... many alternative options. Oftentimes, while sitting in a seat I paid anywhere from $20 to $100 to occupy, I have wished I was at home watching something more interesting, provocative, entertaining, relevant to me, and free of charge, on my computer. As a person who was brought up to love theatre, and who has spent my life devoted to creating theatre, I find these feelings especially ... conclusion is based on the fact that while the number of nonprofit theatres in America has doubled over a fifteen-year period, from approximately 1,000 to 2,000 theatre companies, the attendance rate has...

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... reaction against the Mubarak's government actions. The Egyptian people suffered thirty years from a high unemployment rate, from a low income rate and a high poverty rate, from a high injustice rate and a low safety rate.5 I will prove whether the events in Egypt during the 25th Jan, 2011 and the days after lead me to the question: To what extent can the events of 2011 in Egypt be called a revolution ... ...

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... as of now is still dealing with foreclosures most heavily. Although the bank loaner's scams played a big part, other things such as the economy and the rate of people losing their jobs caused things to downfall. Death and illness can also be a major factor in not paying the payments. For example, if someone ... what kind of an impact this will have on so many families who will have nothing once they lose their home. It's so sad, and it makes me angry that the lenders and banks could do such unmoral things for money! Alex Veiga's article also talked about a homeowner who received a foreclo...

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... I cannot blame myself for how I grew up nor can people in other countries; it is all about opportunity. It was inspirational and lit a fire in me. They deserve to know how much opportunity they could have. If the intentions are right, and research is done to respect their culture, affluent countries and their ... will not understand. I saw it: and I do not even understand. One of the reasons poverty in America is getting so bad is because the immigration rate since 1980 as doubled. On average, they are less educated and have fewer skills compared to American-born citizens, which explai...

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... very upsetting, but cracking down on this subject needs to happen. If a person seems slightly suspicious make sure to tell somebody. The more animals we save, the more the death rate will go down. With all of this said, Animal abuse should be punished more severely in order to prevent animal abuse because there are many ways to prevent it, it ... puppies" (LeAnn). Many people have Puppy mills around the country. Many people own these around the world. If they learn to use them right it would bring the death rate down significantly. Federal investigators went to sixty eight dog breeders ...

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... bread and a good bottle of wine. For dessert she then makes crepes by her family recipe. My mouth already started watering listening to her describe this to me. France is a land that just has good food. Everyone around the world knows it. Some other famous French meals include fondue, escargot, beef bourguignon. ... not permantly live in France. When I asked her about what she thought about the government and economy, she said it's a shame. She explained it to me as: the economy is not growing, there is stagnation, the government is just giving money to people who should not get it, ther...

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... , but also our weaknesses, so we can inquire about help in the areas we need strengthening. Acquiring a better understanding of these qualities will help me get closer to graduating and obtaining my degree here at Bowling Green State University. Strengths: One of my first traits is that I am definitely a ... to work on a deadline. Everyday has the potential for drastic workplace or school environment change. Working on different types of assignments weekly has taught me to adapt my skills in a variety of different work situations. By focusing on different aspects at the same time, I am ab...

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... side of Nevada, containing Reno and Carson City. The farmers living in this area are my people, the ones that I know that will vote for me and I will work for them. They are my strongest supporters. These hard working people in this district need someone to represent them on the same ... ones, so they would know the work I am getting done. When I am with them, my shyness goes away and I shine the lights these people reflects on me. There is a good population of Mormons in this area and I understand them because I am also a Mormon. Religious is very important for the people in my ... her...

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... want to change their lives around. Another great time on Urban Immersion was when we handed out socks to the homeless. The look on their faces was magical. It made me happy to see how joyful he or she could be although they had no job or place to stay. Talking to the homeless was even more fascinating. They would tell ... truly are. A huge issue in America is deep poverty. In fact it is an even bigger problem in Philadelphia. Philadelphia has the highest rate of deep poverty. The salary for a single person is 5,700. Philadelphia's deep-poverty rate is 12.9 percent, or around 200,000 peo...

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... , para. 1) Mr. Obama also states, "Lawful gun owners have nothing to fear. I said that throughout the campaign. I have not indicated anything different during the transition. I think people can take me at my word. "(Hoar, 2009, Para. 1) Here in 2013, those lawful gun owners are just as afraid, if not more, than they were early on in 2009 and with good ... from happening, like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary on December 14, 2012. One flaw with this ban is the fact that assault rifles do not fire bullets at a faster rate than that of a pistol. When comparing the assault rifle to a pistol ...

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... where people in different parts of the world are in desperate need of water, we continue to waste water. If we as a society continue to consume water at the current rate, two-thirds of the world's population will face water shortages by 2025. The severity of this problem should be understood by our audiences and people around the world in order ... that is bound to happen if we as a society continue to consume water as we do today. Living in a third world county, Ethiopia for half of my life has taught me the importance of water. Over half of the populations in Ethiopia don't have acces...

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... face blindness, an equally rare disorder that makes it extremely difficult for them to recognize faces at all-even those of friends and family. For me, I can recognize people's faces fairly easily, it's remembering their names that is the hard part. Super-recognizers are able to recognize another ... more emotion, are less prone to autism spectrum disorder, alcohol dependence, ADHD, antisocial personality, and suicide and are more vulnerable to anxiety, depression. For me, I did develop sooner than the boys my age and so did the girls my age. Also, girls my age are all pretty much shorte...

