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    One of the very well known hated groups in history, the Ku Klux Klan is known for its violence and cruel racism towards minorities in the south. We know them for their extreme racism, white cloaks, and the burning crosses. Majority of the people may think that the KKK was created to express violent brutality towards races other than white, but that may not have originally been the case. What was their true intention? Why were they formed in the first place? Were all Klansmen trustworthy towards one

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    The Controversy of Legalizing Marijuana The controversy of legalizing marijuana has been raging for quite a while in America. From some people pushing it for medical purposes to potheads just wanting to get high legally. Marijuana has been used for years as a popular drug for people who want to get a high. All this time it has been illegal and now it looks as if the drug may become legal. There has been heated debate by many sides giving there opinion in the issue. These people are not only

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    gravitational pull. Once you get into a rhythm, it's hard to stop. You achieve big visions by doing the little things every day and looking at them in a positive focus. - Shawn Phillips 19. Make any negative behavior as inconvenient as possible. - Dan

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    These brands became possible because of the extreme levels of success, as explained by Tasha Lewis & Natalie Gray: In the 1990s, the arrival of some of hip-hop’s music executives and artists, like Russell Simmons, Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jay-Z, to great levels of wealth and entrepreneurship allowed for the creation of apparel brands that fed the demand for the Hip Hop fashion aesthetic that had long been creatively mixed with designer labels and urban fashion

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    texting, and in my own sincere opinion, it´s a miserable way on wasting your unrecoverable years of childhood. I personally admire the types of parents that treat and teach their children the same way they were taught and treated by their parents. Dan Simmons once said: “When we are old and failing, it is the

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    Section 1 1. Charles Macune- A) Charles Macune was a president in the Southern Farmers’ Alliance in 1880s. B) Charles Macune is important because he created a subtreasury plan that called on the government to issue loans directly to agrarians. This subtreasury plan was based on a fiat currency system that would set the amount of circulating currency per the needs of the country, rather that relying on the availability of gold or silver. 2. John Rayner- A) John Rayner was a black politician who organized

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    Canada has turned into an attractive place for immigrants from around the globe who are looking for a developed country that will give them good opportunities to succeed in their future. “Over the last few decades, Canadian immigrants have come primarily from these ten countries: China, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, the United States, Iran, Romania, the United Kingdom, and Sri Lanka.”( Hughes). Immigration had been the key to Canada’s economy as it benefits it economically and politically

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    Bad Blood or Just New Blood

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    Bad Blood or Just New Blood Bastille’s “Bad Blood” can be addicting even though individuals respond differently to the same type of music. We sometimes hear it at various places we go to. It surrounds us and is a fundamental part of our lives. You cannot escape it. Music is part of our lives’. Music is transmitted in different ways like someone who is trying to get a message through, or it can just be an expression of ones ideas and the overflow of emotions. That being implied remembering the Beatles

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    marriage. What they don’t realize is my morals and my religion are at times, one in the same. If not that, then my religion is what created my morals to begin with. Influences from people such as my mother and father, as well as my youth group director, Dan Hampton, has helped me mold my values into what they are today. They, through the influence of God, taught be to be courageous in times of darkness. My father grew up in a very basic home structure, with Christian values and beliefs, but not very strong

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    Artificial intelligence, or AI for short, is “the intelligence exhibited by machines or software.” AI is found in many forms in our society, from video games to traffic predictions to the autocorrect in our phones. When machine personalities are no longer distinguishable from human ones, however, there will be implications for humanity. This advancement will at first be met with skepticism, and the first people to interact with these AI will not consider them sentient beings. Artificial intelligence

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