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    A Review of Temporal trends and geographic patterns of teen suicide in Alaska‚ 1979-1993. Bradford D Gessner. Suicide & Life - Threatening Behavior. New York: Fall 1997. Vol. 27‚ Iss. 3; pg. 264‚ 10 pgs Temporal Trends and Geographic Patterns of Teen Suicide in Alaska‚ written by Bradford D. Gessner‚ reported the findings of a study on teen suicide rates in Alaska. Using death certificates and U.S. census data to record trends in suicide rates among Alaskan teens ages 14-19‚ it was found that

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    Looking at War

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    LOOKING AT WAR Photography’s view of devastation and death. by SUSAN SONTAG Issue of 2002-12-09 Posted 2005-01-03 Awareness of the suffering that accumulates in wars happening elsewhere is something constructed. Principally in the form that is registered by cameras‚ it flares up‚ is shared by many people‚ and fades from view. In contrast to a written account‚ which‚ depending on its complexity of thought‚ references‚ and vocabulary‚ is pitched at a larger or smaller readership‚ a photograph

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    University’s art exhibit‚ Looking Forward‚ Looking Back. The Globe is a triptych‚ which is an artwork that consists of three panels. Each panel displays a picture of an ancient globe resting on a kitchen chair. Hiott’s Globe exhibits four main elements of art: unity‚ variety‚ balance‚ and emphasis. Unity Hiott’s piece displayed unity‚ which can be thought of as elements within an art piece that brings together the artwork‚ to commutate the exhibit’s message of Looking Forward‚ Looking Back. Hiott accomplished

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    Lola Chee Eng. 101 Prof. Day June 15‚ 2013 Rhetorical Analysis for Dennis Baron Making English the official language legislated on August 1‚ 1996‚ with Congress. A college professor‚ of English at the University of Illinois‚ wrote an essay called‚ “Don’t Make English Official-Ban It Instead” by Dennis Baron. The essay had appeared in the Washington Post on September 8‚ 1996. The given claim that Baron makes is that English should be banned. There were six given reason Baron stated and one of

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    “The novel explores the impact families have on individuals” LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI The novel ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ points out aspects‚ like multiculturalism‚ immigration‚ social differences‚ but also love‚ friendship and family life. It explores relationships between Josie Alibrandi‚ Jacob Coote and John Barton through their family cultures and backgrounds. The Alibrandi family has big impacts on Josie as an individual‚ John Barton’s family impacts him as well although differently. Josephine

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    the Alaskan Wildlife Refuges America Should Reject the Oil Businesses Plan and Permanently Protect The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge‚ comprising more than nineteen million acres in the northern corner of Alaska‚ is unique and one of the largest units of the National Wildlife system. The Arctic Refuge has long been recognized as an unparalleled place of natural beauty and ecological importance. The Arctic Refuge was established to conserve fish and wildlife

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    So everyone should have an ambition in life but simply having it is not enough. Whatever be the ambition‚ it must be backed up by contain efforts to achieve it. If a person sets an ambition before him‚ but does or to achieve it‚ his ambition is no more than an idle dream or a pious resole Different persons have different ambitions the nature of ambition from man to man‚ depending upon his family background‚ upbringing‚ s status and economic condition‚ etc. Thus‚ some peoples only ambition in is to

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    Looking for the root This discussion post centers on possible causes of learning disabilities‚ specifically that of dyslexia. Common symptoms of dyslexia are difficulty in the areas of speaking‚ pronunciation‚ reading fluency‚ decoding‚ comprehension‚ and word retrieval (Society for Neuroscience‚ 2012). However‚ in languages such as Finnish and Italian‚ which are more consistent in their relationship between letters and sounds‚ the only evidence of dyslexia may be slow reading (Society for Neuroscience

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    Help me please. Introduction It is easy to compare two characters—and do a good job of it—if you remember four points: * The Purposes of Comparison * Why * What * How These four points interrelate‚ but let’s start with the most important: the purposes of comparison. You can compare any two things—an apple and an aardvark‚ or a slug and a skyscraper. It’s easy to compare things like that: a slug is ___ whereas a skyscraper is ___. You could fill in the blanks without

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    In our lives we experience different struggles and different problems. Each of us has our own trials in life. There are different types of trials‚ its either easy‚ moderate or hard. But how do we response in these trials? When we encounter the easy and moderate problems‚ we can easily survive it. But when we encounter the hard one‚ we always say we can’t do it. We can’t survive it. When I was a bit younger than today‚I always thought having problems and solving it was

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