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    Serial Killer Richard Ramirez Crescendo of Terror Late in the 20th Century, Hell glutted on humanity. Its first bloodletting of that season of the Devil occurred on the warm evening of June 28, 1984, when an earth-bound Lucifer found his way into the small Glassel Park apartment of 79-year-old Jennie Vincow. Throughout the Los Angeles area a damp humidity had oppressed the air that day, and when the evening came and the temperature slightly cooled, Jennie left her window open to invite

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    Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”-Harriet Tubman Araminta Harriet Ross, later known as “Moses” or “General Tubman” was born to enslaved parents in Dorchester County, Maryland. Her father, Ben Ross, was owned by Anthony Thompson. Meanwhile, her mother, Harriet “Rit” Green, was owned by Mary Pattison Brodess. Her parents met because Anthony Thompson married Mary Brodess. Araminta was the oldest of nine children

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    Harriet Tubman was an African-American abolitionist and humanitarian who was born in Dorchester County, Maryland around 1820-1825. She later passed away in Boston, Massachusetts in 1913. Harriet was born into slavery, but successfully escaped in the year of 1849. She later went on to become a leading abolitionist, returning multiple times to rescue both family members, as well as non-relatives from the plantation life. She led hundreds of enslaved African-Americans to freedom in the north. Harriet

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    Ramirez tormented the people of Los Angeles and killed at least thirteen people. He was a Satanist and he was into drugs and violence. He would break into homes and rob them. This evil person was haunting the citizens of Los Angeles and other counties in California for over fourteen months. Richard Ramirez was born Ricardo Leyva Munoz Ramirez. His date of birth was February 20, 1960. He was born in El Paso Texas and his parents were called Julian and Mercedes Ramirez. They were both Mexican

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    It’s Friday night, and you are in the stands for your hometown football team. The announcer says, “Everyone please rise, remove your hat, and place your hand over your heart for the singing of the national anthem.” As you place your hand over your heart, you notice the man in front of you didn’t remove his hat for the national anthem. On Saturday afternoon, while watching the Wisconsin Badger game, the national anthem starts playing. On TV, you can see people in the stands talking and laughing while

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    Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program and Critical Access Hospitals BACKGROUND Significant health disparities between rural and urban populations have been a major concern in the United States. One prominent factor contributing to the disparities is lack of access to quality care in rural areas which is closely associated with challenges faced by rural health care providers (National Rural Health Association, 2007). Rural hospitals are the key health care provider in rural areas, offering

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    as the ability of the family, as a functional system, to with bound, and rebound from adversity (2016). Riddled with a history of poverty, abuse, drugs, and a more poisonous drug”, the Nelson Family has proved to work through several issues. I am always reminded that we started as small town people in Franklin County, Mississippi and now live widely across three continents. Despite are will to persevere I am not sure that my family has achieved functionality as a system. In or most recent years we

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    Harriet Tubman

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    buildings, and ways of travel for many slaves desiring for deliverance (Schraff 24). Harriet Tubman’s birth name was Araminta Ross, which she later changed to Harriet (americancivilwar.com). Around the year 1820, she was born in Bucktown in Dorchester County, Maryland, which was about 100 miles south of the free states (Schraff 14). Tubman’s early life, journey to freedom, service in the Civil War, and her consistent rescues for her friends and family

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    religions. It has been confirmed through archaeological research that the concepts of conjuring and the belief in good and evil spirits are just a few of the traditional ideals that the enslaved people of Africa managed to sustain. In Williamsburg, Virginia, historical archaeologist, Maria Franklin found a collection of drilled spoon handles while excavating Rich Neck, a tobacco plantation from the eighteenth century which used enslaved African labor. Franklin and her team unearthed a slave quarters

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    The Issue Of Teen Suicide

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    Serene Hadaya I.B. Extended Essay 8/14/15 Introduction Discovering one’s identity, struggling to understand one’s conventionally appropriate gender role, accepting one’s body image, gaining independence from parents, maintaining responsible sexual relationships along with enduring vehement hormones, establishing values relating to marriage and parenthood, and simultaneously managing academic goals, extracurricular activities, and occupational preparations are all psychological and social demands

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