Massacre at Sandy Hook The Sandy Hook massacre in Newton‚ Connecticut caught the attention of many American families throughout the nation. The final death toll reached twenty-six‚ with a total of twenty students and six teachers. Although this infamous event will always remain a tragedy‚ it will be remembered as the most significant event of 2012 because it influenced the controversy of gun laws‚ illuminated the health care system‚ and made school safety an issue. After the shooting at Sandy Hook‚ the
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Student Volunteers Improve School Grounds Students try to improve their schools. PEEL SCHOOLS – JUNE 19‚ 2013. Starting July‚ 01‚ 2013 the students of the peel district school board (PDSB)‚ will volunteer over the summer to improve their school grounds and also finish their hours. It all started with a group of kids wanting to do something altogether‚ over the summer. Principal of Louise Arbor S.S‚ Mr. Link works with L.A.S.S students on Clean-Up Day. Sponsored by the SGA‚ students were able
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this job. She asked me‚ “What can I help you with?” seeing that I was not a familiar face. I told her that I needed 20 hours of community service. She told me that it would be great and that they needed as much help as they could. I was off to volunteer the next day after school. I was excited yet nervous because I am a very impatient person especially around little kids. I was appointed to little boy whose name was William and is in the second grade. Leona had told me that William needed help with
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How much do you know about tornadoes and hurricanes? This is an essay about hurricanes and tornadoes. In this essay there will be comparison and contrast. Also two key points on hurricanes and tornadoes. And also the destruction that both cause. Tornadoes usually cost 500 dollars in repairs‚ according to source two. In the United States there is a certain area‚ called "tornado Ally." This is where the strongest tornadoes hit the U.S‚ I got that in formation from source two. In the U.S. if a tornado
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In August of 1983 Hurricane Alicia slammed into Texas coastline causing mass destruction. The hurricane formed near Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico before hitting Texas. Hurricane Alicia was responsible for the death of 21 people‚ along with nearly two billion dollars in damages. Alicia was the first ever billion dollar hurricane to destroy Texas. Hurricane Alicia tore through Galveston and Houston with wind speeds of 115 miles per hour destroying parts of the cities and created at least 23 reported
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Historical Artist – Sandy Skoglund Admittedly so‚ I knew nothing of Sandy Skoglund or anything about her work. Learning that she was a professor of art really meant nothing to me. Until I looked at her work and how she created it all I had no interest. I learned that Sandy spends 6 months to a year to create her backgrounds. Only then feel her work is ready to allow her models the opportunity to pose for her. In the background she uses‚ she often uses food because she feels it is what people
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never noticed before‚ but it leaves you with the same question: Where did that come from‚ and has it always been there? Sandy Skoglund captures this feeling in her installations and photographs. Skoglund creates her own installations and uses them in her photography‚ which blurs the lines between fact and fiction. It is an interesting concept that appeals strongly to me. Sandy Skoglund is an American photographer who creates surrealistic images and builds up her sets quite elaborately which takes
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striking at the most inopportune of ocassions before sulking off into the unspecified realm of dark situations yet again. It has no preference for a certain variety of victims; to seek and destroy is the only goal with matter. Such is the case of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting on December 14‚ 2012. With fear then cast into the community of Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ and all of America‚ it may only be said that tragedy is received in the massive doses of heartache‚ despair‚ and a continuing aura
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the fate of a society could depend on this maxim. This question made me think‚ a lot. Before I finally decided my side‚ I really thought about real life situations and what needs to be done to help the most people‚ and that is helping the many. In Sandy Hook‚ a teacher hid her students and put herself in the fire just to save the many. Of course she had family‚ but at that moment‚ she felt that that her students and their families were more important than her fate at the time. These kind of things
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Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of the United States during the last 100 years. Hurricanes all start in tropical waters because they can only start in warm waters. The wind and air conditions must be just right‚ and once a hurricane is started it can be moved around by powerful winds. They are basically a very deadly cyclone of wind and water. They range from category 1 to category 5‚ with 5 being the worst. The most deadly hurricane was on September 8th‚ 1900
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