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    The Bybee Torture Memo On August 1, 2002, Justice Jay Bybee submitted the “Bybee Memo” or the ‘Torture Memo”, which describes the behavior that U.S. officials must exercise when interrogating outside of the continental U.S. as governed by the UN Convention Against Torture. Although this memo was rendered inoperable by the Bush Administration

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    Ariel Act 1 Scene 1

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    There are many tools that a director and actor can use to change how a scene is played out without changing the meaning of the scene. These tools allow them to add artistic flare to a scene to make a common story unique by adding special effects or simply changing the character’s composure. By making subtle changes to tone, mood and body language, an actor can change the meaning of a scene from one of joy to one of scorn. A director can make changes to a scene by adding special effects or changing

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    The Four W’s of Power Power is an incredibly complicated, yet simple mechanism people take advantage of, and it essentially defines every interaction between anyone. None of it is simple to understand, and both power and control can be expressed in vastly different ways. The four W’s are the four most common ways power is demonstrated or obtained, and there are real world examples, and even examples in Shakespeare's Tempest that demonstrate these W’s being used. Now what are the four W’s? The first

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    are cruel and selfish. I’ve heard that the career tributes usually get ahold of all the food early on and work from there. Honestly, I don’t care that much about the career tributes since I only want to spy on them and get information. The mocking jays wake me up from

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    Before the birds had all their wonderful colors they had nothing but black and brown feathers. They all felt unsatisfied with their feathers and wanted to have their own feathers that were different. All the birds wanted to stand out from each other and not be the same. So they wondered what could they do to change their feathers. Jaybird always saw the forget-me-nots that were on the outskirts of the forest and desired their colors. “Oh how I wish for their wonderful blue!” she exclaimed. So

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    boulders and covered by a variety of trees, shrubs, and bushes. This environment provides a home to many different species that stay in this national park, for example birds, rabbits, insects, etc. During the morning at Mesa Verde, the pinyon jay and the Steller jay perch on the branches of the Colorado pinyon pine or Utah juniper that are found all throughout the woodlands. They sit there motionless, waiting and watching for little insects to wake up and start moving around on the ground. The famished

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    stare down three.  Jay got an and-1 post up to put us down by two with 34 seconds left.  Malachi Richards missed a two point jumper with 6 seconds left.  We grabbed the rebound and called a swift timeout.  Clutch time, crunch time was the saying I lived by whenever I balled.  Jay got the inbound and drove to the lane off a Josh screen, He passed the ball to me at the corner for the three.  Jay bolted to the top of the key, and I shoveled the ball to him. He spotted up…. BANG!  Jay just got a

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    Morphology: A Short Story

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    I traced the knife over the scars before finally digging in, before breaking the skin. I watched as a tiny bubble of blood appear and fall to the floor and the skin begins to break and join it's former neighbor. The stinging pain lingers on the skin I had just traced over. I hiss out in pain when the warm water flows over the recently opened cut. The blood circles around the drain and the stained water finally disappears. The only trace left is the scars that I had left on my skin. I stare at it

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    society. "People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for..."(232) This quote represents how people view mockingbirds and blue jays. Although there are many shameless ‘mockingbirds’ the two that stand out the most are, of course, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley. Unlike the several ‘mockingbird’ characters, there is one clear blue jay, which is Bob Ewell. Representing the symbol of the mockingbird, Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are significantly impacted by Bob Ewell, the symbolic bluejay

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    his big house and his vast wealth. The one thing he cannot have is his lovely Daisy. Gatsby’s story reflects the “classical” American dream: Anyone can make anything of himself/herself with just elbow grease, spirit and a whole lot of confidence. Jay loves Daisy and, sadly, she is the one thing which he cannot procure to his “perfect life”. His wealth is shown clearly, for instance when he throws huge parties just to have the chance of meeting or seeing Daisy. This behavior is not feasible if you

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