Once Upon a Quinceanera The quinceañera‚ the fifteenth birthday celebration for a Latina girl‚ is quickly becoming an American event. This legendary party is a sight to behold: lavish ball gowns‚ extravagant catered meals‚ DJs‚ limousines‚ and multi-tiered cakes. The must haves for a "quince" are becoming as numerous and costly as a prom or wedding. And yet‚ this elaborate ritual also hearkens back to traditions from native countries and communities‚ offering young Latinas a chance to connect
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The Papa’s Waltz With the two poems Those Winter Sundays and The Papa’s Waltz‚ they focus on the details about the fathers and their life‚ the fathers and their families‚ and the characteristics about them. With the details in the poems‚ it places a setting and helps the reader understand the differences in the poems to describe the fathers and families that make the reader about to pull differences to realize the important factors in the poems. These two poems have memories that will last with
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Oracle Corporation was founded in Jun 1977 by Larry Ellison‚ Bob Miner‚ Ed Oates. Over the years‚ it has risen to become almost indisputable leader of the Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) market with 44% (Source: IDC 2009) – at least‚ for now‚ though‚ no one is sure how long that numero uno position will last. There were heady days of 1996-2008 or so when Oracle ruled the world of RDBMS. It was unchallenged crown king that could do no wrong. Hundreds of thousands of Database engineers
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My topic for this research paper is “Should College athletes get paid for playing a sport?” My implied audience for this topic would be athletes‚ coaches‚ athletic directors‚ and NCAA coordinators. I will inform them why college athletes should get paid for what they do day in and day out. Also‚ I will show how playing a sport is the equivalent to a full time job and since athletes usually do not have enough free time to get a job than they should receive some spending money. As stated by Robert
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Louis Ramirez Sharon Ballentine English 1302 19 July 2012 Sylvester’s Dying Bed Poetry Essay Langston Hughes (February 1‚ 1902 – May 22‚ 1967) was an American poet‚ novelist‚ social activist‚ columnist‚ and a playwright from the Harlem renaissance period that composed several memorable pieces throughout his lifetime. The majority of his work was aimed towards racial consciousness. In the poem Sylvester’s Dying Bed‚ the main character (Sylvester) is an African American lover‚ from the same
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that a woman’s life wasn’t complete and when she meets her true love‚ her life is suddenly enhanced. “I Being Born a Woman and Distressed” by Edna St. Vincent Millay may seem to be the story of a woman simply turning down a man but‚ upon closer examination‚ this poem criticizes the way that society has trained us to think that because you are born a woman you
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For decades‚ people continuously compete for the title of being the best at something. While people can be the best at one specific thing‚ CrossFit athletes strive to excel at multiple tasks. CrossFit requires world athletes to succeed various tasks and to possess determination in order to be the best. CrossFit was created by the Founder and CEO Greg Glassman. The workout can be described as extreme levels of prolonged activity that generally work a majority of the body. CrossFit achieves extreme
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Did you ever realize that in most of the cases numerous of athletes never graduate? It is sad to see young student athletes setting for much less education than they deserve. Neil H.Petrie in his essay is expressing himself against the attitude toward student athletes‚ and collegiate system. Petrie said "the system uses and then discards after the final buzzer." I found it true because there is so much pressure on athletes that it compromises their potential and academic careers. Petrie addresses
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“First Poem for You” is a poem by written by Kim Addonizio‚ an American poet. This poem “First Poem for You” is a closed-form poem but written as an English sonnet. The poem a person who loves the tattoos in his or her lover’s skin. At the same time the tattoos scares him or her by their permanence. The thoughtfulness and the depth of details expressed in this poem makes us conclude that the persona or speaker in this poem is a female. The speaker is certain about the permanence of the tattoos on
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College athletes are manipulated every day. Student athletes are working day in and day out to meet academic standards and to keep their level of play competitive. These athletes need to be rewarded and credited for their achievements. Not only are these athletes not being rewarded but they are also living with no money. Because the athletes are living off of no money they are very vulnerable to taking money from boosters and others that are willing to help them out. The problem with this is
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