March 31 2017 Jerry Brown‚ Governor of California State Capitol‚ Suite 1173 Sacramento‚ CA 95814 Dear Governor Jerry Brown: I am from Danville California. I am writing with the intention of sharing my opinion on children living in poverty‚ and how it can affect their performance in school. This issue matters to me because I have a friend who I have known since I was four years old that I see all the time‚ who used to be really poor and had to move a lot and change schools all the time. He
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born in San Francisco‚ 19422. Jerry loses a finger in a wood chopping accident at age 5.3. Garcia started experimenting with hallucinogenic drugs to expand his mind at age 164. Garcia died in 19955. Cause of death was years of drug abuse and related health problems6. He was named after a Broadway composer Jerome Kern7. Garcia had an older brother named Tiff8. Jerry was introduced early to rock and roll music by his brother9. Garcia wore plain clothes on stage 10. The Jerry Garcia Band was one of his
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his class besides having a bad temper. First‚ Benjamin Carson found out that reading gave him the capacity to success. He learned to spell and answer questions referring to the class‚ which caused him to be the best student in grade school. Second‚ Ben fought and reached his goals even though he was surrounded by bad influences that almost caused him to be a failure. In high school‚ he learned to control his temper when he almost stabbed a friend. He moved away from bad companions‚ avoided drugs and
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is the largest of its kind‚ four-faced chiming clock. It stands a full 96m tall and has Gothic architecture to it. One of the architects includes Charles Barry‚ one of dad’s great friends‚ which I was named after. Servicing and maintaining the Big Ben was dad’s main job but‚ after the catastrophic incident‚ that is no longer possible. Now it is up to me to do the dirty work. I work around the clock‚ I am not moaning‚ just stating facts. Luckily I enjoy mechanical jobs. On some days while cleaning
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Jerry Spinelli is an author known for deeper themes in his novels‚ so it was a fun and new experience getting to try and find the main themes in his book‚ Eggs. First‚ Spinelli illustrated that families can often be complicated‚ but remain loving. In this novel‚ our main characters David and Primrose are both dealing with absent parents along with their ability to communicate with loved ones. However‚ towards the end‚ everyone has grown to show more compassion and kindness. Similarly‚ there was the
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I. INTRODUCTION Ben and Jerry’s is an ice cream company brought into existence in 1978 in the form of a first scoop shop at a renovated gas station in Vermont. It was found by two men names Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. Company revenues increased at a high rate from under $300‚000 in 1980 to almost $10 million in 1985 to $78 million in 1990 and to nearly $150 million in 1994. Growing with time‚ Ben and Jerry’s came up with an ongoing stream of exotic flavors‚ opening additional scoop shops
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Dear‚ Mr. Spinelli Hi! My name is Sayantika Sarkar. I go to school at Iselin Middle School. For my summer reading project I had to read the book Smiles to Go‚ it was phenomenal. Smiles to Go just states that life cannot be planned; you have to wait and see what life throws at you. I love how the book is just about a normal person’s everyday life but still its unique. What inspired you to write Smiles to Go? Is the story of Smiles to Go based on your actual life? Did you make up the stuff about
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Pacific. When the war was over‚ he returned to the mound and resumed a straight shot to station -- the Baseball Hall of Fame. Here’s his account of his military service and what it has meant to him... Ben Bradlee - Famous Newspaper Editor As Executive Editor of the Washington Post from 1965 to 1991‚ Ben Bradlee turned an undistinguished daily paper into one of the world’s great news organizations. His many achievements include guiding the epic Woodward and Bernstein reporting effort that exposed the
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Harry Walker 10/14/14 Mrs. Torres English III Honors Period 3 Ben Franklin Autobiography B) Franklin’s goal was to seek moral perfection‚ this helped him come in contact with success‚ although he did have many failures. In Franklin’s journey to reach perfection he ended up fixing many problems. “While my care was employed in guarding against one fault‚ I was often surprised by another.” Every time he fixed a problem a new one would occur. This made him relies human perfection is not possible
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1. Ben-Hur is the last great film score in the tradition of the golden age until 1977. Describe the characteristics of the classical film score as exemplified in this film. Include a description of significant themes and scenes. (10 pts) Ben- Hur directed by William Wyler in 1958 is one of the most well-known films that reflects classical traditions. Throughout the film‚ Miklos Rozsa used love themes through the romantic relationships. Miklos also incorporates harmony through his musical ideas
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