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Paul Corya Per 6 9/27/2015 summer reading: The hunger games “May the odds be ever in your favor”- Effie Trinket. The hunger games is a book written by Suzanne Collins, this book has a world of its own, the book shows two types of people the people that are in poverty and the wealthy people, there are districts 1-12 and there is the capitol the place where all the people live, the lower class citizens live in the districts. Every year the capital goes to all

The Ant Hill Called America We are like a colony of ants we need each other to survive. We work together as a team, for the most part to make our home great. And like ants there are millions of us, but each and every one of us are different. We all have our own jobs like ants, whether their job is getting food or building or protecting their ant hill. They work together to get things done faster and more efficient. However, Ants are not all the same, but that doesn't matter, because unless

The Excellent Chimney Repair Company in Chicago When one has a fireplace installed in their home, then a chimney will never be gone. A properly installed chimney will last for many years to come and will provide you and your home safety and protection. Having an excellent company with experts to handle different kind of chimney service, is important because they have the right equipment and knows exactly how to diagnosed your chimney whether it needs a repair, and the type of repair it needs. The

Effects of a Fire Breathing Dragon In a land far, far away, an evil elf named Lindsay lived in a stone house. Lindsay enjoyed causing trouble around the village; in fact, she was notorious for her wrongdoings. Because she was mischievous, Lindsay gained enemies and lost her friends. It was also difficult for her to find a job, so money was an issue for her. All of her problems began to weigh heavy upon her heart, so she decided to do something about it. Lindsay set out on a quest to find a companion

5 White Paper: Fire Load Performance Characteristics of Metal Gusset Plate Trusses vs. Finger Joint Glued Trusses St White Paper: Fire Load Performance Characteristics of Metal Gusset Plate Trusses vs. Finger Joint Glued Trusses Prepared by: Bracken Engineering, Inc. 2701 West Busch Blvd., Suite 200 Tampa, Florida 33618 April 2017 INTRODUCTION The question most firefighters have, “Are trusses with no gusset plates as safe as trusses with gusset plates while being exposed

Today is Martin Luther King Day. Martin Luther King Junior was highly known for his activism during the Civil Rights Movement. In his final “Mountaintop” speech, he proclaimed, “The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land; confusion all around. That’s a strange statement. But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars. And I see God working … in a way that men, in some strange way, are responding. Something is happening in our world. The masses of people are rising up

and order. Piggy’s glasses symbolise the ability to see things for what they really are and the ability to understand things properly and when the first lens is cracked it symbolises loosing sight of the objective. The signal fire represents the link to civilization as the fire is needed to try getting help but which becomes less important to them as the novel advances. The beast represents the savagery of man. The Lord of the Flies is a pig’s head on a stick stuck into the ground, which represents

9/11 Flag Raising Hero It was the morning of September 11, 2001 in New York City. I woke up at 6:00 am to put my uniform on and say goodbye to my wife and children as I head off to work. The morning started off just fine, the sun was shining the skies were blue, and traffic was heavy as businessmen and women were headed to work. I work with Brooklyn’s Ladder Company No. 157 as a firefighter. I went into work and greeted my friend George johnson who is also a firefighter. It was around 8:47

So many changes had come about when the World Trade Center collapsed. Engineers and design teams all across the country came together and wanted to make changes to buildings they build today to reduce to number of fatalities and to have more means of egress in case of an emergency. Not even years after the terriorist attacks, they came up with some changes that would help out the situation and came up with some new safety regulations. Some of them include additional stairways in buildings. More stairways

“’Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!’” (Collins 19). This is the line in The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins that is most memorable. The Hunger Games is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen in post apocalyptic North America called Panem. It is broken up into 12 districts each district getting more impoverish the higher the number. Here we find Katniss in 12, they are ruled by the capitol and its president Snow. This society keeps peace by having a drawing in each district