Sierra G History 11/8/12 Election Day was November 6th‚ 2012! I wasn’t ready but I was ready. I was sitting in the living room with my mom and little brothers. We were flipping from Fox 13 to CNN. I was getting nervous and so were my brothers. I was on the edge of the couch‚ I kept closing my eyes and slickly opening them back up and biting my nails. It was a close race though. Thank the lord Obama won!!! Barack Obama: 50% with 303 electoral votes Mitt Romney: 48% with 206 electoral votes
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The day of the dead is an ancient ritual. It has been a holiday for over 500 years. It is a national holiday which has combined the Mexican ancient ritual with the Spanish-Catholic "All Souls Day"‚ which the Spanish conquistadores celebrated during the religious conversion of the local Mexican native Indians. Today‚ day of the dead is celebrated throughout Latin America‚ as an official Catholic holiday. The day of the dead dates back to approximately 3500 B.C. This celebration initially took
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This incident dates back to my School Days. I could hear a voice faintly‚ a familiar voice‚ someone yelling at me to wake up and get ready for school. It continued for 5 minutes with the volume increasing gradually that I realized it’s my Father. The chill weather‚ the warm blanket and the bluish sky comforted me like a princess. My eyes refused to open more than 5 degress. I kept seeing the clock every 5 minutes to see if it was 7. I would keep reminding myself‚ "6:55 is when you have to
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The first day. The first day‚ by Edward p. Jones. born 1951 is an American novelist and short story writer. His 2003 novel The Known World received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Jones was born and raised in Washington‚ D.C.‚ and educated at both the College of the Holy Cross and the University of Virginia. His first book‚ Lost in the City‚ is a collection of short stories about the African-American working class in 20th-century Washington‚ D.C. In the early stories are some who are like first-generation
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Hamad Alhammadi Intermediate 2 Dr. Sandra Nagy Valentine’s Day Valentine’s day is an important day. “ Valentine’s Day is very important for English speaking people” Dr. Sandra said. Especially on this day‚ a lot of money was spent in valentines gift. The old story explains how Valentine’s Day came from a priest who was working in the church and he was marrying people. Suddenly a memo came from the Emperor Claudius that said “solders may not get married any more and if any one married a solder
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Deonte Hill CJ 101 Intro To CJ Professor Brian D. Heffner 7 December 2012 A Day in Criminal Court This week I had the opportunity to sit in on criminal court proceedings. I chose to visit the Oakland County Court House for the day and noticed quite a few things through out the whole experience. I have been to a few courts in the past‚ criminal‚ traffic‚ and family‚ but never in the Oakland County building. There were many details of the proceedings‚ the image‚ and even the conditions of everything
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World Environment Day (WED) is a day that stimulates awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and public action. It is on 5 June. It was the day that United Nations Conference on the Human Environment began. The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was from 5–16 June 1972. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972.[1] The first World Environment Day was on 1973. World Environment Day is hosted every year by a different city with a different
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“Valentine’s day” Valentine’s day is so overrated And over-hyped! A lot of people run around frothing‚ proclaiming their love and pledging their eternal allegiance to one another. Although it means different things to different people‚ many use this day for all the wrong reasons. I.e.: to show off‚ get free stuff‚ free meals etc-Etc. Ha. People even go as far as finding dates just for that one day. Crazy right? I know! When its about to be that time of the month everywhere is lit up with red
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Thanksgiving Day The holiday of Thanksgiving is a tradition started by the Pilgrims and Indians. Together they shared the fruits of the newly settled America. Thanksgiving Day is a communal celebration marked as a sense of gratitude people feel for all the good things in life. This is done by offering prayers‚ gifting your near and dear ones. Its origin can be traced back to the 16th century when the first thanksgiving dinner is said to have taken place. Besides‚ the fourth Thursday in the month
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unrecognized or forgotten soldiers of African nations. They perservered through racism and inequaility to defeat the same opponent as everyone else around the world‚ the Germans. • Important turning points in the film: The first major turning point in Days of Glory is when the African soldiers‚ fighting for the French‚ were successful in overtaking the hilltop from the Germans. The mission seemed like a suicide mission because some of the leading commanders refered to the mission as a “light infantry
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