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    all of my projects ready for 4-H took a lot of time and dedication. Have you ever tried to teach a goat to pull a cart? Well I have and believe me it took a lot of effort. Running around all summer trying to get the best picture for the fair, looking for the rule of thirds and the right composition took a lot of hard work. In 4-H it’s all about bettering yourself, whether that be by raising a goat from 3 days old until a year old at the fair, or by helping out the community through a winter coat

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    Leviticus 16 is read and interpreted as the Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur. The biblically stated purpose of Yom Kippur, which is significantly different to the Rabbinic purpose, is to purify the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and to purify the high priests, priests, and the people of Israel. The concepts of ‘holy’ ‘clean’ and ‘unclean’ are intrinsic to understanding Leviticus. Since God is holy, then anything that comes in close contact of God must also be holy. The Mishkan, its contents, the High Priests

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    People have inhabited South Africa for thousands of years and were members of the oldest surviving people of the land, the Khoisan language groups. With just a few left in South Africa mostly located in the sections of the western region. But mostly today black, South Africans belonged to the Bantu language group, which migrated from central Africa, settling in the Transvaal region around 100 A.D. (South Africa: History, 2012). Also the Nguni people who were ancestors of the Zulu and Xhosa occupied

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    Three Cabritos” is the retelling of “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” with a Tex-Mex background unlike the contrary which have more of an American culture background. The author clearly states at the end of her book, "The Three Cabritos is my own original retelling of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" with a Texas twist" (Kimmel 29). The background and the writing of the tale but told in different cultures. In “The Three Cabritos” and “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”, the main characters’ appearances are distinct

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    The South African war was fought between the Boers and the British, from October 12 1899 to May 31 1902. At the time South Africa was a British colony and the Boer’s hostility towards them grew as the British started to push the Boers towards a less fertile area of land. At first it was minor fighting and conflict but soon thereafter it evolved into a full-scale war. The Boers were tremendously outnumbered and the British had a clear advantage with numbers and power, however, the British were seen

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    British Imperialism In many respects, the Boer War resembles the struggle toward globalization a century later that Friedman describes in The Lexus and the Olive Tree. The British, with their more advanced industry and technology, attempted to pull the Boer Republics away from the Olive tree and into the new global economy, golden straightjacket and all. The British Empire had much at stake in the conflict, and eventually achieved its main goals. It protected its holding at Cape Town, which

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    key cause of conflict between the British settlers and the Dutch Boers. The imperialist decisions and aspirations of the British to utilise the country as a trade system, as well as to secure natural resources, contrasted with the Boer’s determination to pursue political independence. This consequently led to the increasing tensions to arise between the Boers and the British. An important trigger in the events that led up to the Boer War was the increasing imperialism of Southern Africa. The first

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    #1. Walk to Muhlenberg Brigade (40 mintues) Starting Location: Outside the Visitor Center upper lot and Movie Theater. What is the topic of your program? What the area looked like before the encampment and during the encampment. What is the connection between this stop and the next? This stop is located on the slope going towards to the triangle defense line used for the encampment. How will you transition from here to there? By giving a general introduction of where we are in the park, logistics

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    second half of the 19th century, most African countries faced the aggression of the European imperialism. All African countries were colonized except for Ethiopia and Liberia. South Africa was one of the main countries that faced imperialism. The Boers, also known as the Dutch descendents or Dutch farmers, were the first to colonize South Africa in 1652. Later on, the British came and took Cape Colony from the Dutch in 1795. The British at first mainly wanted to colonize South Africa as it helps

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    and auctioned off previously communal land. This caused great rage within the Boer community. The Boers were Dutch and Huguenot people that migrated to South Africa in the late 17th century (Great Trek). Starting in 1835, the Boers left their homeland with the goal of starting a new life free from British rule. The majority of the migrants left from the Eastern frontier of South

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