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    to obtain a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing Home Administration. I chose this career because I want to work with the elderly without having to deal with blood or medicine. I wanted to choose a career that I’d enjoy doing for the rest of my life. But why Kent State? I chose Kent State University because Kent is one of the few schools in Ohio that have the Nursing Home Administration program. Upon completion of the program‚ I will be eligible to sit for the national exam offered through the National

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    Videogames should not be considered sports‚ because they do not match the physicality‚ competitiveness‚ training‚ or focus of sports. The website‚ “Oxford Dictionaries”‚ clearly states that “sports is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment”. Sports are also a mental exertion‚ which varies from person to person. Although‚ many people still anticipate the fact that videogames meet the same requires through

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    This plan that has been created to increase the level of history education in the United States sounds good. Both books that have been picked out for discussion are excellent choices that describe the history of the United States. In a reading group type of environment‚ there can many factors that interest the readers. It can all come down to the font of the text or something as simple as the front cover. Based on what the books have to offer though‚ my recommendation takes into account both parties

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    Georgia may have been the last colony‚ but certainly not the least. James Oglethorpe‚ an English man who was a member of parliament and was a great person all around‚ founded it. Pennsylvania‚ is very different from Georgia‚ founded about 50 years before Georgia by Sir William Penn. Georgia is very unique and different from Pennsylvania because of it purpose‚ government and economics. First of all‚ Georgia was the 13th colony‚ and was not very stable at first. King George II gave Oglethorpe a charter

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    SMALL ARMS From 1861 to 1865‚ the United States experienced 4 years of civil war that divided the country until well after the conflict ended. The antecedents of this war were a series of laws that the North implemented to the South in 1860. Lincoln was in charge of the government and the conflict was related to slavery abolition and protectionist measures that affected the southern economy. In 1861‚ eleven southern states separated and formed the Confederation. When the war began there were

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    Defining Something by What It Is Not in American History X His racist cheeks are covered in tears as he is interviewed about his father’s recent death. Derek pours his emotions out to the bewildered interviewer for the local news channel expressing‚ “Decent hard working Americans like my dad are getting rubbed out by social parasites” and as the reporter is confused Derek responds with’ “…blacks‚ browns‚ yellow whatever”. Before his father passed away he had been shoving extremely prejudicial views

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    American History X "American History X" is an unflattering and often disturbing look at the roots and consequences of racism. American History X is one of the best movies to address the existence of racism in the most straight forward manner. Like the hard reality that it attempts to mirror‚ there are no easy answers or simple solutions offered in this cautionary tale. Instead‚ it portrays the scourge of racism as a widespread problem‚ decaying and feeding upon itself‚ resulting in unfriendly consequences

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    Michael Gilmore Mrs. Sauter World History 15 December 2014 • Topic 1 o Thomas Hobbes  Unite under one person‚ or a group of people • “To stop foreigners and the inquiries of others” • Hobbes came to the conclusion that people were naturally evil. o If not kept in check by a powerful ruler‚ they will steal‚ fight‚ and oppress one another. o Thomas Hobbes was an enlightenment thinker who lived in the 17th century‚ and through the upheaval of the English Civil War. From observing the Civil war

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    risk decisions (e.g.‚ engineers) are usually not the ones faced with the eventual risk (e.g.‚ workers or nearby residents). The companies that had industrial accidents did not go out of business the next day. Therefore‚ the losses must have been considered “tolerable.” This brings back into question: how many accidents might the industry be willing to consider tolerable? And how many accidents must take place before there is public and political outcry? There are many petrochemical plants in the

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    This paper is dedicated to the history of American Revolution and the War for Independence. The primary purpose of the survey given here is to carry out an analysis of the events of the late 18th century in the British colonies in North America on the basis of vast historical material published in the United States. The process that took place before and during the 1776-1783 period when 13 British colonies’ aspiration for independence broke out into the so-called War for Independence is very remarkable

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