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    Abstract The El-Niño Southern Oscillation is a complex sequence of natural climate variations that take place in the tropics of the Pacific Ocean, yet affect the climate of the entire globe. The climate phenomenon, known as ENSO, has three main phases that each differ markedly in their atmospheric and oceanic conditions. El Niño, also known as “the warm phase”, is the first cycle that begins when warm water in the eastern Pacific Ocean shifts to the west toward South America. During El Niño, the

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    Chapters 1-2 In the first two chapters of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, we are introduced to some of the main characters and get some history on them. The main character of the story is a young boy or girl, who is very smart and thoughtful for their age of 6. The story begins by describing the ancestors of the main character as well as some background in the town of Maycomb, such as the stories about the Radleys and their mysterious ways. While reading I noticed the incredibly obvious difference

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    The way that people understand their circumstances and surroundings is often directly correlated to the way they perceive the world around them. An adult understands much more around him than a child does because of the mature, more knowledgeable perception he has. Meanwhile, the child, while not able to fully understand what she sees, often sees more than an adult because of the knowledge hungry, curious perception she has. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, the characters range in gender, age,

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    (2006) became the much needed drive in policy change in Northern Ireland on how we view and treat mental health. Although it did not free mental health from stigma it did however bring about the recognition that mental health should be an inherent part of our policy. Despite this Northern Ireland still has the highest mental health figures in the UK, Fundamental Facts (2016) published by the Mental Health Organisation reported that Northern Ireland has a 25% higher overall prevalence of mental health

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    Another cause common to both groups of nationalists was “getting Ireland for the Irish”, as O’Connell said during his efforts for Repeal, or ensuring that the Irish people had control of their own affairs. This might not seem like a major problem today, but at that point, Ireland was being governed from another country that many felt didn’t have their best interests at heart. William Ewart Gladstone, the British Prime Minister in 1886, brought up this issue when introducing the first Home Rule bill

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    Introduction The aim of this report is to compare the difference between the women situation in Ireland from the independence till the present day, how it changed during those years. One of the biggest impacts to Irish society in the past 50 years has been the changing the role of women, with more females participating in the workforce and more in professional positions – and this has caused relationship and family dynamics to shift. Until the last few years of the twentieth century Ireland was

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    The Shadow Of A Gunman

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    The Shadow of a Gunman by Sean O 'Casey In nineteen twenty-three, Sean O 'Casey released a book of three plays all of which were performed at the prestigious Abbey Theater. "Three Dublin Plays", was broken down into exactly that, three plays; The Shadow of a Gunman, Juno and the Paycock, and The Plough and the Stars. Of those three, I chose to examine The Shadow of a Gunman. This was the very first of the three plays to be accepted into Abbey Theater and is set in May of 1920. The author himself

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    Chapter 20: “Brown Paper Bag” Explanation: Scout and Dill are talking to Mr. Dolphus Raymond when he reveals that it is Coca-Cola that he drinks inside the paper bag. This exposes that Mr. Raymond is not a drunk, but only acts that way. Also, it illustrates that he just prefers being around colored folks rather than whites by giving other white people a reason to leave him alone, which is alcoholism. The scene then turns to Atticus giving his finally remarks at the court. Just when he finishes

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    California, Redding is located in Northern California and LA is located in Southern California. The larger cities are mostly located in Southern California; therefore, they get the most representation. However, the smaller cities in Northern California practically get no say and are “underrepresented in the state legislature and ignored by California’s urban centers”, according to one the New York Daily News writer, Sarah Goodyear. This underrepresentation has affected Northern California cities in multiple

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    recognized that the majority of the people within Northern Ireland wished to remain a part of the United Kingdom. It also recognized that a large section of the people of Northern Ireland, and the majority of the people of the continent of Ireland wanted a united Ireland. For the most part, the Good Friday Agreement brought an end to the struggle between unionists and nationalists during the “Troubles” (an unconventional war spanning from 1968-1998 in Northern Ireland between British security forces, republican

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