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    Arizona Research Paper

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    the way to Mexico. When we think of Arizona, the first thing that would probably come to your head is the desert. 42% of the land of Arizona is covered in desert. To the southwest is the Sonoran Desert; the southwest contains the cities of Phoenix, Yuma, and Tucson. To the northwest is the Mohave Desert. To the north is the Painted Desert, which is part of the Colorado Plateau. The Painted Desert got its name from the variety of colors you will find on the clay. To the southeast of Arizona

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    Taleah Keny On Oddness

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    Not everything is as it seems. But what if it is? I?ve always been the odd one out in vegas. I?m the nerdy, annoying,brash white guy from north dakota who is out of his element there because of my time here, and out of it here because I wasn?t born here. Don?t worry I plan to move back and claim my birthright, getting a job and being a regular loser in a place with less people than here. Comment by Taleah Kenney: This stands out as the "thesis" for your paper, but then gets no "defense" in your paper

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    The Yokuts: A California Case Study The Yokuts inhabited the San Joaquin valley in California. There were over 40 independent groups and each of them had a distinct name, dialect and territory. The San Joaquin Valley is bounded by mountains on the east, west and south and to the north flow the Kern and San Joaquin rivers into the ocean. The climate in the valley is hot with dry mild summers, semiarid winters and very minimal precipitation. Originally, the area was rich in a network of rivers, streams

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    Phoenix dactylifera or date palm is widely known for its succulent, fleshy fruit, date. As one of the oldest cultivated fruit crops, date palms have been around for more than 4,000 years, providing staple food for Arabian and North African. Date palm fossils are even found particularly in Syria and Egypt, showing that date palm has existed for at least 50 million years. Throughout the centuries, people have been serving dates in various ways; eaten fresh as they are, dried, made into flour, mixed

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    So this brings up my first point and ethical dilemma; is it right for the NHL to put their players in this town? One can argue that is not the responsibility of the NHL to control the actions of their players, however, is it a good idea to even present the opportunity for a millionaire athlete to be tempted by this excessive town, that is Las Vegas? Generally, hockey players are pretty good people, including professionals playing in the NHL, or instance; P.K. Subban, current Nashville Predator, and

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    It feels like there is an empty hole in my heart. One minute you have this magical friendship, the next thing you know it all disappears.This ride we had together just came to a complete stop.One of my best friends just moved away and it really hurts. I’m not one to share feelings or anything, but this event feels like an illusion of horror. Jakob and i have been friends for years, and he recently moved. This had a huge impact on me. When you have someone that has been in your life as long as

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    universities have exorbitant tuition costs. Average tuition after grants at a for-profit school is about $31,000, compared to non-profit tuition of $26,000. Another issue is that many for-profit schools have a low graduation rate. For example, University of Phoenix had a 17.5 percent graduation rate in 2014, whereas Keiser University, a non-profit school, had a 56 percent graduation rate in 2014 (College Scorecard). Therefore, proving that for-profit universities fit the definition of a social problem, which

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    The Creative Process in Film Essay

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    With this short but very interesting and informative class I have just scratched the surface of the what it takes to make a full fleged film. It takes much more than I had presumed to make a movie in Hollywood. The number of people that it takes to make a minute of a movie let alone the entire movie was astonishing to me. There are many things that it takes to start making a movie but without an idea of some sort there is no movie to be made. A crew includes a screenwriter, whose job it is to

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    in this advertisement is the endorsement of a celebrity. Although one might not know who the female is in the advertisement, it is interesting that the copy in the bottom right hand corner says, “Meet Lauren Phoenix. 150lbs of magic. Actress. Director. Look her up on Google.” Lauren Phoenix is a Canadian former pornographic actress who studied music at the University of Western Ontario. She was hired by American Apparel in 2005 to model their socks and underwear. Hiring a pornographic actress adds

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    General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about different sports. Central Idea (Thesis): There are so many sports leagues out there, and we would like to inform you a little bit about the NFL, MLB, NHL, and competitive swimming Introduction Football American football developed out of a combination of soccer and rugby. No single variety of the sport was played -- some schools played soccer, others rugby, while still others played various combinations of the two without

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