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An employee of a construction company working in a high crime neighborhood negligently cut through power cables. The accident knocked out power to the area and disabled a home’s security system. The homeowner, who was out of town, received an alert from the security company advising her to arrange for someone to go to the house and restart the system with a backup power source. The homeowner got distracted soon after getting the message and neglected to contact anyone. That evening, a burglar broke into the home while power was still off in the neighborhood. Because the security system was not working and the alarm did not go off, the burglar was able to steal jewelry and other valuables from the home and escape. The homeowner sued the construction company for the loss of her valuables in a jurisdiction that has adopted pure comparative negligence rules. Is the homeowner likely to recover?

Myanmar is undergoing fragmentation: large parts of the country, including most of Myanmar’s international borders, are now under the dominion of various ethnic armed groups.  In the above excerpt, the use of the word fragmentation emphasizes

Write an Essay  in which you take a position on Spring Break and support that position in your essay with specific reasons and examples from your own experience, observations, or reading (see the above question). Essay must have an introduction paragraph, conclusion paragraph and 2 body paragraphs (1 boy paragraph if you run out of time).  Include a Works Cited page with source cited.  You are required to have 1 in-text citation of a quote or paraphrase from the source page. The rest of the information comes from you.  For MLA-  include the header (with your name, class etc) and title and name. Do not double space. Instead have extra line between paragraphs.    If you need scratch paper-use what is included and turn that in. Choose Option A or B  Your high school is debating whether or not to cancel Spring break or extend it to two weeks. Take a side on this issue coming up with a well developed thesis and support with specific ideas and examples.  Use the “Spring Break Hype or Hope” article (see above) once in your essay. Write in 3rd person.

What can be logically inferred about solutions to noise pollution from the passage?

Paragraph 7 begins with this sentence: “Along with the growth of the automotive industry, the construction of the interstate highway system significantly changed the lives of Americans.” What pattern of organization does this suggest the paragraph will primarily use? 

Which statement best summarizes this passage?

What is the main purpose of quoting Dr. Jennifer Etnier in paragraph 4?

What does the word ordinances most likely mean in paragraph 4?

Based on the passage, what can be logically inferred about releasing elderly prisoners early?

 Which sentence expresses an opinion rather than a fact?