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    Alison Mahfouz Bergen Community College 400 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ 07652 Ciarco Campus: 355 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 Lyndhurst Campus:1280 Wall Street West, Lyndhurst, NJ 070701 Jennifer E. Flynn, M.A., Coordinator, jflynn@bergen.edu, Office of Specialized Services, Room L-119 B,Tel: (201) 493-3778 Two-year community college The OSS services about 10% of the student population. Accommodations may include one or more of the following:Extended Time for Test Taking, Use of Calculator

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    I remember the first time I landed in Maui, as I got off the plane I was greeted with tons of hugs and beautiful handmade leis from my other family members, followed with a question that I have become very familiar with from my grandparents, “Are you hungry?” Of course who wouldn't be after spending over nine hours cooped up in a plane with tasteless and overly expensive airline food. I didn't really know what was in Maui since it was my very first time visiting, so of course I left it up to my grandparent

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    is simply amazing. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department is comprised of nearly 1,450 sworn employees with an additional 500 civilian employees. We are the 24th largest police department in the United States. We patrol our entire county, Davidson County, with a population of close to 670,000 people in Nashville, TN. I am one of 24 captains that supervises a division within our agency and I oversee 30 employees at the Training Academy. When I reflect what has lead me up to point in my career

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    Spring; hurricane. Much as these are both related to water, they differ greatly in their impact on societies - while one brings hope and life to weary travelers, the other brings struggle accompanied by death. Throughout most of literary history, writers have explored this idea of poly-indicative-identity, whether that be with the vast depthness of water or some other symbol, and William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying is no exception to this idea. From rivers to the fish that inhabit them, As

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    classic novel, True Grit, Charles Portis allows the main character, Mattie Ross, to tell the story of the journey she set out on to gain vengeance on her father's killer. Mattie travels with Yarnell, a family friend, from her hometown Dardanelle in Yell County, Arkansas to Fort Smith, Arkansas where she gathers information about her father's murder from the sheriff's office. After speaking with the sheriff, Mattie resales the horses her father bought back to Colonel Stonehill. She eventually uses the money

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    “A Rose for Emily” William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” tells a story about the life of a woman who grows up in a small southern town shortly after the turn of the 20th century. He tells the reader about the struggles that Ms. Emily and town of Jefferson face in trying to move on from their past and adjusting to the inevitable changes that time brings. Hans H Skei writes in his critical essay that “A Rose for Emily” is the first story about Faulkner’s townspeople in any real sense, and it is the

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    Just like on television, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump dominated the discussion among a handful of voters scattered around Wayne County Tuesday. All said this election was an important one and a big one which could change the direction the country is headed and change how elections are done in the future. For some, like Jennifer Gunnoe, who lives overseas in Tbilisi, Georgia, Trump was among the motivating factors in getting out to vote. “I have pretty serious concerns about Donald

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    Formalist Criticism In this printed reproduction of The Giant by N. C. Wyeth the artist shows six small children on the beach watching a large cloud like giant walk across the horizon. The visual culture of the painting would categorize it as fine art. Fine art in Western cultures consist of oil painting, sculpture and architecture but now includes all kinds of media such as film, photography, prints, and most recently performance (Lazzari, 11-12). The original painting was a 5-foot by 6-foot

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    Descriptive Vacation

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    On a hot summer day when my family and I were finally going to Hawaii I was the first one to have all my bags packed and to be out the door. I waited in the car for my family by watching my favorite youtuber on my phone. I was losing my patience because my parents were taking forever. “Mom! Dad! Hurry we need to be at the airport at one thirty and it’s already twelve o clock! My luggage is already in the car! We need to hurry if we want to get to our hotel in time. We have to check in by 6:00 or

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    Ryan Bruss English 11 Mr. Luengo 27 September 2016 Coquille Indian Tribe Located in Coos Bay, Oregon, lies the Coquille Indian Tribe standing strong with over 1,000 members situated on 7,043 acres of land. This group of native americans derived from a, “mispronounced or misunderstood native word that described the river along which our forebears lived or some particular physical attribute of the surrounding estuary environment,” (Tribal Heritage). Not to mention, that’s exactly what this tribe is

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