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    Susan Eloise Hinton is one of the most popular and best writers, for young people fiction books. S.E. Hinton wrote many books for different ages. She grew up as a tomboy and loved horses. Susan was a very shy person that wanted to become a cattle rancher as a young girl. Susan was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 22nd 1950. Susan married a man name David Inhofe. Susan became “The Voice of the young people”, she helped them out when she wrote the book, The Outsiders. Susan was only 15 when she…

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    Jeffrey Dahmer

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    According, to the FBI there are approximately 25 to 50 serial killers throughout the U.S and Jeffery Dahmer was one of them. He was born in West Allis, Wisconsin on May 21,1960. He was the first born of two sons, when he was 3 before his fourth birthday he was diagnosed with double hernia. He was frightened by not knowing what was going on and had to follow through with an operation. The experience of a complete stranger exploring his body marked his subconscious forever. Later on with his…

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    Jeffrey Dahmer was born on May 21, 1960 in West Allis, Wisconsin. His parents only had two kids, Jeffrey and David. They were seven years apart and Jeffrey chose the name for his little brother. The mother’s name is Joyce and the father is Lionel Dahmer. His behavior was just like any other kid until around age six when he got a double hernia. He started to act differently, he became increasingly insular and lacked self confidence. Soon, his brother was born and his insecurities deepened. He…

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    Chronic Wasting Disease: The Silent Assassin Chronic Wasting Disease, also known as (CWD) kills herds of deer by the hundreds. As of right now, it is a guaranteed death for any animal that contracts the disease. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) started monitoring the white tail deer population in the fall of 1999. They came across there first CWD positive deer in November 2001 when they were testing harvested deer. The location where the deer was shot is unknown. (DNR.wi.gov…

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    I can clearly say that during the fall of 1803, Lewis and Clark Expedition embark on from St. Louis, Missouri. In the book and in the documentary we are able to see that on May 14, 1804, the expedition's boats departed their path up the Missouri River. Going up the journey progressed extremely slowly because they were going up against current of the river. During the expedition they faced a lot of adversity but they faced a lot of discovery as well. I can point out that one of the initial…

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    Employment and Income Assistance (EIA) Ethical Dilemma 1: Social workers need to be aware of their own reaction to information that the clients share. The social worker is there to listen and provide an environment where the client is able to freely share their experiences. A reaction would reverse attention from the client to the social worker. It is challenging for the client to share as it is; therefore, the social workers need to be aware of their personal reactions. After…

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    When I was a child it did not take me long to realize I was growing up in a setting that was not the “American dream”. My mother and father were never together; I grew up living with my mother, grandmother, and grandfather until my mother got married to my brother’s father when I was 7. Although I did not grow up like most of my peers, I would not change a thing. I am now a successful 23-year-old Caucasian, Christian, English speaking heterosexual female living a middle class life. I owe most…

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    Thunder Bay Case Study

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    Charley conceivably visited Fort William in the Thunder Bay area, but its glory as a flourishing North West Company rendezvous site of the fur trade lingered only in its history. When Charley passed through the area in 1881, only two years prior to the historic fort’s permanent closure, it primarily functioned as a Hudson Bay Company fishing station.9 However, optimism for a prosperous future abounded in the Thunder Bay communities, with the reported news of the incorporation of the Canadian…

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    Forensic Evidence

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    The world of forensic science is full of ever developing technology. Analyzing forensic evidence involves using fingerprints, hair samples, blood, footprints, bite marks, and other sources of material to help identify someone. Every small piece of evidence found at a crime scene can be crucial — leaving the slightest trace of saliva or skin cells can be what convicts a person. Few people know the importance of forensic science more than Steven Avery. In Making A Murderer, the ten part…

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    and C.H. Stevenson. 1908. The Book of the Pearl. Century Co., New York. 548 pp. Layzer, J.B., Gordon, M.E., and R.M. Anderson. 1993. Mussels: the forgotten fauna of regulated rivers. A case study of the Caney Fork River. Regulated Rivers: Research & Management 8: 63-71. Lee, R.D. 1973. Allegheny River dredging study, June 1972 - July 1973. Unpublished report, Pennsylvania Fish Commission, Harrisburg. Lewandowski, K. and A. Stanczykowska. 1975. The occurrence and role of bivalves of the family…

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