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    Gun Control

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    realm‚ weapons are a huge controversial topic‚ guns in particular. The Sullivan Act‚ was the first piece toward gun reformation and was passed in 1911 for New York State. The law required anyone who carried a small firearm to have a permit. This piece of legislation is still in effect today. In the 1960’s‚ there were a series of important political assassination’s including‚ President John F. Kennedy‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ and Senator Robert Kennedy (Gun Control Reform). Politicians feel that they

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    The great amount of respect and admiration a child had for its mother’s courage is abundantly evident throughout Edna St. Vincent Millay’s The Courage That My Mother Had. Simultaneously‚ the poem conveys feelings of betrayal. Millay’s poem‚ through strong associations with equally as strong words‚ such as rock and granite‚ infers the general theme of the poem and the amount of titular courage the poem’s mother possessed. In lines 3-4‚ a rock is compared to her mother‚ who was born and raised in New

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    Guns

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    Guns Guns and gun crimes have been around for hundreds of years and no talk of banning guns from citizens. It is our right to bear arms. Citizens should not be banned from owning firearms because of a few people’s mistakes; it’s a form of protection. Also‚ criminals will always be able to find guns‚ so it would be a waste of everyone’s time to try and ban them from everyone. Yes‚ most violent crimes are caused by guns‚ and the rates have been higher. However‚ it is a protection. In the Balanced

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    Significant Figures

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    significant figures When we use an equipment to take measurement‚ it is important to be honest when reporting a measurement‚ so that it does not appear to be more accurate than the equipment used to make the measurement allows. To achieve this‚ we can control the number of significant figures used to report the measurement. When we look at a number‚ its first significant figure is the first digit from the left‚ other than 0. E.g. - in the number 539 the first significant figure is 5 - in

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    The Journey of My Life

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    My Life’s Journey This is my journey of my life. How I over came all my struggles‚ insecurity’s‚ down falls‚ overcoming addiction‚ my families abuse‚ and my triumphs. My Journey in life has been long and hard. I have learned a lot of lessons over the years. I will start off with where I am from and end with my greatest achievements. I am from a small town in Oklahoma. I was raised in the city‚ and on a ranch. If I had to choose which one I liked best it would be the ranch. Do not get

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    My Life Is a Routine

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    Routine Life to One Person May Be a Glamorous One to Another It started out as a typical boring day. It is amazing that one can be so accustomed to a certain way of life‚ be so bored and restless‚ and then suddenly something sneaks in and alters one’s whole perspective. That something was one of my life’s little lessons. It was a hot and humid Tuesday morning which was typical for North Carolina. I had gotten up‚ did my toiletries‚ made breakfast‚ and prepared to go to work. I had been in

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    Zemi Figure

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    for the things in the Reckoning with Mestizaje gallery‚ I decided that the item that most correctly represents the term mestizaje would be the Zemi figure. A zemi is defined as being a deified ancestor revered in the Caribbean. Zemis were among the first indigenous objects collected by Europeans in the New World and sent back as curiosities. The figures originated in the Caribbean and were even prevalent in the lives of the Native peoples well before the Spanish conquest. When the Spaniards arrived

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    Significant Figures

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    Significant Figures Even in this day and age with all of the equipment and technology available to us‚ whenever someone works with a numerical value that was given‚ measured‚ or calculated they can assume that it has some degree of uncertainty. There will always be some degree of uncertainty because as human beings we do not possess the skill to make exact measurements. Take for example if a group of students were performing in a lab and a step in the procedure was to measure a piece of metal.

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    My Life As An Immigrant

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    smell from miles away. My stomach turns and rumbles. My mom and dad are amazing cooks. I have many favorite dishes‚ and my parents are always trying out new recipes. Every day‚ I come home from school and expect to see dinner laid out on the table. I feel very fortunate and grateful to have a loving family‚ a warm home‚ and delicious food waiting for me. I can’t help but think how that’s not the case for my parents growing up. My grandparents and their children‚ including my mom‚ immigrated here in

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    My Life Then and Now

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    My Life Then and Now Chantel Walton PSY 202 Pamela Klem 08/23/13 I would have never thought I would be writing an essay at my age. What I’m writing id to let you know where I’m from‚ who are important to me‚ what I did with my friends‚ my family now and what would make me happy in the future. My name is Chantel Walton I’m from Emporia Virginia. Which is located about 35 miles from the capital of Virginia(Richmond). I was born and raised in Emporia which is not a big city‚ everybody

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