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    It was a stormy night in august on the year 1880. There was lightning shooting across the sky lighting up the night like a flickering light bulb. There was a man walking across the Nevada landscape, in his long black trench coat soaked to the bone with his black cowboy hat covering his face just enough to cover his eyes. His colt 45 revolver glimmering on his hip from the lightning. He was approaching a lone house out in the Distance. It was a small 2 room log cabin with a man, his wife, and their

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    ocean, with an average depth of 12, 400 ft. We have only explored less than 5% of the ocean. The ocean has a 17 °C (62.6* F) temperature, and has a latitude of 14.5994 °s and longitude of 28.6731 °w. The deepest part of the ocean is the Mariana Trench, which is about 36,000 ft. Photons (light) can’t go more than 330 ft below the water’s surface. 94% of life on Earth is aquatic, one living in a pond or aquarium. All the creatures of the sea must survive harsh conditions, predators, lack of oxygen

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    Have you ever went to the beach? Swam in the ocean? Or are you scared of sharks? Well, sharks should be the least of your worries. Studies show that 95% of the ocean has not been discovered. No one knows what is lurking below the water's surface. SCOPE magazine writes about the deep deep ocean in a play, written by Spencer Kayden. And a informational text section, written by Mackenzie Carro. These two authors tell the relationship between humans and the deep ocean. Humans are striving to find a

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    “The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy…The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite,” wrote Jules Verne in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. The irony is striking; we rely heavily on oceans, the iconic feature of our planet, yet more than ninety-five percent of the ocean depths remain unexplored. The disparity between our dependence on the

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    All Quiet on the Western Front Brendan Baughman Per 6 The movie All Quiet on the western front focuses and prioritizes the main points of World War One and in the movie all quiet on the western front it includes a quote in the beginning of the movie that says “This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face and deal with it. It will simply tell a generation of men who, even though they may have

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    A tank is a type of armored fighting vehicle that is designed for front line combat. It is driven on large tracks. It is an all terrain vehicle that could climb up hills and drive over trees which allows them to get to vantage points and provide safety for the rest of the army. They have a high caliber canon mounted on the front of a rotary system. The heavy armored vehicle provides safety and protection for all the equipment and the crew. These features enable the tank to have enormous capability

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    During the war, it was intense trench to trench warfare with both sides gaining and losing ground on a back and forth bases. Those circumstances all changed when the Germans started using mustard gas in large quantities. The Germans’ first significant use of this chemical during the war was on

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    interrupted by the sounds of explosions. Pro-filmic elements again are present and work alongside the tracking shot to increase the intensity, an example being the lighting within the trench which is barely visible with the flash of explosions being the biggest source of light. It isn’t until Joey begins to run towards the other trench that the hero becomes entangled in barbed wire and the climax ends. In contrast to the medium, long and tracking shots previous to this an extreme close up is present during

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    beginning with the Italian conflicts of 1494, and progressing all the way to the current day war in Syria and Iraq, and the one thing that has changed and shifted the most in these five hundred years is how wars are fought, and most importantly limited warfare. All wars no matter how small or large, have had a watershed impact on the current way we fight and limit wars in the current day. As technological and social changed occur, so did the nature of war, and tactics of war. In the beginning of this course

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    German Trench Book Report

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    infested trench. The German trench is farther north, and the area between the trenches is called “No Man’s Land”. I am a Private in the 3rd Infantry Brigade lead by Brigadier-General Lewis in the Battle of Belleau Wood. I am one of the people in combat in land, which is why I have to be present a lot of the fighting. This is part of a larger American 2nd Division lead by General Omar Bundy. Essentially, I am part of the US Army. In a typical day, I spend most of the time guarding the trench; however

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