Stacie Golebiewski Title: Along For The Ride Author: Sarah Dessen Setting: A small beach town of Colby‚ North Carolina Characters: Auden West is the protagonist in the story. She was a quiet girl who didn’t know that she didn’t have the life a normal teenager should have until she met Eli Eli Stock starts out as a secretive outsider because his best friend Abe died in a car accident when a man ran a red light. He kept his feelings all to himself until he met Auden. Eli and Auden taught each
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lynched. Jazz music had to be recognized with its roots. Billie Holiday believed Jazz music had to defend the black people. No better way of being heard than through the voice of Holiday. She attempted to fight for black rights through her song “ strange fruit”‚ a political song that struck a chord for many Americans. Her original name was Eleanor Fagan‚ born April 7‚ 1915. Billy Holiday was an American jazz singer‚ one of the greatest from the 1930s to the 1950s. Also known as "Lady Day‚ Holiday
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boat. The wind is blowing against your face in the middle of the ocean or lake. But where you feel free the most on a boat is in the middle of the ocean. One time in Florida I went on a boat ride with my family to look at real estate stuff. It wasn’t fun at all‚ the most fun part of the trip was the little boat ride with my driving it. I could feel the choppiness of the waves hit against the boat. There was lots of wind blowing against my face I didn’t feel sweaty anymore‚ I felt cool. The most fun
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A Strange Day Eli Vetcherebin On the morning of this hot summer day John did not have the slightest idea of what he was going to do‚ although he had an idea of what his grandfather would have suggested. But‚ unfortunately for both John and the grandfather‚ John’s grandfather passed away four years ago. So‚ as stated above‚ John had no idea what he was going to do on this hot summer day. In fact‚ John was not even aware of the fact that it was a hot summer day because today‚ John opened his eyes
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Death Be Not Strange By: Peter A. Metcalf This article compares our Western burial traditions to the Berawan’s. The Berawan think that our ritual is evil and because we embalm our dead so they can be shown in coffins‚ they said that we trap our dead in a suspended condition between life and death. The Berawan see America as a land with the potential for millions of zombies. Metcalf’s comparison is so thoroughly describes the Berawan’s practices in but in my ethnocentric world‚ it is easy to
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the GET bus. The cost to use the GET bus is not a significant factor because she gets a free GET bus monthly voucher from a program at the local career services center. I interviewed a 22 year old Hispanic male student‚ named Joey. He regularly rides the GET bus on Mondays‚ Wednesdays‚ and Fridays to go to Bakersfield College. He finds the GET bus transportation system convenient because any other means of transportation (taxi‚ or carpooling) would be more expensive for him. He says he is able
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Bellatrix Is Strange • CASE HISTORY: Bellatrix Lestrange died at age 47 in the battle at Hogwarts. She was estranged from her brother‚ Sirius Black. She was married to a fellow death eater Rodolphus Lestrange. Bellatrix has been a death eater for as long as we know‚ and is one of the most faithful people to Voldemort. She is known for torturing Frank and Alice Longbottom until their brains were no longer able to function‚ and will be forever hospitalized. She also tortured Hermione Granger to gain
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Randi Mitchell 5/1/13 Ride Along Paper I went on my ride along on Tuesday‚ April 30 with the NM State Police. I rode along with senior patrolman Israel Rodriguez. I had a lot of fun and think I learned a lot about how law enforcement actually works. The officer showed that he is always thinking about the law and how he has to be very careful in what he does so that he doesn’t get god evidence suppressed in court because he makes a small mistake. He said that it’s hard enough to get evidence admitted
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MY FIRST PLANE RIDE ALONE My internal organs thumped against my chest as I dragged my bag along the floor and into the corridor. As I walked into the hall‚ I glanced up and notice the sign I could get on. My entire body could barely hold itself together with the anticipation of the dream come-true event about to take place. I said to myself‚ “I’ll soon be in the air alone without my family”. I slowed my pace to further enjoy what was happening. Swarms of people walked around me knowing that one
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I’ve decided to base my Oral Presentation on “The Taxi Ride” (by P.E.R.) on the main character and on some of her characteristics. My presentation will try to focus on a sort of recapitulation of the reasons Helen Jones’ life appears to be significantly praiseworthy. Having so much to grief about‚ Helen’s behaviour was commendable since she was loving in all her roles (as a mother‚ as a wife‚ as a grandmother‚ as a housewife) and‚ despite her routinary life‚ she would not complain but keep her pains
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