Okay my current event is on the california bullet train. This train will go from San Francisco to Los Angeles. The state senate just recently gave 8 billion dollars for the first part of the 130 miles of track and also a couple other local transit upgrades. It was a tough win for democratic leaders because they got the bare minimum of 21 votes which were all democratic votes. This was a victory for Governor Jerry Brown and the Obama administration who have been pushing for this. It would also be
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In When I Was Puerto Rican‚ sometimes responsibility isn’t chosen but given. The reason for this is because Esmeralda’s mother has been giving Esmeralda‚ as the oldest‚ pressure in responsibilities and the mindset of maturity too early on. She has grown accustomed to responsibilities but yet it has been too much for her to handle on her own as stated on page 181 “When I came home‚ I had wrapped myself in responsibilities mom was about to drop on me. It felt heavy‚ too big for me.” Negi from when she
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“How I Met My Husband” 1. The plot structure in this story is chronological order. The arrangement of the plot elements it’s effective because its tells us exactly what the title is‚ how Edie met her husband. My expectations as a reader are overturned when she marries the mailman. Throughout the whole story I thought she would marry the pilot‚ like every other love story. After waiting some time the love of their life comes back and marries them. Instead she while waiting for the pilot she
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October 11‚ 2012 How I Met My Husband Thesis Paper The theme of Alice Munro’s story “How I met my Husband” is Social expectations mold individual circumstances. Edie‚ a fifteen year old housemaid in the lower class of society has qualities and talents that demonstrate a skill set of aristocracy. "Have a house without pie‚ be ashamed until you die" is a quoted statement that Edie ’s mother used to say to her that Mrs. Peebles was not very familiar with. Edie was astonished when Mrs. Peebles admitted
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Why trains are the best way to travel WHEN you travel long term you have plenty of time to ponder the big questions. Maybe that’s why philosophy and travel go so well together. You finally have the time to really think about what the hell Confucius and Plato were trying to get at... Maybe that’s why I also love to travel by rail. Above all other forms of long distance transport‚ trains are my favourite. I’m comfortably sitting‚ watching a frozen landscape of farmland‚ forests and tiny villages
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IF I SEE A GHOST ARE MY SENSES TO BLAME? To complement the full apprehension of the terms which will be used throughout this argument‚ a number of meanings taken from The Lexicon Webster Dictionary is provided: GHOST The soul or spirit of a dead person. A disembodied spirit. HALLUCINATION (psy) an apparent perception‚ as by sight or hearing‚ for which there is no real external cause‚ as distinguished from illusion ILLUSION A false impression or belief. False perception
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How I Spent My Holidays Holidays come in a period where people have leisure time. In most places‚ it is called summer time. It comes after working periods‚ i.e. the time students go to school or people go to work. Last holiday my family and I except my dad had gone to Jamine. The journey was a long and stressful one. It took 9 hours to reach our destination. We went to Jamine from my country. In the airport there were no services in our phones so we decided to buy a sim card. After
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heartbreaking and others simply moving. I often found myself thinking "What are these people living for?" I understand how the daughter in the family found it easier to choose the working life at her age‚ however after seeing how her parents ended up‚ how can one choose the same when other opportunities are present? I am not asking these questions to judge their choices‚ I am asking them because I am trying to understand where they are coming from. I believe the living conditions are horrible
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I study in Cambridge School which is one of the best schools of London. It has a stone building. It has all facilities a good school should have-well furnished classrooms‚ laboratories‚ library and playground. As we enter the school‚ there is a playground to our left and a small garden to our right. When we enter the building‚ the Principal’s room and the office room are to the left and the staff room to the right side. These are well furnished. There are thirty four classrooms. Our labs are
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Third Time I Broke My Arm Michael Middleton I was wondering what the most memorable moment in my life was. I know what normal thing to say is when I met my wife or when my kids were born all though those are truly memorable moments. I want to say something like when my mother bought me my first ATV for Christmas but the one that truly sticks out in my mind was the third time that I broke my arm which is a truly amazing story. It was a Saturday evening in the late 80’s early 90’s and I was dropped
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