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    Robotics in the Police Force Everyday our police officers put their lives on the line to uphold the laws. Whether it’s pulling someone over for speeding or chasing a thief. Even these simple acts can put our cops in danger. There are also times when they stand on the brink of death to save someone else’s life. This could be when they are diffusing a bomb, in the middle of a fire-fight, or even sifting through debris for survivors after an earthquake. Whenever an officer puts his uniform on he…

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    (Britannica). There was one major event that stood out during Carter’s presidency. A group of Iranian students took the diplomatic staff hostage. Carter tried to negotiate with the students for the staff’s release. Eventually Carter ran out of time to negotiate. In April of1980, Carter had the United States military on a secret mission to rescue the hostages. The secret mission failed…

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    The murder of Kitty Genovese is a very touchy subject. No one really knows the truth. Was there 37 or 38 witnesses? Psychologists say they only found a half a dozen witnesses, and the 6 people who seen it, didn’t see the whole incident. In 1964, Kitty Genovese was attacked, raped and murdered in her home by a man named Winston Moseley after returning from her job early on March 13, 1964. Winston approached Kitty as she was walking toward her home. As Kitty began to run away in fear, she was…

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    “God is holy. God gives life. God is the king of all things. Let it be said, in the name of the holy one, that we now pronounce our new ruler, King Daniel.” As this was said, trumpets blared, and King Daniel appeared for all to see. His people quailed (1) by throwing flowers at his feet as he walked with a powerful gait (2) and praised him. The people were brainwashed, and thought of him as immaculate (3). To them, he was sent from the heavens to deliver God’s message for all to hear. Every day,…

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    Hernan Cortes was a Spanish conqueror and explorer who was recognized for defeating the Aztec empire as well as conquering the land of Mexico and claiming it for Spain. Born in 1485 in his hometown Medellin, Spain, He lived with his father, Martin Cortes, and his mother Catalina Pizarro Altamirano. His guardians were poor members of the lower nobility class. Hernan set sail to the new world at the age of 19.[1]. Cortes conquered the land of Cuba in 1511. In the year of 1518, Velázquez, an…

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    ISIS Research Paper

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    According to the Al Arabiya News, Ozalp used the last bullet to kill herself during gun fights with the ISIS because she couldn't bare the thought of being hostage. ISIS is well known for its abduction on women and girls and uses them as sex slaves or spouses for its member. In early October, the United Nations expressed the urgent situation in systematic violence and blamed air strikes carried out by the Iraq government on civilians as crime against humanity. Furthermore, United Nations compare…

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    Barn Owl

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    family. Gylfie,Elf Owl,one of Soren ’s new friends he meets when he got captured,Soren and Gylfie find out St. Aggie’s Academy isn’t what it seemed.Grimble,Boreal owl,Aegolius funerus,he was captured as an adult by St. Aegolius patrols and held as a hostage with a promise that his family would be spared…

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    Islamophobia In Australia

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    threat to humanity than Islam itself. Early this week, Islamic State insurgent group ISIS, circulated photos and a video purporting to show images and a video of Jordanian pilot Muath Al-Kasaesbeh, being burned alive in a cage. While the beheading of hostages from the US, Britain and Japan drew condemnation from most religious sects within Islam, the horrific images of the airman’s murder served as a unifying…

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    The most famous escape to ever occur at Alcatraz resulted in a battle. On May 2, 1946, five prisoners teamed up to plan an escape. Bernard Paul Coy was the head of the plan and was joined by Joseph Cretzer, Clarence Carnes, Sam Shockley, and Miran Thompson. On May 2, Joseph Cretzer covered himself with axle grease and started to climb the West End Gun Gallery. When he reached the top, he placed a bar-spreader between two bars and was able to make a ten inch opening to squeeze through. Cretzer…

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    Sawyer is Huck’s friend up until the part when they created that group and they were imagining doing things like stealing, killing, but Huck realized that Tom was silly for pretending to have a gang and imagining ambushing the A-rabs or taking woman hostage. Someone that Huck started out and hated was the Widow and Ms.Watson, and also the slave Jim, but reading through the book you soon realize that Huck begins to go…

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