I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Words could not describe the ecstasy I saw. Let me rewind: I was surrounded purely by star and far away planets. I could see flying comets and their beautiful tail. I hovered in space for quite some time. I felt eyes pinned on me‚ but I could not tell where they came from‚ until a brave little star approached me. It said with its high pitched voice‚ “Hello‚ young one. What brings you here?” It had no mouth‚ none that I could see. “I don’t
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studies at the University of Nebraska and promptly fled the Great Plains for the Elusive Eden. After the light shock of difficult parking‚ high traffic‚ and idiotic housing prices I fell in love with my strange new home in the Bay Area. My first big California surprise was not the preponderance of far out community activists and ridiculous law proposals: Reading up on Berkeley prepared me for that. Nor was I very alarmed by the fatal shooting a few blocks from my apartment on Alcatraz Ave that first
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Walter Elias Disney Many may ask‚ “Who was Walter Elias Disney?” He was an animation producer and an entrepreneur in Hollywood. As a child‚ Walt had always been interested in art and drawing‚ so that encouraged him to pursue his dream. Walt Disney did so many great things to change America and the whole world. He gave animations a completely new view‚ gave us a new way of entertainment‚ and made it so unique that we still enjoy his works today. In the times of 1901-1966‚ Walt Disney helped the whole
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BACKGROUND: The Walt Disney Company (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16‚ 1923‚ by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio‚ the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production‚ television‚ and travel. Taking
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Air Pollution in California In the 1940’s California was supporting a population of seven million people and contained 2.8 million registered vehicles. Within the next twenty years the population more than doubled to reach 16 million while the number of registered vehicles all but tripled increasing to eight million. This has been a common trend in California’s documented history from the early twentieth century to today. There have been many historical and environmental factors that have assisted
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Emily Ferrell Jamie Peterson College Writing 11011-034 15 March 2013 The Disney princess movies are American classics. Like them or hate them‚ fairytales are common knowledge in America. Why is it so important that Disney drills viewer’s heads with these fairytales‚ specifically young girls? While all of the Disney princesses offer viwers obvious good morals and life lessons‚ there are underlying messages in each innocent tale. America is attempting to shape the female youth with their friendly
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One moment the California creek beds glimmered with gold; the next‚ the same creeks ran red with the blood of men and women defending their claims or ceding their bags of gold dust to bandits. The "West" was a ruthless territory during the nineteenth century. With more than enough gold dust to go around early in the Gold Rush‚ crime was rare‚ but as the stakes rose and the easily panned gold dwindled‚ robbery and murder became a part of life on the frontier. The "West" consisted of outlaws
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National Park After the dramatic battle of the Civil War‚ Pea Ridge National Military Park (PRNMP) was established in honor to those that fought in 1862. With just 4‚300 acres where this significant battlefield takes place‚ people can visit this enormous park that is open every day. PRNMP has beautiful features where visitors can enjoy and have a pleasant visit because this park still preserves some of the things that were actually used in battle like cannons and rifles. The park also serves as
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GORDON PARKS Gordon Parks was one of the seminal figures of twentieth century photography. A humanitarian with a deep commitment to social justice‚ he left behind a body of work that documents many of the most important aspects of American culture from the early 1940s up until his death in 2006‚ with a focus on race relations‚ poverty‚ Civil Rights‚ and urban life. In addition‚ Parks was also a celebrated composer‚ author‚ musician and filmmaker who interacted with many of the most
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Rosa Parks Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee‚ Alabama February 4‚ 1913. She was an African American Civil Rights activist. She was also well known as “the first lady of Civil Rights‚” and “mother of the freedom movement” (Rosa parks biography‚ 2013). She is a well-known and respected as a woman‚ because of her inspirational‚ yet defensive action. Parks is famous for her refusal to obey the bus driver who demanded that she relinquish her seat to a white man. Mrs. Parks was charged with violation
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