Title: The Greatest Skating Race Author: Louise Borden Publishing Group: Margaret K. McElderry Books Copyright: 2004 Genre: Informational book about social studies Age: 9-12 Summary: In 1941 Piet‚ gets the assignment of a lifetime: He must skate along the frozen canals of the Netherlands and across the Belgian border‚ in order to get the neighborhood children to their aunt’s house. This is where the children will remain for the duration of World War II. Their father has been imprisoned by German
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Why Abraham Lincoln is the Greatest Leader! Kathleen Belger English Comp II Baker Flint February 10‚ 2011 There was a boy born in the dust and silence of the country side‚ in a little log cabin‚ to a modest family of uneducated hard working laborers. Life was hard‚ yet simple. Days were filled with hard work and a yearning to survive. The absence of ambition and education within the community ran as ramped as the hills and forests that surrounded the community where the boy grew. Yet that
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Bernard Do English 101 11/03/12 Rated M: for Misunderstanding Do video games really need to be censored by the United States’ Government? Over the past several years there has been a controversial court case under discussion to censor video games. This case is trying to get the United States’ Government to prohibit the selling of all video games that may include graphic violence‚ virtual sex‚ violent and gory scenes‚ partial or full nudity‚ and portrayal of criminal behavior or other provocative
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Matthew Wills Dr. Toby Beeny English 1000 April 17‚ 2013 Do Video Games Improve Cognition? In today’s society‚ video games are becoming ever more popular and the more popularity video games receive‚ the more research that will be done on the topic. Many years ago you may have heard of Pac-Man‚ Donkey Kong‚ and of course the “classic” Super Mario. Today we have better technology and millions of different games out there that can put gamers in tough situations and can lure them to play for hours
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The Greatest Leaders Are Made‚ Not Born MBA 525 September 29‚ 2011 The Greatest Leaders are Made‚ Not Born Workforce diversity should be a necessity and not a luxury. Diverse working groups present different ideas and perspectives which can enable a company to grow larger‚ stronger‚ become more productive and profitable. Morrison (1996) suggests that effective diversity programs can reduce certain types of personnel costs by reducing headcount and maintaining acceptable retention levels. In
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War Is Not a Game Etgar Keret’s “Not Human Beings” is the story of Schmulik Stein‚ a soldier who is young and jaded by the realities of death and violence. As an officer during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict‚ he is forced to recognize the serious nature of conflict he is involved in when he is recruited to go with Israeli border patrol officers. He is then put to the greatest test of all‚ to dehumanize‚ stand his ground and witness things he may never be able to forget. At the end of the story
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One of the most controversial issues present in today’s society is abortion. Abortion is the termination of a fetus done purposely to prevent the birth of a child. Since abortions are now easier‚ less dangerous and more accessible than they once were; they have become the target of debate in every aspect of our lives. The issue of abortion has caused many heated debates in politics‚ religion and society in general; yet both sides seem to only see one side of the picture and avoid the issue as whole
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NATURE is the greatest teacher of the world!! “Observe the nature carefully With its big and small creatures That teaches us the great lessons of life” Nowadays due to rat race in day-to-day living‚ human beings are alienated from nature. It teaches us real selflessness‚ true renunciation and sacrifice etc. We can thus learn a great deal from nature. Nature is a silent teacher‚ friend‚ philosopher and guide. It removes all our pain‚ agonies‚ despairs and grieves. If we become merged with it we find
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amazing creations that nature has to offer. There is just something about the sight of thousands of tons of water flowing over a cliff and plunging into the river below. There are many beautiful waterfalls around the world but this list features the 10 greatest and most amazing waterfalls we were able to find. 10 Jog Falls Jog Falls‚ created by the River Sharavathi‚ falling from a height of 253 meters (829 feet)‚ is the highest waterfalls in India. Before the rainy season Jog Falls is nearly unrecognizable
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Discussion Paper No. 2010‐21 Daniele Nosenzo‚ Theo Offerman‚ Martin Sefton and Ailko van der Veen December 2010 Inducing Good Behavior: Bonuses versus Fines in Inspection Games CeDEx Discussion Paper Series ISSN 1749 ‐ 3293 The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics was founded in 2000‚ and is based in the School of Economics at the University of Nottingham. The focus for the Centre is research into individual and strategic decision‐making
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