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Fictional Story
"Stupid car," "There we go. That's more like it."
 * The branches cast shadows on the car as the forest became dense. The paved road turned to dirt. Paul flicked on his headlights. Two pulses of light shot out from in front of the car- blinking sporadically, before dying.
 * Paul muttered pulling a flashlight from the glove compartment.
 * He turned the flashlight on, placing it on the dashboard.

Wikipedia Exercises

 * This whole sentence should be bold. This whole sentence should have italics. Leave this part alone but put the last four words in bold. Now put the first three words of this sentence in italics. Make this whole sentence bold and italics. Put italics on the names of books and bold the names of individuals: What Color Is Your Parachute? Janet Jackson. Green Eggs and Ham. King Tut. Bhagavad Gita. Madonna.

Colonial period
After a period of exploration by people from various European countries, Spanish, Dutch, English, French, Swedish, and Portuguese settlements were established.

Spanish colonization
Spanish explorers were the first Europeans to arrive in what is now the United States with Christopher Columbus' second expedition, which reached Puerto Rico on November 19, 1493

Dutch colonization
New Netherland was the 17th century Dutch colony centered on New York City and the Hudson River Valley, where they traded furs with the Native Americans to the north and were a barrier to Yankee expansion from New England.

French colonization
New France was the area colonized by France from 1534 to 1763.

British colonization
The first successful English colony was established in 1607, on the James River at Jamestown.

Political integration and autonomy
Following Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America, King George III issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763 with the goal of organizing the new North American empire and stabilizing relations with the native Indians.

Formation of the United States of America (1776–1789)
The Thirteen Colonies began a rebellion against British rule in 1775 and proclaimed their independence in 1776 as the United States of America.

Early national era (1789–1849)
George Washington—a renowned hero of the American Revolutionary War, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, and president of the Constitutional Convention—became the first President of the United States under the new Constitution in 1789.

War with Britain

In response to multiple grievances, the Congress declared war on Britain in 1812.

Abolitionist movement

After 1840 the growing abolitionist movement redefined itself as a crusade against the sin of slave ownership.

Civil War era (1849–1865) Compromise of 1850

The issue of slavery in the new territories was seemingly settled by the Compromise of 1850 brokered by Whig Henry Clay and Democrat Stephen Douglas.

Secession
After Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 election, eleven Southern states seceded from the union between late 1860 and 1861, establishing a new government, the Confederate States of America, on February 8, 1861.

Civil war begins
The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked a U.S. military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.

Casualties
Based on 1860 census figures, about 8% of all white males aged 13 to 43 died in the war, including about 6% in the North and approximately 18% in the South, establishing the American Civil War as the deadliest war in American history.

Article Links Exercise
The history of the United States traditionally starts with the United States Declaration of Independence/Declaration of Independence in the year 1776, although its territory was inhabited by Native Americans in the United States/Native Americans since prehistoric times and then by European colonization of the Americas/European colonists who followed the voyages of Christopher Columbus starting in 1492. The largest settlements were by the English on the East Coast, starting in 1607. By the 1770s the Thirteen Colonies contained two and half million people, were prosperous, and had developed their own political and legal systems. After the American Revolution the United States Constitution/Constitution became the basis for the United States federal government, with war hero George Washington as the first president.

The women's suffrage in the United States/women's suffrage movement began with the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, and the Declaration of Sentiments demanding equal rights for women. Many of the activists became politically aware during the abolitionist movement. The women's rights campaign during "first-wave feminism" was led by Mott, Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, among many others. The movement reorganized after the Civil War, gaining experienced campaigners, many of whom had worked for prohibition in the Women's Christian Temperance Union.

Around 1912 the feminist movement began to reawaken, putting an emphasis on its demands for equality and arguing that the corruption of American politics demanded purification by women, because men could not do that job. Protests became increasingly common as suffragette Alice Paul led parades through the capital and major cities. Paul split from the large National American Woman Suffrage Association/NAWSA, which favored a more moderate approach and supported the Democratic Party and Woodrow Wilson, led by Carrie Chapman Catt, and formed the more militant National Woman's Party. Suffragists were arrested during their "Silent Sentinels" pickets at the White House, the first time such a tactic was used, and were taken as political prisoners. Finally, the suffragettes were ordered released from prison, and Wilson urged Congress to pass a Constitutional amendment enfranchising women.

External Links Exercise

 * Cornell Lab of Ornithology
 * The Institute for Bird Populations, California
 * Early 20th century USA High Quality photographs
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Citing Sources Exercise
"Hampstead Garden Suburb born Dame Elizabeth Taylor dies aged 79" Times of London March 24, 2011

Grand Central Publishing 2006 ISBN 9780446532549]

Elizabeth: the life of Elizabeth Taylor G. Weidenfeld Publishers p. 22.

