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    For example, if a person was looking for destinations in the sea, the first thing to look for is the big dipper part of the Ursa Major, because the two right side of the big dipper points out directly to the polar star. Another method to find the not start is by using the Cassiopeia in the sky as the north start is between the big dipper and the Cassiopeia star. After the person

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    Minors rights in medical decision making As we grow up, we hear it time and time again... “When you’re an adult you can do whatever you want.” We heard it when were driving our parents crazy about wanting to grow up just a little too fast. We are taught that in the eye of the law, we must wait until we hit our eighteenth birthday to do things like play the lottery, to move out, to vote, or to go to a club. We must be nineteen to buy cigarettes, 21 to drink alcohol, 25 to rent a car, but when we

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    “Idiot! Stop moving! You’ll hurt yourself more than you previously did!” My arms desperately moved around as I strained to sit up but the woman who offended me was resilient and pushed me down. I could not perceive what she looked like, my senses were blinded by bright lights as my pupils are additionally sensitive than most due to my unfortunate albinism. “It is not in the slenderest way proper or polite of you to call a wounded adolescent an ‘idiot’ while he is alarmed and utterly unaware of

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    The Case Of Roe V. Wade

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    On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court, on the case of Roe v Wade, ruled to legalize abortion in all fifty US states. Forty two years after this decision, approximately 56 million abortions have been performed in the US alone and this number continues to climb drastically day to day. For some individuals, this number is simply not enough. For example, in her article, It Is Time to Integrate Abortion into Primary Care, Susan Yanow argues the case that abortion is here to stay. With this observation

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    My journey through this semester was very knowledgeable and interesting experience. From learning about musical techniques and applying it to my songwriting process, it helped me become a better songwriter. Throughout this reflection, I want to discuss the things I learned throughout the semester and why it helped my as a songwriter. Before taking this course, I used to just sing my songs, but never used to write them down. Throughout, the course I learned that it’s important to work on your songs

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    The standards society hold for women today are wiped away in Colbie Caillat’s song Try. Caillat uses simplicity and a contemporary music style in Try to convey the suffocation women feel because they try to live up to these stereotypes in the 21st century. When Caillat wrote her song, she used repetition of her lyrics to hit home the theme that women are beautiful inside and out. Caillat stated in an interview that “When you have a cute outfit on and your makeup looks amazing, the first thing

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    Franz Schubert was born in Vienna, Austria in 1797. Growing up Schubert learnt to play piano, violin and viola. As well as being gifted with the ability of these instruments, his voice “earned him admittance to the Imperial Chapel choir school.” [2] This is where he developed his theory and compositional ability. When Schubert passed away in 1828 he left behind “over 600 lieder (German art songs), 9 symphonies, 15 string quartets, and hundreds of other different genres of pieces, including operas

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    Peter Hadreas Essay

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    As this piece was from the romantic period, there were a lot more tone changes, from low to high. Similarly, the tempo was constantly changing between fast and slow, much like the timbre. The keys that Hadreas played were a mix between major and minor keys. This was to represent the back and forth of argument and dialogue, mentioned in stage 4, between “traditional and exotic scales”. The dynamic of the piece seems like it was forte, especially since it resembles a dispute. During these parts that

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    Essay On Hostile Sexism

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    Should abortion be illegal? This is the big question that thousands of people, especially women, are talking about. People demonstrate their opinions with a mix of reactions. These reactions are called Attitude, but people may as well express hostile sexism when they show their attitudes. Hostile sexism consists of negative characteristics, feelings that women are not capable of taking decisions. According to Saul Kassin, Steven Fein and Hazel Markus (2016), attitude is defined as positive or negative

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    Explaining the importance of my major and minor is very simple. My major will be general business; the reasoning behind this choice is I have always been fascinated by business. I loved my economics classes which fueled my interest for investing and looking at companies and gauging their worth and risk. In this regard i feel like having a general business degree will help me find a job in anything business as I will have a wide spread knowledge on the topic, while I do love business that is not my

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