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    The Station Nightclub Fire West Warwick‚ Rhode Island. The building of the Station Nightclub was constructed in approximately 1946. Many restorations and repairs were made to the building since the time of construction by different owners to fulfill their business needs. The building was a wood-frame construction with wooden shingles on the exterior walls that also included a flat roof‚ but the interior walls surrounding the stage were staffed with sound proof polyurethane insulating foam. Windows

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    York‚ Long Island (where the book is set). For example the comparison between the west egg and east egg. Nick Carroway’s house‚ In the West Egg‚ is described as an ‘eyesore’ whereas the East Egg is described as luxurious. I know this because when Nick is looking across the water he says ‘the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water’. This comparison clearly shows the East Egg being a place of wealth and fashion in comparison to the West Egg being not up to par to East Egg. Nick

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    The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald ← Key Facts → full title  ·  The Great Gatsby author  · F. Scott Fitzgerald type of work  · Novel genre  · Modernist novel‚ Jazz Age novel‚ novel of manners language  · English time and place written  · 1923–1924‚ America and France date of first publication  · 1925 publisher  · Charles Scribner’s Sons narrator  · Nick Carraway; Carraway not only narrates the story but implies that he is the book’s author point of view  · Nick Carraway narrates

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    Sperm and Egg Donation Many children will never know anything about their biological background‚ because their mother had a sperm or egg donation. Is that fair to children because their mother made that choice? Everybody deserves to know where they came from‚ and what risks they could suffer in life. For example heart disease‚ Parkinson’s disease‚ degenerative diseases‚ these are just some of the common diseases that could be genetic. Some offspring’s may just want to know their culture and history

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    The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald takes place in the 1920s‚ otherwise known as the Roaring 20s‚ or the Jazz Age. The antagonist‚ Nick Carroway‚ moves next to Jay Gatsby‚ a wealthy “old money” class man. Nick moved to West Eggs‚ a middle-upper class town bordering East Egg. Nick and Gatsby are frequent partygoers‚ especially to Gatsby’s owned parties. The basic premise is that Gatsby is after Daisy‚ Nick’s cousin. In this novel‚ Fitzgerald portrays the new money class as having a bad reputation

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    rations are limited and already‚ the look in their eyes is slowly turning from gentle to bloodlust. This band of 15 children was thrust upon this deserted island. They are no more than 12 or 13 years old and most are much younger than that. There are approximately 8 boys and 7 girls‚ most are shaken by the sinking of the ship. This is a change to them. They all come from calm lives and now are stuck on this chaotic island‚ where their minds will slowly deteriorate and the sound of laughter in the

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    Cultural Impact of The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ written in 1925‚ depicts a portion of Nick Carraway’s life characterized by the time he is influenced by the mysterious Jay Gatsby and his extensive pursuit of his former flame and Nick’s cousin‚ Daisy Buchanan. Set in the year 1922‚ the novel occurs during the thriving period of prosperity in America where materialism set the tone of society as reflected by the main characters’ economic successes. However‚ Fitzgerald illustrates

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    americans from the east settled in occupied Native American land‚ looking for new opportunities. The Americans moved west to mine for gold‚ silver‚ and copper‚ and wanted to farm. Many people have mixed opinions on whether or not this was a land of opportunity or not based on the many different outcomes from it. Although this time was not a good opportunity for the natives because many were killed or removed from their land and were put in reservations made up of land nobody wanted. The west was a land

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    Wizard Island Wizard Island is undoubtedly a unique and interesting name for a volcano‚ in fact this volcano maybe better known as the island volcano in the middle of crater lake. Wizard Island is located in the west coast of crater lake‚ Oregon (United States) on the North American continent‚ it is located relatively on top of the seduction zone between the North American plate and the Juan De Fuca‚ a oceanic plate causing many major earth quakes in the area. Wizard Island’s has a latitude

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    Egg shell as face powder (related literature) Eggshells are composed of around 95% calcium carbonate‚ a mineral that is very important for industry‚ nutrition and agriculture. There are many studies trying to find new ways to utilize this resource and their natural absorbent properties‚ as in treating cadmium in wastewater. So‚ never toss out those egg shells. They’re not garbage‚ but can be very useful around the house and yard. They also help to save you money by replacing many expensive‚ toxic

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