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    1. What are your task-related goals in each? · The two groups that I am going to speak on is my chorus group that I was a part of in high school and the basketball team that I was a part of as well. As far as my chorus task it was my duty to make sure that I was being a leader and using my voice as being a soprano practically carried the whole group. As far as basketball my position was a forward I was responsible for going in and trying to get the ball to the hoop. 2. What are your

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    famous quote from Spiderman perfectly describes the war measures act. The war measures act was created in 1914 and gave the government the full power to do anything in order to maintain peace and safety for all Canadian citizens. It was only used three times in Canadian history before it was replaced by the Emergences act in 1988. It was invoked during World War I from 1914-1920‚ World War II from 1941-1945 and once again during the October crisis in 1970. The question is was the war measures act necessary

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    Poe’s “The Black Cat” Short Response Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Black Cat” can be considered a horror story as well as a study in human psychology. The horrors of the violent acts committed by the narrator are explained as the story progresses as is the demise of his mental state. As he describes himself in the opening of the story as a lover of animals‚ it is shocking to later read of his first act of violence toward his cat‚ the gouging out of his eye. Although the narrator appears to show some

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    The formation of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense was a direct response to the systematic and institutionalized racism suffered by the African American community over the course of the United States’ history. The unjust oppression of Blacks did not end with the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 or the Civil Rights Act of 1964; rather‚ the oppression took a different form: housing discrimination‚ disenfranchisement‚ job discrimination‚ segregation‚ police brutality‚ to name a few. Because

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    Is Money a Measure of Success? For most people in our modern-capitalism world‚ money is the first thing‚ and sometimes the only thing that measures success in their life. Money can buy power‚ fame and time. Sometimes money can even buy a life. So money has become the first common goal for everybody. However‚ there is something else that can be the measurement of success in life. One important thing that defines success in our lives is our careers. With

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    Gary Nash discusses the impact of black people in a white peoples colony. The first negro people to come to America in Virginia were probably indentured servants who would receive some type of reward after their time of service was over‚ until 1660. After 1660 though many of the “Negros” that came to America were slaves‚ purchased as property. By the 1800’s every colony in America had “slave codes” which stripped black people of every right they had and made them property. His biggest claim was his

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     WILKS-WILLIS FAMILY REUNION Cruise July 2012 Nassau & Half Moon Cay Tawana Newton Montgomery ‚ AL WILKS-WILLIS FAMILY REUNION Cruise July 2012 Nassau & Half Moon Cay Markessius Hill

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    Why the electoral system of Canada should change The Liberal party’s recent promise to change the electoral system is one that is quite overdue. Yet after years of the plurality voting system (also known as the “first-past-the-post” or “FPP”) taken from the United Kingdom’s parliament‚ some think that the system should stay. Supporters say the system is easy to understand‚ ballots are easily counted‚ and parties have to appeal to the centrists to win elections‚ so it discourages political extremism

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    The Black Death was and still is a very deadly disease. There were many effects it had on the trading economy. Also‚ “The Black Death” is still being carried around today‚ but it is very rare. The Black Death spread as quickly as it did because Europe was becoming richer‚ and trade was widespread. The Black Death had many names like “The Black Plague‚” but one of the less common names was Zoonosis. Zoonosis is a word people used for all sorts of life threatening diseases. They used zoonosis so people

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    How to Prevent the Spread of HIV Felicia White English 1001 May 5‚ 2013 Sean Leary South University HIV has been on the rise for some years now. HIV is the Virus that causes the medical condition AIDS. This illness attacks the immune system‚ making a person susceptible to many infections and diseases. The virus is found in the body fluids of an infected person and can be passed from one person to another. HIV can be spread in various ways‚ such as vaginal‚ oral‚ or anal sex as well blood

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