What is a Leap Year? A leap year is a year that has one extra day in it. A leap year occurs roughly every four years. Most years have 365 days‚ but a leap year has 366 days. The extra day is added onto the end of the shortest month‚ February; in a leap year‚ February has 29 days (instead of its usual 28 days). February 29 is called leap day. Why Do We Have Leap Years? A year is defined as the time it takes for the Earth to orbit around the sun once. It takes the Earth about 365 1/4 days to make
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considered indigenous people to be “savages” and created racial slurs to make them believe they are inferior to the whites. Unfortunately‚ Native Americans continue to be subjected to racism in a country that was once theirs. Conflict in which sport teams‚ and pop culture use Native Americans as mascots‚ has been largely debated. Sports organizations should not be allowed to use any racial stereotypes to represent their team. For many years‚ sports teams across the United States have been constantly
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Julia Goldberg Mrs. Jacobs World History 22 March 2017 The Cause of Restrictions on Women’s Rights in the Abbasid Many Muslim women around the world have restricted rights. In some communities today Muslim women are not supposed to leave their homes without their husband’s permission‚ are not educated‚ and are not thought of as equals to men. Understanding the historic cause of these restrictions is crucial for the promotion of change. Although many scholars argue that the status of women declined
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Why Do People Buy Hybrid Cars? Consumers are buying increasing numbers of environmentally friendly cars. Increasingly‚ many of these environmentally conscious consumers choose to purchase petrol-electric hybrid vehicles. In this category of “greener-cars”‚ Toyota’s Prius model is reported to be the market leader. In 2009-10‚ it was the best-selling car in Japan‚ an important leading market for automobile trends (Mick 2010). Sales of the Prius keep growing despite well-publicised quality and
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In Do The Right Thing‚ Sal is the Italian-American owner of the neighborhood pizzeria. Having owned the shop for twenty-five years‚ Sal and his pizzas are known by everyone. On the surface‚ he seems like a nice and accepting person. But there are several instances in the film that seem to suggest that Sal may not be as accepting as he appears. For one‚ Sal always refers to the black customers as “them” and “they.” He also refers to hip-hop music “jungle music” multiple times. Additionally‚ early
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Why do people Attend College and universities? Colleges and Universities are the main resources for people to gain knowledge and get an education. The education we got from high school is not enough for our lives because it is just the basic material; however‚ professors in colleges or in Universities teach us all the subjects in more detail than in high school. We learn almost everything about our career in college. We learn everything related to our chosen major in college or university
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Beyond Beauty Why do people wear makeup? Makeup has been around since the beginning of time and has been used as a style in which people can express themselves and prove to the world who they truly are. Makeup grants people the ability to show their individual artistry in an approaching form that is interesting to them.The usage of makeup/The purpose for wearing makeup has antiquated since the ancient times. Beginning with the Ancient Egyptians in 10‚000 BCE‚ both the male and female Egyptians are
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The Sumerian and Biblical Floods: Different or the Same? “And then‚ a number of centuries later‚ God said‚ ‘No‚ no. Everything is crap; I will send a flood down. I will send a flood down across the world‚ because it’s all crap.’ He decided to do the etch-a-sketch end of the world‚ I think.” (Izzard) And that‚ no matter which story of this particular flood story you look at‚ seems to be the main objective‚ to‚ like a etch-a-sketch‚ start all over with a clean slate. While there are several differences
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male hormone‚ testosterone. People usually take in high doses of steroids to boost athletic performance and to do extremely well in competitions and sports‚ but sports and athletic competitions are not the only reason why steroids are used. Outside of sports‚ they are used because someone wants to change or make his or her physical appearence better‚ usually based on them thinking or having the problem that he or she is obese‚ underweight‚
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illnesses‚ but how many people actually know and understand mental illnesses like depression or schizophrenia. Many people misunderstand mental illnesses because you can’t see the effects of them and many think that it’s the victim’s fault they have the illness. The fact is that many mental illnesses are genetic like cancer and some are just as deadly‚ just no one knows about them. Since these illnesses and disorders aren’t well know‚ the public neglects them and the people suffering with them‚ and
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