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... the four stages of cognitive development those with intellectually impaired children should note that their children will progress through the stages at a slower rate (perhaps spending more than the designated years in each stage) or may fail to reach the higher stages of cognitive development. Development of ... to be of help in her development. Human development greatly improves my ability to interact with my own daughter and people around me. In addition to learning things that can help make me a better parent, I gain a greater insight into how my child behave, think, learn and feel....

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... what he can and get their right. My principle I cannot tolerate to donate money for what belongs to me what makes when my turn comes the officer find me every time excuses like "your file is incomplete" for me to delay and at the end asked me to come back the week after. After three weeks, I started to lose hope I am forced to do ... what others do but what makes me even crazier is that we are in a country during development even if there are not the basis for developing, the people do not want to develop by giving up those ... conductor could pay , the police man is not controlled. T...

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... believe I would have benefited greatly from that. I was fortunate enough that my friend's dad, Jon Coss took the time out of his day for me to interview him. Jon Coss incorporated his technology resources and his innovative mind to create Pondera, a fraud detection company that has been around since 2011. Mr ... firm was not only intriguing, but also inspiring. Listening to his path from a regular worker to a preeminent CEO was very neat. He informed me that starting a business can be extremely stressful and difficult at first which is evident by his first attempt at starting a business...

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... be beautiful, but she was the doll every girl wanted around the world. No, no one put a sticker on her that says "be just like me" when you're around someone or something 24/7 you slowly start becoming or wanting to become more like that person or item. So when little girls ... quot; (crow, 2). Making us realize how much more prominent the symptoms of this illness can be, making the statistics of anorexia being 12% higher as a death rate among young women a very startling discovery. But another concern is that eating disorders seem to be the new norm for girls to turn too when they aren'...

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... is not right. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center who track hate crimes, there were over 500 hate groups operating in the U.S. in 1998, they predicted that by the rate they were growing that by 2005 the number would double. In 1999 the U.S. passed the Hate Crime Preventions Act, which seeks to expand federal jurisdiction over these crimes. Dr. Jack ... us this day. I myself have been exposed to racism, and it is not something that I want everyone to feel. It is really depressing when people come to me, not knowing who I am; yell to me "Go back to your country, you Mexican." It ...

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... long hours making sure that the company is running at top speed and ready to go for the next day are vital to a company. The human resources departments, to me, are the people that make your business go, because it is up to them to make sure that you are getting the right people, business, and distributors to come ... can come away with something, Advance Auto Parts can come together and say that they are getting a high quality battery from a great company with a very high customer satisfaction rate which will make people want to buy their battery more. This results in the company getti...

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... offered a pay raise. In turn the manager expected harder work and longer hours for more money, however instead the workers took more time off since they now had a fixed rate of money to make in less hours. These are just some of the many motivation theories. I think that I can relate to all of them in different ways. I would ... people and the different stages of life that they are in, like Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory. I feel that although I am sometimes motivated by the people around me in comparing myself to them, like the equity theory, I am also motivated in my own work, push...

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... . For example, look at this excerpt from an article on rt.com. "In 2011, 46.2 million people in the US were living in poverty and the nation's official poverty rate was 15 percent, up from 14.3 percent in 2009, according to the US Census Bureau. That figure appears to be the highest number seen in the 52 years for which ... to really have an effect. Some people can look at poor people and how they live and not think anything of it at all. But when somebody like me sees that, it hurts me deep down inside because I understand their struggle. My socialization process was way different than ...

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There is a situation in society that continues to concern me and needs to be seriously be addressed. To me, the problem is that steroids are Illegal to use in sports and for recreation. Anabolic steroids have been a part of sports since their creation in the 1940's. How can something ... systemically administered steroids, the risk of infection is related to the dose of steroid and the duration of therapy as demonstrated in a meta-analysis of 71 controlled trials. The overall rate of infectious complications was 12.7% in steroid-treated patients compared to 8.0% in the control group (relativ...

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... ." Would the history of the world be different? Better yet, would Americans act differently? Unfortunately, we will never know. This intriguing quote by Aaron Powell really sparks a fire in me and gets my thoughts turning. Tracing back to many decades ago, racism was born and began to thrive throughout America, starting with slaves. The pain and suffering that minorities had ... 't qualified, therefore causing all races to see this policy as the reason for a minority's success, and a non minority's failure. Working class whites believe that affirmative action has lowered their success rat...

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... basic elements of fire which are: heat, oxygen and fuel.(Bonsor) They grow in their studies to see how they can prevent fires and put fires out at a more efficient rate. Now fire trucks carry every tool that allows them to do their job right away when they get to the scene. Of course another fire truck will carry all the ... heart has always wanted to be a firefighter. The excitement of saving a life, putting out a fire, jumping out of building, and many more exciting aspects of firefighting has always amazed me and excited me. In conclusion, being a firefighter isn't an easy job, and i...

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... we do not have the right to take animals from their homes and use them for research. The vast amount of pain enforced by scientists is outrageous and this leads me to think that animal testing as a whole is more cruelty than science. Pain takes over their bodies and they can do nothing about it. Firstly, they are kept in horrific ... or they continue until they die from injuries. They forget about them once they are useless and move on. How this is accepted by the majority of society is beyond me. This is cruelty in the extreme, isn't it? Animals used in testing are treated like objects...

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... failed to achieve their goal. On the other hand someone else will believe they are successful just by graduating. However success that stems from failure is the most intriguing to me. Perhaps one of the most significant examples of a failure that translates to success is how the current United States were formed. The United States are the product of the failure ... , and are seen as successful throughout American society. Most of us go to college to be able to ultimately earn a much higher salary so we can a form of success. To me success means a lot of different things to a lot of diffe...

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