Stevie Ray Vaughan

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    Censorship is making us less human [Since the creation of the written language, people have censored books.] Whether it be the burning of libraries, religious leaders creating laws, or organizations banning books based on sexual content or violence (i.e., Stephen King), people have tried to take away our freedoms of speech and press. Some see censorship as a help for people. But others think of it as a hinder to our freedom as well as our creativity. The problem with censorship is, that is is a…

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    In Catching Fire, the district are trying to revolt and express themselves after watching Katniss and Peeta from District 12 defy the Capitol during the previous Hunger Games. However, The government prohibits and punishes citizens of Panem for expressing individualism. The districts are trying to express their individuality by painting Katniss’s mockingjay symbol on Capitol property or buildings. The mockingjay was an invention that the Capitol used to spy on enemies, however, it is…

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    Radio-Diagnostic Error

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    The purpose of much research into radio-diagnostic error is to understand the visual search methods (process) and the perceptive and cognitive processes (performance) used in the interpretation of medical images. Investigation into the reasons for radiological error began more than fifty years ago after a study comparing radiological techniques failed to provide an answer because of significant variability in the performance of the subjects used for the task [1]. Results found that chest images…

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    Have you ever wonder how Fred Drew became Hydroman? One day he was swimming in the ocean when all of the sudden he started drowning. By the time they saved him, he swallowed a bunch of water. He was having a bad week as you can tell, because his house caught on fire but instead of burning to death, he accidentally threw fire out of the window and then evaporated somewhere out on the street. He then realized that the only reason why he could do any of this because of him drowning earlier in…

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    Book Thief Monologue

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    Things have taken a dark turn since you went away. You have opened my eyes to see what atrocities the firemen let transpire. Just recently, we let a woman burn alive in her house. (hsdjfd) She was too attached to her books to let them go, so she too went up in flames alongside her treasures. Before meeting you I never would have understood this passion to take your own life in the name of books, though you have set a fire of curiosity within me. I sometimes even find myself speaking like you,…

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    3011 Research Paper

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    Imagine if an alien in 3011 came to earth and finds a bag full of all my personal stuff. The things he will see are artifacts that I loved as a kid and as a teen. This will let him know how life used to be at that time. As he goes by this will let him know what kind of personality I had. Just looking at the object he will have a good idea of who I was. In the bag the alien saw a book, a picture, sunglasses, doll, toy giraffe, a winter hat, and shoes. The winter hat will give him a pretty…

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    Battle of the media The book To Kill a Mockingbird was made into a movie and put on screen, but was it as good as the book? A movie was made after the book To Kill a Mockingbird was published, and it was released on December 25, 1962, just two years after the book was published. Both movies were about a sister and brother that go through the motions of life and learn and experience new things. The movie contains significant differences in plot, setting, and characters which makes the book better…

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    Wisty: A Short Story

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    “No!" Wisty shouted, throwing down a large folder of paper on the desk with other equally large stacks, looking appalled at the group of middle aged to elderly men. They recoiled as if she would set the desk ablaze with her fury and was genuinely thinking about it. The time of parties and rest where over once again, and she was working had been a pleasant change trying to rebuild the city and, working this the people in making laws in hopes that history won’t be repeated itself. But, it was…

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    Response Diary 2 The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas The ones who walk away from omelas is a short story from the wind’s twelve quarters written by Ursula le Guin. It is a story about the utopian society which has a very strange and weird/disgusting condition for being able to have every happiness in the city. I personally liked the story after I got the hold of what actually is happening in it after reading twice carefully. It can be a bit confusing at first. The story deals with the utopian…

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    The X-Ray

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    The X-ray, also called the Röntgen ray, was invented by German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in 1985. The x-ray is undisputedly important and is used todays at airports and sporting events to check for weapons and dangerous substances and at hospitals in order to check for fractured or broken bones, internal damage, or items lodged in the digestive system. Despite the x-ray’s numerous and various uses, it’s discovery was unintentional. Wilhelm Röntgen discovered the x-ray while…

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