Petty Theft: Joe walks into a well-established electronics store. He walks around for a while, then decides to take a few inexpensive electronics without paying for them. He ends up stealing about $200 worth of items. The theft is documented on the security camera and Joe is caught. He is charged with petty theft, which is a misdemeanor and can result in up to a year in jail.…
An offensive rebound and put-back attempt by ETBU’s Junior Mitchell led the visiting Tigers to a 56-54 win over LeTourneau University on Saturday in Longview. The YellowJackets (9-13, 6-7 ASC) had forced a desperation 3-point attempt by Dylan Augustine with the shot clock winding down before an alert Mitchell came in from the perimeter for the game-winning, put-back attempt with seven seconds to go. LeTourneau called a timeout and looked to set up a play to send the contest overtime. However, the YellowJackets were unable to get off a shot. “Both teams defended at a high level and they made one more play then we did,” said LETU head coach Dan Miller.…
R/Os received information from dispatch that a caller stated that a vehicle described as a maroon Chrysler 300 had a male and a female inside the vehicle and the female was being battered by the male. The vehicle was last seeing traveling N/B on S. Prairie st. R/Os drove around the area looking for a vehicle with the description above, meeting negative results. R/Os went back to service. Nothing…
Novel Prompt 1. Write a summary of the author’s personal life. Ernest J. Gaines was born in 1933 in a small town in pointe coupee parish, Louisiana. Gaines became a brilliant writer during the 1940’s His novels focused on the difficulties African American faced in the 1940’s.…
The sound of gunfire woke Patrick from his dreamless sleep. He quickly jumped out of bed and put on his jacket. As he ran outside with his pistol ready he saw them. The Germans had advanced in the middle of the night, and were charging at his encampment. They had gotten too close.…
In the mid 1830’s, a surgeon in the U.S. army named John Emerson bought Dred Scott from Missouri to serve him while he went went off to perform his military duties. Later after moving several times, Emerson bought an enslaved female named Harriet. He permitted for the marriage of Dred Scott and Harriet and then they had two children. After Emerson died the Scotts saved money for several years in an attempt to buy their freedom from Emerson’s wife; she declined. Dred Scott then attempted to sue Sanford in state court claiming that since he had lived in a territory where slavery was banned, he was free.…
Ever tossed a penny aside and never gave a second thought about its worth? What many Americans fail to realize is the price they pay for each discarded, unwanted penny. I believe that the penny should be eliminated from American currency because they cost too much, waste valuable work time, and have been erased in other countries with no terrible consequences. The penny is surely not worth the trouble it causes and the burdens we have to endure by keeping them. Pennies are worth one cent, but producing pennies can cost even more than double that price.…
A lone gunman killed three people and wounded nine others in a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana. Police identify the man as John Russell Houser, a 59-year old with a criminal history. ourt records show a history of mental illness, erratic behavior from Houser. Police described the man as a “out-of-state drifter” and could not find a clear reason he targeted the particular movie theater and the romantic comedy Trainwreck. One possible reason is that Trainwreck is written by feminist comedian Amy Schumer.…
Since the beginning of time, achieving success has always been a group effort. Whether it be building the Pyramids or the White House, nothing over the course of history has ever been completed by one person alone. There is always help, whether it be in the form of someone acting on another individual's behalf or supporting someone by sharing advice or lending an encouraging word. Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer is a work that reveals the tendency of people to fail at helping and supporting unique or unordinary individuals find a way to fit into a materialistic society that seemingly contradicts everything they stand for. It is through analyzing the reasons why Chris McCandless goes into the wild that we see the importance of having a support group and finding people to hold yourself accountable to.…
Did you vote during this presidential election? Did you feel proud when a poll worker handed you a sticker? This election was my first time voting. I felt every aspect of an election—from accomplishment in voting to stress in announcing a new president. Women did not have this constitutional right until 1920.…
“7 of 10 teachers believe that implementation of the standards is going poorly in their schools.” This quote is talking about Common Core standards and how teachers don't even believe in them. Common Core was adopted in Iowa in 2010, and was created to make career ready citizens, as stated in an article named, “What is Common Core,” from “Corestandards.org.” (Gardner and Powell). To understand Common Core better, we will be looking at the cost of Common Core, the quality, and the constitutionality of it.…
In today’s society, the number of children with an intellectual or developmental disability has grown. The individuals that have these type of disabilities have also displayed difficulty in intellectual and adaptive functioning specially in terms of language development. As a result, (ABA) treatments, PEAK assessment and other interventions have arisen, facilitating the development of language. Since the individual being tested has a disability that can possibly result in a testing bias, the clinician administering the assessment, should be prepared and well trained in order to fully identify which skills the individuals is lacking and needs improvement. In recent studies, the PEAK-DT has proven to be efficient in measuring language, IQ,…
By creating more jobs, the government can keep the people occupied with a reason to get through the day without getting involved with MS 13. El Salvador is one of the many countries in poverty. Creating more jobs will be difficult, but it can be done with the collaboration of the country’s people. Elaine Denny, from the New York Times says, “A business cannot grow in a place where gangs require monthly or even weekly fees” (Denny, 2015). In many ways she could be right, that is why the violence and abuse of MS 13 has to be stopped.…
Everyone has walked into a restaurant at some point that has been completely overrun with teens such as public places like McDonalds or Sonic. Being in a restaurant full of teens can be uncomfortable; thus, people do not want to stay for long, or they know that there will be teens there so they do not come at all. This seems to be a growing problem in many areas due to population growth. Munchy’s, a restaurant in Springfield is creating their own rule to completely ban all teenagers from twelve o’clock to three o’clock due to a decrease in profits (“Munchy’s Promise”). The Mayor of Springfield is trying to attract tourist, but the teenagers will just pushing them away (“A Smart Idea”).…
Netflix made viewers label films and TV shows with hundreds of metadatap descriptorsq to comment, among others, about the actors, the screenplay, the overall appeal, and the category. Previously, these labels were employed to suggest other shows available on the service, fundamentally constructing outlines of individual viewers according to their choices. However, Netflix began gradually ordering original content as it was aware of what subscribers desired prior to their being in the know.46 Netflix, akin to other networks, desired a series of hits. The challenge for it was never to have access to viewers’ homes — its streaming service could be accessed on any gadget that could be connected to television.…