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    stress-management styles among others. In order to maintain a healthy lifestyle‚ one must exercise regularly‚ have a balanced diet‚ and abstain from alcohol and smoking and not rely totally on medication. Thus‚ I agree that the key to good health is lifestyle rather than medicine. A healthy lifestyle such as exercising and having a balanced diet can help to improve one’s health greatly. Two generations ago‚ most people were struggling to get enough food to survive. Their lifestyle includes long hours of toiling

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    Cases of Judge Dee tells of a district magistrate of Chang-Ping in the T’ang Dynasty named Judge Dee Goong An‚ famous for his ability to solve mysterious cases. This is simple enough‚ except it is immediately evident to the reader that Judge Dee is not just a normal magistrate content with solving a case – it is easy to see that he always digs deeper. His success is unparalleled in the land‚ his actions laid out without a single corrupt thought or a lax view. What makes Judge Dee so effective?

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    want to play.We can choose to impact people in a positive or the opposite. In Each text we read this collection we see the importance of unity and equality with in us. Each text elaborates in a way about unity and people working together . In “quilt of a country’’‚the author Anna quindlen elaborates on what should be a nation in unity but isn’t after all. She states “America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts‚ it is held together by a notion‚ the

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    Looking at two similar‚ yet different‚ articles “A Quilt of a Country”‚ by Anna Quindlen‚ and the other‚ “The Immigrant Contribution”‚ by John F. Kennedy. It may have been hard‚ but we can tell some important things to you that you might have missed. While reading these articles‚ we found big differences between the two. Some people might say these are too similar to tell a difference. Well‚ let me to you something‚ both articles seem very similar with a glance‚ however‚ they both have many differences

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    For this assignment I will be answering the question “The hero of Paradise lost is Eve rather than Adam‚ assess the validity of this comment”. I will discuss what a hero means and how Eve’s actions could make her the hero of the poem or the villain. I hope to show whether or not there actually is a hero in the poem and if it is Eve what did she achieve as the ‘hero’. Or could Adam be the hero? I will discuss both. “The concept of a hero has many meanings and aspects. In every culture and period

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    Cars have been in use since the year 1870. Since then the number of cars on the roads has increased many times over. Cars now seem to have made our live easier and more convenient. Nevertheless‚ in my opinion‚ more cars give us much more problems than their benefits.First of all‚ people must work much harder in order to afford a car. This also means that they have to earn a considerable amount of money. The prices of new cars are so high that they usually need to take a credit to buy one. Moreover

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    future while still remembering the past. In Marilyn Nelson Waniek’s poem “The Century Quilt‚” a comfortable tone and detailed symbolism work together to reveal how a family heirloom can be both a reminder of heritage and as well as a representation of dreams for the future. Throughout the poem‚ the poet’s cozy tone elicits a sense of happy nostalgia‚ showing the character’s contentment with the thoughts that the quilt causes her to reflect upon. Phrases such as‚ “Each square holds a sweet gum leaf whose

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    Assess the care for sentencing mentally disordered offenders to prison rather than a forensic psychiatric hospital setting. The 19th Century saw many efforts to remove mentally ill offenders from the prison system. Bethlam Hospital in London opened a new wing for the criminal offenders who were diagnosed with a mental illness. Shortly after‚ Broadmoor hospital was opened. However‚ this did not end the detention of the mentally ill offenders in prison; although more special provision was being

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    EH 200 11/19/2012 Naturalism in “Maggie: A girl of the street” Naturalism is evident not only in the content of Stephen Crane’s “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets‚” but this naturalistic idea is also expressly stated by the author. Crane’s purpose in writing Maggie is “…to show that environment is a tremendous thing in this world‚ and often shapes lives regardless” (Westbrook 587). Maggie lives with a poor and abusing family and a hopeless future with only the small possibility of change. The environment

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    ENG 102 Assignment: “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” In “Maggie‚ A Girl of the Streets‚” Stephen Crane positions Maggie between two Moral systems –the old –fashioned Puritan Culture of her mother‚ and the new culture of abundance and consumption (consumerism). How does Maggie respond to both moral systems in the story? (Give examples of how Maggie demonstrates a connection with both cultures) Which Culture do you thing she most participate in? Dieing Between Two Worlds Besides the

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