School shootings in general are tragic‚ because they often affect innocent victims and almost always could have been prevented. In the given scenario Harless actions are in fact unstoppable‚ but the actions of the faculty are quite the opposite. The school went about the situation completely wrong. Instead of confronting the students once notified they are possibly in possession of a firearm‚ they should have notified law enforcement‚ worked to secure the area then isolate Harless and McCoy. In this
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that a tropical storm would soon become a hurricane. Being only 350 miles from the populated city‚ Floridians didn’t have much to fear. At age four‚ I was one of them. But we and the residents of New Orleans‚ Louisiana and Mississippi didn’t know just how wrong we would be. Hurricane Katrina was the third deadliest hurricane in the United States history‚ claiming over a total of up to 2‚000 lives. Not only did it claim lives‚ but it claimed minds‚ skyrocketing the amount of PTSD (post traumatic stress
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Subsequently‚ Huck helps others‚ gaining experience. Huck says‚ “At last I struck the time I saved him by telling the men we had smallpox aboard‚ and he was so grateful; and said I was the best friend old Jim ever had in the world (Twain 228).” Huck risked quite a bit when he helped Jim‚ especially helping an escaped slave. He risked going to jail and even had a conscience breakdown but he still decides to help Jim become a free man‚ even though he risks his own life. The king and duke were con men
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That day‚ strong winds were blowing and coal dark thunder clouds were racing in the sky. The wind shrieked and the sudden gusts of wind raised clouds of red dust. The sky darkened quickly and it threatened to rain but the weather held. A bright streak of lightning illuminated the sky and the distant rumble of thunder reached my ear. I quickened my pace. Finally‚ the weather fell apart and it started to rain cats and dogs. The rain came – first in big heavy drops that were as sharp as splinters of
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an instant‚ a car accident can change a person’s life forever. Each year‚ many unsuspecting drivers‚ passengers‚ and pedestrians are killed on the roads of the United States. The main question we ask ourselves is why? Are people killed because of high speed crashes? Did the airbags not deploy at the proper time? Were the roads in acceptable conditions? Unfortunately‚ we can not always determine the causes of all accidents‚ simply because we were not on the scene of the accident. There are many
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Traffic Accidents The world of today has a lot of accidents for many reasons‚ such as car accidents‚ fire accidents‚ or water accidents. Accidents are very common in big cities as there are many modes of transport and road are narrow and overcrowded. We hear of them and read about them in newspapers almost daily. There are few causes of traffic accidents. In Malaysia‚ one of the surest means of putting into practice the "Rakyat Diutamakan" (People First) policy of our prime minister is through
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GaDOE BUS ACCIDENT REPORT The Bus Accident Report shall be submitted by the local school system to the Georgia Department of Education in accordance with State Board Rule 160-5-3-.08. The report shall be submitted within 45 days of the accident. An accident is a sequence of events which produces unintended injury‚ death or property damage. Any school bus incident that: (1) generates a police accident or incident report; (2) involves any amount of property damage; (3) involves operation of the
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Being involved in a car accident is the ultimate consequence of texting while driving. It has not only started to take over our country over the past couple of years‚ but also has become the most common leading factor for car accidents around the world. In fact‚ over three thousand people are killed every single day due to texting while driving‚ leaving many injured. It seems as if this problem is only getting worse as the years pass by. The majority of the people think that texting while driving
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Topic : Accident car in Malaysia General Purpose : To inform Specific Purpose : To inform my audience about the causes of accident in Malaysia Central Idea : Road accident has become one causes of death in Malaysia every year due to the few factors such as the Human factor‚ the vehicles factor and the road condition Introduction I. Road accidents are horrific events that usually involve the collision of two or more vehicles on the road or highway
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health care centers‚ and charities. We are also going to try to stop trafficking at the start by increasing our international engagement with the source countries‚ enabling us to learn and understand human trafficking patterns to better be able to prevent trafficking before it starts. Lastly‚ we will be strictly monitoring the borders and creating profiles stating the risk of victims from particular countries so that the front line staff can focus on
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