another to the Norwegian government‚ civilian population and a youth run summer camp on the 22 July 2011‚ claiming the lives of 77 people. All by a lone terrorist‚ Anders Behring Breivik. The first was a car bomb explosion in Oslo within the executive government quarter of Norway. The explosion killed eight people and injured at least 209 people‚ twelve of them seriously. The second attack occurred less than two hours later at a summer camp on the island of Utøya in Tyrifjorden‚ Buskerud. The second
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because she has talented skills. Her father taught Katniss how to become a highly skilled archer. “I receive a bow and sheath of arrows from a hollow log” (page 5). The bows she uses are crafted by her father; he made them before he died in a mine explosion. Katniss is a hunter and she’s good at it‚ she has caught game and several animals. She does this to provide food for her family because after her father died her mother suffered from a great depression. Katniss took the lead; she took responsibility
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chemical explosion‚ where "a hundred and eight people [were] killed‚ about two hundred injured‚ and over fifty of them lost their eyes" It was up to them where they wanted to end up. Choosing to not let his impairment get in the way‚ Mr. Parson decides to take control of his life by turning himself into a "successful‚ respected‚ [and] admired" insurance broker. Whereas‚ Markwardt decides to take the easy road and plays on the sympathy of others. He blames the Westbury chemical explosion for him
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In what ways does Larkin’s poetry show his attitude to death? In Philip Larkin’s poetry there is a profound sense of unease about death. Larkin‚ throughout his poetry‚ obviously contemplates the inevitable end that is death. In his poetry Larkin uses great observational skills‚ noting and writing about everyday circumstances in cinematic detail. With death‚ though‚ Larkin has nothing to observe. He cannot draw any precise conclusions about something that he has not directly experienced. I think‚
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Thesis: The creation and use of nuclear weapons were an unnecessary‚ unsafe‚ and an unethical addition to the war industries already expansive arsenal. I. Nuclear weapons have a short‚ but expansive history. a) People who made the first discoveries about fission paved the way for nuclear weapons science. b) The Manhattan Project was the beginning of the nuclear age. II. Nuclear weapons are unnecessary. a) Nuclear weapons‚ and the states that possess them‚ cause tension and paranoia amongst their
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causes expansion of the liquid and therefore making a shock wave. Fireworks are also used in television quite frequently and have a lot of chemistry behind the scenes. This includes the different metals changing the color‚ the gunpowder to fuel the explosion‚ and finally the ingredients such as charcoal and potassium nitrate that are what make the reaction. Another common television art and magic illusion is invisible ink. Invisible ink was first used over 2000 years ago by the greek and romans to
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With each eruption‚ volcanoes have the potential to eject large amounts of ash‚ gases‚ and sulfuric aerosols into the upper troposphere and stratosphere (Allen‚ 2015). Volcanism helped form Earth’s ancient climate and influences climate change in today’s world (Kasting‚ 1993). A recent example of a volcano influencing climate include the 1982 El Chichon eruption in Mexico‚ which is regarded as the largest volcanic disaster in modern Mexican history (Mass‚ 1989). Ancient examples of climate-changing
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The year was 2150‚ where LA became a dystopian society after its recent rebellions and riots started because of the unfair society people lived in. Now‚ computers had taken over their lives‚ their entertainment‚ their experiences‚ and their jobs. During this particular period‚ technology had taken over the job network‚ people couldn’t afford to take care of their bills and made low wages on services provided. The people couldn’t bear to live in a dirty‚ robotic‚ toxic society where they couldn’t
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cold temperatures below about 30 degrees. They warned some people‚ and the people were worried that if they didn’t launch it then‚ then they couldn’t until April. The engineers were against this idea from the start. Another factor that led to the explosion of the challenger is publicity. The military‚ the congress all wanted the challenger to launch as soon as possible. Although these three outside sources of pressure were not the technical reason for the Challenger disaster‚ they were factors in the
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she says “He loves me‚ he loves me not” ‚ and she counts: “One‚ two‚ three …” A man’s‚ adult voice distrupt and countdown “Ten‚ nine‚ eight …” As the countdown ends‚ the camera zooms into the girl’s eye‚ and we see the sudden explosion of an atomic bomb after explosion mushroom ahped fumes spreads
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