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Violence is everywhere. Everyday, violence shows up in movies, television, video games, and in real life. Violence in television promotes violence because it normalizes it and makes it seem like an everyday thing. In our world today, violence is a major problem and there is no doubt that much of it is influenced by what people see on television. When violence is shown so often in television and social media, it makes it seem like a normal thing that will always happen. If you grow up never watching T.V. and then all of a sudden you are exposed to a violent situation, you would probably react differently to someone who sees violence everyday. If violence was not shown as much on T.V., people would take it more seriously, but since it is shown so much on television and in movies, people see it as a normal thing that is common. Kids especially are exposed to violence in television more than ever. To a young impressionable brain that has not fully matured, things like violence can leav...

Yesterday morning, Nadi Weather Centre meteorologists detected a cyclone near Nauru that was developing quickly and traveling towards the Solomon Islands. They named the cyclone "Victor", and it has since caused destruction to Honiara. "It was a fast developing front that we could not have anticipated any faster," Nadi Weather Centre Director James Jones said.  "The storm had sustained winds of 140 kph and was classified as a Level 4 Cyclone" Almost immediately after they discovered Cyclone Victor, Nadi Weather Centre workers contacted the Solomon Islands Government and warned them of the strong storm. At that time, government officials started  putting emergency plans into effect and sent police officers to warn the local people. "It was pretty chaotic for a few hours there when the storm hit the community," Police Chief Marianna Adams said. "I want to commend all of our local emergency workers for their efforts." By 10 a.m., ...

After moving to the United States from Taiwan at a young age and facing challenges of adjusting to a new way of living, LiJen Suter was given the job of a Language Specialist Agent (Linguist) in the FBI. Suter has been a Language Specialist for the FBI for 31 years, and continues to expand her knowledge of the English language, western culture, and current global events. For the first portion of her life, Suter lived in a small village in Taiwan. Growing up in this small village, she and other children that lived there were raised being taught different morals than the average American child. “Up to senior year of high school, I grew up in a village of 200 some families. I was the first woman to attend 4-year college from that village,” Suter said. “In Taiwan, like all Chinese, I was brought up to be passive and not aggressive, meaning one should not initiate conversation until elders talked to me first, to respect elders, to love siblings, to get higher education for...

1. Who were the sources? Dean Fuller, Dana Fuller, Kay Romaine 2. Summarize in 1-3 sentences the story: Dean Fuller was a teenager, he started hitchhiking. He travelled all around the country on a low budget by getting rides from strangers. While traveling, he met his future wife when her mom picked him up on the highway. 3. How many paragraphs is the story? 20 4. How many words is the story (you can do this in the Google Doc itself)? 898 5. How many direct quotes are there in the story? 10 6. How many different people are quoted in the story? 3 7. Which quote is the most impactful of all the ones included? We were always looking for the next fun thing to do, never worried about the future or any ill fate around the corner we just always seemed to be living in the moment.” 8. Where is that quote located in the story (beginning, middle, end)? middle 9. Does the lede effectively capture the readers attention? yes 10.If their could have been one additional person interviewed fo...

1. Lijen Suter, Karen Friedman, Kyong-Min Kim 2. LiJen Suter moved to America from Taiwan when she was 27 to study English and get a job. She was offered a job as a Language Specialist in the FBI and accepted it. With this job she has learned how to deal with unexpected situations and has contributed her knowledge of two languages to the USA. 3. 19 paragraphs 4. 963 words 5. 9 quotes 6. 3 people 7.  " I am most proud that I can be working in the most professional organization that is well known worldwide, and contributing my abilities to the USA in a whole.” 8. It is at the end. 9. not really 10. I could've tried to interview someone in LiJen's family that lives in Taiwan. 11. The story is objective. 12. I can't think of any unanswered questions. 13. "Suter beings a new life in America" 14. I think the story is interesting but some parts could've been better with more information and quotes. 15. 90

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1. Sean Foley and Andrew Nestor 2. He want the land available for public use and for energy development. 3. To keep up with inflation, to offer competitive pay for faculty and staff members, and to address differed maintenance of laboratories and classrooms. 4. Baker Mayfield- Oklahoma, Lamar Jackson-Louisville, Bryce Love-Stanford 5. I want to see Wonder because I liked the book when I read it. Long Response: Donald Trumps tweet had issues because it made people believe that Trump was already aware of the situation with Flynn and the FBI. I think Donald Trump was aware of Flynn lying to the FBI and he probably tweeted that to make him seem like he was doing the right thing by firing him. I don't think twitter is a good place for the president to make statements, especially if it's Donald Trump and a lot of his tweets are very controversial and obviously not very thought out. A person who has this much power in our country should not be using twitter to make immature com...