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    Ambrosio and Matthew Murdock Summary: “Badly Injured Man Not Done Partying Yet.” Fire has a destroying tongue, a whisper of chipped teeth. Society will think it holy, the god for the dark side of humanity sharpening his jaw. It is women with unguarded hearts who tend to the flame, their ribs buried in dirt so they could be without the armor of bone. It’s far easier to reach the muscle, to let it beat in their own way, donning dresses woven by the Furies as a deathless shroud. They are only made of grandeur if someone can tremble before them. Women as the beast and not the beauty. There is a hymn written in dust, singing of the fragment of infinity when it steps into the light, all curves, a raw beauty afire, the devil waiting beneath callused skin. For centuries now, the beautiful and the sublime has tangled itself in the workings of art, a mess of vines wrapped around the ankles, thorns or flowers embedded in the skin. The meaning of both terms is held simply, what is beautiful is soft and sweetening, sugar in a personified form, something people wish to gaze upon. The sublime is cast in shadow, a sharp taste, something a person doesn’t wish to glance at, and yet, they must stare, they have no other choice as they quiver in its wake. Such ideas are still held in modern literature, however, as this method of perceiving the world has been present before Edmund Burke offered his definitions, works of art and its writings reflect each other throughout history. This is…

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    Bullseye Glass is a local glass manufacturing company in Portland, Oregon. In May 2016 Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) reported that on May 9th and 10th the company had violated the 24-hour benchmark and released 4x higher amounts of lead that allowed and that the Bullseye Glass company was the source. (OPB, 2016.) The company responded by claiming that DEQ is attempting to close the company down. The issue had been centrally over the production of a “white opal” glass, which…

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    James Patterson has written another fantastic and fascinating novel, Bullseye for his thriller series Michael Bennet, which is the 9th novel out of the 10 novels in the New York Times best-selling series. Bullseye focuses on the main theme of Protecting and being loyal to your country and doing the right things at all cost. The title foreshadows the main focus of the plot line, which is that the President of the United States of America is being the center target (the bullseye) to be…

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    “Now when you are ready you can slide the safety switch over to the fire your gun should glow red when you do. Today your goal is to score the most points. The closer you get to the bullseye the more points you can get. You can fire when ready and when you run out of ammo set your gun down and flip the switch to safety. Oh and there is one other thing, you will rarely fire at stationary targets.” He reached up and pulled a lever down the targets began to move back and forth. “Now go.” I then…

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    Lyme Disease Essay

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    everyone be entitled to medical care if they are ill? Lyme Disease patients in Australia are denied the treatment they deserve because the Australian Government refuses to believe that the disease exists in Australia. Lyme Disease is the fastest growing tick borne illness in the world and is transferred through a tick bite from a tick infected with the disease, creating a bullseye shaped rash but can also be transferred from mother to child in the womb. If left untreated, which is common in…

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    Windshield Repair Myths

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    7 myths related to windshield repair services Windshield repair cost a fortune In reality, windshield repair services are cheaper. If you have a quarter size of a chip on the glass, you can get it fixed in less $70. However, if you wait and let the crack grow bigger in size, it may result in replacement of the screen, which is expensive. So, therefore, make sure to replace it before it grows into a big fissure blocking your view. Windshields cannot be repaired It is a pure myth. Not all rock…

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    The Odyssey is a story about a hero’s epic journey throughout the world. First, Odysseus has to outwit different characters that want to end his journey, he must remain in control of his group by keeping them safe, that’s what makes his the hero of this story. Second, he and his men are faced with a lot of different obstacles that they must overcome so that they can complete their journey and make it home to their families. Last, he has to protect his own family from different people. If the…

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    partly dependent on how well you are able to shoot. Accuracy is key while shooting archery. By following my directions, I guarantee you will learn how to shoot an arrow more accurately, and who knows maybe you will even become the next Robin Hood or Katniss Everdeen. Shooting a bullseye sounds easy right? How hard can pulling back a string and shooting an arrow really be? Many people underestimate the complexity of archery. What looks like just shooting an arrow actually involves many…

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    Sociologist Edwin Lemert developed the theory of secondary deviance, primary deviance being the initial act and secondary deviance the subsequent acts that result in how the individual and society negatively respond to the label once assigned. The label became a societal bullseye, a designation that the child is an innate criminal and he or she was incapable of changing. The “label” thus became the conduit for the child’s actions, the child believes that they are unable to change, after all this…

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    Ashfall In Ceder Falls

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    Ashfall In Ceder Falls, Iowa Alex Halprin thought staying alone in on the weekend would be awesome, until Yellowstones’ Supervolcano explodes and his house comes crashing down on him, with him narrowly escaping death. He stays with his neighbors, hiding in their Jacuzzi while their lives apart. He goes on a trek across Iowa to his uncles farm in Illinois, where the rest of his family is staying. Along the way, he meets a man named Target, with a big bullseye tattoo on the back of his head…

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