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    Tupac Influence

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    Everyone knows a guy by the name of Tupac Shakur, but how do people know Mr. Shakur? Maybe it is by the hardcore gangster and obscene rap lyrics directed towards people, more so aimed towards his east coast rivals. As years went on, more and more people viewed a handful of Tupac’s music as a true work of art, containing strong messages along with stories from his troubled childhood and young adulthood. Later on in both Tupac’s life and career, he began to realize the demise of the African American

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    “Up, left, up, down, right, left. Desmond, come meet me, everyone else, keep practicing,” boomed Sir Chester. Desmond dropped his wooden practice sword onto the dirt floor of the apprentice training ground. He wasn’t aware of anything he’d done wrong. He would have bet his life that he was doing standard practice. “Desmond,” droned Chester, seemingly displeased. “Yes, sir,” Desmond replied, voice wavering. “I’ve seen you practicing over the month, and you seem to have a-” he stopped there. “I

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    Originally published in 1856, Walt Whitman’s “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” embraces a radical point of view of time. Throughout the poem, the speaker explains his surroundings and observations of the ferry, nature, the city, and the future. Inadvertently, or perhaps intentionally, Whitman makes a hypothesis of how time works relative to his position in the timeline: time happens all at once as Whitman writes the poem and he addresses the reader as if he is talking to them in the present-- as the poet

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    Late Saturday night, almost a full week into the New Year, Becca walked through the snow-lined parking lot of the Plymouth Ice Center. Glaring at the only other cars in the lot, besides her Jeep and Caleb’s Hummer, she rolled her eyes. Seriously! With a huff, she continued past Matt’s car and then George’s and headed for the entrance. A man inside approached the glass doors and let her in. “You’re with Caleb?” he verified. With a quick nod, Becca stepped into the lobby. “Thanks!” “No problem,”

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    The Benefits of Alternative Medicine over Conventional Medicine          I used to be like millions of Americans, thinking: "I'm too busy to research alternative health care. I don't even have time to slow down enough to think about it. I know I don't eat right; but there's not enough time to make healthy food. I'm not even sure what is healthy; the "experts" seem to come up with new findings that counter previous ones at least once a week. I rely on my doctor to keep me abreast of any problems;

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    Impacts of Global Warming in Nigeria The Direct impacts of global warming are both affecting the air space and human beings and animals on the Earth including the plants, river, sea, and ocean The seasonal floods accomplishing the rainfall, have caused a lot of social disasters, to people, many Houses destroyed, shops of high commercial values lost in the inferno and sometimes carried people and goods away to unknown locations, resulting in sudden death. According Huber article on World Vision, the

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    Sir Thomas More in 1516 first conceived utopia while he served as an ambassador For England on a party expedition to Flanders. In England his vocation was law and he held the position of Under-Sheriff his knowledge in this area is an obvious influence in Utopian society. Utopia is a chronicle of More's fictitious meeting with Raphael Hythlodaeus a traveller who has lived in Island, republic society of Utopia for five years. Almost five hundred years after its writing utopia is still the subject of

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    The Japanese Doomsday Cult

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    syncretism of Tibetan Buddhism and early Indian Buddhism, and Hinduism, with Shiva, one of the main deities of Hinduism, as the main image of worship. It also draws teachings from Yoga, Christianity’s Book of Revelation, and even some of the wisdom of Nostradamus. Since its establishment, Asahara claimed to be that of a Christ like figure sent to take on the sins of the world for man’s salvation. He predicted a 1997 doomsday prophecy in the form of an Armageddon like scenario where the United States would

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    Second coming. The writer uses the Holy Bible scripture text for his guide for because no one could explain this period of time without referring to the Holy Bible. He has chosen to present it in the form of a poem, somewhat like the quatrains of Nostradamus. The poem does not cover all the details of this event, but does give the beginning of the powerful messages, and a dark look at those ominous days surrounding the Second Coming of The Lord Jesus Christ. Perhaps he is trying in his own words to

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    For the last thirteen summers, my dad and I have made our annual expedition to Versailles, Indiana, for a week, so that we can go camping with my dad’s three brothers, cousins, and their children, which is about 20 Graver men in all, at the same camp site that holds so many memories of years past events, and soon to be events. When we camp there are three procedures that we follow: we eat when we are hungry, we sleep when we are tired, and we must be at the campground pool at 11:00 a.m., so we can

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