A fire accident I witness That eventful day I could still remember that it was at 6.50am just as I about to leave my house to school I heard siren growls and blares‚ and engine howls - with red light snap on - its way passing my house. Lazy smoke curls out the second story of a commercial block. The engine pulls up and the firemen are jumping off like ship rats. A flame exploded downward; all the building’s windows blow out and it’s like the sky
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The MGM Grand Hotel was a 23 story hotel and casino facility located at the intersection of East Flamingo Road and Las Vegas Boulevard‚ currently in use as Bally’s Casino. The hotel consisted of 21 stories of guest rooms situated above two non-hotel stories- a double main level and casino and an interstitial space used for gaming floor security. The floors were numbered with an alternative numbering system used by the MGM Grand owners‚ depicted in Fig.1. Immediately adjacent to the casino and performance
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Catching Fire Suzanne Collins is a mutually celebrated writer of many books‚ including The Hunger Games trilogy. Catching Fire is just one of these astounding books. Catching Fire‚ written by Suzanne Collins‚ belongs in the science fiction genre because of the advancements and invention of different technologies. For example‚ mockingjays‚ a common animal in the story‚ are the product of female mockingbirds and male jabberjays. These jabberjays were genetically engineered by the Capitol‚ a ruthless
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Chariots of Fire Throughout the world today‚ people are determined by a persistent feeling of weakness in many areas of life. Financial problems‚ misconduct‚ pollution‚ and other problems appear like they are out of control. In the workplace‚ employees often complain about being viewed as unimportant and unessential. In marriages‚ family units and even friendships‚ falling-out is a common circumstance. It is apparent that there are oppressive forces that manipulate us. While some filmmakers offer
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I began reading Anna Deavere Smith’s Fires in the Mirror without doing any pre-reading about the subject of the play or the author. When I read over the long list of "characters" for the play‚ I thought I would never be able to keep up with who’s who. Before beginning to read the first scene‚ I was unaware that the play was a succession of verbatim monologues from real people. I thought‚ "Wow‚ this is different." Honestly‚ I have probably read about the Crown Heights riots beforein fact I probably
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Fire Ants Fire ants have been in the United States for over sixty years‚ and almost every American that lives in or frequently visits the quarantined states which they inhabit has had an unpleasant run in with these troublesome critters. Inhabitants of the Southeast who have ever stood unwittingly atop a fire ant mound know that the insects are aptly named. When the ants sting it creates a sensation similar to scorching caused by a hot needle touching the skin momentarily (1. Tschinkel 474)
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Eye of the Storm is a documentary based on an experiment done by an elementary school teacher from Iowa to try and explain discrimination to children following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. She decided to treat children with blue eyes as superior to children with brown eyes and then vice versa. The experiment was mainly done to teach young students about discrimination‚ but looking at this experiment from the outside‚ one can learn a lot more about human nature than just discrimination
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Secrets in the fire Sofia’s story is set in Mozambique‚ where civil war is raging. villages are set alight and no one‚ not even the dogs‚ are spared. As rebels are given arms‚ it is civillians such as children like Sofia‚who suffer the sharp blade of war. Sofia survived the attrocities‚ yet experienced such trauma that no child should have to endure. Set against the natural innoncence of a child’s sense of what is just and unjust-the questions -and answers Sofia asks bring us back to the powerful
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Fire is a major factor in our ecosystem‚ both good and bad‚ that is influenced by climate. It can cause carbon dioxide to have a direct effect on vegetation‚ and land use‚ and in turn‚ affect landscape pattern processes. Fire in the Earth’s ecosystems is a natural occurrence that is vital in keeping the flow of natural cycles healthy and efficient. Natural causes of bush fires has played significant role in shaping the ecosystems‚ such as certain plant life being more susceptible to harsh‚ scorching
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On a calm afternoon last week‚ a peaceful town was set into panic. A small church in Windrixville caught fire in the early afternoon last week‚ but something else was wrong. 5 young children were stuck inside. In this article‚ we will address all about the start‚ the fire‚ and the aftermath. Based off of Ponyboy and Johnny‚ the fire may have started from a lighted cigarette‚ but they cannot tell for sure. Two young heroes arrived on the scene‚ Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade. Soon after
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