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    School Shootings

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    The Causes of School Shootings School shootings have been on the rise. Many kids are feeling the pressure of growing up in a world that is constantly changing and some do not know how to handle the situations that surround them. No one knows the exact reasoning behind why school shootings have risen so rapidly‚ but many have suggested motives for why children feel pushed to turn to school violence. Bullying‚ mental illnesses‚ and lack of gun control all influence a child to act out in violence.

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    A Farewell To Arms

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    Deadly Downpour: Rain as A Symbol of Mortality in A Farewell to Arms Rain is usually considered to have many meanings in literature and cultures around the world. In the Bible‚ rain is used to symbolize cleansing and rebirth. To the Native Americans‚ rain was viewed as a life saver‚ an important part of their culture that was woven into their everyday life that allowed them to live a healthy and prosperous lifestyle. Ernest Hemingway‚ much like the Native Americans‚ wove rain into the everyday life

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    Honors Literature Independent Reading Assignment Staying Fat For Sarah Brynes The book Staying Fat For Sarah Brynes revolves around a young swimmer by the name of Eric. Eric was also called Moby by his classmates due to excessive weight. Throughout the book Chris Crutcher allows readers to witness a transformation that takes place for Eric not only physically but emotionally. The hundred meter freestyle champion was determined to shed his weight and replace it with muscle. His dream of

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    Albert 11/03: My Father

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    Albert 11/03 The father was waiting in front of the office since 4:55 P.M. Albert was dropped off at 5:03 P.M. The caretaker informed this worker that Albert had some milk and he had his diaper changed prior the visit. She requested to have visit supervised inside the office since Albert’s immune system was compromised. When the father placed Albert in his stroller‚ the caretaker repeatedly asked him to cover it up to keep Albert from getting cold. Inside the visitation room‚ the father handed his son

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    FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER -2 How many of us have ever experienced sorrow‚ true starvation and death; all by the age of nine? Is it even possible for us to comprehend the intensity of those emotions if we haven’t yet experienced them ourselves? Probably not. Yet this is the task Loung Ung had set upon. I believe she succeeded in providing us at least a ghost of those emotions by providing us an honest portrayal of the events that took place‚ not barring any explicit details. This aspect

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    Robotic Arm

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    1) how i will build and design the arm? Bones of the arm will be represented as Aluminum or wooden sticks. These sticks will be joined together by SERVO MOTORS. For elbow joint for example‚ the servo motor will be attached to the upper arm‚ and its gear will be attached to the lower arm. So when the elbow motor moves‚ the lower arm will move while the upper arm standstill. 2) how many motors i will use and what type and why? For each joint or rotation needed will be one motor. I prefer

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    Shooting an Elephant

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    Analysis of “Shooting an Elephant” In the essay‚ Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell writes about his experiences as a British police officer in Burma‚ and compares it to the nature of imperialism. Orwell hates his job because imperialism has negatively affected him‚ as well as others around him. Orwell’; the white man is being treated very disrespectfully by the Burmese. Giving him a reason to hate his job as well as the British Empire; the root of everything. The situation of shooting of an elephant

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    Ear On Arm

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    Ear on Arm is an ongoing conceptual work in progress which has become an example of a new technological body‚ pushing Stelarc to explore transhumanism in new ways. Ear on Arm has involved the cultivation of a prosthetic ear out of cartilage and cells‚ several surgeries‚ and the insertion of a microphone and blue-tooth transmitter that would wirelessly broadcast to the Internet the sounds of Stelarc and his environment (Schwartzman 2015). It is located on his inner forearm‚ which is anatomically

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    School shooting in the United States A school shooting is an incident in which gun violence is used on a school campus. Schools shooting are committed by students or even intruders. School shooting is topic of intense interest in the United States. The first school shooting ever recorded in the United States was the Pontiac’s rebellion school massacre. As time change‚ the progression of school shooting increases. On April 20‚ 1999 a massacre occurred at columbine high school in Littleton‚ Colorado

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    it all started when my uncle was killed. the person who it effected the most was my cousin sarah. my aunt thought it would be better for sarah to move in with her sister amanda. sarah had been kicked out of her private school in new york so her mom sent her to live with her sister in pensylvannia. Amanda was married and had 2 beautiful children. four year old micheal and 2 year old ashley. so sarah moving in was a bit of a handful for amanda. but little did she know that her other sister amy would

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