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Central Los Angeles South Central Los
1,336 words
Our helicopter whirled in a tight circle over
Florence and Normandie in South Central Los
Angeles. Pilot Mike Smith kept the ship at an
almost constant bank. I was in the left seat next
to the pilot and had a clear view of the rampaging
clutter on the street below. Cameraman Martin
Cancer, strapped in a shoulder harness, was
hanging out of the helicopter. He had opened the
left side door, placed his mini-cam on his
shoulder and was recording the helter-skelter
action. This was the early evening ...
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Tom Buchanan Daisy Voice
1,651 words
... heats up, furthering suspense while placing
untested characters in such boiling heat that
their lives can find expression only in explosive
release or resignation. Their tempers flare as the
temperature rises and it is not until they lose
their composure that anything begins to cool. In
Fitzgerald's stylish hands, heat functions to
shape plot and test character. His acute
recognition of the role of atmosphere in both
furthering conflict and testing character is
illustrated by his unwavering ...
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South Africa Black Children
491 words
Sirens blared, voices screamed and shouted, wood
cracked and windows shattered, children bawled,
dogs barked and footsteps pounded (7). This scene
is from the autobiography Kaffir Boy written by
Mark Mathabane. That is one of the scenes he had
to live through every morning in apartheid South
Africa. Apartheid is a policy of segregation and
economic discrimination against non-whites.
Apartheid system affected every black person
living in South Africa during that time. It forced
blacks to become s...
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The Cause Of Crime Today
495 words
The world is not the way it was. At one time
people could sleep with their windows up and doors
unlocked. In today's society people have to lock
their doors and close their windows. Crime is at
an ultimate high, and the world is slowly falling
apart. This is not the work of the older
generations, it is strictly the work of generation
X. Teenagers are not what they use to be. A long
time ago teenagers were loyal, respectful, and
helpful to their parents, but not anymore. Today's
teens live their ...
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One Of The First Blaise Pascal
1,452 words
Computer Then and Now and Where they are Going In
modern times, the computer has been one of the
most influential, if not the most influential
pieces of electronics ever produced. The evolution
of the modern computer has come a long way from
the times it was first thought of and conceived,
and with the advancements of today's modern
computers the opportunities seem to be endless. In
the computer business each day brings new and more
advance ideas in to reality and the potential for
the modern co...
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False Statements Young Women
580 words
Cigarette advertisements generally contain hidden
messages. The goal is to create a misconception of
smoking. These advertisements tend to glamorize
smoking. At first when people see the ad, they are
not aware of these hidden messages, but they have
already been influenced by them unconsciously. The
illusions of smoking have been presented to
consumers as if they can make peoples' lives
easier in every different perspective. Here is a
Marlboro cigarette ad, which can be used as a
perfect example...
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Life After Death Fly Buzz When I Died
726 words
Emily Dickinson's poems, Because I Could Not Stop
For Death and I Heard A Fly Buzz-When I Died, are
both about one of life's few certainties, death.
However, that is where the similarities end.
Although Dickinson wrote both poems, their ideas
about what lies after death differ. In one, there
appears to be life after death, but in the other
there is nothing. A number of clues in each piece
help to determine which poem believes in what. The
clues in I heard a Fly buzz-when I died, point to
a disbe...
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Women And Children David Koresh
1,443 words
November 28, 1999 I was one of only nine survivors
of the Waco blaze -- 74 men, women and children
died -- and I've devoted the last six years to
understanding what happened there. Back in 1990 I
had been drumming in a stagnant Los Angeles rock
band when I met and befriended David Koresh. I
needed some new drumsticks, and on the way to a
gig stopped in at the Guitars R Us on Sunset
Boulevard. Seeing the sticks in my hand, two
strangers introduced themselves and asked if I was
playing in a band. ...
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Fahrenheit 451 Similarities To Our Society
591 words
Fahrenheit 451 is a science fiction book that
still reflects to our current world. Bradbury does
a nice job predicting what the world would be like
in the future; the future for his time period and
for ours as well. The society he describes is, in
many ways, like the one we are living in right
now. We are always demanding more advanced
machinery, and from the past, we have grown into a
much more technological society. Lately, more and
more people not only want more technology, they
want them to ...
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Elisa Allen Yellow Wallpaper
748 words
Talents and dreams, hopes and desires, shunned by
the husbands and times of the women in The
Chrysanthemums and The Yellow Wallpaper. The wife,
Elisa, in The Chrysanthemums, reflects an internal
struggle with herself to find her place in a world
of definite gender roles. The Yellow Wallpaper
traces the treatment of a woman who descends from
depression to madness in the male-imposed
psychiatric confinement of her room. The
mirror-like situations that hinder the
protagonists in both stories call t...
