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    Capital Punishment

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    3/12/2014 Governor Rick Perry Office of the Governor P.O. Box 12428 Austin‚ Texas 78711-2428 Dear Governor Rick Perry‚ Capital punishment in the state of Texas is legal and unfortunately becoming more common since the death penalty was reenacted in 1976 after a Supreme Court decision. Since this Supreme Court ruling‚ your state has put to death 510 individuals and next week it will be 511 (Texas). During your term as governor you have allowed 310 executions of inmates‚ making that 61%

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    The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan is another sequel to the Percy Jackson series that involves Greek Mythology. The purpose is to explain my three favorite scenes and why I enjoyed it. The story begins when Percy‚ the protagonist‚ that has to go on another adventure with the help of his friends through the treacherous Labyrinth‚ and find the maker‚ Daelalus‚ to not assist Luke‚ the antagonist of this book. This novel is part of the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. The genre of this book

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    "Names Have Power"

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    Rick Riordan‚ the author of The Lightning Thief‚ once said‚ “Names have power.” This quote means that every name can be traced back thousands and thousands of years and the history and the meaning of the names become a part of it. With so much powerful meaning tied to the name‚ it can affect a person’s life thousands of years after the event occurred. The name can either be destructive‚ or beneficial. The story told in Romeo and Juliet is a perfect example of how names can affect a person’s life

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    show is Rick Grimes who is played by Andrew Lincoln. Rick endures many obstacles throughout the show and he has morals and standards. During the series Rick shows us that he really is an intelligent‚ controlling‚ caring‚ dark and assertive character. To start off Rick shows us his brain power throughout the show. Throughout the show Rick shows us how smart he is. For example in the episode “Guts“‚ which was the second episode of season one. In the episode many characters including Rick are in a

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    Rick Grimes was formerly a police officer in a small town where he was caring about what went down in the town of Cynthiana‚ Kentucky. Where Rick is involved in a shooting while he was on duty with his best friend Shane‚ the shooting led to Rick being in coma. When Rick wakes up from his coma he comes in contact with the walkers not knowing what is going on. The walkers are some of the humans who came in contact with the outbreak of the contagion that spawned them. There he met Morgan who helped

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    many people. During his presidency‚ the economy of the United States was booming with success. The United States had budget surpluses after several decades. Bill Clinton is one of the few presidents who ended his term with high approval ratings. Rick Perry‚ current Governor of Texas‚ is also considered a leader by many people. In this current state of economic depression‚ Texas is the

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    Rick Hansen; a True Hero

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    Rick Hansen; a True Hero What qualities make a person a hero? To answer this question‚ one must take a look at a person who is considered a hero. Rick Hansen is one of many examples of a hero. At the young age of fifteen‚ Hansen fell off the back of a truck and consequently became paralyzed for life. One would think that such a traumatic experience would make person completely pessimistic about life‚ but Rick Hansen is different. He became a world class champion wheelchair marathoner and a 1984

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    References: Warren‚ Rick. The Purpose Driven Church: Growth without Compromising Your Message & Mission. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House‚ 1995. [pic][pic]

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    I. Introduction My choice for my book report is the lightning thief by Rick Riordan‚ it was called the lightning thief because Percy Jackson who is the protagonist of the story was accused of stealing the weapon of Zeus (the lightning bolt) Percy had two friends in camp half-blood namely Grover and Annabeth. These two people help our hero Percy in his quest to prove that he did not steal the lightning bolt from Zeus. There is also Luke‚ the real lightning thief‚ who acted nice to Percy in order

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    Percy Jackson book report

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    The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians‚ Book 1) The book is funny and witty‚ effortlessly matching old mythology and tradition with modern culture in a way that makes the book engrossing and unpredictable. There is talk of gods having affairs with mortals‚ and quite a bit of married gods having affairs with other gods. In the following book report‚ I will first introduce the plot of the story. Then‚ I will talk about the writing of the author and the strengths and weaknesses of the

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