Hot Shooting by Tigers in Second Half Sinks Gents‚ 72-67 COLORADO SPRINGS‚ Colo. – Despite taking an 8-point lead early‚ the Gents only shot 28.6 percent in the first half and 31.3 percent for the game – compared to 54.2 percent in the second half and 46.3 percent for the game for the Tigers – as Centenary (9-12‚ 3-7 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) lost its second tight game of the season to Colorado College (8-13‚ 7-3 SCAC) 72.67 Friday night‚ February 23. Despite only hitting 10-for-35
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The Declaration of Independence gave rights to the people of America that have defined our country since they were adopted on July‚ 4‚ 1776. Within this document there were three main rights defined for the American people. These main three rights were right of life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. Since the Declaration of Independence was written to declare the Independence from Great Britain who had constant control over their people. The declaration of indepence allowed the government to
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All over the world people are killed because of mass shootings. From young children to the elderly‚ many lose their lives or are injured. It is a constant issue for the United States and other countries. Some shooters have mental illnesses that cause them to lose control‚ psychologists offer help to those individuals. Some high school shooters are bullied and they feel like they need revenge on their tormentors. It kills innocent people‚ scares other citizens and with the advanced laws placed in
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A recent event that occurred in my community was the shooting of a male by a Metropolitan-Nashville police officer on February 10‚ 2017. Officer Joshua Lippert attempted to stop Jocques Clemmons after he failed to come to a complete stop at a stop sign. After stopping his car‚ Clemmons jumped out of his car and began running and not adhering to Officer Lippert’s verbal commands. After a short foot pursuit‚ Officer Lippert caught up to Clemmons at which time Clemmons still continued to try and
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George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” 1. On page 517 of The Norton Reader‚ Shorter Edition‚ the first question asks‚ “Why did Orwell shoot the elephant? Account for the motives that led him to shoot. Then categorize them as personal motives‚ circumstantial motives‚ social motives‚ or political motives. Is it easy to assign his motives to categories? Why or why not * Orwell did shoot the elephant because he felt the pressure that came from thousands of native people behind him when he
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Today newspapers reported that the police had recovered the shotgun‚ motorcycle and the three-wheeler used for the shooting on 22 Oct from the nearby STF camp. On 22‚ unidentified persons shot at two youths who were travelling in a motorcycle in Ariyala‚ and one person succumbed to injure after being admitted to the hospital. The one who survived the shooting said that the motorbike was from the Mandative Navy camp. Following this incident‚ the police team searched the Navy camp‚ but they failed
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Sunday‚ June 12th‚ was a grim night for the citizens of the United States. The Orlando Nightclub Shooting was the deadliest night in U.S. History. According to a National Public Radio Host‚ “...in service of precision‚ history and what we may not know‚ what happened in Orlando on Sunday was the deadliest mass public shooting in modern U.S. history” (Peralta). Omar Saddiqui Mateen opened fire inside Pulse‚ a gay nightclub‚ in Orlando‚ Florida. With 49 people deceased‚ and over 50 people injured‚ what
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decades of data‚ in 2011 the United States entered a new period in which mass shootings are occurring more frequently.” (Cohen) Now off course‚ the research that has been done by Cohen includes mass shootings from ages varying from six to twenty-one years old although another article by the “EverytownResearch.org” website reveals how out of all of the school mass shootings in the United States‚ the majority of the mass shooting incidents that have happened in different colleges or universities. Because
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really? This presentation aims to investigate the persuasive devices used in Bowling For Columbine. This is a documentary by well known director Michael Moore‚ which uses a range of filming techniques to persuade the audience that the Columbine shootings were a result of so much fear‚ greed and consumerism in America. This is his extremely biased idea of the truth. In Michael Moore’s exposé style documentary he intentionally selects and omits footage to privilege his views and ideologies regarding
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police officer he wrote an essay “Shooting an Elephant”‚ When the russian revolution was going on he wrote a children’s book “Animal Farm”. After Orwell’s career of writing he writes an essay “Why I Write” 1946 after he wrote animal farm. He wanted to tell readers about why he wrote and what he liked to write about. George Orwell wanted to achieve turning political writing into an art‚ draw attention to some type of lie‚ and write against totalitarianism. In “Shooting an Elephant”‚ george orwell writes
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