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    A motorcycle gathering at a sports bar turned into a bloodbath Sunday, May,17 2015 when a bathroom scuffle between rival biker gang members escalated into a parking-lot shootout. Eight members of the motorcycle clubs; The Cossacks, The Bandidos, and The Scimitars were killed at the scene and another died at a Waco hospital. Sergeant Swanton said “the injured were taken to hospitals with multiple gunshot and stab wounds”.(Amanda Art) In Waco, police declined to name all the motorcycle gangs…

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    This document details the request from many townsmen of Concord to put an article for the erection of new stables on public land, specifically the Common, upon the Sabbath in the warrant for the town meeting for the month of May. This document was written April 10, 1773, one month before the desired request would be discussed at town meeting. It is addressed directly to the selectmen of the town of Concord and signed “your humble servants” as a sign of respect, and has the signatures of several…

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    The book ‘The Gathering’ by Isobelle Carmody is a book the has many connections with society.The story of The Gathering is a story story of evil, a dark evil that is trying to take control of not only the town of Chestnut but also surrounding towns. Unlike other speculative fictions texts this book has several issues that relate to society, from Characters being similar to people from our society, ironic meaning such as characters names, and how the book relates to other speculative fiction, to…

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    uneasiness (acidosis) experienced at higher chroma of action. It is the proton (H+) gathering , comparing with, yet not made by lactate era, that results in acidosis, weakening quality choking, and finally activity to the 'sunburn " and related fatigue (Robergs, Ghiasvand, Parker 2004). The extended proton gathering happens most remarkably from the piece of ATP (the body's essentialness…

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    Hunting and Gathering, the good, the bad, and the ugly. We all have our favorite foods, likely a McDonald’s Big Mac Burger, or perhaps, Subways Original Sub. But have you ever wondered, what’s in the food you eat? Or where it came from? If it’s even real food? My guess is, no. No, because, truth is, we don’t want to know. We don’t want to know, that by eating the food we do, we’re the very people causing pollution. We don’t want to know, that the animal who gave its life so you could enjoy your…

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    By odd, I do not mean I collected bugs from my backyard and thought I was a wizard, or from another planet. No, I just did not fit in. I was interested in topics that appeared boring to the rest of the world. I was an atypical specimen lost in a gathering of neurotypicals. When I was younger, I changed the fundamental properties of my unique nature to conform to the way I was supposed to act based on the meaningless opinions of my peers. It was quite idiotic of me to do, and I instantly…

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    We all have similarities to Maslow's Hierarchy in many different ways. Maslow's Hierarchy is a triangle that shows us the levels of life starting at the bottom. Gathering Blue's characters by Lois Lowry are full of excitement and you never know what will happen. Maslow's Hierarchy compared to the characters from Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry are alike in multiple ways. Kira a character from the novel is alike the levels self-esteem and Friends/Belongings. Since Kira is alike the…

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    reading the dystopian novel Gathering Blue, I discovered that the setting also lacked the powerful knowledge described in the quote by Kofi Annan. Through analyzing other dystopian novels, I noticed the majority of the societies were lacking in citizen knowledge as well. Therefore, dystopian societies represent an uneducated population by attempting to eliminate familial bonds, disregard proper education systems, and instill propaganda. The dystopian society in which Gathering Blue takes place…

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    limited to--invasion, illegal migration, arms smuggling, trafficking with the enemies of Mercadia, refusal to speak to the High Mercadian--” Gerrard raked his sword from its scabbard. “Better damned well add resisting arrest! Attack!” Magic the Gathering: Mercadian Masques is part one of the Masquerade cycle. It covers what happens to our main characters, Gerrard, Squee, Tahngarth, Sissay, Karn, etc., as they first escape from the deadly plane (universe) of Rath. They were the remaining, as in…

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    with white masters; in a time where shadows of slavery loomed all about the area. The author uses vernacular to bring across the messages of black elderly characters. Gaines uses humor and brings out each their personality in the book titled” A gathering of old men”. The men were further distinguished into different classes “mullato, negroes” that determined their social status based on the shade of their color. For a long time, in Louisiana, peace prevailed as result of submission to the white…

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