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    Remembrance day

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    I am sitting here in the comfort of my home thinking about Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day is about remembering the men and women who risked their lives for our country and its people. If you stop and think about it we wouldn’t have homes or all the luxuries we have if it weren’t for the soldiers who fought to make our country free. I can’t imagine how it would feel to sleep and fight in trenches when we have nice warm comfortable homes. I think the men and women would have been very scared for

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    Break dancing Zhen Gong 1000834396 Dr Annette Sanger VPMA99H3 B-boying or breaking‚ also called breakdancing‚ is a style of street dance that originated among African American and Puerto Rican youths in New York City during the early 1980s. People who dance break dancing are usually called “B-boy” or “B-girl” distinct from their gender. Although the term "breakdancing" is frequently used to refer to the dance in popular culture and in the more mainstream entertainment industry

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    Puerto Rico The history of Puerto Rico starts when Christopher Columbus arrived in Puerto Rico in 1493. He instantly called the island San Juan Bautista ‚ but thanks to the gold in the river‚ it was soon known as Puerto Rico‚ or "rich port;" and the capital city took the name San Juan. Soon‚ Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony on its way to becoming an important military outpost. Puerto Rico began to produce cattle‚ sugar cane‚ coffee and

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    Partial Thesis

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    EVALUATION OF THE COMMUNITY EXTENSION PROGRAM “MAAYOS NA KWENTA TULONG NAMEN SA INYO” An Undergraduate Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the College of Business Accountancy Manuel S. Enverga University‚ Lucena City In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor of Science in Accountancy First Semester 2011-2012 By Russel Lyne Kaye R. Balid Ana Carmela D. Desembrana Joanne-Marie R. Jaen Carlos Jayron A. Remiendo Magene P

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    Partial Fractions

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    Partial Fractions A way of "breaking apart" fractions with polynomials in them. What are Partial Fractions? We can do this directly: Like this (read Using Rational Expressions to learn more): 2   +   3   =   2·(x+1)  + (x-2)·3 x-2 x+1 (x-2)(x+1)   Which can then be simplified to:   =   2x+2  + 3x-6    =   5x-4 x2+x-2x-2 x2-x-2   ... but how do we go in the opposite direction? That is what we discover here: How to find the "parts" that make the single fraction  (the "partial fractions")

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    Remembrance In The Iliad

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    However‚ I will argue that organized remembrance does hold the possibility to improve the human frailties – yet its limitations stem from the aberration of mourning not private nor public‚ which separates the individual from the public‚ and public from the individual. For‚ only when given the opportunity for these narratives to manifest the space of organized remembrance manifest can we improve the frailty of human affairs. Anna Akhmatova’s Requiem was

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    concept of nationalism. After these two articles we can look at different articles and statements that were made around Remembrance day‚ a day for the commemoration of the sacrifices made by the men and women who served Canada during times of war and times of peace. Most recently we can compare the statements of the twenty-third Prime Minister of Canada‚ Justin Trudeau on this Remembrance day. As well as the

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    Remembrance Day is a time to commemorate the members of armed forces who die for our freedom‚ honor‚ and peace. This day is commemorated on November 11th of every year‚ this holiday as such is time to remember the ending of World War 1 (WW1). We celebrate on November 11th because the peace treaties signed on the 11th hour‚ of the 11th day‚ of the 11th month. There is also a specific symbol of Remembrance Day which is very familiar to many individuals‚ the poppy. The poppy became a symbol of remembrance

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    Puerto Rico

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    option would be Puerto Rico. Ever since the Spanish American war‚ Puerto Rico lays in a state between a territory and a state. This state‚ otherwise know as a commonwealth. A commonwealth gives residences U.S. Citizenship to the people who live there but with no representation in congress. Many people came forth in a recent election in 2012 to decide the fate of the island. For the first time‚ more people voted to become a state. While some people object to becoming a state‚ Puerto Rico should become

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    Puerto Rico

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    Puerto Rico LOCATION Puerto Rico‚ an island situated between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean‚ lies just east of the Dominican Republic. With an area of 9‚104 square kilometers (3‚515 square miles)‚ Puerto Rico is almost 3 times the size of the state of Rhode Island. As an island commonwealth with a coastline of 501 kilometers (311 miles)‚ Puerto Rico shares no borders with other nations. San Juan‚ the capital‚ is located on the northeastern shore of the main island; there are also

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