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Death Row Family Members
763 wordsA few years ago I moved to Arizona. I was to be the office manager of a Real Estate Appraisal firm. Unbeknown to me the Company owed back taxes to Internal Revenue Service. The IRS came in and seized all of the Companies bank accounts and assets. All of a sudden I had to scramble to find a new job. I did not immediately find work as an appraiser but took a job with the Arizona Department of Corrections. What I thought to be true and what the reality was; were two different things. I believed tha...
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Focal Length Distant Objects
1,280 wordsLight and other kinds of electromagnetic radiation coming from the universe outside the Earth must travel enormous distances through space and time to reach observers. Only the brightest and nearest stars can be seen with the unaided eye. To see farther and to clarify and measure what is seen, a telescope is needed. The word telescope is derived from the Greek words tele, "from afar, " and shops, "viewer. " Even a simple homemade telescope can clearly show Saturn's rings, Jupiter's bands and red...
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Grown Son Experience Growth Time
909 wordsFrom time to time I pause and remember one who some years ago emptied my nest as he left home to begin his transition from being my little boy to becoming a man. From Oklahoma to Alaska, there is, today, quite a span of geographic distance between us. Although I do miss him, I feel, with his work and family commitments, a respect for him, when he chooses to devote his time to those near and dear to him. I am grateful for the words in Ecclesiastes 3: To everything there is a season, and a time fo...
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Spend The Night Gas Station
1,349 wordsPrior to moving to Arizona from Switzerland two years ago, I have spent almost all of my vacation time from 1987 - 1992 (thanks to 6 weeks vacation time per year and airline benefits) visiting the U. S. A. and taking extensive road trips across the country. I followed the same pattern each time, choosing a bunch of cities from a Rand McNally atlas that are less than a day's drive apart, arranging for a rental car and finding the motels and attractions as I went along. Many great memories, impres...
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Bill Of Rights Judicial Proceedings
1,192 words... o could have a rebellion with British troops quartered right there in their community, amongst their women and children? 2. There has only been one case looked at to interpret the 3 rd amendment, and this was in a lower court, the US Court of Appeals. Engblom v. Carey 1982 dealt more with the issue of privacy than the actual quartering of US troops amongst citizens. In 1982, prison guards in New York state went on strike. Some of these guards were housed in dormitories on the grounds of the ...
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Mass Extinction Earths Surface
1,021 words1. Introduction 2. Body - meteors in popular culture - impacts - Tunguska event - major meteor impacts theory - Chixulub - future impact forecasts, Apophis 3. Conclusion Meteorite Impacts on Earth Meteorite impacts have always affected the Earths history, but only during the second half of the 20 th century astronomers and geologists have found and proved this. The existence of meteorites was not recognized by leading scientists of some 100 years ago. The hypothesis of objects of extraterrestria...
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Muscular Dystrophy Association Post Secondary Education
965 wordsThe time when children with disabilities could legally be prevented from attending public schools is long past. A series of federal laws has guaranteed children with disabilities an education in the public school. But while it is against the law to discriminate those who are disabled, it is very hard to adopt the mentality of the population and to make them see disabled as equals. Raising a child with muscular dystrophy as with any other disability is not an easy task. Muscular dystrophy causes ...
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The Mexican War By Otis A Singletary
1,273 wordsThe Mexican War by Otis A. Singletary Otis A. Singletary wrote The Mexican War. The book is full with various events that took place in American history during the time of war. Singletary's book is a complete description of historic events. According to Singletary, Mexican War was actually the most successful offensive war in the American military history. The Mexican War closely examines the situations in Mexico and in the United States. Singletary has been remarkably successful, despite the br...
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Works Of Literature Library Journal
1,086 wordsCENSORSHIP IN SCHOOL IS NOT RIGHT I believe that Imposing censorship within Americas schools is not only against the First Amendment of the United State Constitution, but it is also against the very moral fiber upon which this country was founded. In an attempt to limit access to so-called sensitive issues and concepts, radical right wing supporters have pushed their weight around to remove any and all questionable works of literature from school libraries. The right to interpret the written wor...
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Ch Vez Lettuce Grower Family
383 wordsBorn on a small farm outside of Yuma, Arizona, he only attended school up to the eighth grade and soon began to work with his family throughout the fields of California. Ch vez served in the Navy and returned to the San Joaquin Valley of California where he became involved in community action programs. He trained with Fred Ross and became a community organizer. During this time he met Helen Favela in Delano, and they married and began their own family. Still, Ch vez longed to help the campesinos...
