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    In the beginning, the Boulder Valley was home to the Southern Arapaho tribe of Native American. Then gold seekers searching for their fortunes arrived around 1858 and soon a settlement became a city in 1871. The town was based on the concept of Chautauqua which was a movement that focused on adult education and enlightenment. As the city continued to grow and prosper a desire to preserve Boulder’s nature beauty increased and the Boulder Parks and Recreation Department (BPRD) was created in 1961.

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    L.B. Jefferies is a photographer who is currently wheelchair-bound due to an injury that took place at his last photography job. He is restless and ready to go back to work. It is this restlessness that leads to the curiosity of wondering what his neighbors are doing in their daily lives. Jefferies analyzes every detail of a situation in his own life and in the lives of others. Jefferies is confronted with relationship issues and his moral issues. He shares his curiosities and theories with those

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    Essay on Sling Blade

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    Sling Blade The Complete Review This film by virtue of its independence has shied away from the usual hype associated with American movies. The result is an original screenplay by Billy Bob Thornton that is transformed into a mesmerising tale of the south. Thornton cast actors with ability rather than their image or ‘Hollywood status’. Sling Blade challenges us to re-evaluate our principles and our definitions of right, wrong and of justice. Billy Bob Thornton plays a slightly retarded psychiatric

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    Directed by Billy Bob Thornton, Sling Blade (1996) is a story about a man with a mental disability that is released from an institute after killing his mother and her lover when he was a child. He is able to start a new life in his home town, and makes quick friends with a young boy named Frank. Sling Blade is well known for the character Karl, and how well Billy Bob Thornton was able to convey the role. The visual aspects of the film create a frightening image of Karl, however, the literary aspect

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    Background and Investigation Introduction Company name: Masala Location: Llanelli, United Kingdom Masala is an Indian restaurant which provides authentic Indian and Bangladeshi dishes. Masala is located on 31 Westened Street in Llanelli which is on the outskirt of town of the town centre next to the local primary school. Masala can hold and cater for 100 people maximum at the same time. It is a 3 story building with 3 floors; only 2 floors are used to cater. Masala has also been refurbished

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    Struggle Of Family And War

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    Struggle of Family and War Our family life was pretty good. My husband Anthony would go to work and the kids played. But that didn’t last for long. I had to pay taxes for things like sugar and documents and if that didn’t put me into debt then there was the tea act and that angered us all because we already paid tax and now tea! Even though it is way less of tax I could be a trick. We don 't even get Representation so why are we paying these taxes! Thankfully we have the Sons of Liberty to show

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    Structure of California’s Government Headed by the governor of the state, the state govt. of CA replicates the Federal govt. It has three branches that perform their assigned tasks and keep within the limits set by the constitution. These branches are: Legislature Executive Judiciary While this division has been created to give structure to the government and ensure its smooth and effective functioning, there is, more importantly, the need to keep the power of the branches in check and to make

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    Throughout time many crime programmes featured on T.V have changed through Media language (Iconography, editing, camerawork and music). The Bill, first created in 1984 featured a lot of Iconography. At the start of the title sequence the camera focuses

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    number of students who would actually carry on campus would “be small” and it would be “older community college students” (“Fernandez,” 2015). Public opinion also helped the bill pass because Texas is a conservative state with “850,000 license holders” (“Fernandez,” 2015). They wanted to make the public happy by passing the bill because the number of people for it outweighed the ones against it. The opinion of people such as the “university’s chief of police” spoke out about not being worried because

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    The Day Of My Day

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    “WOO-HOO!” MRJEFF exclaimed. He had just found a $100 dollar bill soaked into the ground. He picked it up and kept walking to work. It was the early morning, the frost was still nipping at his skin and the sun was barely creeping its way over the mountains to the west. Today MRJEFF felt surprisingly happy today. Normally he was always unhappy as his full name was MRJEFF Jeff. He was always being made fun of even as an adult. He arrived at work and all his co-workers greeted him sarcastically. “Hey

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