“PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY! ATTAWAY GO LUTES!” The crowd goes wild as the men’s basketball team race their way through victory at their home game. As I stand in the front row seats with my sixth grade class‚ the chant of the people around us ricochets in my head as I try to bring back the feelings and memories that came with today’s experience. My sixth grade teacher‚ Mrs. Utto-Galarneau‚ had a rather unique last name so I just called her Utto for short. I only remember her last name because she
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adults and children. Seat belts were invented for the purpose to help reduce death and injuries. An airbag is not as effective if it was not for a seat belt. “In the United States‚ a mandatory seat belt law was first enacted in New York in 1984. Lund et al. [6] found a nine percent decline in traffic fatalities in the first nine months when New York enacted mandatory seat belt law.” (Dissanayake 32) There are two types of mandatory laws‚ Primary Seat Belt Law and Secondary Seat Belt Law. Depending
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Anil’s Ghost is the critically acclaimed fourth novel by Michael Ondaatje. It was first published in 2000 by McClelland and Stewart. Anil’s Ghost follows the life of Anil Tissera‚ a native Sri Lankan who left to study in Britain and then the United States on a scholarship‚ during which time she has become a forensic pathologist. She returns to Sri Lanka in the midst of its merciless civil war as part of a Human Rights Investigation by the United Nations. Anil‚ along with archaeologist Sarath Diyasena
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Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is set in a future where Earth has been involved in a 50 year long war against an alien force‚ known as “Buggers”. Earth’s three ruling parties‚ the Hegemon‚ Polemarch and Strategos form an International Fleet to fight the “Buggers”. The International Fleet created the Battle School to train the most gifted children‚ with the best strategic minds to fight in the IF. Children were chosen because having been raised on video war games their decisions are intuitive‚ decisive
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Although wearing your seat belt is one of the top safety precautions when it comes to riding or driving in a car‚ accidents still occur due to people being lazy and not wanting to wear their seat belt. Drivers and passengers do not wear seat belts for tons of little reasons. Some forget to wear them‚ while others are just plain lazy and think they shouldn’t have to put on seat belts. After some time‚ this becomes a really bad habit. Accidents can happen. Some may be small accidents‚ and some may
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Title: The Raft Author: S.A. Bodeen Pages:231 Girl named Robie and she’s 15. Max is a point and he’s almost 20. She lives on an island midway atoll in the middle of the pacific. She is going to go she her aunt in Hawii. So she gets herself a plane ticket to Hawii to see her aunt‚ and no one knows that she is going. She gets on the plane and they crash. They fall into the middle of the ocean and no one knows that
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The author of this book is Rita Williams-Garcia. The title of this book is called P.S Be Eleven . The genre of this book is Historical Fiction. The setting is 1968 Brooklyn‚ New York. The setting impacts the character because they spent a long time with the Black Panthers that now Big Ma really doesn’t like how they stand up for their things. You will be exploring many fascinating characters including Big Ma‚ Uncle Darnell‚ Pa‚ and Mr. Mwila. Big Ma is the grandmother of the 3 sisters. She is kind
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In his article (James Baldwin‚ 1963‚ and the House that Race Built.Transition)‚ Fredrick Harris explained why Baldwin wrote at length about Malcolm X and his perception on the Nation of Islam‚ after his encounter with the group in The Fire Next Time. Harris elucidates that Baldwin never mentioned King by name in this literary masterpiece.Because‚ like Malcolm X’s critique on Dr. King religio-political philosophy‚ Baldwin found the theological notion of non-violence resistance‚ in addition to ‘Christian
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cause much change in the world. In the essay The Moral Equivalent of War‚ by William James‚ the same topic about war is discussed within the essay. However‚ William James‚ the author‚ seems like he does not approve the reasons and actions for many of the wars that have occurred. Furthermore‚ William seems to try to find reason and try to understand many points of view to go war. I would believe that William James would disagree with the quote because‚ even though he is a pacifist‚ he seems to try
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friends. You think about putting on your seat belt‚ but you don’t see any of your friends do it so why should you? According to the James Madison University serious traffic injuries can be reduced by 50% and fatalities by 60-70% if seat belts are used properly. From the research I have completed for this speech‚ I have learned that seat belts do save lives‚ as well as‚ keep you from serious injuries. When you are driving or even riding in a vehicle‚ wear your seat belt‚ as it will decrease your chance
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