Three Days Before the Shooting

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    sometimes deemed unimportant in books, movies, and plays. Perhaps we are wrong maybe they are important to stories. Harper Lee the author of To Kill a Mockingbird makes the point that minor characters are possibly important to books. Looking at the three minor characters in To Kill a Mockingbird Mrs Dubose, Boo Radley, and Mr Underwood it is evident that Minor Characters in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird teach the main characters Jem and Scout important life lessons. To begin with in the…

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    that a conspiracy killed JFK. Jack Ruby was arrested for his death (John McAdams,#1). JFK had two children John F. Kennedy Jr. who was three years old at the time, and a daughter named Caroline. Jackie and John lost their baby, on August 7, 1963. “He suffered from a serious lung ailment and was rushed to the Children 's Hospital in Boston, where he died two days later” (JFK library and museum, #2). On November 21, the president and first lady departed on Air Force One for a tour of Texas.…

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    needed the TF’s capability. Intelligence led us to doing such a mission to Capture/Kill a HVT in Afghanistan in late 2009. The enemy in this AO, at this time, hammered the FOB that we staged out of with indirect fire and rockets multiple times a day. They also inflicted casualties on the unit at this FOB by using ambushes and IEDs when the unit would do their presence patrols, civil engagements or conduct resupply. I think I heard that the brigade Battle Space Owner (BSO) that occupied the…

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    We all have the same amount of time in the day as everyone else. The people that miss sleep in order to get more done are shooting themselves in the foot because they are making themselves less efficient. If increasing your working hours is not the key, then the trick is to optimize what you do with your work hours. Change your mindset in a way that changes the way you live. It’s all about working smarter not harder. Read this article and consider the conclusion--it may surprise you. Getting to…

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    killer received the name because they were known for their cryptograms, in which they left clues, puzzles, and taunted the officers who were constantly on his trail. Of the four cryptograms that they left, only one was definitely solved. As of this day, the killer’s identity still remains unknown. Various suspects were named both by local police and private investigators, but almost fifty years later, no conclusive evidence has been found.…

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    When you think of a leader, chances are you do not think about a rapper. Nevertheless, one that can be expected to be sporting overalls on stage one day, and is meeting with the President on another. Even more confusing, he has not released a studio album, but has won three Grammy awards. He was the first artist to perform on Saturday Night Live without a studio record deal and even participated in a recent Kit-Kat advertising campaign. I am describing one of the most influential and inspiring…

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    The Day Lincoln Was Shot written by Jim Bishop and published by Harper and Row Publishers. This book chronicles an hour-by-hour look into the twenty-four hours before President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. This book includes information on Lincoln’s personal life, the conspiracy behind his assassination, a postscript, a bibliography, and pictures of the men and women involved in his murder, himself, his children, and his wife. Author Jim Bishop brings Lincoln to life with his well written…

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    My First Deer One brisk 30 degree day in January, when I was nine years old, was a day for which I was extremely excited. My dad got me out of school earlier that day, so we could go deer hunting. I had already shot a turkey the year before, so guns were nothing new to me. We made a quick stop at my house so that we could pick up the .243 youth edition, a really short barreled .243, that my dad had bought just about a month before so that we could go hunting, and I would actually be able to…

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    court that he was inebriated at the time of the shooting." "Get on with it then." "Are you sure it was only a couple of beers?" "Yeah, I'm positive." "Isn't it also true you was arrested a short time later for public intoxication?" "Well, I ah." He answers looking towards the DA. "Isn't it true, sir?" The witness glances up at the judge. "You need to answer the councilor's question." "Yes, but I'd had three more beers after I witnessed the shooting." "Three beers in ten minutes, you must have…

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    What is a serial killer? A serial killer is someone who kills more than three people over a period of time. They also take what is called a cool off period, which means they stop for a period of time. Something triggers them to kill again which at that point more killings start. What is a mass murderer? A mass murderer is someone that kills several people at one time. it only takes someone one time to become a mass murderer. They don’t need an cooling off period. What triggers someone to become…

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