a man lying on the floor‚ then looked up into the barrel of a semi-automatic rifle. He dived back out the door as Martin Bryant pulled the trigger. Bryant killed 12 people in 15 seconds. Bryant moved towards the gift shop in the next 75 seconds‚ killing another eight people. In little over half an hour the 35 were killed and‚ 23 wounded. This became the worst single-person mass shooting in Australia’s history; and is still the third worst recorded worldwide. Bryant’s gun was an AR-15 rifle with a
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The theme of The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis is family. In The Killing Sea Sarahs family gets split apart when the tsunami hits. Sarah’s first thought when she wakes up after the tsunami is that her family is most likely dead‚ when she finds Peter she almost never lets him out of her sight again. When the 2004 indonesian tsunami hits many people were separated from their family. An example is that according to bbc news 228‚000 people were killed in this tsunami. These people probably had family
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The Scam in Mercy Killing Imagine one of your family members is terminally ill and presumed she will die very shortly. This is a controversial topic where some people want to die with dignity. So many people can choose Euthanasia to assist them in dying peacefully. So many of these people approximately 3‚147 cases are put under this pressure to end their lives and say god-bye. Euthanasia is the putting to death by painless means or in Greek language it means a good death. Either you can do this
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After reviewing the documentary of Making a Killing‚ it has confirmed my long time assumption about drug/medication use and its affection. I think it was rather a disturbing and an eye opener documentary especially‚ the tremendous revenue of the nonexistent or so-called treatment/ cure (which possible of happening today‚ too) I was struck by the test takers that were not allowed to talk about nutrition‚ only about the symptoms‚ medications to lead them to see a psychiatrist; teen screening in school
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Technology is not killing creativity. If it was‚ then Les Paul’s invention of the electric guitar‚ Bob Moog’s invention of the synthesizer‚ Kusek et al.’s invention of MIDI‚ Pro Tools’ inventor as well as every effects pedal or electronic music enhancing piece of gear would have to be part of this destructive force. Thoughts like this are fun to debate but totally unproductive. The real issue to be discussed for which a solution must be found is how can those who produce great music
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Outline Thesis: In Tough Guise and killing us softly 3‚ Jackson Katz and Jean Kilburn argue that the media is pressuring people to become this certain image of being tough and looking perfect no matter what. Boys are being told not to cry. Girls are being told to be super skinny with no curves. This does not make sense because every human being should be able to do what they think is right instead of having a lot of pressure on their shoulders to act a certain way. Topic sentence #1: Mainly
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CRUELTY TO ANIMALS Animals are one of the greatest wonders in the world. Farming and hunting is both equally increasing day by day. Therefore animal population is gradually decreasing and rare kinds of species have already vanished from our world. There many cruelties towards animals such as‚ animal testing for scientific researches‚ whaling‚ for entertainment purposes and etc. One of the major cruelties which really affect on animals is ‘Fur farming’. This is gradually increased in numbers in
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societies continue to live in a world where animal as well as civilian displacement is widely accepted and encouraged? Unfortunately‚ this situation continues due to the economic benefits provided by stripping away human and animal rights. This type of environment was present in Russia during the 17th to 19th century‚ the time of the Russian Fur trade. The Russian Fur trade‚ also known as the Continental Fur trade‚ was an exchange of expensive Russian fur goods and European gold. During the time of
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Affairs of the Courtroom: Fernando de Medina Confesses to Killing His Wife In the introduction of this chapter‚ we learn that on November 28th‚ 1595 Gaspar de Peralta‚ a judge for the Royal Audiencia of Charcas‚ answered a call from his next-door neighbor’s house. Once he entered the house‚ he found a domestic horror scene. Having entered the bedroom‚ Peralta found his chief scribe and the secretary of the audiencia (Fernando de Medina) standing over the bloody bodies of his wife and her lover
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"Killing Mr. Griffin Susan and Betsy are two very different people. The react to their actions and other peoples in different ways. Susan is a smart student‚ that doesn’t really have many friends. Betsy is a semi smart student‚ popular‚ and very pretty girl. Some ways that they are different are for example...the writing assignment for the "Final song of Ophelia."� Betsy told Mr. Griffin that‚ "I didn’t understand the assignment‚"� "How can anybody write a final song for Ophelia when she’s already
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