Since 1995‚ more than thirty students and teachers have been killed and approximately one hundred have been wounded as a result of shootings at American schools. States throughout the nation‚ from California to Pennsylvania‚ have been affected by school violence. Several lawmakers began calling for legislation to allow teachers to be to carry guns for protection. Year after year faculty has begun arguing for the right for them to carry concealed weapons while on campus. People who did not agree to
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John Buck English 100 Asian Elephant 13 March 2013 Asian Elephant Asian elephants live in South and South East Asia in rainforest and woodland areas and migrate to avoid the monsoon season. Asian elephants are herbivores and can consume 330 pounds of food per day and drink up to 30 gallons of water. Asian elephants are social creatures and are born into female herds where the eldest female also known as the matriarch is the leader. Female elephants in the herd share the responsibility
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“SALVATION” Writing Topics 3) It has always been a tradition in my High School for a student in the Junior class to write a letter for all the Seniors that are graduating. During the Awarding of Diplomas ceremony‚ a student would be called to the stage‚ and read this letter‚ which was of course‚ previously approved by the school’s headmistress. All my friends were Seniors. It has been like that my whole life; I always got along better with those some years older than me. Actually all my friends
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social Darwinism. Sumner said‚ “The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted‚ on the contrary‚ it is a necessary condition of many forms of social advance…. Millionaires are the product of natural selection.” The Salvation Army advocated the Social Gospel. Author Charles M. Sheldon asked his readers to consider “What would Jesus do?” in regard to society’s problems. Explain the difference between social Darwinism and the Social Gospel. • What did each
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Habitat for Elephants After observing the giraffe exhibit‚ my partner Nan Chen and I decided to make our way to observe the Janice Suber McNair Asian Elephant Habitat which was built in 2008; an exhibit‚ home to seven different elephants‚ both young and old. The exhibit is home to adult bull Thai‚ adult cows Methai‚ Shanti‚ and Tess‚ juvenile bull Tucker (Tess’ son)‚ and calves Baylor (Shanti’s son) and Tupelo (Tess’ daughter). Janice Suber McNair Asian Elephant Habitat exhibit covers an enormous
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Note on Project Elephant Project Elephant (PE) was launched by the Government of India in the year 1991-92 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with following objectives : • To protect elephants‚ their habitat & corridors • to address issues of man-animal conflict • welfare of domesticated elephants Financial and technical support are being provided to major elephant bearing States in the country. The Project is being mainly implemented in 13 States / UTs ‚ viz. Andhra pradesh ‚ Arunachal Pradesh
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Many people now do not get satisfied by buying just a couple items. Anna Quindlen discusses in her essay “Stuff Is Not Salvation‚” how people are obsessed with buying unnecessary things. I agree with her that many of us now spend so much on useless things‚ and the less families buy the happier they seem to be. There seems to be plenty of people addicted to shopping now. They buy and buy even if they cannot afford it. I believe this also has to do with the amount of places we can shop at now
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corporations that sell firearms were to create more advanced background checks that include both criminal and mental health history‚ the number of suicides‚ school shootings‚ and robberies would decrease. Author of‚ Mental Illness‚ Mass Shootings‚ and the Politics of American Firearms‚Jonathan M. Metzl‚ explains that “60% of perpetrators of mass shootings in the United States since 1970 displayed symptoms including acute paranoia‚ delusions‚ and depression before committing their crimes.” Including past mental
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Salvation was written by Langston Hughes. Describe the story of Hughes‚ who lost his faith. When he was going on thirteen at that time‚ he was accompanied by his auntie reed in the church revival. He was there to see Jesus Christ at the revival because old people have told him that he would see Jesus Christ. Hughes and Westley are the only two boys that left on the mourner’s bench. Westley‚ disappointed and lied was saved. Westley left Hughes alone on the bench. Hughes suffered a range of emotions
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Elephant Cruelty Explored Through Circuses There is no creature among all the Beasts of the world which hath so great and ample demonstration of the power and wisedom of almighty God as the Elephant. ~Edward Topsell "The Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes" (1607) Elephants are currently suffering in two distinct ways. They are suffering as a species‚ and as individuals. The following essay will introduce elephants and their plight as a species‚ but will focus on the suffering of circus elephants
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