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Group Of Boys Duddy Kravitz
720 wordsCHARACTER STUDY: DUDDY KRAVITZ Duddy kravitz a small, narrow-chested boy of fifteen with a thin face. His black eyes were ringed with dark circles. This is how he is described in the novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz physically. Duddy kravitz a schoolboy, class president of room four one, leader of a group of boys, and comes from a Jewish background. As normal as this all may sound deep within he is a boy built from many different characteristics to make him who he is in the novel. Not j...
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Dna Fingerprinting Dna Evidence
641 wordsThe history of DNA use for forensic cases already spans more than a decade. The first cases into which DNA evidence was brought in were in England. The first case of using DNA-related evidence in Arizona courts was the 1988 murder of Jennifer Wilson by Richard Bible near Flagstaff. Blood found on the back of Bibles plaid shirt was identified through DNA testing as Jennifer's blood with a probability of 14 billion-to- 1. Bible was subsequently convicted. This conviction was upheld unanimously by ...
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Dna Fingerprinting Dna Samples
1,223 wordsThe history of DNA use for forensic cases already spans more than a decade. The first cases into which DNA evidence was brought in were in England. The first case of using DNA-related evidence in Arizona courts was the 1988 murder of Jennifer Wilson by Richard Bible near Flagstaff. Blood found on the back of Bibles plaid shirt was identified through DNA testing as Jennifer's blood with a probability of 14 billion-to- 1. Bible was subsequently convicted. This conviction was upheld unanimously by ...
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Ozone Layer Ice Caps
1,401 wordsArticle Current Science CURRENT SCIENCE Article 1 -Artical 1 -Artical 1 -Artical 1 -Artical 1 Largest meat-eating dinosaur discovered Who: Philip Currie is a scientist, shown in picture, is responsible for the discovery of this new dinosaur with the help of a team of paleontologists What: Bones have been discovered witch could belong to the largest meat eating dinosaur ever to walk the earth. This dinosaur is said to be bigger and more terrifying than the Tyrannosaurus Rex. It is estimated that ...
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O F O C
899 wordsAny Desert Biome DESERT BIOME Any barren region that supports very little life may be called a desert. The cold expanses of Antarctica, extreme northern Asia, and Greenland are therefore true, but cold, deserts. Most commonly, however, the term desert is used for regions that are barren because they are arid, or dry. Arid deserts receive little precipitation and are characterized by specialized plants that tolerate drought conditions and salty soils, and by distinctive land features. Most desert...
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Pottery Is Painted Art Of Pottery Making Hopi
701 wordsHopi Pottery is a historic art that has been passed down through many generations. The Hopi Indians have lived in the same area of the Southwest (present day Arizona) even before the time of Columbus. The prehistoric ancestors of the Hopi Indians were the Anasazi Indians. The Hopi Indians lived on desert land at the foot of the mesas. Hopi women made beautiful clay bowls, baskets, and jewelry. The art of pottery making came to these early Pueblo Indians by Meso-American Indians around 700 A. D. ...
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United States Of America Margaret Sanger
427 wordsIs population alone responsible for war? Margaret Sanger was one of the eleven children in her family. She studied nursing and worked as obstetrical nurse. She started advocating the importance of birth control in 1912 when she nursed a woman who died in her arms after a self-induced abortion. Margaret Sanger holds over-population responsible for the wars. She made a strong case against over-population to be a cause of wars. Margaret Sanger is wrong in concluding only over-population to be the c...
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Wasn T Didn T
1,219 wordsConcept Essay When a death occurs, friends and family instantly weeps and mourns for their loved one. They would then attend his / her wake and funeral service to commemorate his / her death. After the funeral service the body is taken to the graveyard for the burial. Afterwards a reception is held in the deceased s honor. These are the typical American rituals performed when someone passes away; they are done to provide his / her family and friends some closure. Other people or cultures may fin...
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Wildlife Habitat Environmental Protection
1,341 wordsTHE GOVERNMENT VS THE ENVIRONMENT When the subject is the environment, the general public perception is that a resource of such importance can only be adequately safeguarded by the benevolent, all-encompassing hands of the government. Whether this comes in the guise of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, the Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management or any of their variations on the federal, state, and local levels, many citizens fear that leaving environmental (that is, p...
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U S District Court Miranda V
691 wordsThe Miranda rights all started in 1963. Ernest Miranda was taken into custody by Phoenix police as a suspect for the kidnapping and rape of a girl. The Phoenix police department questioned Ernest for two vigorous hours. Miranda finally confessed orally to the crime, and then wrote out a statement admitting to the crime and describing what he had done. Miranda's trial came to date; the crime was admitted despite his lawyers advice and he was convicted and sentenced. Three years later Miranda's ap...
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