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    Change and Continuity in West Africa By Celine Sawiris During the fifteenth century‚ West Africa embraced many different civilizations and many diverse cultures. Many countries in Africa were part of the Muslim world‚ including Morocco in the west and Egypt in the east. The West African kingdoms experienced many changes‚ such as their beliefs changing from animism to Islam‚ making them organized states‚ while these kingdoms maintained traditional methods of trade. As well as having the advantage

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    autonomous decisions. Although the situations vary from a fairytale to a fight for survival‚ Roxanne Gay concludes the Cuban story with‚ “A West Indian woman always faces such choices”. This short inference suggests that Caribbean women confront challenging choices with as much agency as an American princess in order to survive. The story is characteristic of many hardships that women in the Caribbean endure

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    move and handling

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    moved more than their body is capable of‚ as muscles can only move bones at the joint as far as the joint allows. It is also important to move and handle correctly to ensure nerve fibres are not damaged as they are delicate‚ but also important as they send impulses in the body which enable muscles to relax and contract. 1.2 As people with arthritis often have stiff‚ painful joints‚ and limited movement of joints‚ it is important to not move the joints beyond their limits‚ and be careful when moving

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    Danger of Deforestation

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    The Danger of Deforestation(rough draft) By Chenghao Chen ENGL 289 Mrs. Michelle Graf 7/1/2012 It is obvious the importance of the forest vegetation to everyone in the society. However‚ people in the past ages did a kind of thing that they thought was very meaningful—cutting down the trees. When they recall this history‚ most of them cannot be restrained from their remorse and guilty to it. Trees or forest are things that not only protect the environment but also help people to live better

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    Welding Dangers Annotated Bibliography "Warning: Welding May Be Hazardous to Your Health." Warning: Welding May Be Hazardous to Your Health. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 12 Feb. 2013. This article explains a little about welding fumes and how they are dangerous to people’s health. There are short term and long term respiratory effects from welding gases and fumes. Some of the gases that are inhaled can cause diseases such as ones close to Parkinson’s disease. To be protected from these fumes‚ the work area

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    apache vs u.s settlers

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    unlike the settlers‚O’odham tribe‚ Mexican Americans‚ and U.S government who would kill simply because they didn’t like them. The apache tribe had to act the way they did because they were in an “eat or be eaten” situation. The government would raid entire villages murdering men‚ women‚ and children. So the apache acted out of revenge to avenge the family members who were all murdered. Even though the apache tribe would try to run away‚ the O’odham tribe‚ Mexican Americans‚ settlers‚ or United

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    202G-02 November 28‚ 2012 During the late nineteenth century‚ the west had become a widely diverse place‚ populated by New Englanders‚ Mormons‚ African Americans‚ Mexicans‚ and Latinos as well as immigrants from Europe‚ Asia‚ and Canada. With so many different racial‚ religious‚ and ethnic backgrounds‚ it was impossible for the Native Americans to be the only group of people who suffered from discrimination and prejudice in the West. All of the groups of people listed above‚ were discriminated against

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    PSYC 100 6380 Introduction to Psychology (2145) Class Project 06/20/2014 Faces in the Face of Death Soldiers in war zones often experience life-threatening events that put their lives at stake. The present study examined how these exposures shape soldiers’ social behavior‚ manifested by recognition of facial expressions. In addition‚ we investigated how explicit awareness of one’s eventual death affects sensitivity to facial expressions. Veterans of elite military combat units were exposed

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    Lets Move

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    Let’s Move Campaign Twinkies‚ Dunkin Donuts‚ Supersized fries‚ X box and Play Station Games‚ are all staples of today’s youth. These staples are causing an alarming problem in the youth of America. In the past 3 decades childhood obesity rates have tripled according to the United States Government website on the Lets Move campaign. In fact studies show that obesity in African American children and Hispanic children is almost at a staggering 40 percent. This alarming fact has caused First Lady

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    Danger of Malware

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    Computer worms and viruses pose a clear and present danger for corporate and public information security in that as time and technology progress‚ the damaging effects this "malware" has on the network increases. Throughout this paper the term "malware" is used to define software that damages your system‚ causes instability‚ or exhibits antisocial behavior such as changing settings or interfering with a computer’s registry and security settings. Typical examples include computer viruses or worms.

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