to erupt violently. At least 57 people have died after the massive eruption of Mount St Helens volcano in Washington State‚ USA. Many more are missing and the death toll is expected to rise. A huge cloud of ash has turned day into night for towns and cities across north-western America. People have been told to stay indoors and wear gauze masks. Many roads have been closed‚ trains halted and aircraft grounded. Mount St Helens exploded at 08:32 local time on 18 May 1980. The eruption took place after
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What are you building with your Blueprint? Can you sweep streets with the same passion that Martin Luther King used to inspire others? On October 26‚ 1964‚ Dr. King gave a speech to a group of students at Barratt Junior high‚ six months before his assassination. In Dr. King’s speech “What is your Life’s Blueprint?” he asserts that everyone should be the best they can be‚ no matter who or what they do. In his “Life’s Blueprint” speech‚ Dr. King uses metaphors‚ personification‚ and similes‚ in order
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Article Review – Decision Making: It’s not what you think 1. Briefly summarize the article. What is the main point or key concept in the article and how do you think it affects you as a current or future employee? The articles I read were Primal Leadership‚ Becoming the Boss and Decision Making: It’s not what you think. I decided to review the article Decision Making: It’s not what you think. The article discusses three models of decision making in “thinking first”‚ “seeing first” and “doing
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(ôth-au-r) - One who practices writing as a profession. 15 years is a long time and especially so for one who has not lived that long yet. Today teens like me are expected to know what they want do later in life. Maybe if it were not the twenty first century I could be imaginative but that would be childish (In case you didn’t know this is a CHILDRENS essay competition). However after a decade and a half I would like to be in a profession that is considered neither here nor there in terms of childishness
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In the short story “What You Pawn I Will Redeem‚” written by Sherman Alexie‚ Jackson Squared is a homeless alcoholic Indian man who is on a quest to prove to others that there is still good people in the world that are willing to help others. Jackson states‚ “The pawnbroker didn’t know it was stolen. And‚ besides‚ I’m on a mission here. I want to be a hero‚ you know? I want to win it back‚ like a knight” (Alexie 24). Jackson’s point is that he doesn’t want people to feel sorry for him because of
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n “What You Pawn I Will Redeem” by Sherman Alexie‚ the main character is a homeless Native American Indian who came to Seattle to go to college and quit after two semesters. Alexie creates a world where the protagonist seems to find help from every turn that he makes. Setting The setting is the 1990’s in Seattle. Jackson Jackson is a Spokane Indian. According to Jackson Squared‚ his "people have lived within a one-hundred-mile radius of Spokane‚ Washington‚ for ten thousand years." Several
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1 . How you responded to a significant challenge that you have encountered and what you learned in the process ? “ When life gives you lemons make lemonade” . This has become my motto in life and it is something I truly believe in . Life is full of challenges and it is our ability to deal with these challenges that makes us what we are and helps us to rise above adverse situations . When I look back upon my life I feel my growing up years have been the most challenging . My father had to move
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Advertising Affects What You Buy Catherine Crawford English 1A MW 4-515 Dr. Bergmann November 13‚ 1994 (Research Paper) OUTLINE Thesis: Advertising has different effects on consumers‚ it changes their prospective on what is‚ and what is not‚ worth buying‚ what they buy and when they buy it. 1. How advertisers target a certain background or area for their product‚ and how they get your attention. 2. What advertisers use to get you to buy their
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chuckled. “Yeah‚ sure. I think the bus passes a HEB on the way. Anything else?” “Lucky Charms.” “Didn’t I just buy some three days ago?” “Keith‚ you know marshmallow cereals are my weakness‚” Shiro said exasperatedly.
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It is essential to stand up for what you believe in because if you did not stand up for what you believed in everyone would be the same. Like the same religion‚ thoughts‚ and no one would have a voice to speak out. Like today people are speaking out for black lives matter like people in the NFL some teams in the pledge of allegiance are taking a knee‚ locking arms‚ and some teams are not even coming out to the field until it ends. And other people outside the NFL are having riots‚ and some are also
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