called the Parents of New York United or for short “PONYU”(2001) formed a group to try and get a list of nine books banned from the school’s library. According to the article Island Trees Union Free School District Board of Education v. Pico 1982‚ some of the books that were banned were Slaughterhouse Five and Best Short Stories of Negro Writers.(2001) The reason why these specific titles were banned is because the books contained graphic descriptions of sexual actions. The student who was going against
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Ellis Island‚ you usually think of a historical landmark. But Ellis Island has a long and interesting history to it. Back in the 1800s‚ Samuel Ellis owned Ellis Island. He made the island into a picnic place for the Swedish. It was purchased in 1808 by the Federal Government to be used as a Government Arsenal Fort. The need for immigration was first realized in 1847 when a severe potato famine in Ireland led to thousands of starving people storming into New England and New York. Ellis Island was the
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Alcatraz Island The island we all know in the San Francisco bay was first explored by a French explorer names Juan Manuel de Ayala in 1775." While the exact meaning is still debated‚ Alcatraz is usually defined as meaning "pelican" or "strange bird"(Bop). Instead of being called Alctraces‚ the name conformed and just became known as Alcatraz. The island opened as a federal prison in 1934. It was notorious for being the prison that held most‚ if not all of the United States of America’s most hazardous
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Easter and Tikopia Islands Easter Island‚ one of Western Chile’s best kept secrets has become one of todays most popular tourist destinations with nearly 900+ Maoi statues dominating the island terrain. Although today‚ Easter Island is home to upwards of 2‚500 people‚ it wasn’t always this way. It is said that Easter Island was first discovered around 300-400 A.D. according to History.com with other sources claiming as late as 1200 A.D. When settlers first began to invade the island‚ nearly 16 million
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of seven communities on the main Island of Kodiak Island‚ Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island goes through either ferryboat or airline. The main thing that people do there is go fishing whenever they can‚ and wherever they can. The town of Kodiak has everything a town needs‚ the only thing that it lacks is a fast food place‚ but people don’t need it because it’s not healthy. They get about 70 inches of snowfall every year on Kodiak Island. Every year they hold the Kodiak
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Grown Ups William K Monahan Ashford University Introduction to Film ENG225 Melanie Rodriguez November 15‚ 2010 Grown Ups A movie that I have seen recently is the hit comedy Grown Ups. This comedy is packed with a cast of natural comedians‚ starring such comedians such as Adam Sandler‚ Chris Rock‚ David Spade‚ Rob Schneider‚ and Kevin James. These actors are known as interpreters or commentator actors. Interpreter and commentators play characters closely resembling themselves in personality
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In Robert Lewis Stevenson’s book Treasure Island Jim experiences a journey from the island he did almost all of the the stages in the hero’s journey. His adventure was a very long and dangerous one. On this adventure he finds out that the life he wants to live may not actually be as glorious as he once thought. Jim’s home culture is where he lived‚ worked‚ and where his story began‚ The Admiral Benbow‚ the inn that he and his family owned. His call to adventure was when Billy Bones dies and Jim finds
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Geothermal Energy Being open with the public will move the county and state of Hawaii forward towards the conversion to geothermal energy without repurcutions HILO‚HI-The topic of geothermal energy here on the Big Island has been an on ongoing debate for almost the past two decades. Without personal insight‚ geothermal energy seems to have no negative side to it. “Who wouldn’t want to go green? Isn’t having renewable energy a good thing?” are the type of questions that come to mind when asked
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Leaders are born‚ not made By definition‚ a leader is a person who rules or guides or inspires or influences others. A leader is someone others are willing to follow‚ almost without question. A person who rules or guides or inspires others. Someone others are willing to follow‚ almost without question. They may not always make the right decision‚ but they are confident in the decisions that they make. They are not afraid to admit when they are wrong‚ and they know when to change direction when
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Diaoyu Islands The Diaoyu Islands are located in the East China Sea about 92 nautical miles northeast of Keelung in Taiwan Province. They include Diaoyu Island‚ Yellow Tail Island‚ Akao Island‚ South Island‚ North Island‚ and three reefs with a total area of about 6.5 square kilometers‚ with Diaoyu Island covering the largest area of 4.3 square kilometers. The Diaoyu Islands are China’s inherent territory‚ and its sovereignty over them is indisputable. In his article "The Senkaku Islands: Japanese
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