na2CO3 → CaCO3 + 2 Na + 2 Cl Purpose: Determine the amount of ions‚ specifically calicum‚ that are present in multiple samples of water by adding another chemical to create a reaction to percipitate the calcium out of the water into a measureable solid Materials: balance (.001g)‚ 100ml beakers‚ graduated cylinder‚ drying oven‚ Na2CO3 (sodium carbonate)‚ stir rod‚ scoopula‚ DI water‚ watch glasses‚ filter paper‚ ring stand‚ funnel‚ water samples with

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    Cited: Ackroyd‚ Peter. Dickens. 1990. London: Mandarin Paperbacks‚ 1991. Armstrong‚ Nancy. Desire and Domestic Fiction: A Political History of the Novel. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 1987. Dickens‚ Charles. Hard Times. Delhi: Worldview Publications‚ 2002. Engels‚ Frederich. The Condition of the Working Class in England. New York: Progress Publishers‚ 1953. Himmelfarb‚ Gertrude. Manners and Morals Among the Victorians and other Essays. London:T.B Taurus and

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