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mist lay over the ground, which made the forest seem rather spooky to him. His nose itched and he longed to scratch it, maybe just nudge1 it a little, but Pa said don’t move, don’t twitch2, don’t even breathe hard. Not one arm, one hand, even one finger, he said. “He knows the woods,” Pa told him; “you’ll never know he’s there; suddenly he’ll just be there looking at you, just looking.” It started so long ago, Tommy remembered, almost a year, when he was just eleven. That night, in the hen-yard,…

Sunday afternoons in Chinatown give people time to reflect on life. Old Chang had run his convenience store on Stockton Street for six years. People would tell you that it was his personality that helped make him so popular with his customers. He could tell when you needed help and when you didn’t. The two men who had just walked in the door definitely made him nervous. They were looking for more than just cigarettes or coffee. Chang was born in mainland China in a little town called…

Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria is a disease that occurs in the cold. Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria, also known as PCH, mainly affects the hands and feet. In PCH, antibodies attaching themselves to the red blood cells. This gives other proteins in the blood the opportunity to attach as well. As the groups of attachments move throughout the body to warm themselves when in the cold scenarios, the antibodies destroy the red blood cells. As the cells are destroyed, the part of red blood cells that…

rifles are capable of fully automatic fire but do not have that option when sold in the private sector due to gun control laws. But they all are equipped with semi automatic firing which allows you to fire the gun at the rate at which your finger can pull the trigger. This small difference seems irrelevant when you think about it due to the nature of the reload time the guns were designed…

the book other than Curley’s Wife to show that women are not as important as men in this time period. One example that shows how she is affected is, “She’s gonna make a mess. they’s gonna be a bad mess about her. She’s a jail bait all set on the trigger. That Curley got his work cut out for him. Ranch with a bunch of guys ain’t no place for a girl, ‘specially like her.” (Steinbeck 51). This is a quote from George to Lennie telling him to stay away from her because of how she acts. All of the…

fault that the puppy died because he On page 6 Lennie crushes Curley’s hand. The reason why Lennie did that was because George told him to fight back and he was doing it for self defense. On page 95 it says “I’d pet em and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their hands a little and they was little because they was so dead.” This shows that Lennie reacts too quickly to the littlest things happens to him because probably he thinks that he’s going to get hurt. Something that is likely…

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is an autoimmune disease, where the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. To fight diseases our bodies produce antibodies, but in an SLE patient’s case, their body will produce what’s called ‘autoantibodies’. This means their immune system cannot tell the difference between foreign invaders and healthy cells. These autoantibodies cause the symptoms of the disease. Lupus can affect the skin, joints,…

Armed and Unharmed “I can’t believe they haven’t instantaneously allowed pilots to defend themselves given the gaps in the current system,” said Representative John L. Mica, Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on aviation (West). He is referring to pilots of commercial airliners defending themselves by use of` weapons; such as firearms. The use of these firearms would be very beneficial to airliners and should have action taken in favor of it. The benefits of…

Topic GRAMMAR ERRORS Two arms, two legs, two hands, two feet, ten fingers, and ten toes. Such a combination is normal, but does everyone have their essential limbs? One arm, two legs, one hand, two feet, five fingers, and ten toes.What's missing? One arm. Not everyone is lucky enough to have all their limbs. Not everyone is lucky enough to be “normal”. Prosthesis are the solution for someone who has lost a limb and is not ready to give up their life. A prosthetic is a…

Stress and worry is what tends to trigger the thought of having an abortion but what they don’t realise is that the feeling of relief following an abortion is just temporary, later they find themselves coping with feelings they did not expect and were never warned about, some of these feelings…