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    As a thirteen year old girl with only thirteen years under my belt, I can truly say I am grateful for having a roof over my head, food on the table, and a loving family without the support of my parents and family I could have never made high honors for the past two years. I love when a teacher recognizes all my hard work I put into the school year in order to achieve good grades. It is also a great feeling when you are sitting in a group in school and everybody looks to me for help and ideas. There

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    Marco Polo describes the relationships between the people in the Yuan-Dynasty China by noting,”...that you would take the people who live in the same street to be all one family.”(Document D) The respectful attitude the people showed to one another they were

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    The Crusades were great military missions developed by Christian nations of Europe for the purpose of rescuing the Holy Land of Jerusalem from the hands of the Moslems. Jerusalem was extremely important to the Moslems and Christians at this time. Many religious events happened there, and many landmarks of both religions were located in Jerusalem. There were many Crusades some more significant than others, but in general the Crusades were very important to the spread of Christianity and religious

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    we are swimming you can feel the sand in between your toes, you can feel the fish swimming past your legs, and you can feel the refreshing water on your body. We play a lot of fun games in the water as well. We played chicken fight, football, and Marco polo. I sometimes play with my little cousin (Sawyer) in the sand because he doesn't like the water that much... I am also his favorite cousin!!! Someday's I want to swim and not play with him and he gives me one of those please-come-and-play-with-me-now

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    My Most Memorable Event My most memorable childhood event was when I was 13 years old; it was the Fourth of July. A big family vacation a barbeque, overnight stay and out of town trip to six flags, and I had a blast the night before me, my mom, sisters and brothers packed our bags to stay the night over my cousin house in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. She had the biggest house ever I thought it was a mansion; five bedrooms two and half bath, a swimming pool, a game/movie room with a nice big kitchen

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    Imagine living in America and it not being well America. There would be different ways of agriculture. Different languages. Different religious beliefs. Having a different way of living in society, economically and politically. Everything would be different if China would have went about and conquered Western Europe during the 14-1500’s. There are many things in history that can mark the milestone differences between China and Western Europe. No one really knows when Chinese culture really began

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    Recommendation We did found some internal party of problem for TASCO. Firstly, the employee in different branches of office does not bond well together due to weak communication flow. We suggested that TASCO should transfer the employee to another branches of office for a few weeks. The purpose is to let the employee learning from different branches operations as well as getting recognize the employee from different branches. Besides, the employee may explore more to different places culture or

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    Another form of coinage that promoted the Medic family was produced by the first Duke Alessandro, who “commissioned a number of personal propaganda pieces” (Pollard 163). Six medals of the Duke were made by Domenico di Polo, one cameo, and two intaglios by Francesco dal Prato. However, it was Cosimo I de’Medici who “was the first Medici ruler fully to appreciate the use of the medal as an important instrument of state propaganda” (Pollard 163). He had a series of propaganda medals made for himself

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    50 Fun Things To Do In A Supermarket 1. Take shopping carts for the express purpose of filling them and stranding them at strategic locations. 2. Ride those little electronic cars at the front of the store. 3. Set all the alarm clocks to go off at ten minute intervals throughout the day. 4. Start playing Calvinball; see how many people you can get to join in. 5. Contaminate the entire auto department by sampling all the spray air fresheners. 6. Challenge other customers to duels with

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    At the beginning of the article, Europe is currently in the Renaissance period and different European countries are attempting to find a water route to Asia. The reason for this is because the Ottoman Turks have recently conquered Constantinople and the eastern Mediterranean, thus making it difficult to get to Asia via land travel. Asia was an important continent to be able to trade with due to the belief gold that was located there, along with silk and spices. Furthermore, Spain was recently

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