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    The circumstances containing homosexuality have formed a varying timeline. The LGBT community’s rights and responsibilities must match those of society in general. Throughout the last 50 years the rights deserved by those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender has been debated. Debates have included topics such as same sex marriage, housing security, and job security. The LGBT community needs laws protecting it from hate crimes. There have been multiple incidents LGBT individuals have been

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    Neil Flambé and the Bard’s Banquet The fifth installment in the Neil Flambé Capers written by Kevin Sylvester, Neil Flambé and the Bard’s Banquet is 310 pages long and was published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. It was copyrighted in 2015 by Kevin Sylvester, and is the first edition. I decided to choose this book because I have read all the other books in the series, and also because I really like mysteries. Celebrity

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    mental state that is on a different level. An example of having a companion leaving before you are ready is with Candy and his dog. Candy has “had him since he was a pup[, and] herded sheep with him”(44), Carlson suggests to shoot him because “he skinks to beat hell” (45). Candy does not want Carlson to shoot his dog considering he “had him too long”(45), despite this he

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    a giant is stretching, it is 80 cms long. It can be mainly found on temperate shrublands throughout Gran Canaria. If you see one, be sure not to touch them: they are a protected species and pack a powerful bite. Other species include the Canarian skink, wall gecko, and the Osorio shrew. Marine Animals Gran Canaria’s marine fauna is one of the best in the world. You have different options on how to check them out, including: Snorkeling and diving, letting you see not only the fishes, but also

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    A quick glance at the wrist and it's easy to understand why people may think their blood is blue. After all, the veins look blue. But is blood blue? The answer is no. In this article, we look at a variety of facts about blood, including color, types, and donation. 1. What color is blood? Is blood blue? Debunking a popular myth. It is a myth that deoxygenated blood is blue; all blood in the human body is red. Human blood contains hemoglobin, which is a complex protein molecule in red blood cells

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    the ceiling of what we had yet to decide were either bats or flying squirrels, brushing mouse droppings off the corner of my bedsheets, and watching the aforementioned insects meander their way around the rough, unfinished wood of my ceiling. The skink, Chester, was probably around somewhere too, but he’s always passed out by this time of night so who knows where that idiot is. My Dad never does anything by half. He started a band in our living room called “The EggEaters” with my mom and our neighbor

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    As a remote island country of only 2,205 inhabitants, it makes sense that most people have never heard of the country. Christmas Island, considered a part of Southeast Asia, is located in the Indian Ocean off the southern coast of Indonesia. To get an idea on the size of this minuscule island in comparison to Washington DC, the 138.9 km long coastline is roughly three quarters the size of the U.S. capital city. There are two seasons that this tropical island experiences throughout the year: a

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    Carpenter Career Path

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    The path that some people take instead of college is the career path. This mainly deals with a trade of some sort. A trade is a skilled job, typically one requiring manual skills and special training.one of the treads is carpentry which is occupation of making or repairing things that are wood pacific. There are many different types of carpenters , and different fildes an individual can join. the job market is expected to grow by 6.4% in the next 7 years.being that there is different ranks when a

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    roosters and goats in the hope of treating erectile dysfunction. They believed that consuming such a delicacy is likely to rejuvenate men and bring back the excitement in their lives. They also consumed lizards especially a species of them called skinks that are usually very large. Consuming such a meal required Dutch courage which they found in consuming the meal using white wine so that the consumers were too drunk to know what they were really consuming. This meal was very nasty

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    a magnitude of different species of plants and animals and is recognized for its unique wildlife resources. There are common wildlife like the Key Deer and the Florida Black Bear and, some hard to find ones like the American Crocodile and the Sand Skink. This landscape is also a special place to more than 60 threatened or endangered species, including the Florida Panther and Manatee. The Everglades also houses more than 700 plant species, like the famous Saw grass and the Slash pine. “The word commonly

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