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    Identification Info: The title of the painting is Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Gallilee and was painted in 1633 by Rembrandt Van Rijn. Rembrandt was a Dutch painter and etcher who worked and lived during the Dutch Golden Age. The dimensions of the painting are 168 centimeters by 128 centimeters. The materials of the artwork employed are oil on canvas. The last known location of it was the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of Boston Massachusetts‚ until March 18‚ 1990 when it was stolen from the

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    What would you do if you knew important information - would you keep it to yourself? What if that information could help someone in need‚ would you then open your mouth? Well‚ then I have the perfect book for you to read! Palace of mirrors by Margaret Haddix‚ a 14 year old girl who is in hiding becomes a peasant girl as her cover. She is the true princess of her kingdom‚ so when she is ready to tell the world‚ a person who she thought was her friend becomes her enemy. With pages of 297 (including

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    What Is Sickle Cell Anemia? Sickle cell anemia (uh-NEE-me-uh) is the most common form of sickle cell disease (SCD). SCD is a serious disorder in which the body makes sickle-shaped red blood cells. “Sickle-shaped” means that the red blood cells are shaped like a crescent. Normal red blood cells are disc-shaped and look like doughnuts without holes in the center. They move easily through your blood vessels. Red blood cells contain an iron-rich protein called hemoglobin (HEE-muh-glow-bin). This protein

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    one passes information to thousands of people in a second. This is the power of social media. According to Andres Kaplan‚ social media is a group of internet based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of wed and that allow the creation and exchange of user generated content (Andreas Kaplan‚ The Challenges and Opportunities of Social Media‚ 2010). Put differently‚ social media is a means of interaction among people. This includes; Facebook‚ Twitter‚ YouTube‚ 2go

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    80% of the information we receive about the world comes through our eyes. In fact‚ it is said that what we say is far less important than how we say it. Body language and facial expressions‚ therefore‚ can be considered more important than the actual words used. In society‚ our roles are determined by our relationships to others‚ and our ability to be successful depends on knowing about others and being able to adjust our behaviour in light of that knowledge. Therefore‚ it is extremely important that

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    Hamlet is mostly seen as a “tragic hero” which is a person or character with a flaw in personality or judgement that will lead that character to actions that will end in disaster. Hamlet definitely has some flaws that make him fit the basics of a “tragic hero”. One major flaw that actually brings Hamlet to rest is his willingness to over-think. He often thinks about situations too much which causes him to procrastinate‚ this delay in judgement inevitably helps Claudius to escape and plot Hamlet’s

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    In history and today‚ government censorship hides things from society. In the book Fahrenheit 451‚ Montag realizes that government censorship occurs and many people in his community do not question why they have certain laws. The government conceals certain things to supposedly keep the society a safer environment and not cause any problems. Government censorship happens with many things such as literature‚ news media‚ entertainment‚ the internet‚ and even communication. Most of these forms of government

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    Odysseus: A Hero Or Hero?

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    Is Odysseus‚ the man that survived 20 years away from home and at sea‚ battling many monsters along the way‚ a hero? Is the man that displeased some gods‚ and killed others‚ a hero? According to the Greeks‚ he certainly is. According to the Highly Gifted Magnet‚ probably not. While to the Greeks he possessed all of the heroic qualities‚ such as cunningness‚ loyalty‚ hospitality and physical strength‚ to the Highly Gifted Magnet community‚ he meets all most all of our standards‚ which include intelligence

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    Ductal hyperplasia Ductal hyperplasia is characterized by proliferation of ductal epithelium‚ resulting in increased cellularity and multi layering of ductal epithelium. The pattern of growth varies greatly from case to case leading to different types of ductal hyperplasia. Features indicative of benign nature of the lesion includes oval nuclei with indistinct cytoplasmic border and eosinophilic rather than pale cytoplasm‚ arrangement of the cells in parallel bundles‚ presence of peripheral elongated

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    Muscular Dystrophy‚the progressive loss and weakness of muscle‚is a muscular disorder first described in the 1860’s by a french neurologist .The term Muscular Dystrophy encompasses any type of dystrophy of muscles‚about nine different types.The most common type is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy which makes up approximately half of muscular dystrophy cases. Muscular Dystrophy is most present in boys‚but girls may also carry the gene‚although they usually show no symptoms.In 2007‚ it was revealed that

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