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    It was raining again. Recently, that is all it ever seemed to do. My dark eyes watched the blanketed sky with mild fascination. The droplets, more fragile than glass, shattered against everything they touched. The rain painted the town of Ashville with hues of gray. In the glass of the window, I could see my own transparent reflection. To the glass, I was just a ghost with a rainy face, though it showed me all that I was. Coal eyes, cotton hair, and snowy skin. My eyes had always reminded…

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    The changes in species have been explored by many scientists, but Charles Darwin was the first to support his findings on the existence of evolution with abundant evidence. Darwin later came to develop the theory of evolution after his voyage on the HMS Beagle to South America in 1831 for five years. Darwin was an English geologist and naturalist who proposed that organisms have had physical and behavioral changes over time to increase reproductive success and to better adapt to the environment.…

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    Durshine: A Short Story

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    “Hey there Michael” Tommy greeted back and took his respective seat. “You might like something I found today on the way here.” He said as he reached for the paper he discovered earlier. Michael took the note from Tommy and examined it carefully. “Hm. It’s interesting, but it can easily be fake. Doesn’t take a genius to type up an 85 word note.” Michael critiqued. “Yea, I know. The concept just intrigues me, ya know? Like being contacted by the future, if it all possible, could be super cool.”…

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    What Led Up to the War The war of 1812 is a war many people tend to forget about in the grand scheme of things. This war was and still is referred to as the “second war for independence”. What is not readily known is what happened to bring us to the point of war, and what resulted from it. Mostly this war is remembered for the creation of the Star Spangled Banner, but also how this war was fought changed how wars would be fought in the future. Although no land changed hands, this war and the…

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    they think the story might be about. After at least three students respond, begin reading. As you get to the various points in the story that fit into a box on the story map, pause, and think-aloud. “Once upon a time, at a small shack in Japan...” “Hm, I remember that the setting is where and when a story takes place. I now know this happened in Japan. I am not sure when it took place, so let’s keep reading!” Go back to boxes as necessary. For example, once the “Frog Prince,” is introduced,…

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    Boston Massacre History

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    England had enacted the Stamp Act, imposing taxes on Americans in 55 different ways. Americans, who had always managed their money in their own assemblies, considered, the act was unconstitutional. Naturally they were furious. John Hancock was also furious. He said there was nothing or no one on earth that could make him pay a penny of that “dammed tax.” He said it loudly and often. When Samuel Adams and other people heard it, they cheered him. The next year was good news. England repealed the…

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    Shameless Love

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    Wow! What the fuck…in no way, shape, or form was that sex scene funny that bitch is straight up stupid. Honestly, regardless of my dislike of Ian I still felt his pain while he was doing that. I wonder if he orgasmed? He didn’t even use a condom from my view point. Dumbass. I feel that realistically he would’ve stopped considering after having her rotten vagina (apparently) in his face he already would’ve been like “Nope. Nope. Done.” But nahh the writer wanted the show to go on. I agree with…

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    Why Is D-Day Important

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    D-Day World War Two is one of the bloodiest wars ever be fought. Besides the 6 million Jews that were killed during that time period, there was around fifty million men, women, and children that were killed because of the war. The most significant battle that was fought in World War Two was The Battle of Normandy, also known as D-Day. D-day, also known as operation overlord was the most significant because it helped bring an end to the war, it was the main attack by the allied powers in…

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    Child Poverty Essay

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    growing up in low income households are more likely than others to have poor health, to do badly at school, become teenage mothers and fathers or come into early contact with the police, to be unemployed as adults or to earn lower wages quoted by the HM Treasury (2002). Poverty can have many affects on children such as poor health, child development and education disadvantage. Inability to afford essentials like food means a poor diet which can lead to a poor diet. Children living in households…

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    Nuclear Bombs

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    The radiation is present from the origin of the universe, about 20 billion years ago, since intervened in the Big Bang: Big Bang. So that the radioactivity existed on our planet long before the appearance of life on it, every living organism contains traces of radioactive substances. But less than a century that mankind discovered this phenomenon by scientists like Henri Becquerel, Wilhelm Roentgen and Marie and Pierre Curie and others. In 1945 we can say that tragically began the "Nuclear Age"…

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