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    Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the collapse of society is due to many factors. Firstly, the lack of teamwork plays a significant factor that contributes to the failure of society on the island, as it leads to the loss of cooperation and participation. Next, the society on the island fails because of the lack of law and order, which causes the characters to lose their morality and sense of justice. Finally, the failure of society can largely be attributed to the ineffective action taken; the group makes

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    Friendly Fire When I think of Political Friendly Fire, political warfare comes to my mind. Political warfare is “aggressive use of political means to achieve national objectives” (freedictationary.com). The below examples will highlight how political tactics can influence one’s objectives. Friendly fire in the military is “when members of one’s own forces are hit by fire from the same side” and not the enemy (citizendium.com). You can verbally, or through today’s social media, be hit by fire with political

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    Western Montana Fires

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    Report: The Fires of 1910: The Big Burn In the summer of 1910 Northern Idaho and Western Montana were hit by what seemed like a never ending series of destructive forest fires. With the spring bringing hardly any rainfall and drying winds from the Columbia plains, creeks began to disappear and the montane forests became dry. Intense heat along with high winds and dry vegetation create the perfect environment for forest fires. In June and July several dry electric storms hit the mountains and fires began

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    government. In the book the main character (Guy Montag) is a firefighter but not an ordinary fire fighter. Also there’s a lot of of hiding and burning books, and other main characters such as Clarisse and Mildred. The main character is Guy Montag he is a firefighter but he isn’t an ordinary firefighter that we know. When we think of firefighters we think of people we call when there is an emergency fire that we can’t do anything about. These firefighters burn books for a living. Montag was

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    In time Mr. Dot became super rich and upgraded his shop. He also hired new employees, like janitors, waiters, and more bakers. But it was never enough. Mr. Dot added more rooms, more workers, and this brought in more customers. This shop was now a huge building

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    Lauren Wallace- August 23, 2016 – 1st hour Between The Lines of Night by Elie Wiesel Night by Elie Wiesel focuses on giving the reader a precise understanding of the Holocaust from the perspective of a man who endured it. In order to vividly describe the situation, Wiesel uses specific words or phrases to signify the importance and value behind it. Wiesel writes, “Night. No one was praying for the night to pass quickly. The stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us

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    Success will destroy elemental magic. Failure condemns this world and the next. Named Guardian of the Elemental Spheres, Lavinia seeks the lost gates to the spirit realm and their ancient guardians. But some of the guardians have left their duties and those that have stayed may prove as dangerous as her enemy, whose wrath threatens the world. To end an ancient punishment inflicted on them by the Goddess for their role in a forgotten war, the Ashanti will conquer this world and that of spirit to

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    The Cycle of the Infantryman applies to fire and maneuver for a combat element. For example purposes the buddy team will be our combat element and a static enemy position (e.g. bunker) will be the target. The phases of the cycle are SHOOT, ASSESS, MOVE, AND KILL. The cycle may loop until there is no longer an enemy threat or until target position is gained. The following is a break down of each phase. -SHOOT During this phase of the cycle a base of fire is established along with identifying the

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    Solar Temple Fire

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    On 4 October, a fire destroyed a villa in Morin Heights, Canada, belonging to Joseph Di Mambro, the group’s leader. Police found five charred bodies in the ruins. Three had been stabbed to death before the fire.” (Lewis 2006) However that didn't stop there, and the next day “…at 1:00 a.m. on 5 October, a fire started in Ferme des Rochettes, near Cheiry, in the canton of Fribourg, one of the centers of the Solar

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    in today’s society. However, these cellular devices have a few negatives. The radiation from cell phones and their towers has been linked to causing cancer, they are a huge source of distraction, and these phones can sometimes overheat and catch on fire. To begin, the radiation caused mainly by cell phone towers is becoming huge concern..exposure to electromagnetic radiation is growing and becoming a serious health threat (“The Hidden Dangers of Cellphone Radiation”). Many girls I see carry their

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