DDay: Turning point? No way. Zack Kiiffner CHY4U Ms. Lohleit January 19th‚ 2015 The invasion of Normandy‚ also known as DDay or Operation Overlord‚ was one of the most memorable and important battles of World War II. A force of 156‚000 Allied soldiers‚ drawn from a dozen countries around the world 1 ‚ stormed the beaches of Normandy‚ on the northwest coast of Nazioccupied France‚ on the morning of June 6‚ 1944. It was the the largest land‚ sea‚ and air invasion in the history of the world
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A bad day A man was working on his motorcycle on his patio and his wife was in the kitchen. The man was racing the engine on the motorcycle when it accidentally slipped into gear. The man‚ still holding onto the handlebars‚ was dragged through the glass patio doors and along with the motorcycle dumped onto the floor inside the house. The wife‚ hearing the crash‚ ran into the dining room and found her husband lying on the floor‚ cut and bleeding‚ the motorcycle lying next to him‚ and the shattered
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Thirteen Reasons Why Chloee Bartels Author: Jay Ashner‚ Amount of pages: 288. This young-adult fiction novel describes a boy‚ Clay Jensen‚ receiving a box of tapes. On these tapes Hannah baker‚ a girl who recently committed suicide‚ explains why she killed herself. Clay hears all the stories and all the people who caused her death‚ he also has a story but not one you may think. Clay Jensen receives a shoe box that has seven tapes inside‚ on the first tape is an explanation of why Hannah made the
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Sometimes the snow melts just as quickly as it falls and other times it leaves you wondering if there will ever be an end in sight. On a scale of zero to ten in snow preparedness‚ Portland is probably at a two or three. Still‚ everyone loves a snow day and and its promise of a break. Do not be disillusioned though‚ as one’s love for snow can just as quickly turn into dismay. 2014 was such a year. With snow suddenly falling in February‚ everyone was caught off guard by the inclement weather. As
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With every inauguration we fortify the seedling of our country: the decrepit two century old constitution. All standing before me‚ we are American even though some were not born upon American soil‚ but rather united in the belief we chose to hold in an archive written centuries ago by the brilliant authors that came before us. Although these words may be documented‚ they alone are worthless. It is our job in government to execute these proposed duties- "by the people‚ for the people." Since 1789
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“Or maybe I would let go and give up” these were the words Hannah Baker lived her final days by (Asher 126). In the novel Thirteen Reasons Why written by Jay Asher‚ a young girl named Hannah ended her life. The story of why Hannah ended her life is explained on a set of seven cassette tapes‚ each one having a part A and a part B. Days after her death these tapes were sent out to the thirteen different people‚ who Hannah blames for forcing her to end her own life. The story flips back and forth between
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It was a grim and chilly Friday evening. The sky was darker than usual. Clouds were clustering above my head and it looked as if it was going to rain. Wind howled monstrously as the trees which had been stripped bent their legs‚ overwhelmed by the strong wind. It was six o’clock in the evening‚ just the beginning of rush hour. A glass door of an office building burst open as a crowd of square-eyed office workers strode out. Within minutes‚ the street was packed with people rushing back home
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Personal Views about Franklin’s Thirteen Virtues Among Franklin’s thirteen virtues‚what impresses me most is the Sincerity. What is considered to be Sincerity? For me ‚ Whether a person is sincerity is connected with his personality and mental health is related. A man without integrity and proper moral quality will not be a sincere person. Integrity‚ is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation.Incredibility is difficult for people to accept. In our whole life ‚we take integrity as a beacon
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13 Reasons Why is a novel by Jay Asher‚ that will stay with me because it has genuinely changed my outlook on life. I was fascinated by the character Hannah Baker and her poetic way of describing the terrible events that changed her life. Hannah sends 13 cassette tapes to people she blames for her suicide‚ before killing herself by taking a handful of pills. The book is set around Clay Jensen‚ the ninth person to receive the tapes out of twelve. I was fascinated at how all of these people in
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Software Requirements Specification Contents 1. Introduction. 2 1.1. Purpose. 2 1.2. Document Conventions. 3 1.3. Intended Audience and Reading Suggestions. 3 2. Overall Description. 4 2.1 Product Perspective. 4 2.2 Product Features. 5 2.3 User Classes and Characteristics. 6 2.4 Operating Environment. 6 2.5 Design and Implementation Constraints
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