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    This chapter is about how Richard organized his report and how he rewrote it 23 times. He would write something‚ then a team would help him rearrange what he wrote. Richard called this “wordsmithing”. Richard and the team of people helping him write disagreed on a lot of things in his report. Richard’s was upset because he had done all this work just for his report to be in the appendix. He felt they were making to big of a deal about a report that would not be part of the main report. Richard

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    History Final Exam Study Guide Chapter 14 – Islam * Islam – literal meaning = submission * Five Pillars 1. Shahada – the Creed 2. Salat – Prayer – Pray 5 times daily facing Mecca 3. Sawn – Fasting – during Ramadan 4. Haji – Pilgrimage – travel to Mecca at least once in lifetime 5. Zakat – Almsgiving – giving money to religion * Allah – one true god * Haji – Pilgrimage to the holy cities of Arabia * Hijra – The “flight” of Muhammad when he had to flee

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    leader in the sixteenth century to now. He shocked me with his easy acceptance of the role of violence and cruelty in worldly success. If someone can handle this kind of situation‚ they probably could handle anything that comes upon in their life. Chapter 8 is about how individuals can turn into a ruler regardless of the possibility that they are a little evil and commit crimes. In addition to fortune and skill‚ criminal acts or the approval for his

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    Chapter one begins with the drought in Oklahoma and describes the dust storm and its effect on the people in the town. In chapter two‚ Tom Joad hitchhikes home .He spent four years in McAlester‚ an Oklahoma state prison‚ for killing a man in a drunken brawl. In the fourth chapter‚ Tom meets Jim Casy‚ an ex-preacher. Casy isn’t a preacher anymore and tells Tom about all of the lustful things he did when he was a reverend. They discuss his loss of faith and the problems that have reduced the homesteaders

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    6. Chapter six describes the 9 stages of growth from a neonate to a late adult‚ as well as provides us with the vital signs at various ages. A child when born is a very delicate human being that is still a long way from being fully developed. Then as they grow their body begins to stretch out along with their vitals until about a year of age‚ after that vitals on average should begin to slowly decrease‚ while blood pressure increases. As the infant grows in a child they begin to explore new thing

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    Chapter 4: 1. Elie’s first impression of the camp at Buna was that it looked empty and dead as if an epidemic had hit. 2. Elie and his father have to work in a factory where they fix electrical circuits. 3. The Jewish dentist is caught stealing the prisoner’s gold teeth and was ordered to be hung. 4. The part of Elie’s body that is aware of the passage of time is his stomach because he goes a long time without getting anything to eat. 5. Idek accused Elie’s father of being lazy

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    know Dr. Roth they will be quick to learn that he comes off very confident and passionate about his beliefs in order to get the point across to his reader. He uses great forms of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos all throughout his book‚ but especially in chapter two when he discusses that “Reasons are Bullshit”(Roth 38). Dr. Roth is a professor and mechanical engineer at Stanford University. Dr. Roth is also a founder of the design school there‚ at Standford. Dr. Roth shows various forms of ethos in his book

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    about certain topics and also to creating some curiosity about such an interesting and developing decade. Every chapter of the book was interesting‚ however the one that most caught my attention was Chapter Four‚ “Popular Culture and the Culture Wars.” We live in a culture where technology is one of the most important factors and it was extremely interesting for me to read a whole chapter about innovations that happened in the 80’s. Significant developments that were introduced during this time that

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    Chapter 1 - Jonas‚ an Eleven that is apprehensive about "the Ceremony of Twelve". He is sitting at his table with his Mother‚ who is a ‚ his Father‚ who is a nurturer‚ and his sister‚ who is a Seven becoming an Eight in the upcoming ceremony. Chapter 2 - Every year‚ 50 babies get accepted Chapter 7 - It’s time for the Ceremony of Twelves. Jonas was number Nineteen‚ that number is the order of which the babies were born. Each person will get their life assignment in the ceremonies‚ a Life Assignment

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    Andrea Trinidad Dr. Grekov English Period 1 October 26‚ 2015 BI-WEEKLY READING LOG Lord of the Flies William Golding October 26‚ 2015 Pages: 76-144 Summary Ralph declares a meeting proclaiming that they haven’t been building shelters‚ collecting water in coconut shells‚ defecating in the proper areas‚ and maintaining a signal fire. He focuses on how important the signal fire is because it can help them get rescued. The littluns are

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