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    I. Name and background of presenter. What do they do for a living? Where do they do it? What is their education and experiences? Why were they asked to present this lecture? (Approximately 350 words page). Sheryl Sandberg is a 47-year-old woman who was born in Washington, D.C. She grew up in a Jewish household and is the oldest of three children. Her and her family moved to North Miami Beach, Florida when she was two years old. She graduated from North Miami Beach High School as 9th in her class

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    Imagine you’re surrounded and your friend is being attacked. What do you do next? If you’re Johnny Cade, you murder the leader of the group with your switchblade. This is particularly odd since he’s the gentlest person in your gang. Would you show grit in this crucial moment like he did, or would you head for the hills? Let’s talk more about grit; it stands for growth, resilience, instinct, and tenacity. Johnny’s passion is a blatant example of grit. “Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term

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    Wes Anderson is a filmmaker whose work you either like or you don't. I, personally like his way of narrating his stories, his palletes of colours which he uses in his films, his obsession with symmetry that makes his films easy to recognize. The Royal Tenenbaums is an American comedy-drama film released in 2001, directed by Wes Anderson and co-written with Owen Wilson. The Royal Tenenbaums is the third film Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson wrote together. The film follows the lives of Royal Tenenbaum's

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    Science fiction has had many notable cult television shows. Two of the most influential and popular shows were the timely Twilight Zone (1959-1964) and the cult favorite The X-Files (1994-2002). Both have been staples in popular culture by reflecting on social structure and politics through the use of science fiction. (Booker). By comparing the two shows, I will showcase how science fiction became the most influential genre in television history. Science fiction was a genre not very popularized

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    Thomas Sweeny-Wong Period 5 Parable of Despair The world is dying. There is too much injustice. We need to fix it. --Thomas Sweeny-Wong The future is tough to predict. Parable of the Sower is a very well-written science fiction novel by Octavia Butler. The setting is California in the year 2025. The world is not prosperous anymore and has turned into a poverty stricken place. There are countless homeless people, jobs are scarce, and there are very few communities of homes. The few

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    Doris and I ride our new road bikes on Friday morning. For ten minutes we warm up, and then, pedal in the direction to Malibu. The air is cool with early morning fog. Doris leads and I follow. Her pace is faster than usual. No problem. I ride my bike to ride my bike. I have a low-keyed Friday. I’ve scheduled a pitch meeting at eleven with a new writer. The agent I met recently said his client “Thinks out of the box.” I would rather that and am keen to meet him. There’s an hour before, so I

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    I never chose to live in Newark, New Jersey. After I was born, my dad left us, and my mom fell off the wagon we just kinda ended up here. I swear my mom has vodka coursing through her veins instead of blood. With a mom who can’t keep her lips off a bottle, and a dad that has been gone for over sixteen years, life has been pretty lonely. I don't have many friends. Honestly, i only have one friend. She is named after the great Lawrence Taylor. Lets just say her dad was hoping for a boy. Everyone just

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    Research Reflection Before I began researching I was really passionate about the ability to persevere and I knew I wanted to talk about perseverance and explain why it was such an essential characteristic to have. I especially wanted to find examples of many others that had to persevere to get through their own tough times. But when I originally started researching my topic I did not exactly have anything in mind about what I was exactly looking for. This was mainly due to that I had the ideas in

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    In the Declaration of Independence it states, “mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable,...” and on October 8th, 2016 this became true. This day was not only the start of my suffering, but tons of other people’s too. It was around 7 o 'clock p.m. when a group of my friends and I decided that we needed to come together and go out, and what better is there to do in early October than visit a corn maze. After nearly an hour of planning around all ten people 's schedules, we

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    Are You Beach Body Ready?

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    Venessa K. Bento Professor Brenton Diaz AP/SOWK 2025: Section M Friday, July 17, 2015 “Are You Beach Body Ready?” In May of 2015, Protein World (a self-proclaimed pure and GMO free supplement company that aims to help their consumers become healthier, leaner, fitter, and stronger) has received much backlash from the public for their “Are You Beach Body Ready?” advertisement campaign. The public and a group of feminist, including British Charlotte Baring (founder of a petition calling for the ad to

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