A "Terry Stop" is a stop of a person by law enforcement officers based upon "reasonable suspicion" that a person may have been engaged in criminal activity‚ whereas an arrest requires "probable cause" that a suspect committed a criminal offense. The name comes from the standards established in a 1968 case‚ Terry v. Ohio‚ 392 U.S.1. The issue in the case was whether police should be able to detain a person and subject him to a limited search for weapons without probable cause for arrest. The court
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A Look into Bullying Please Stop Laughing at Me by Jodee Blanco is an inspirational autobiography about how she was severely bullied physically and socially throughout all elementary‚ middle‚ and high school. She explains her struggles dealing with bullies and how she coped. It gives you a look into what it means to be the outcast and how bullying has been mishandled by the mental health community. “You can learn how to turn your pain into purpose and make a difference in the world‚ or you
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In the story “The Machine Stops” there were many fantastic happenings that in the time it was written in 1906 people never gave it any merit of it possibly happening. Although‚ it is a story of fiction written in the past it seems to foreshadow what is very possibly an outcome for the United States of today. For example‚ in the story everyone has become distant and although they have the means to travel and have a face to face encounter with other people they would rather sit in the rooms with little
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The Trees of Hope and Courage In The House on Mango Street‚ the author Sandra Cisneros takes you into a completely different world through the eyes of a young‚ insecure Esperanza growing up in a poor section of Chicago. A vignette that especially stood out was “Four Skinny Trees”. In this vignette Esperanza is describing four skinny trees that are overlooked and underappreciated. Cisneros uses powerful personification techniques that not only create vivid images but trigger intense reactions
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Stop & List Strategy Lesson Plan NameKatherine Beck | Date6/3/13 | Subject/Grade6th Grade: Writing/LA/Content Literacy | TopicStop & List Literacy Strategy (using middle school election speeches) | The big idea(s) or essential question(s)Students will use a reasoning strategy to organize‚ decipher‚ and interpret information/text by identifying a purpose and listing reasons/goals for the purpose. | State of Idaho and/or common core standards addressed: Standard 2: Comprehension/InterpretationGoal
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“The Machine Stops” Analytical Essay Human beings are an intelligent and creative species; however is it possible that their own technologic creations can exceed their own levels of intelligence and creativity to such an extent that humans have no need to rely on doing everyday things manually? In the short story “The Machine Stops” by E.M Forster the conflict between the main characters Vashti and Kuno allow readers to explore the main idea that “humans are architects of their own destruction”
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For my visual I did a stop motion animation explaining how Edmond Dantès evolves and changes throughout the story. Dantès started to evolve and change when he was sent to the Châtaeu D’If‚ so I started my video by describing what Dantès was like before he was sent to prison. For the video‚ I used both words and pictures to show how Dantès changes throughout the story. The beginning of the video started out with the quote‚ “He was a tall‚ slender young man‚ no more than twenty years old‚ with dark
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Stop. Stop texting and driving! Texting and driving kills hundreds of people each week. According to the National Safety Council‚ eleven teenagers die every day due to texting and driving. One of these teenagers could be you some day. People lose control of their car when focusing on their phone‚ instead of the road. It only takes a second to get in a car accident‚ and not paying attention makes it that much easier. Texting while driving will not only hurt the driver/people in the car‚ but also all
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Douglas Reese Professor Ausra Buzenas English W 130 November 3‚ 2015 Technology Controversy There was a time when families were able to go on vacation‚ take pictures with a Polaroid or a 35 mm. camera‚ and continue on with having fun as a family. Upon returning home‚ we would take the film in to the local Photo Shack and have the film developed‚ which took a few days to do depending how many rolls were brought in‚ but that was the worst part of it was the waiting. When we got the pictures back‚ I
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major issue and needs to be taken more seriously. There is no doubt in my mind that sexual assault is unacceptable‚ and we need to do anything we can to stop it. There have been many videos and theater acting shown to students in order to raise awareness of the controversy‚ in attempt to decrease sexual assault on campus. The YouTube video “Stop Sexual Assault | Be an Empowered Bystander | Who Are You?” did a great job in conveying the message of sexual assault to college students. The video first
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