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    School Shootings Kimberly Cotton April 25 2016 Professor Hanser University of Louisiana at Monroe Abstract School shootings are a form of violence that happens when a child or student is bullied at their school and wants revenge on their peers. The go to the school and open fire and often afterwards commit suicide. Why do school shootings happen‚ the effects of shootings and how it can be prevented are very important key topics that will be discussed in this paper.

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    Vega Star Research Paper

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    The Vega star has many different characteristics and properties when compared to other stars. The star is a white main sequence star‚ meaning in is in class A. The Vega is a blue to white star with a temperature of approximately 17‚000 F (9‚500 C) and is already 455 million years old. It is surrounded by a large disc of dust and debris‚ which may be from that planetary collisions. The Vega star is 25 light years away from the earth and the mass is 2.1 times bigger than the sun’s mass. Also compared

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    Point of View in "The Star" by Alasdair Gray By Sami Breem POBox 108 English Department Islamic University-Gaza Palestine sbreem@mail.iugaza.edu ملخص: يهدف هذا البحث لدراسة وجهة نظر الشخصية الرئيسية في قصة "النجم" للكاتب ألاسدير جراي، حيث تؤكد الدراسة على أهمية التحليل اللغوي للنص بالإضافة للتحليل الأدبي وذلك باستخدام نظريات في مجال أسلوبية الخطاب كما جاء في (كارتر وسمبسون 1989). ولغرض التحليل اللغوي يستخدم البحث نموذج الأفعال المتعدية كما جاء في (بيري 1975). لزيادة معرفة القارئ بعالم

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    talks about recent catastrophic events and brutal shooting incidents that have taken place in schools that are related to the safety of children‚ faculty and other visitors. Further this paper discusses technological solution that could be applied to avoid such events and provide more safety to the people at school. Introduction: School shootings‚ especially in United States of America‚ are being witnessed all over the world. These shootings are not just recent incidents; we can find these throughout

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    School shootings are terrifying to think about‚ but there are ways to help prevent the massacres from ever happening again. The first known school shooting was at the Texas Tower at the University of Texas in 1966 where Charles Whitman shot and killed 16 people while injuring 31 others. Who would have known since that date that we would have more then 200 deaths on school campuses? The most storied shooting in the 90’s was probably the Columbine massacre where on April 20‚ 1999 Dylan Klebold and

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    play around in the water. I couldn’t help but faint a smile. I found it some what amusing to see the sand castles that still remained‚ the ones we built long ago‚ the lucky few that made it through reckless little boys play. It was dark outside and stars floated in the distance‚ but the moon seemed so close‚ I could grab it and take it in my pocket to keep for myself‚ so close that I could see it’s bright shadow shimmering on the rolling water. Ghost crabs darted past my feet like thieves in the night

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    Neutron Stars are born from the deaths of stars. When a star dies‚ if it is not massive enough to become a black hole‚ it becomes a neutron star. A neutron star has a mass between one to 3 suns compressed into the size of central park. A sugar cube sized slice of a neutron star will weigh around 10 billion tons(around the mass of Mt. Everest). The reason it can do this is because hydrogen atoms(the simplest and lightest material) are around 99.9999999999996% empty space. The atoms in this star

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    Bergson). During the twentieth century‚ the world wars were playing out so one can see why authors at the time would choose to focus on celestial settings instead of their violence-driven home. In Arthur C. Clarke’s‚ space odyssey short story‚ “The Star‚” a Jesuit astrophysicist priest’s faith has been shaken with the discovery of an obliterated race deep in outer space. Likewise‚ in E. M. Forster’s‚ insightful short story‚ “The Celestial Omnibus‚” a young boy ventures out and locates a bus to heaven

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    Star Wars vs. Star Trek

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    Thesis: Star Trek and Star Wars each posses similar and different general concepts‚ themes‚ and motives. Outline I. Technology A. Star wars 1. Weapons 2. Ships B Star Trek 1. Weapons 2. Ships II. Characters A. Star Wars Sean McGrann Enr. English II Compare/Contrast Essay 3/6/00 Star Wars vs. Star Trek Throughout the past two decades‚ two science fiction cult classics have rivaled each other. Both have strong followings of loyal fans that

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    Song: Go and catch a falling star The poem “Song: Go and catch a falling star” was written by the cherished poet‚ John Donne. In this satirical poem‚ through a series of images‚ he conveys his belief on the faithfulness‚ or rather the unfaithfulness of women. Donne’s use of diction‚ allusion‚ imagery‚ sound effects‚ and tone create a unique richness in the language of the poem‚ which make it enjoyable to read. The denotations and connotations of this poem create more depth and richness. In

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