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    In Egypt, the Nile River creates a rich green valley across the desert. It was by the banks of the river that one of the oldest civilizations in the world began. The ancient Egyptians lived and farmed along the Nile, using the soil to produce food for themselves and their animals. Document A, a map of Egypt around 1500 BCE, was founded by multiple sources and was created in order to illustrate how the placement of the river was beneficial to the success of cities across Egypt. The creators of this

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    Film Review “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Is a wonderful movie to watch. Although it isn’t something that happens in real life it is still incredibly relatable. It tells a story that hasn’t really been done, that’s a good thing because it makes the movie unpredictable. This movie is loosely based on the book F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story. It was directed by David Fincher. Summary The movie open’s somewhere in the early 2000’s. An elderly women, Daisy Fuller, was laying in a hospital bed with

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    3rd the attack under Union naval officer Du Pont led a navy attack of 14 warships, 26 supply ships, 25 transports for 12,000 troops, and the flagship The Wabash. The Confederates also had some small ships to defend the harbor including a converted tugboat which each had about 2 to 3 guns each.The Union engaged the confederate ships and easily defeated them. The warships bombarded the two forts until Du Pont received word that Fort Walker had been abandoned. Shortly after Fort Beauregard was abandoned

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    “Egypt… is, so to speak, the gift of the Nile.” According to document A, Egypt has a lot of land contrasts, from the desert to the Nile. The first pharoah ruled 5,000 years ago, which was Menes. Egypt began nearly 5,000 years ago. How did the Nile affect Ancient Egypt? The Nile shaped Ancient Egypt in terms of population distribution, economics, and spiritual/religious life. The first way that the Nile shaped Egypt is in terms of population distribution. A lot of the population was in the Delta

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    In the story, Rainsford and Whitney were on a large Island that was called Ship-trap Island. The two travelers were traveling the sea looking for the island. They were looking through a dank tropical night that was palpable as it pressed its thick warm blackness upon the yacht. When they arrived at the island they see a moose getting picked a dragged away. When they were scared they saw a light and said it will be light and said they were going to be stuck on the island for a couple of days. When

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    said yes?This shows Tucker and Richard grew up fishing becauseucker sits outside and fishes with the narrator Shana Mae Tucker and richard are both courageous and are good at saving people.On page 20 in Into the storm it says ¨let's push and pull tugboat Richard yelled push and pull somehow tucker and Richard pushed and pulled the raft with the guy glued to it close enough to shore that the man was able to wade in the rest of the way.This shows that Tucker and Richard are both courageous because they

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    . I think that Many people feel that experimentation on animals is wrong and should be stopped immediately because animals feel pain and there are other alternatives.I think it is a problem because one day we are going to run out of animals that help us a lot. We know that This is a form of testing. People are scared that we might die of trying it without testing so we chose animals so we torture animals just to get what we want. We have an estimated 26 million

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    Grammar can be defined as a linguistic system that exists in the mind of a speaker of a language, a written description of a language, and an abstract notation of an ideal set of rules (of correct or proper grammar) which can be encoded in a handbook (Studies in English Grammar Handbook, pg.7). Monica Ferrell’s, “Of the Irresoubleness of Diamonds," “Harmless, As Recalled by a Fairy Tale," “Gerburt des Monicakinds," and “Beautiful Funeral” each employ four different grammatical issues one of them

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    This is proven by the picture in Document C. This picture shows a large barge and a large sailboat travelling south using tugboats. They are carrying obelisks, for a temple, and a mummified body, probably going to his tomb (Doc. C). They can also trade with other villages by travelling up and down the river, carrying goods to trade with. Overall, the Egyptians found the Nile

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    I gained valuable work experience and specialized skills at various jobs while attending junior school , high school and community college. Each job took me out of my comfort zone by meeting new people whom had different ethics, work experience, and financial backgrounds than my own. My first job was at The Whale's Tale Ice Cream Shop in the Hamptons, an exclusive vacation destination in New York. The following summer I put in an application at the Vine Street Cafe which is a high-end restaurant

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