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    Louis, Missouri. Germany had invaded Poland just ten days earlier on September 1st. The cartoon depicted Hitler and a German officer riding a lightning bolt that read “Lightning War.” Fitzpatrick drew Hitler in his typical plain uniform but the cartoonist made the German officer overweight and encumbered with medals, to the point where the speed of the lightning made some fly off his body. These caricatures of Hitler and an elite Nazi officer represented what many Americans thought of Nazi Germany.

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    (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief) But in the tale of perseus it happens more like this,”Looking into the mirroring shield, Perseus swooped down, and with one deft stroke he cut off the Medusa’s head.”(D’Aulaires 118) This shows that by adding a iphone into the mix the authors have modernized it. Another way of modernizing the story is the locations. For example in Percy Jackson, Percy drives to a garden shop which has the home of Medusa.(Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief) While in the Perseus

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    Printing has been around since the 1800s. Ever since Johannes Gutenberg created the first moveable type printing press, our world has made great use of printers. From news articles to sports magazines, much of our information is from printers transferring ink to paper. But what if we could transfer things other than ink? As early as 1980, 3D printing has been applied, which is the process of layering material on top of itself over and over, much like ink. The earliest 3D printing technologies first

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    A Short Story : A Story?

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    “Umph!” The word leaked out of his mouth the second of impact. It may have hurt a lot, that stunning blow to the gut, but the pain wasn’t what bothered him. No. It was the laughter that made him want to hurl a brick at them. He knew he couldn’t lash out. His powers would crush Ninjago City, and all of the innocent people in it. So that wasn’t an option. He still felt like he had to use his powers, each of their blows like the power of a train each one bigger and stronger than the last. Normally,

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    Hurricanes In Canada

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    Topic 7. When citizens describe the nature of Canada, Natural disasters are not often included. Explain a list natural disasters that pose a threat to Canadians and their lives. Introduction Contrary to popular belief, Canada is not immune to natural disasters. As a matter of fact, natural disasters that have a recurring pattern on Canadian land. While Canadians create new innovations to combat these disasters, they are almost always unstoppable and their effects are inevitable. Earthquakes

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    Embryo Persuasive Essay

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    Washington Found that lightning strikes were occurring nearly twice as often directly above two heavily trafficked shipping lanes”(Sciencealert). This example of ethos was used by Michelle Starr to show the reader that credible researchers also think lightning strikes have been increased at sea by diesel fumes. "We made a map of where the lightning was enhanced and a map of where the ships are traveling and it was pretty obvious that the ships were somehow involved in enhancing lightning," says lead researcher

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    Poseidon tries to knock Zeus away with water, but Zeus fires back with lightning, the water and lightning collide! It explodes, the water and lightning joining together making water fall out of the sky and lightning strike randoms places. Something really awful is happening, and there is no way to fix it. It keeps happening until the water and lightning break apart from each other. Finally, the water and lightning break apart, and it all stops. Today we call them thunderstorms. These “thunderstorms”

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    Werewolf Description

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    makes makes the branches slippery for the boy to hold on, as he tries and tries to hold on the tree as the boy’s hand slowly slips a lightning struck the werewolf and instead of killing it, the lightning struck make the werewolf more powerful as his physical appearance change from a height of average human height to nine feet beast. As the boy realizes that the lightning did not changed his physical appearance but granted it more strength as the werewolf out of patients the werewolf slices the tree

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    mines in Australia are located in the Artesian Basin which contains many mining towns such as Lightning Ridge, Andamooka, White Cliffs and Coober Pedy, which has been called the mining capital of the world. All of these towns are situated in Australia’s outback, the land mostly consisting of barren dry rock and dirt. But hiding in the endless dusty land and rocks are masses of Opal. Coober Pedy, Lightning Ridge, and Andamooka are home to many Opal mines, most of which are underground mines. The whole

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    Metaphors In The Tempest

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    of lightning strikes the ground, shocking Jack. He falls to the ground, unconscious, as the storm rages on. His friends ran away in terror, leaving Jack alone on the beach. When Jack wakes up, he finds himself in a hospital bed, surrounded by worried doctors and nurses. They tell him that he was struck by lightning and luckily survived, but he'll need a lot of time

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