Refusing to Be a Victim The Virginia Tech Massacre was one of the deadliest shooting incidents by a single gunman (MSNC). With a bright future ahead‚ Reema Samaha was an 18 year-old freshman on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg‚ Virginia. Physically beautiful‚ excellent academic performance‚ proud of her Lebanese culture‚ future graduate of international studies and a minor in French‚ talented contemporary dancer‚ full of life‚ but a killer decided to
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The Second Amendment America has given many rights and has offered protection to US citizens. Like the second amendment states‚ “The right of people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” However many riots and shootings have recently broke out in the last couple of years. So therefore the right to bear arms has been taken advantage of and as lead to many malicious events like The Columbine Shootings‚ Virginia Tech‚ Aurora Shooting‚ and New Town Shootings. In 1999‚ a failed bombing which
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“We Are Virginia Tech” Speaking is form of art that can either be a natural gift or a practiced talent. Much like there are several different ways a person can draw: cartooning‚ free hand‚ or realistic‚ there are many ways in which a person can speak. Nikki Giovanni’s speech “We Are Virginia Tech” makes people cry‚ rejoice‚ and move on. A speech is one form of art that can evoke these types of emotions from people. In Nikki Giovanni’s poem “We Are Virginia Tech‚” which was spoken at a memorial
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seek medical treatment or therapy. However‚ every year more than 1 million people commit suicide either before treatment kicks in or before seeking treatment.(APA‚ 2013‚ 165). Seung-Hui Cho was one adult with major depressive disorder that killed 33 people before taking his own life instead of seeking treatment. Seung-Hui Cho was born in South Korea on January 18‚ 1984. (BBC News‚ 2007). Living in South Korea for only eight years‚ until his father decided to seek better opportunity in the United States
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Webster Dictionary defines paradigm as "an example or pattern: small‚ self-contained‚ simplified examples that we use to illustrate procedures‚ processes‚ and theoretical points." The most quoted definition of paradigm is Thomas Kuhn’s (1962‚ 1970) concept in The Nature of Science Revolution‚ i.e. paradigm as the underlying assumptions and intellectual structure upon which research and development in a field of inquiry is based. The other definitions in the research literature include: 1. Patton
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The world of the “exotic” and strangeness is an inherently interesting subject matter among people. Fascinations with the “other” world are depicted in poems‚ novels‚ literary descriptions and art as an attempt to understand‚ romanticise or exploit another culture. The Napoleonic expedition to Egypt from 1798 to 1799 brought forth a heightened interest among artists to explore the world of the Oriental and spurred a torrent of “Orientalists” which became a pervasive force in 19th Century Western
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Anne Frank Huis -Andrew Motion Even now‚ after twice her lifetime of grief and anger in the very place‚ whoever comes to climb these narrow stairs‚ discovers how the bookcase slides aside‚ then walks through shadow into sunlit rooms‚ can never help but break her secrecy again. Just listening is a kind of guilt: the Westerkerk repeats itself outside‚ as if all time worked round towards her fear‚ and made each stroke die down on guarded streets. Imagine it — Three years of whispering
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and who you have met engage innovative business models in a stagnant economic environment? What might you learn from this? GRA and Strawberry Farming in Yamamoto-cho With the vision of “10‚000 people‚ 100 companies‚ in 10 years”‚ Hiroki Iwasa established General Reconstruction Association (GRA) to revive the town of Yamamoto-cho. Yamamoto-cho‚ a small town lying on the coast of East Japan‚ is one of the areas heavily affected by the aging population. Before the Great East Japan Earthquake on March
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American Character by Teo Hui Yee (5013 5531) The author characterizes the USA as consisting of many “nations” because each region has its own culture norms and practices‚ specifically‚ eleven different regional cultures are competing with each other‚ which make the country hard to reach a consensus. The USA has never been united in terms of widely accepted values and behaviors‚ but rather a federation‚ each state giving up some govern power to a supra-state organization while maintaining its cultural
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to read provided that I am not fond of reading and that the only series that I have ever read‚ of course aside from text books‚ is the Harry Potter series. I was able to collect seven book titles but trimmed it down to three – Shanghai Baby by Wei Hui‚ Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach‚ and Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks. Fortunately‚ my pick‚ first on the list‚ has been approved. This is a book recommended by an officemate‚ who happens to be a batch mate and a good friend as well
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