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    2015 was the year that sparked numerous amounts of concussions that had occurred in women’s lacrosse. ( USA Today) After this, Florida Lacrosse decided to make helmets mandatory for women. ( Bill Pennington) The results show the game injury rate was twice the rate for practice (7.5 versus 3.3 injuries per 1,000 athlete-exposures) (Snyder). A recent study found that the majority of head injuries in high school girl’s lacrosse resulted from stick-to-head contact during aggressive. Girls playing lacrosse

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    Statistically, based on reports from 2003, 99% of the total population ages 15 and over can read and write (CIA Library). Thus, one can conclude illiteracy is not a crisis. However, “The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society” by Jonathan Kozol, implies something different. Kozol emphasizes the hardship of an illiterate, and briefly explains the importance of helping an illiterate without providing much of a solution, while Kozol’s essay was ineffective overall because of the lack of factual evidence

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    History of the Christmas Cookie Before Christmas brought its traditions into the world, ancient cooks baked sweets for different occasions. In the Middle Ages, Europeans started cooking cookies for Christmas. Christmas cookies were defined by cut outs and molds brought over to Europe by the Dutch. The first American Christmas cookie is documented by Amelia Simmons, who wrote American Cookery. The very first "cookey" had flour, coriander seed, butter, sugar, pearlash and milk. A far cry from what

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    Ashpit, the soldiers only want to take the children. Cassie affirmed her wanting to keep her father and brother with her and that she did not want either of them to leave her. Also, when she and her father were in the barracks and she asked about Crisco, her father told her to search for him. She did not budge at first, due to the fact that she did not want to leave him alone in the building, but finally gave in. A third time she expresses the theme is very subtle. It occurs when she is coming back

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    The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey is a novel about death, survival, and relationships. There are several themes that are visibly evident to the story. A theme is the subject of a piece of writing, as described in the novel. Some of these themes are, “trusting one another is what makes us human”, people are defined by the choices they make”, and “Family is worth dying for”. Each one of these themes are indisputably established as the story progresses. To begin with, the theme, “trusting one another is

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    his alien nature. Overall, Evan’s choices define him as someone that is capable of being human and able to love. Cassie, on the other hand, although she is human, at one point she didn’t trust at all. When the soldier back in Camp Ashpit killed Crisco, she did not hesitate to shoot the soldier. She also chose to shoot the crucifix soldier back in chapter four, which characterizes her as someone who does not hesitate to kill

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    Phos Research Paper

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    Partially hydrogenated oils have been used by manufacturers for years. The FDA has decided to remove PHOs from all manufacturers due to extensive research into the effects of PHOs. Partially hydrogenated oils have been determined not to be GRAS, generally recognized as safe (Center). Although the FDA had decided that PHOs are unhealthy many sources say that fats are needed for body functions. In high amounts fats are going to be bad for the body but, with any type of food that is the case and it

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    Personal Diet Analysis

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    not on a schedule at all I eat when I get the chance or when I’m upset. I am usually at school, work or somewhere with the kids so food for me is on the go. When I am home an able to cook it is the only way, southern way, which is usually alot of Crisco and butter. Since I have taken this class I have been looking up healthy ways of cooking online and trying out some of the recipes. CALCIUM We need calcium for our bones, teeth, muscle contractions, blood

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    There are various elements that express the foundation of The 5th Wave. The foundation is designed with many themes that are intricately woven in behind the words. Three of the most prominent themes discussed in this novel includes the following: war cannot change who a person is at their core, family keeps you going and is worth dying for, and to win a war you must know how your enemy thinks. The lead characters in The 5th Wave have all shown examples of these, and each has their own personal paragon

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    Non Polar Bonds Lab

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    NaCl is ionic ,Crisco is polar,and Oil is nonpolar These substances are all different because they are not the same compound.Which means they will react different while testing. For example NaCl is the only one out of these three to be soluble in water.Crisco and Oil is

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