Murrysville‚ Pennsylvania (CNN) -- A teenage boy wielding two kitchen knives went on a stabbing rampage at his high school in Murrysville‚ Pennsylvania‚ early Wednesday‚ before being tackled by an assistant principal‚ authorities said. Twenty students and a security officer at Franklin Regional Senior High School were either stabbed or slashed in the attack‚ Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck told reporters. The accused attacker was been identified as 16-year-old Alex Hribal‚ according
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Journal On Movie Funny People Trevor Edwards Funny multitude Funny People‚ directed by Judd Apatow‚ was‚ to me‚ not as extraordinary as I expected ground on the title of the movie. There were definitely some funny parts‚ only when overall‚ I thought the movie was more on the earnest/drama side of writing styles rather than drollery. I think by chance Judd Apatow named the movie Funny People‚ and then make it more as a serious movie‚ on purpose. I believe this could be showing the difference
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Mr. Rowe Junior Honors English 26 January 2014 How funny is that? James Thurber is an American author who has a very unique sense of humor‚ using events and references from his childhood. On December 8‚ 1894‚ self-described “night of the wild portent”‚ Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Mary Thurber gave birth to their second child‚ James Grover Thurber‚ in Columbus Ohio. He came into the world with one older brother named William. He later had a younger brother named Robert. No one knew at that time
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nursing assistants who work hard and long hours‚ often working overtime to make ends meet. They duck‚ dodge‚ sometimes take direct hits‚ and still continue working which is just a testament to how much they care. He talked about Little Lila‚ who was in her late nineties and had no visitors but was “lovingly feisty.” Silly antics with former school teacher Frieda who knew better despite Chuck’s request for her to copy a
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In the short story “funny boy” Adrian and ___ are discriminated against for different reasons in their culture. Adrian‚ while being homosexual‚ and ___ for being black and taking care of Adrian. In this time period‚ it was still universially accepted and common for people to be against gays and blacks. In many instances‚ they are both discriminated against. In Adrian’s case‚ he was discriminated against for being gay and having AIDS‚which was generally associated with homosexuals. He lived in
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In the book Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas‚ there are five concepts from our textbook‚ Lives Across Cultures: Cross-Cultural Human Development by Harry W. Gardiner and Corrine Kosmitzki. Three of the concepts are components of Firoozeh Dumas’ developmental niche such as the psychology of her caretakers‚ the customs of her child care‚ and the social settings of her daily life growing up. The other two concepts are individualism and ethnocentrism. Dumas’ developmental niche is apparent throughout
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time.” Advertisement is one of the important things for a company’s marketing. It can say that in today’s modern life advertisement plays a key role in order for any company or product to succeed the advertisement must deliver a powerful message which attracts the consumer’s attention (Creativenerds 2010). That is because “advertising can achieve communications object such as informing people about brands‚ it can create awareness and it can move people closer to choosing one brand rather than another
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Justin Barney Psy 41 Professor Strahan Funny in Farsi Analysis The focus of this paper is an analysis of the book Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas using concepts from the Lives Across Cultures textbook. Ten concepts are identified and defined from Chapter readings. Following definitions‚ examples from the novel of these concepts are shown. Ethnocentrism is defined as the tendency to judge other people and cultures by the standards of one’s own culture and to believe that the behavior
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today.” she said. “Yes‚ but it is nice inside here.” replied the old woman. Linda looked at the dog and asked‚ “Does your dog like people.” The woman answered‚ “Oh! Yes! She loves people.” Linda wanted to give the dog a cookie. So she asked‚ “ Does your dog like cookies?” “They are his favourite food.” said the old lady. Linda was terribly afraid of dogs so she asked‚ “Does your dog bite?” The old woman smiled and said‚ “ NO! My dog is very tame. She is even afraid of cats!”
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It was a hot afternoon and the heat from the scorching sun was quite unbearable. I was cycling home from school after arranging the books in the school library as I was a librarian. The road was quiet. I felt hungry and was looking forward to reaching home and having my late lunch. When I was cycling along the roadside‚ a motorcyclist appeared out of the blue and roared past me. He had almost knocked me down and I was rather taken aback by his sudden appearance. I then noticed there was a passenger
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