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    Sherlock Holmes has been extremely popular since Sir Author Conan Doyle created him. Holmes is a fictional character in the late 19th century who was a remarkable detective. He is known for solving mysterious cases that no other person could solve, not even the police. Sherlock is an excellent detective for his use of observations, deductions, and imagination. Holmes uses these skills in the stories: “A Study in Scarlet”, “The Speckled Band”, and “Silver Blaze”. In the short story “A Study in…

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    and exam the causes and the evidence for their collapse, and also what happened to the people that inhabited these areas after the complex societies they lived in collapsed. Mesa Verde The Mesa Verde region is located on the Colorado plateau in the Four Corners…

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    The Evolution Of Superman

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    Superman is a DC comics superhero created in 1933 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Since his first appearance in Action Comics #1, he appeared in radio serials, TV shows, movies, newspaper strips etc. It was his huge success and popularity that established the superhero genre as the center of comic book culture in the US. Superman's characteristics and traits changed more than once over the years, and those changes were explained as parallel universes. However, throughout all those changes,…

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    Sherlock in Real Life While the Sherlock Holmes stories are made up in Conan Doyle’s head, there are many facts of reality in these stories. The inspirations of his characters were people in his actual life. The outfits that his characters wore were consistent with what was actually being worn in that time period and the people involved in crime solving in his stories were also involved in reality. The scenery and vehicles were also very similar. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born May 22, 1859 in…

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    Personalities and Roles In Conan Doyle’s novel The Hound of the Baskervilles characteristics and skills are but few elements that Doyle uses to portray the theme of the crime solving duo, Sherlock Holmes and Dr.John Watson. Throughout the story Watson repeatedly makes the dots without detailed reasoning and Holmes connects them. ““You know my methods. Apply them!”” (Conan Doyle 15). Holmes seems to be constantly teaching Watson his ways and in turn Watson does his best to fill the gaps for…

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    In Roosevelt’s State of the Union Address (“The Four Freedoms”), the speaker, an American political leader and statesman who served as the thirty-second President of the United States, discusses four underlying freedoms that all people have the right to enjoy. Roosevelt delivered his powerful speech eleven months before the United States declared war on Japan in 1941. His State of the Union speech primarily dealt with the national security of America and the concerning threat to other republics…

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    In 1890 the novel, A Study in Scarlet, written by Arthur Conan Doyle introduced the character of Detective Sherlock Holmes. Doyle would go on to write 60 stories about Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock Holmes stories have long been credited as an influence on forensic science thanks to his character’s use of investigative methods such as matching fingerprints, serology, ciphers, trace evidence, including footprints. 130 years later, this is old news, but a key component to investigations today.…

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    After 18 other films and a ten-year wait, directors and brothers, Anthony and Joe Russo finally gave comic book fans the movie they’ve all been waiting for, Avengers: Infinity War (2018). Avengers: Infinity War brings all the fan favorite heroes together into one action-packed adventure. In the movie, Thanos (Josh Brolin) is scouring the entire universe to collect 6 infinity stones that different aspect of the universe: Space, Mind, Reality, Power, Time, and Soul. The Avengers unite together to…

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    It was supposed to be a normal class in Mr Volk’s class, until it started snowing outside and the topic came up. “Isn’t there an old tale about snowflakes and where they come from?” Kai asked. “I don’t know what you’re talking about, it’s not snowing, we’re clearly at a race track.” said Colton while using his VR pod. Mr. Volk makes him put away the VR pod, “But I was using that!” exclaimed Colton. “Well now we will discuss what Kai has brought up,” Mr Volk said “and maybe you’ll understand…

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    Roosevelt states “America hates war. America hopes for peace. Therefore, America actively engages in the search for peace.” In Roosevelt’s Four Freedom speech he begins talking about how America has never had a serious threat to its national security especially with the British Navy a allied strength off of the…

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