The Hollywood Reporter

by Associated Press

by Times staff "An update on Elizabeth Taylor's four children" St. Petersburg Times

Bloomberg Businessweek

References [edit] Jump up ^ Name of author(s), "Title of article", (News paper or The New York Times, (Volume, Number etc. if appropriate), date (usually is available), (add page number if appropriate), ISBN: #

Wiki Talk Exercises

 * I think this article about this wealthy family is very confusing. What can we do about it? [Signed User:#1]


 * I agree! This is a list of what I think should be done:


 * 1) Make the lead shorter.

Put the sections in chronological order. I don't know what order they are in now!

Make it clear what the relation of all these family members are.

Include family member birth dates where appropriate.#


 * What do you think? [Signed User:#2]


 * I wrote this article and I thought it was fine like it is, except for spelling mistakes. But I'm beginning to see your point. [Signed User:#3]


 * I think the chronological order should be as I have it numbered below:


 * 1) The parents meet and are married and slip deep into poverty.

The children are born and inherit the fortune from the uncle who hated the brother.

The widowed aunt bribes authorities and gets legal guardianship of the children and moves to England.

The children come of age and move back to Argentina.

The parents win the lottery.

The children are embarrassed by the parents being so "nouveau rich" and move back to England. The parents follow them back and become famous.


 * How does that sound? [Signed User:#1]


 * OK, you caught me. I just read a couple articles and got confused myself. Sounds like you read a lot more about this family. Let's do it!! [Signed User:#3]

Article Clean-up Exercise
Mr. Big also known as the Canadian technique  is a covert investigation technique used by undercover copper investigators in some parts of Canada and Australia to solve cases for which confessions are considered necessary for successful prosecution of which. In this method, police officers pose as members of a criminal gang in order to gain the confidence of the suspect, enlisting the suspect's participation in an escalating series of fictional crimes. Once the suspect's trust has been gained, the police persuade the suspect to confess to the earlier, real crime.[1][2]

History
The technique was developed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (‘RCMP’) in Vancouver, Canada in the early 1990s for "Cold case (criminology)" i.e., you know, cold case homicide investigations.[1] In British Columbia, the technique has been used over 180 times, and, in 80% of the cases, it resulted in either a confession or the elimination of the suspect from suspicion by those sneaky coppers.REFERENCE:Brian Hutchinson CMP Turns to "Mr Big" to Nab Criminals: Shootings, Assaults Staged in Elaborate Stings National Post - 18 December 2004 Since 1990, police in Victoria Australia have also used the technique on over 20 cases, and have successfully obtained murder confessions in several.(This article was a big helP: Lawyers Warn Against Police Stings Ian Munro September 9, 2004 http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/07/1094530612495.html It was in The Age.) In Australia, police have applied to the courts, unsuccessfully, to suppress the publication of the details of these tactics.[1]

Description
While the details of this here technique vary from case to case, the methodology is for an undercover police unit to pose as members of a fictitious gang into which the suspect is inducted.[1] The suspect is invited to participate in a series of escalating criminal activities (all of which are faked by the police), including robberies, control of prostitution, and standing guard during gang's bad-ass activities. In addition, the "gang members" build a personal relationship with the suspect, through drinking together and other social activities. The goal is to win the confidences of the suspect.[2] Eventually, the suspect is told that the police have a renewed interest in the original crime, and that the suspect needs to give the gang further details. The suspect is told that the boss (the so-called "Mr. Big") may have the ability to influence that police investigation, but only if the person admits all of the details of their earlier crime. They are also told that if they aren't completely clear about any past crimes, the gang may not be willing to continue to work with him, as he may be a liability - in other words you know who has got to get offed.[1]

Criticism
Defense lawyers and criminal specialists have argued that the method is flawed for several reasons. In particular, they assert that the method may produce unreliable confessions. Len Hartnett, a lawyer for a Lorenzo Fatava, who was in part convicted in part by using a confession obtained from this type of operation, argued that the police officers encourage confessions, "telegraph what they want to hear," and act as an authority figure to the suspect who is in a relatively powerless position.[2] Prosecutors have countered by stating that a confession alone would never be considered sufficient evidence to prosecute a criminal in these cases, and that additional evidence would be necessary.(This all comes from this here article RCMP's 'Mr. Big' stings challenged which I seen printed in

Main article: Mr. Big (film)
In 2007, Tiffany Burns directed a documentarial entitled Mr. Big that examined this here method. The movie includes interviews with targets of the operation, there families (Burns herself is the sister of Sebastian Burns, who was convicted of murder in part due to being caught by a Mr. Big operation), and RCMP videos of various aspects of Mr. Big operations. Check it out.