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    Do you have friends that are the opposite gender? I am sure that at least 90% of you said yes. Have any of you had to do a group project, or a partner project with the opposite gender? Now all of you have said yes. When kids spend time with only one gender from elementary school to high school, they learn to only interact with their gender. They aren't used to the way the opposing gender acts, so they don't know how to understand the opposing genders feelings and how their natural behaviour is.

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    of Karl Marx idea of the revolution, which was seen in our novel when Old Major gave the speech about the animals rebelling against Farmer Jones who represented Tsar Nicholas ll. The speech given by Squealer to persuade the animals that they should vote with Napoleon, aka Joseph Stalin, to build the windmill represents the Bolsheviks who wanted to help industrialize Russia during this time. Old Major’s Speech Rhetorical Situation

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    The use of cell phone is widespread, and has become a common trend for students. Gone are the days when cell phone were strictly for texting and calling, not it has more features that it can be used for other things. Phones now have like the iPhone can give weather, tell s when the stock has gone high or low, and direction, that is something I like to use it for. Today 's cell phone amazing at it is always there right at your fingertips. With this is mind the performance task is ask them if students

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    Southerners who argued that white women's votes could be used to balance out those votes cast by African Americans. In 1869, a group called the National Woman Suffrage Association was formed and began to fight for a universal suffrage amendment to the federal Constitution. Some women went as far as starving themselves to prove that we need to be equal to men in every aspect. But in 1890 we said “forget being treated as equals!” we just want the right to vote because, we have different opinions and

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    In February 1915, the New York magazine, The Smart Set: A Magazine of Cleverness, featured a piece called, The Flapper. This was the first time a magazine had ever shown the rebellious young girl who wore short dresses and skirts in the 1920’s. The magazine described the flapper as “A charming creature!” (The Smart Set : A Magazine of Cleverness) and continued to boast the reputation of the flapper by portraying her as educated and mysterious. The magazine Vanity Fair soon followed in September of

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    be taken out by a lawsuit. In my math class, we were learning about voting methods, and there was a documentary that we watched called Uncounted. It was based on the 2000-2004 elections and how there was increased amounts of vote fraud and people not being able to vote. This also reminded me of the article that we read in class that argued that we had one of the worst election processes in the western world democracies, and I’m beginning to think that we do. There was one individual who was a

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    FDR was the son of James Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt a wealthy family. He was married to Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, the niece of President Theodore Roosevelt. They had six children and one unfortunate died in infancy. (History.com) He was a smart kid who had a passion for education. With the assistance of his parents and tutors he had aid to further his education. He went to Groton, a respected preparatory school in Massachusetts. He then went on to attend Harvard, and received his BA degree

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    Citrix Case Study

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    1. Introduction Citrix is a multinational corporation and is a market leader in mobile workspaces, it provides a seamless virtual network for professionals and business owners who are always on the move. Combining networking and cloud services through a secure network that allows instant access to desktops, communications, apps and data. With over 25 years of experience, Citrix aims to increase productivity through intuitive IT processes. Citrix has an annual turnover of 2.9 billion in 2013. Currently

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    Assessing The Secret Life of Bees by Gina Prince-Bythewood The Secret Life of Bees is written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. The movie was made in 2008 and the book was made in 2001. The movie was placed in South Carolina during the Civil Rights era. This movie deals with racism, guilt and domestic abuse. Bythewood talks about love between colored people, and the civil rights movement becoming a law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The Secret Life of bees explores diversity in a positive way

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    Russia’s Interference In the 2016 American presidential election, Russia hacked into the voting system, and skewed the votes in favor of Donald Trump. In 2013 there were records of President Trump talking about how he has started to gain ties with people that were high up in the Russian government.“Well I’ve done a lot of business with the Russians. They’re smart and they’re tough.”(Horwitz, 2017) this was stated in an interview with David Letterman. And for a while President Trump, over tweets

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