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    Think Twice You enter high school for the first time of your life thinking it’s going to be like High School Musical or Glee. You thought you would have a lot more freedom than middle school and you were hoping there wasn’t a dress code. Made an educated guess you would be in a non-stressful environment and be drama free. You think that the facility your in is safe and secure with security guards and an officer hanging around campus. Then you think this is going to be an easy four years‚ less work

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    The Same Team

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    The debate that girls and boys should be playing on the same team has gone on for quite a while. Boys think girls cant do most of their physical activities. On the other side girls think boys cant do most of their physical activities. This debate has gone on for such a long time‚ now it is just silly. Each side has their own opinions‚ but they can never agree with each other. I think girls and boys should be able to play on the same team‚ but we should give them that decision if they want to or not

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    are anti-gay‚ the Pope is anti-gay‚ and—yes‚ we’ll go here—first-century‚ Jewish theologian Jesus is anti-gay. That’s despite the fact that while some religious people don’t support gay marriage in a sacramental sense‚ many of them are in favor of same-sex civil unions and full rights for the parties involved. To be sure‚ most gay people‚ myself included‚ won’t be satisfied until our loving‚ monogamous relationships are graced with the word “marriage.” But it’s important to recall that many religious

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    Yamuna river

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    This essay written by David L. Haaberman is about the pollution of the Yamuna River located in India‚ this river has become so polluted with industrial and human waste that it is becoming no longer a safe source to use. Yamuna is viewed as a source worshiped by Hindu religion because it is named after a goddess of selfless love and is believed to be a prerequisite to heaven‚ as well free of sin. It is explained that rituals are being lost from all this pollution because the water is no longer safe

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    The concept of man and woman reiterates through the notion of how Same-Sex marriage could affect families and children that are involved within Same-Sex couple relationships. Firstly‚ in relation to the idea of forming a family with homosexual parents becomes unnatural as Same-Sex parenting represents an attempt to disrupt that “natural” order of forming a nuclear family. Marriage has a place in the law because a relationship between a man and a woman is the kind of relationship that may produce

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    Brittany Wester SOC 228 TR 3-4:50 River Conscious Living: The Willamette Oregon ’s Willamette River is the 13th largest river in the United States‚ not only does it span more than 11‚000 square miles in total area but over 70% of all Oregonians live in the Willamette Basin. This river is as much a part of Oregon ’s culture as Crater Lake or Mt. Hood‚ it is even a declared American Heritage river‚ yet we have become so disconnected from it that most people don ’t even look down as they cross

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    Not Quite the Same

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    Not Quite the Same‚ but Similar In the novel The House on Mango Street‚ Sandra Cisneros tells about Esperanza and Nenny how they are as sisters. In “Laughter” Esperanza quotes that she and Nenny do not look like sisters as much as her friends Rachel and Lucy‚ “Nenny and I don’t look like sisters…not right away. Not the way you can tell with Rachel and Lucy…” (pg.17). I can relate to Esperanza and Nenny because just like them‚ my sister and I do not appear like sisters either and have things in

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    Same Love

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    it’s immoral for marriage to exist between same sex couples‚ as if their love is inferior. But who are they to stop ones inalienable rights to the Pursuit of happiness? I believe marriage should be legal for any two individuals that truly love each other‚ with the intentions of wanting to unite their lives together. This essay is intended to explain my reasons for believing so. The United States currently only has 14 of the 50 states that have granted same sex marriage. Under the United States Constitution

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    The Ganga‚ especially‚ is the river of India‚ beloved of her people‚ round which are intertwined her memories‚ her hopes and fears‚ her songs of triumph‚ her victories and her defeats. She has been a symbol of India’s age-long culture and civilization‚ ever changing‚ ever flowing‚ and yet ever the same Ganga." - Jawaharlal Nehru‚ First Prime Minister of India‚ born in Allahabad on the Ganges Ganges (Hindi Ganga)‚ major river of the Indian subcontinent‚ formed in the southern ranges of the Himalaya

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    River Nile

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    Nile is the longest river in the world which is located in Africa. It spans itself from Lake Victoria in east central Africa to Egypt. It flows generally north through Uganda‚ Sudan‚ and Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea‚ for an approximate distance of 5‚584 km From its remotest headstream‚ the Luvironza River in Burundi‚ the river is 6‚695 km long. The river basin has an area of about 3‚350‚000 sq km. Its average discharge is 3.1 million litres per second. The lower course of the river in Egypt has become

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