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    Lamar: A Short Story

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    It all began with a simple phone call one night after dinner. “Franklin,” my father hollered up the stairs, “It’s for you. Its Lamar on the other line.” As I came downstairs to pick up the phone, I was not happy. I was tired and had looked forward to a nice quiet evening at home, not another adventure with Lamar. Thirty minutes later, however, Lamar’s silver Mustang convertible swung into our driveway, and Lamar was leaning on the horn before the car came to a full stop. Grabbing my coat from…

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    On November 25, 2015 at approximately 2035hrs, Sgt. Henke, Officer Blaker, and I responded to 604 Market St, Brookfield, MO, 64628, in reference to a domestic/child abuse. Sgt. Henke and I made contact with Kimberly Roxann Degnan, DOB 10/14/1984 inside the residence. Officer Blaker made contact with the male suspect outside of the residence. Degnan informed me her son Garret Bo Lucky, DOB 07/1/2014, was assaulted by his biological father Alan Lucky. Degnan advised she was sitting on the chair…

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    Inventions have been built by inventors for years. For instance, phones, games, and computers. Some of them came out perfectly well. Like the Nintendo Switch, it works very well. However, some people can't invent anything good. They always fail at what they do. They can't invent nothing correctly for trying to get it done quickly. Most teachers have to use sticky notes. Spencer might have invented a weak adhesive But does not mean it still couldn't be used for good. It could easily stick and…

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    stop him from doing anything. When he was younger he was fascinated by telegraph machines. One day he rescued a child from an oncoming train. The baby’s father just happened to be a telegraph operator. He wanted to reward him somehow, and Edison requested that he teach him how to be a telegraph operator. Edison’s mind was always at work, and he thought he could improve the telegraph. So he ended up inventing a writing telegraph. Westward Union asked him to sell his ideas. Edison, thinking that…

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    Thomas Alva Edison lit up the world by inventing the lightbulb.Without him we would be in a dark room with burning lanterns.We wouldn't to be able to to watch movies or record sound.Thomas edison made a bunch of inventions.In fact he was granted 1,093 patents.In another words that means he invented 1,093 inventions.In his life he was a Inventor,Businessperson,Film producer,Film director,Entrepreneur And a Telegraphist.One time he saved a three year old boy who was playing on train tracks just…

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    World War II Inventions

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    created during World War II. During World War II, Charles Kettering was the head of the National Inventors Council, which examined and looked at new inventions sent by the government. Additionally, he had a Sunday afternoon radio program that many Americans…

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    Identify an event, during your clinical experiences, that sticks out to you the most. The event that stood out the most to me during my clinical experience this month was when one of my patients began to complain of a sudden onset of intense abdominal pain, then later had a fall while off the unit. Explain the circumstances surrounding this event (who, what, when, where, and how). My patient was a 72-year-old male with a J-tube placed for feedings. It was my third day caring for the…

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    simplified the telegraph machine and invented the Morse Code.(pbs.org). Samuel Morse was an influential person who helped the world communicate easier and become more innovative. When Samuel Morse first went to Yale University his interest was in painting, but while he was there he gained an interest in electricity. In 1832 through 1835 he improved upon the telegraph machine by making it electric.(britannica.com).…

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    While on break at my job in Panera, I observed the mannerisms of a couple sitting at a table across the dining room. They couple seemed a little bit younger than me, maybe in their senior year of high school. They were holding hands across the table and their eye contact was heavily placed on each other. They ate their meal in a neat fashion, being cautious of making a mess. Moreover, they had very polite tableside manners. The only time I caught the boy checking his phone was when his partner…

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    How Alexander Graham Bell Changed the World Have you ever wondered who invented the magnificent telephone? Well, it was Alexander Graham Bell! He invented the telephone in the year of 1876 and from that point forward, the world of communication would be much more efficient. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland in the year of 1847. He was a teacher of the deaf. Bell is even listed as one of the founders of the National Geographic Society. Bell was also the inventor of many things. Overall,…

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