On August 16‚ 2017 my principal‚ Mrs. Suzanna Davis‚ selected four seniors‚ including me‚ to hold the responsibility of being the Hawks’ Nest’s leaders. Out of a senior class of 642 students‚ she only picked four. The Hawks’ Nest is the name of our student section and student run spirit crew. Mrs. Davis loves school spirit so having leaders she can have confidence in is of great importance to her. As the leaders‚ our main job is to promote school spirit. We are in charge of notifying the student
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Both poets have stylishly fashioned poems which revolve around the common underlying theme of war‚ but each poet has employed different devices of both language or style and form to create poems which‚ while on the same theme‚ relate starkly different messages. “The Dead-Beat” (Poem A) is about a situation whereby a major war is happening and the persona is at lost‚ not knowing what to do – just shooting his weapons around (hoping to kill his enemies) before he himself died whereas “Killers” (Poem
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Every day‚ Mike Hawk rolls out of the left side of his queen sized bed and tiredly shuffles to his dresser to turn off his alarm clock. His wife won’t get up for another 2 hours‚ so Mike throws on his Carhartt overalls and plaid shirt then heads downstairs for breakfast. Mike was never allowed sweets and rarely received milk as a child so his breakfast consists of: unfrosted cornflakes with no milk‚ for energy and muscle building he drinks a glass of createne and water‚ and a Viagra because it in
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don’t want to break the “norm” of society and maybe even take a picture of them and walk away to our normal everyday lives. In this case‚ “The Killing of Kitty Genovese” by Michael Dorman unfortunately can relate; a young woman was stabbed repeatedly as 38 bystanders witnessed the incident and did nothing‚ it took an hour for someone to call. Kitty bled out in the meantime as everyone stared and the poor woman screeched for help. The bystander effect is a real thing and it takes a toll on people everyday
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August 20‚ 1989 Jose and Mary “Kitty” Menendez were brutally murdered in their Beverly Hills mansion‚ with no lead suspects at the time. Lyle and Erik Menendez were reported to be the first witnesses at the crime scene‚ not yet considered suspects because of their physically altered states of mind. At 21 and 18 years old‚ the Menendez brothers walked away from murder. The disdain behavior the brothers acquired through negligent parenting were strong indicators in which investigators came to the conclusion
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Black Hawk Down On 24April 1992‚ the U.S. government led by President George H.W. Bush wishing to help the situation in Somalia approved Resolution 751. This resolution authorized the U.S. to provide humanitarian relief while establishing the United Nations’ operation in Somalia called UNOSOM. While there was progress in some cities it was apparent that much of the supplies that were intended to make it to the interior were hijacked by different local clans. With the failed attempts to feed the
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Hawks of the sea The Pirates of Barbary‚ Corsairs‚ Conquests‚ and Captivity in the 17th-century Mediterranean by Adrian Tinniswood is an interesting book that details the ventures of the many Barbary Pirates. This book explains the effects of the often forgotten but highly important Barbary Pirates. Tinniswood explains the workings of the maritime cities‚ whose economies depended on the piracy that was engaged by the Anglo-Turkish pirates. He first discusses the famous raids and affects the pirates
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Movie Review: Black Hawk Down I selected the movie Black Hawk Down‚ because I really respect the soldiers who fight to keep all of us safe. Also‚ my mother told me that she had a personal connection with this movie because her mentor’s son was one of the Army Rangers that participated in this battle. On October 3‚ 1993‚ a group of U.S. Elite Forces consisting of more than 100 Delta Force soldiers and Army Rangers‚ who were part of a larger United Nations peacekeeping force‚ were dropped into
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Black Hawk Down By: Mark Bowden Black Hawk Down‚ by Mark Bowden is a book based on actual events that took place in Mogadishu‚ Somalia. The operation known as "Black Hawk Down" was code named "IRENE". In October 1993‚ a group of US soldiers went to Somalia as part of a U.N. Peacekeeping operation. Their mission was to capture several top lieutenants of the Somali warlords Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The operation started by an elite group of American Rangers and Delta Force soldiers who were sent
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movie Black Hawk Down takes place during the Rwandan Genocide and shows the horrific scene that soldiers have to witness that could later lead to mental disorders such as PTSD. American Sniper is a movie about Chris Kyle‚ an accomplished sniper shooter who served four terms in Iraq‚ it shows his experiences and how the war impacted his life. The Great War Diaries: The Home Front is a documentary that gives an insight on the impact that war has on the people at home. The movies Black Hawk Down‚ American
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