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    UFOs, alien sightings, and abductions seem to come from science fiction novels since there is a lack of “actual” evidence. The beliefs of society are that aliens bring humans to their spaceships, do surgeries and bring them back to the ground miles away from the place of abduction. Are aliens real? If so then what do they want with us? Aliens are a mystery that only time and evidence can solve. Let me describe my experience when I recall getting abducted. As I got home from work, I saw a star or…

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    Honore de Balzac’s ending to Peré Goriot is astonishingly effective as it confirms that moving up the social ladder takes priority over all other aspects of life. The author’s effectiveness with this theme is furthered through the use of motifs and descriptive language with the purpose of aiding the readers development as to what the conflict is, why it is inescapable, and how it affects the character’s lives. The first chapter establishes a motif in the form of a metaphor that is the root of…

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    Plane Crash Short Story

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    Patrick runs down to me and asked if I have any Ideas for a bridge to cross the raven. I think for a second a then say yes we can take two ladders put the a cross and them take the barn doors and put them on top. so Patrick sprints to the geroge looking for some ladders, I run up behind him and tell him that are in the barn. So we sprint to the barn. we take the ladders and the doors and go down to the ravine. we make the bridge and get the people from the other side of the…

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    The Day I Shot Narrative

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    that it was a sewer now, I leaped down into the sewer following him. It smells terrible but I tried to not let it bother me. He stops and climbs up a ladder and right after I get up the ladder I open the hatch and I look to my right and I see the bank surrounded by police cars. My partner is already in the car as I take my last step off the ladder and I throw the duffle bag full of cash and slam the door, and of course put my…

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    Our Town Play Analysis

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    1900’s. Our Town is presented in a much different manor than most plays today. Instead of changing sets and meticulously hand painted backdrops, the actors use nothing but some chairs and a pair of ladders. The storyline of the play is intriguing, but not so much as the elaborate use of chairs and ladders as the only props. The standouts in this particular performance where none other than the lights crew and the stage manager. The reason why I have chosen them as the standouts instead of actors…

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    Bubba decided to hunt until dark, determined not to walk home empty handed again. No other odd situations presented themselves, as a discouraged Bubba began his descent down the ladder.…

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    Social mobility is the ability to change your status from one socioeconomic class to another. Everyone who lives in America dreams of moving up the social ladder to a better life, but many people fail to realized how hard it can be. Your individual choices, for example the job you have or whether or not you go to college, can change your social status. But to some extent, changed you socioeconomic status can be out of our control. Your choices can be what moves you up your status, but being…

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    The universe and life would rest in a chain known as “The Chain of Being.” Said chain would work like stairs or a “Ladder to all high designs” (Tillyard). Everything and everyone puts together this chain and holds it all together. This means that people, in a way, are all one because “One step broken, [and] the great scale’s destroyed” (Pope). The chain of being goes up like a ladder being best at the top but said in The Elizabethan World Picture, “The top of one class must link with the bottom…

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    Protective clothing for industry has numerous standards. This listing includes those standards applicable to chemical protective clothing and hot work, protection from cuts, and molten metal as well as other types of hazards. They provide guidance for selection, use, proper care, and maintenance. Noise Safety Standards address the many factors involved in preventing injury or discomfort resulting from the effects of sound. Whether by designing devices in such a way as to reduce noise output,…

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    A plasmid is circular, relatively small in size, double stranded as a DNA molecule, and is physically distinct from the chromosomal DNA of a cell. Innately found in prokaryotic bacterial cells, plasmids can sometimes be found in eukaryotes as well 1. Plasmids are self-replicating; therefore, when a plasmid is formed, infinite copies of the plasmid can be created if the plasmid is grown in bacteria. 2 Because of the size of plasmids, which can range anywhere from one thousand base pairs up to…

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