Trip to Santa Maria Going to Santa Maria best defines my personhood because my grandmother and grandfather both grew up there. When I visited‚ it felt as though I was seeing a whole new side of my grandparents and understanding what it was like for them growing up in such a small community. Connecting to my culture shaped my identity by experiencing things that my grandparents‚ and many family members before them‚ also experienced. I chose this event to be included in my timeline because I feel as
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Robert Rodriguez Project By: Jesus Vicente V. Caparas Born Robert Anthony Rodriguez‚ June 20‚ 1968‚ in San Antonio‚ TX; son of Cecilio (a cookware sales manager) and Rebecca (a nurse) Rodriguez; married Elizabeth Avellan‚ c. 1991; children: Rocket Valentino‚ Racer Maximiliano‚ Rebel Antonio. Education: University of Texas at Austin‚ B.A. Taking do-it-yourself methods to inspiring extremes‚ Robert Rodriguez helped revolutionize low-budget filmmaking with El Mariachi (1992) before ultimately recalibrating
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“The Santa Ana“ by Joan Didion Summary Essay In this article‚ Joan Didion talked about a hot‚ dry wind called Santa Ana that comes from the northeast blowing into the Los Angeles area. The author described how an extreme weather can have tormenting effects on human behavior because of the change in temperature and environment. Didion referred to the weather before the Santa Ana as “the earthquake weather” which makes the atmosphere very hot‚ quiet and stilled. She also stated that Santa Ana
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– 1 If I Were An Animal Essay: Ring-Tailed Lemur Lemurs are found exclusively on the small island of Madagascar‚ which is located on the coast of Africa‚ and some of the small neighboring islands. Due to this geographic isolation‚ Madagascar is the home to numerous amazing animals that are not found anywhere else on Earth. It has been said that lemurs might just have floated there eons ago on “rafts” of vegetation and simply evolved in isolation over countless centuries. If I were an animal
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Gandhiji’s full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born on October 2‚ 1869 in a town called Poxbandar‚ Gujarat. He was the architect of India’s freedom and one of the greatest men of this century. Mahatma Gandhi’s life was dedicated to the ideals of truth‚ non-violence and love. Young Gandhi had his primary education up to the seventh year at Porbandar. Then his education continued at Rajkot. Once an Inspector of Schools visited the school. The teacher dictated some English words. Gandhiji
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Santa Ana Winds Weather can affect people’s behavior‚ positively and negatively. When the weather is nice and hot‚ it affects people positively by encouraging them to enjoy the outdoors‚ however‚ when the weather is bad‚ like when a hurricane hits this effects people negatively by worrying. Similarly‚ in the essay “Santa Ana Winds”‚ by Joan Dideon‚ the winds are so abrasive and obstructive that it engenders people to actually commit suicide. This occurs in Los Angeles. Even though Dideon provides
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I know you’re a busy guy this time of year and you have a ton of mail to get through – almost all of it from children under 8. I’m hoping that because I am almost a teenager and you might consider my letter in the interest of other letters. Like the letters you received from my younger brothers I’m going to list several things I hope you can deliver – please bring as many as you can. It seems a bit selfish‚ I know‚ but I’m hoping this is just because as a preteen I’m conditioned to give rather than
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The primary source that I analyzed was‚ “Colony in Danger of Demise; Cabildo Begs Viceroy for Soldiers and Supplies May 8‚1705”. This was a letter written by the Santa Fe cabildo‚ sent on May 8‚ 1705 to the new governor and captain general (Governor Francisco Cuervo and Valdés). The letter requested for the viceroy to send supplies‚ for the members of the Santa Fe Cabildo. They needed supplies due to the frequent ambushes and invasions from the Native Americans. In the letter it states‚ “Their continues
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Samantha Ore 1/22/13 English 103 As I began to look over the contract that was distributed as a part of enrollment in this class of the spring 2014‚ I came across some pointers that might cause me difficulty throughout this upcoming semester. As well as difficulties I also found major strengths in which will help me benefit tasks in the future. Checking over the blue packet I found that my attention spand for focusing involvement in peer response might cause some challenging times during the
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Santa Maria Volcano Santa Maria’s first recorded eruption was in 1902‚ it was dormant for at least 500-1000 years before that. When it awoke‚ it caused seismic swarm activation in many volcanos in the region. There was also a major earthquake along with the many eruptions. The eruption tore most of the south western part of the volcano off and around 5‚000 people were killed as a result of it. The volcanic ash fell as far as San Francisco‚ which is 2‚996.8 miles from Santa Maria. The volcano didn’t
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