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    1. Explanation of the plot (summary) Doctor John H. Watson, who served in the war in Afghanistan, needs to share a place to live because economic issues, and Sherlock Holmes, an eccentric and talented consulting detective, is the person who becomes his best option. After a few days of living together, Watson finds out Holmes’s profession when he receives a letter from a detective Tobias Gregson, who asks for help to discover who was the murderer of E. J. Drebber. Watson joins Holmes to the crime

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    enduring ever since his family moved to Tangerine, Florida. The novel, Tangerine, written by Edward Bloor, describes how Paul Fisher sees the world through his thick-rimmed goggles due to his damaged eyesight from “staring at an eclipse.” Paul has to be circumspect around bullies and his older brother, Erik, who seems to have dissoluteness living inside of him. Throughout the novel, the author Edward Bloor uses literary devices such as similes to make the readers visualize the descriptive situations

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    I want to be Edward Bernays, I want to be a master of the art public relations. My quest is to harnessing all the available information in sociology, psychology, and communication and apply this to the design and dispersing messages to broad audiences. Edward Bernay’s name is well-known to anyone in the sphere of public relations. -------------------------------------- He is regarded as the father of public relations, a reputation he sought to establish throughout his lifetime. He is also noted

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    Nighthawks It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Similarly, through careful analysis of a work of art it is possible for one to more deeply understand the ideas that the artist is attempting to express. At first glance, Edward Hopper's painting “Nighthawks” may just appear to be a painting of a normal diner. However, it is only through careful analysis that it is possible to see that the painting actually excels in creating a feeling of darkness, while at the same time portraying

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    Why Did The Titanic Blame

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    Why did the Titanic sink? Who’s to blame for this imprint on the timeline of humanity? How could the guilty let this happen? All of these questions could be answered with one man, Captain Edward J. Smith. As Ballard’s Exploring the Titanic says, “(Captain Smith) was a natural leader and was popular with both crew and passengers… thirty-eight years’ service with the White Star Line… had an excellent safety record.” This seems like the guy you would want to captain a great ship like the Titanic, and

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    Introduction “Better safe than sorry” is a well known saying could apply to almost everything in life. However when it comes to being safe from diseases and sickness, people are putting themselves at risk to be “sorry” by choosing not to vaccinate. Requiring mandatory vaccinations for children would be a great way to make sure that everyone is “safe” rather than being “sorry.” Many vaccinations are already required in order for children entering many public schools, and they are considered very effective

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    (Slide 1) • Good afternoon, everyone! Raise your hand if you believe that early vaccination is important to prevent diseases. (Slide 2) • Today I would like for each of you to take a moment and use your imagination. • Imagine riding your bike with your friend up a hill and you hit a rock. • You fly off your bike and land on the ground. • Your knees are scraped. Are you going to clean your wounds? (Slide 3) • Well you probably will most likely clean your cuts and scrapes with cool water. Then, you

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    … He's doing a new canvas and simply can't be interrupted!” (Levin, “Edward Hopper's ‘Nighthawks’”, 186). While it may seem as if fear did not impact him, that is not the case. Levin argues that his intense fixation was an attempt to bury his own anxiety. She states that “his bullying concentration unconsciously reveals the depth of his fears about the war, which fueled a work of exceptionally disquieting power” (Levin, “Edward Hopper's ‘Nighthawks’”, 188). 'Disquieting' is an excellent description

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    Dong-Pyou Han, Ph. D, former Research Assistant Professor in the Department of biomedical services at Iowa State University of science and technology was found to be engaged in research fraud. It was found that Han falsified results to develop vaccine against human immunodeficiency virous -1 by intentionally spiking samples of rabbit sera with human antibodies. The falsification made it appear that rabbits induced antibodies that is able to neutralize a broad range of HIV-1 strains. The results were

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    Bella who falls in love with a vampire. Throughout the saga, Bella is in an uncertain position and instead of finding herself, she opts to escape from them. And in order for her to be safe and challenge the reality, she has to have a rescuer which is, Edward, a man. The author of the Twilight Saga books, Stephanie Meyer answered the critics that ‘’Bella is not a negative example of women empowerment. The foundation of feminism is this: being able to choose. Ultimately, its entirely up to Bella for what

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