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Wuthering Heights And Thrushcross Grange Contrast
772 words
Never have two more opposing places existed than
Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights.
Wuthering Heights is a dwelling characterized by
fiery emotions, primal passions, bitter vengeance,
and blatant evil. Thrushcross Grange is a
peaceful, beautiful abode which epitomizes all
that is good and lovely. Emily Bronte includes
these two places in the Romantic novel, Wuthering
Heights, to create a contrast which furthers the
overall theme of good vs. evil. Wuthering Heights
is a house set high upon...
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Late 19 Th Century Theory Of Natural Selection
817 words
Written in 1899, Frank Norris novel, Mc Teague
serves as a view of societal factions of his time
period. Norris illustrates the stratification of
society in this San Francisco community by using
the concept of Social Darwinism. He gives detailed
accounts of the inner workings of society along
with the emotions of the time. Through his
characters, Norris shows the separation of classes
and the greed that grew abundantly during the late
19 th century. He also gives a grim picture of
survival in hi...
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Loss Of Innocence Banana Fish
1,134 words
... e. Inability or disapproval to accept maturity
is often a cause of characters loneliness. Holden
is torn apart by two dominating forces in his
life. One pulls him into maturity, advising him to
grow up and leave behind both his innocence and
childhood, while the other does not want to free
him from his past. For any human being,
accomplishing these two things at once is an
impossible task, and yet the protagonist presses
on, attempting to do so anyway. Holden dreams of
remaining as innocent ...
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Canada Michelangelo The Life Of Guido Nincheri
1,475 words
"I'm tired of people coming back from Europe and
telling me how beautiful the churches are. We " ve
forgotten what we " ve got here. " mac 1996
Between 1915 and 1973 the Italian-Canadian painter
Guido Nincheri devoted his life to producing
stained glass windows and frescoes for more than
one hundred churches across North America.
Although honoured in Montreal's three hundred and
fiftieth anniversary as a builder of the city, few
Canadians know of the identity of this craftsman.
The purpose of th...
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Yellow Icehouse Snow Live
609 words
Time: Endless visions of white surround the
dissolved landscape. From the vast reaches of
lucid sight, to zenith and horizon, all that can
be observed is fine, talc like powder. The two
worlds of sky and land appear to blend together
like a photographic set, in faultless unity, as
aged snow shapes the dismal world into neutral
brilliance. Small particles of crystalline snow
hit against his aged Columbia jacket. Staring at
the contrast between the blackness of his sleeve,
he meticulously scoops, ...
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19 Th Century Mc Teague
729 words
In the first chapter, Norris paints a picture of a
town setting. He describes Polk Street as "one of
those cross streets peculiar to Western cities,
situated in the heart of the residence quarter,
but occupied by small trades people who lived in
the rooms above their shops. There were corner
drug stores with huge jars of red, yellow and
green liquids in their windows, very brave and
gay; stationers's tore's, where illustrated
weeklies were tacked upon bulletin boards; barber
shops with cigar sta...
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Active Directory User Groups Implementation
700 words
POS 427 Brian Richards, Facilitator June 13, 2005
Active Directory User Groups Implementation
Synopsis of Proposal Subsequent to the Active
Directory (AD) implementation discussion, this
proposal addresses possible user accounts and
group organizations for Riordan Manufacturing.
This document discusses user and group accounts
available through AD, and addresses possible
implementation plans for the parent domain of
riordan manufacturing. com. These plans could also
be implemented in the child do...
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Dylan Thomas Personal Life
804 words
Under Milk Wood is a play by Dylan Thomas, wherein
he creates a great number of characters in a very
short period of time. In less than one hundred
pages, Thomas has introduced sixty-five
characters. The reader is able to learn a great
deal of information about each of the characters,
despite the fact that he uses less than a page to
introduce each of them. Thomas has accomplished
this, through the creation of scenes and the use
of language, which imply various traits about each
of the character...
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Dirty Clothes One Home
1,274 words
Id Memories Old Memories I put your red sweater
under your flannel shirt. The red one is warmer
than the gray one so wear it when the temperature
gets low. Inside the black plastic bag is some
medicine. These are for cold and flu. Take them
when you dont feel well. If you start coughing,
take those green capsules plus one of these yellow
antibiotics. Remember, just one. They are really
strong. Dont take those white tablets during the
day because they make you feel drowsy. But if
you... Mom, I kn...
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E T C Write A List Car
507 words
In order to do a proper job you must first look
over the whole car top to bottom and either write
a list of all the dent and rust spots or take
photos. If some panels need replacement write down
what it is and the year and make of your car,
weather it is a sedan or station wagon or ute e.
t. c. Once you have found all work that has to be
done you need to write a list of the estimated
amount of body filler, sand paper and primer is
needed. Once all this preliminary work is done you
can start work...
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