was 1984 in Springfield‚ Oregon when Diane Downs was convicted of shooting her three children‚ ending the life of one. Diane Downs was mentally unstable and obsessed over a man who did not want her. What was a peaceful and calm night quickly turned into a fight for survival. Downs had shot her three young children at close range in an attempt to win back the affection of the man she so desperately loved... Crime Nothing could have prevented the Downs children from meeting an unfortunate fate with
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will try and establish some theories on what might have caused this mother to commit such a criminal act. I feel that I should first give some background on what we will be discussing. I have chosen to do my paper on a female murderer named Diane Downs. She was convicted of murder‚ attempted murder‚ and criminal assault for the shooting of her three children. The incident took place on Thursday‚ May19‚ 1983 in Springfield‚ Oregon at approximately 10:48 p.m. She was driving a red Nissan that had Arizona
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In light of the description of anthropomorphism‚ I think it is only fitting to use the novels Charlotte’s Web and Watership Down to demonstrate them. While both of these novels show animals behaving in different manners‚ they are both uncharacteristic of normal animal behaviour. Charlotte’s Web shows animals behaviour as primarily human while Watership Down demonstrates animals behaving mostly as animals. This said‚ we see that both these novels show their characters with human traits‚ however
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be it pagan or monotheistic‚ has been used in many facets of life and humanity to help explain what people do not know. All cultures draw on similar aspects of the world to explain the unexplainable‚ how the world was created. Cultures have used trees to symbolize the center of the world and the roots each culture has. In Norse creation‚ the Ash tree contributes to the creation of human beings and protects them from harm. “But the most important thing upon the planet then‚ was the wonderful giant
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Friendship is the most important thing in life. Taylor realizes this through Estevan and Esperanza. She learns that to get through tough times‚ you need friends to help you get through. Through Estevan and Esperanza‚ Taylor learns the love‚ loss‚ and loss of friendship. Love and compassion are clearly present in Taylor‚ Estevan‚ and Esperanza’s relationship. When Esperanza was in a time of need‚ Taylor confronted her. Taylor could have sat back and watched Esperanza suffer and get Estevan all to
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In Detroit‚ Michigan of 2002 many ash trees in the hardwood forests of Michigan and in urban areas were unexpectedly dying prematurely and researchers began investigating the problem. As they investigated trees‚ they found tunnels throughout the inside of the tree. The problem turned out to be an insect no longer than 12 millimeters known as the emerald ash borer. Many 10s of millions of dollars have been spent and more than 200 million trees have died or have been sacrificed in efforts to eradicate
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The Tragedy of a True American William Cutting‚ a man of patriotism and honor started out as a mere orphan after his father died fighting in the war of 1812. Due to his father dying at the hand of a British Man‚ an outside‚ it gave him immense hatred to trespassers. He honestly believed the America owned by the U.S is the land of the free‚ the land for those who ruled. Despite all these new-found beliefs‚ the country and its people didn’t treat him kindly. He was set back even more so for being
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1. Trees save energy and money. Just three trees strategically planted around your home can cut your air conditioning bill in half. 2. Trees save tax payers. Trees in a city slow storm water runoff and reduce the need for storm sewers. Tree shade also helps cool municipal buildings‚ lowering electricity bills. 3. Trees cool our cities. Urban "heat islands" are directly related to massive tree-cutting for development. 4. Trees clean our water and air. From low level ozone in our cities
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Beloved‚ Toni Morrison uses trees to symbolize comfort‚ protection and peace. Morrison uses trees throughout Beloved to emphasize the serenity that the natural world offers. Many black characters‚ and some white and Native American characters‚ refer to trees as offering calm‚ healing and escape‚ thus conveying Morrison’s message that trees bring peace. Besides using the novel’s characters to convey her message‚ Morrison herself displays and shows the good and calmness that trees represent in the tree imagery
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The result matches the prediction‚ as the height of the ramp increase‚ the speed of the toy car roll down on the ramp will increase because of the gravitational force pull the toy car down on the ramp‚ the higher height the toy car roll down on the ramp‚ the more gravitational forces involved‚ so the toy car will get a faster speed‚ but in the contrary‚ the lower height the toy car roll down on the ramp‚ there is less gravitational force‚ that’s mean the toy car will get a slower speed. The independent
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