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    The Shadow Throne: The final adventure War is coming to Carthya! This story opens in the country of Carthya‚ they are ruled by their young King Jaron. Hostile nations surround this peaceful country. One in particular‚ brodering from the south is Avenia. Their king is bent on overthrowing Jaron and taking all the land for himself. Jaron is surrounded with no way to escape‚ he will have to use every trick he knows to keep Carthya free. This story has enough action to satisfy any reader‚ and maybe the

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    “Well‚ I might. What would it cost me?” “Nickel for the evening‚” said Marbles. “Nickel each?” “Nah‚ we’ll share it between us.” As if to emphasize his point‚ Marbles threw his arm around Tobias’ shoulder. The colored boy nodded his head vigorously. “It’s a deal‚” Jake said as they shook hands. The boys exchanged jubilant glances. In a more somber tone‚ Jake added‚ “But just so you know‚ my dog knows his job. He will not want you to board

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    Every Woman Matters Program Early detection of breast and cervical cancer reduced the burden of disease in women. The practices of Screening shown reduce the level of mortality and improve quality of life. The Every Woman Matters (EWM)stared in 1992 it is a federally-funded program designed to remove barrier to early screening by providing awareness and make screening more financially accessible to woman who have limited or no health insurance. The eligible women receive pay for office visits with

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    In the novel Divergent by Veronica Roth a 16 year old girl called Beatrice Prior’s lives in a dystopian Chicago‚ in a society which is divided into five factions‚ each is dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest)‚ Abnegation (the selfless)‚ Dauntless (the brave)‚ Amity (the peaceful)‚ and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year‚ all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice‚ the decision

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    Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 1996. Marshall‚ Robert Lewis. The Compositional Process of J.S. Bach: A Study of the Autograph Scores of the Vocal Works. Princeton‚ New Jersey: Princeton University Press. 1972. Mendel‚ Arthur and Christoph Wolff edited by David Hans. The New Bach Reader: A Life of Johann Sebastian Bach in Letters and Documents. New York: W.W. Norton. 1998. Stapert‚ Calvin. My Only Comfort: Death‚ Deliverance‚ and Discipleship in the Music of Bach. Grand Rapids‚ Michigan: W

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    The ideals of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mills utilitarianism can easily be compatible with the ideology of other political institutions; communism is one that I think relates to this theory on an international level. utilitarianism is a form of social philosophy meaning the valued principle and ethics only have the power because we consciously give the ideals jurisdiction. Utilitarianism is a means to support and claims pleasure for majority of the population‚ even if the general population

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    I am going to evaluate tanning where it came from‚ who invented it‚ where‚ and why. Last but not least were going to be looking at the positive and the negative aspects of tanning too. The history of tanning beds begins with Friedrich Wolff. Friedrich Wolff was a German scientist who invented the tanning bed in 1978. Friedrich invented this on accident. He did this when he was doing a study on the positive side effects of ultraviolet light on athletes. Then he noticed a side effect about the

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    The Characteristics of Hemingway’s Works Ernest Hemingway‚ who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and the Nobel Prize of Literature in 1954‚ occupies an outstanding position in the American literature. He is regarded as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Hemingway is famous for his distinct writing style and his “Code Hero.” In addition‚ his many great works are based on his experiences of war. Hemingway’s writing style is arguably the most distinctive characteristic

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    $1.4 (from taxing the drug) in revenue for California (Wolff). Additionally our country as a whole spends $68 Billion a year on its prisoner’s one third of which are imprisoned for non-violent drug crimes. According to an article written by Madeline Wolff in the Daily Sundial about half of these criminals are in Jail for Marijuana related crimes. This means legalizing the drug would mean spending less then $11.3 billion less on prisons (Wolff). Legalizing Marijuana would mean generating this lost

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    the Soldier to a variety of possible experiences that may or may not occur in combat. For instance‚ in 2010‚ 184 Soldiers lost their lives to privately owned vehicle accidents; 2011‚ 176 lost their lives‚ and the numbers remained the same in 2012 (Wolff‚ 2012). As a result of this and many other programs‚ the Army designed training to revolve around keeping the Soldier alive at home. There were new rollover drills‚ virtual “driving-while-impaired” training programs‚ etc. All of this has resulted in

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