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    Stars of the Sea

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    mile away. Rolling. Foaming. Rushing. Surging. Beginning to thicken and swell in strength. Now it was a battlement of ink-black water‚ almost crumpling under its own weight; but still rising‚ and now roaring. It smashed into the side of the bucking Star‚ like a punch thrown by an invisible god. He was aware of being flung backwards into the edge of a bench‚ the dull crack of metal against the base of his spine. The ship creaked violently and pitched into a tilt‚ downing slowly‚ almost on to beam ends

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    Death Star

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    Summary: Dead Stars by Paz Marquez-Benitez (In which I transferred and extended.) *** Oh what a shame! I haven’t posted anything for a long time. Though I did not want to blame it to the fact that I was recently buried in a terrible work load and a painful school schedule made more complicated by tasks and deadlines‚ I just can’t. But come to think of it‚ it won’t hurt if I post the summaries and reviews that hinder me from reading and blogging‚ will it? Besides‚ they’re still literature

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    A great work of art that has a great impact on my life is the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickson. The story tells of a cold hearted‚ selfish business man named Ebenezer Scrooge‚ who is visited by his deceased business partner Jacob Marley and three ghosts on Christmas Eve. Jacob Marley who chained tells Scrooge that he should change his way or he will be punished in the after life. Marley beged for Scrooge to be given a chance to change. The ghost’s job is to persuade Scrooge to change his

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    RECRUITMENT OF A STAR | Case Analysis: Recruitment of a Star | Shaun Morse | | Robert Morris University | 1/26/2013 | Recruiting‚ Selection‚ and Retention‚ HRMG6150-L1 Dr. Darlene Motley | Synopsis Stephen Connor‚ who is the director of research‚ at the investment firm Rubin‚ Stern‚ and Hertz (RSH) is attempting to fill a vacancy created when his lead semiconductor analyst‚ Peter Thompson resigns unexpectedly. Mr. Connor promotes a junior analyst‚ Rina Shea‚ to fill the void

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    A Christmas Carol In the play "A Christmas Carol"‚ the Ghost of Christmas Future comes to show Scrooge scenes of his future life that frighten him into changing his character. After having visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present‚ Scrooge is now visited by the Ghost of Christmas Future. Each visit changed his point of view‚ but Future’s visit changed his life. When people talk behind your back‚ they speak the truth. In another scene‚ Scrooge sees that his possessions are stolen then

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    Name Professor Institution Date A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles dickens first published by Chapman and Hall on 19 December 1843 and adapted for film in 1938. The film tells the story of bitter old miserly protagonist Ebenezer scrooge who does not give to others and is only concerned with his own money and affairs. The film tells of his transformation resulting from ghost visits by Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmases’ past‚ present and future. As the

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    is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values” says Thomas S. Monson. This is one intricate message that Ebenezer Scrooge failed to grasp. Ebenezer Scrooge is the narcissistic‚ avaricious protagonist in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. To start off‚ Scrooge is visited by the ghost of Christmas past‚ the ghost of Christmas present and the ghost of Christmas yet to come. Each of these three spirits exemplifies a different time in his penurious life. As an attempt to change Scrooge

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    School Shootings

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    If someone were to rely solely on television media‚ it wouldn’t surprise me if he/she thought that America’s schools were being taken over by these so-called "juvenile super predators." The American people would assume that every quiet kid who gets picked on is going to turn around in school one day and start unloading his newly acquired firearms on his peers. This is hardly the case. While there may be an occasional "super-predator‚" the media has highly over publicized these rare‚ extraordinary

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    Shooting a Basketball

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    COACHES’ EVALUATION In the first column‚ rate yourself in each area. 1 (LOW) TO 5 (HIGH) Head Coach will use the second column to rate each coach. 1 (LOW) TO 5 (HIGH) COMMUNICATION SELF Head Coach 1. COMMUNICATION SKILLS WITH PLAYERS 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 2. COMMUNICATION SKILLS WITH PARENTS 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 3. COMMUNICATION SKILLS WITH STAFF 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 PLAYER INTERACTION

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    Newtown Shooting

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    Tribute to Newtown When I heard about the Newtown incident‚ I felt really bad for all those innocent children and teachers. Since Newtown is pretty close to Shelton‚ everyone was scared and talking about it. A lot of people stopped feeling safe after this. Our school reacted to this incident by locking all of the entrances to the school. I was very confused on why that man would do such a thing and I couldn’t stop thinking about it because it was all over the news. It’s a scary thing to think that

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