Robert G. Ingersoll

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    In 1828, Sir Robert Peel was elected as Home Secretary of England so his first job was that he had to face with the increase of street crime in London. He created the "London Metropolitan Police Act" to promote public safety and decrease the street crime. Through the years, Robert Peel became a good example to those countries who created their own policing. One of them is American policing where in some ways are equal. Nowadays, I think that some of Robert Peel's visions still used in the…

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    June 26th 2015, I walked outside of Marlboro High School with a grin on my face, and an excited feeling in my tummy. Schools out and summer vacation has begun! The warm summer breeze brushed against my skin. I said to myself “Oh this is perfect.” I looked at my phone as soon as my brother picked me up from the front of the school. I had already known whom had texted me, and what the message was about. It was that time to go to the Toms River house right on the bay and stay there every weekend…

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    Poem “Thickness of Ice” explores the thematic study of relationships as it presents a metaphorical romantic relationship between ice skaters and lovers, the thaw and formation of ice to stages throughout a romantic relationship with the use of symbolism, body language, salience, colour and composition. The composition of the collage shows the stages of relationship or the changes in ice conditions in respective order from the top to the bottom. In the centre of the upper half of the collage…

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    “Fifty percent of the United States of America is underneath the ocean. And we have better maps of mars than those areas”- Robert Ballard. Robert ballard is a natural scientist/oceanographer. He was born on June 30,1942 in Wichita, Kansas. He later moved to San Diego and grew up there through his childhood. Robert Ballard got the idea of being an oceanographer one day by just reading the book called “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” Following what he loved to do he began working part-time…

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    Chelsea Starghill Critical Analysis VI- Policing November 8, 2016 In A Brief History of Slavery and the Origins of American Policing, the author Victor E. Kappeler, PH.D., addresses issues about the truth of slavery and the roots of policing through Slave patrols and Night Watches. The foundation of policing existing before the Civil War, because of whites wanting absolute authority over minorities. They could manipulate the population of slaves and those who attempted to run away through…

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    Part One: The Melting Man Robert ‘Melting Man’ Kellerman has long suffered a complex guilt — the kind that stems from an unhealthy appetite for women. He rents a cramped studio apartment in Fitzroy North but spends most of his time in a workshop in St Kilda. This is where he brings the girls. The workshop is cold, damp, and grey. It once housed an automotive repairs business. On one side a half-rusted car sits, jacked up on a hoist. Its wheels are missing. All the windows have been…

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    Recently, I had a chance to read “The Road Not Taken”, one of the most familiar and popular poems of Robert Frost. The poem was about two different directions, which indicate the paths in life. The narrator did not know what they will be, but he had to make a decision on one of them, and he regretted on another way. He took the road that less traveled by because he might be different than everyone else. Moreover, the poetry represented that every road has both misfortune and pleasant surprises.…

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    The poem “Mowing” by Robert Frost is about a working man who is in a field cutting grass with his scythe. The theme of this poem is about hard work and how hard work pays off and how you feel complete when you complete your task. A song with a similar theme to this poem is “Working Man” by Imagine Dragons. This song by Imagine Dragons is about the working man and the working class. Throughout the song it goes into depth about how the working life can be tough but you keep having to work…

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    Road Not Taken” The Road Not Taken is a very metaphoric poem by Robert Frost in 1916. It has the rhyming scheme ABAAB. The poem was written for a friend of Roberts. In the beginning it explains the setting, a yellow wood, referring to a fall woods setting. The poem then explains that one path was destroyed with undergrowth and worn, and the other was grassy, yet appeared quite the same in terms of wear. In The Road Not Taken, Robert Frost suggests that acknowledging and making risky decisions…

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    Every individual has different ways of expressing themselves, depending on the challenges they must overcome. Throughout both clips Forrest Gump is challenged to protect those he loves through fighting in Vietnam and for Jenny. His natural instinct is to fight to protect the ones he cares about the most. Forrest Gump is a slow, yet dedicated character who is willing to save others even if it means he must put himself at risk. In both clips Forrest Gump is concerned about the safety of others.…

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