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    Travelling Alone

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    The following tips suggest ways to increase awareness and use good planning to enhance security for women traveling alone: Choosing a hotel * Large‚ luxurious chain hotels usually maintain better hotel security  than smaller ones and are located in safer areas.  The concierge on duty is an expert on the local area who  can make restaurant and other reservations‚ as well as advise you on places to visit or avoid. The locks in the rooms are more likely to open with key cards‚ which provide much

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    Alone On The Hilltop

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    reading ¨ Alone On The Hilltop¨ the character went through the four stages did just like victor did in the movie ¨Smoke Signals”. The first two stages of life are childhood and adolescence. Victor and Thomas went through both changes in the movie ¨Smoke signals¨. In the movie Victor’s father was an alcoholic‚ this made Victor’s mom very mad and she told him that he can’t keep using all the money. Victor’s childhood stage was hard because his father had left him and his mother all alone. Victor looked

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    Connected and alone

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    Connected and alone We have all experienced being alone and feeling as though there is no one there for us‚ even though we may be surrounded by many people. It can be an uncomfortable feeling. We are social beings. From the moment we are born we seek connection with other people. We listen for a voice‚ feel for a touch and try to make eye contact in order to experience this connection. From infancy through childhood to adolescence we depend on our connection with our caregivers to help us understand

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    Kaitlin Wilson The Art & Craft of Writing September 24‚ 2012 “Bowling for Columbine” Review Sometimes the best tool for questioning a social problem is humor - which is exactly what Michael Moore does in "Bowling for Columbine." This is not a movie about guns or violence or television‚ but about culture.  Using the Columbine school shooting as his hook‚ Moore attempts to find answers as to why American culture is saturated in violence and fear. Moore is a director who isn’t afraid to ask

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    Home alone

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    others. School was as boring as ever. Mara and Vicky teased me mercilessly and I had obtained yet another F in Maths. However‚ when I got home‚ I found a note saying that my mum was out and that Dad was to arrive from work soon. I was home alone. I was not home alone very often and so the idea was thrilling. Should I make myself a huge‚ dripping peanut butter and jelly sandwich or should I prank call Vicky and Mara? I was lost in my thoughts when I heard the driveway gate open. It was my father‚ arriving

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    We Alone

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    We Alone (alicewalkersgarden.com) We Alone by Alice Walker is about how we have the ability to value or devalue objects. The only reason gold is so expensive is because we as people have a high demand for it. After all it is just an object found in earth just like rocks and iron and seashells and leaves. However‚ as a society we have chosen to value the shiny gold matter. The poem is made up of free verse there is no rhyme or pattern to the poem. The tone of the poem is optimistic and also tired

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    Traveling Alone

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    Looking outside‚ I am attracted to see beautiful autumn scenery‚ which seems to invite me to travel alone without any companion. Somewhere in the forest‚ I would dance as freely as no one’s watching‚ sing as loudly as no one’s listening‚ or take a nap as deeply as no one’s waking me up forever. Likewise‚ travelling alone gives me much more freedom‚ confidence and rest than travelling with someone. First of all‚ I am inspired by a free will whenever and wherever I do something to live a happy life

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    Given the large quantity work@home employees at Putnam‚ this program provides a method of greatly reducing recurring costs in the short and long term. Additionally‚ the e-learning program costs less than half of what the traditional training process costs. It even better prepares employees for the job because the quality of the training is higher and individuals can complete the training at their own pace. Moreover‚ work@home employees feel that Putnam has made a sizeable investment in them‚ and

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    Bowling for Columbine One of the most important goals director Michael Moore set for himself was to deliver a plethora of insightful and through interviews. Throughout all these interviews‚ a common theme that Moore sought to address was regarding gun control. More specifically‚ he sought to inform his viewers of the different sides and perspectives people take about guns‚ and how they are handled. Naturally‚ when Michael Moore interviewed citizens from Michigan about such a tense subject‚ the

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    the number of Germans killed with a gun‚ which is the closest statistic country to the U.S. Why is there so much gun violence in the U.S? What is so different in the U.S. that gun crime is so prevalent? What can we do to change it? All questions Bowling for Columbine poses in the film documentary by Michael Moore. Like the documentary‚ there is not one simple answer and there are no easy solutions. Viewing this film for the first time‚ I learned how appalling gun violence is in the United States

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