The most meaningful piece of literature that I have read is Crank by Ellen Hopkins. Crank is the first book in the Crank trilogy. After Crank is the sequel Glass‚ and finally Fallout. Crank is a beautifully written free verse poetry novel that is composed of 544 pages. The novel is about a teenager named Kristina. Kristina is a junior in highschool and has all A’s.She lives with her her mother‚ dad‚ and brother. Kristina lives a normal‚ happy‚ and carefree life until she is introduced to the drug
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In the short story Miriam by Truman Capote‚ Miriam is not a real person but a ghost-like follower. Miriam’s distinctive and unusual features are the main evidence to prove her unreal origin. One of those features is her eyes; they do not seem to belong to a small girl like Miriam: “Mrs. Miller decided the truly distinctive feature was not her [Miriam’s] hair‚ but her eyes; they were hazel‚ steady‚ lacking any childlike quality whatsoever and‚ because of their size‚ seemed to consume her small face”
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Who Played the Game of Life? In life‚ there is a list of rules people must follow; however‚ it’s their choice if they follow them or not. Kristina from the series‚ “Crank‚” by Ellen Hopkins is just one example of a person who is devious by breaking rules more than once. Kristina is a 16-year-old girl who visits Albuquerque for a visit to her dad. While she is visiting‚ she meets a boy named Adam and falls deeply in love. Both of the men she spends time with‚ her dad and Adam‚ are currently addicted
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Perfect By Ellen Hopkins The book Perfect is an extremely accurate and realistic interpretation of the struggles many young people face during their unpleasant years as teenagers. Centered around the lives of four very different high school seniors; they all have one thing in common: hardships. Some more severe than others‚ but all in all‚ they are hardships. Cara Sykes is dealing with not only her parents awful idea of what is right and what is wrong‚ but also the fact that her brother Conner attempted
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Chemistry II lab Why do liquids evaporate at different rates? Section1: Have you ever left a container with some type of liquid in it and wondered how it could it evaporate so quickly? The evaporation of an unpredictable liquid is an endothermic process that results in a temperature decrease. The amount of temperature decrease is related to the strength of intermolecular forces of attraction. The rate of evaporation can be described as the change of temperature divided by the time it takes to
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QANL 2216 Homework #1 Due date: 9/8/14 Requirement: Use MS-Word to complete the homework. Copy and paste any Excel output to your WORD file‚ print it and staple all pages. Un-stapled homework is NOT acceptable. Problem #1 The following data represent energy consumption and renewable energy consumption in the United States in 2005: Energy Source %* Renewable Energy Source %* Coal 23.0 Ethanol
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To: Pharma Co. From: Chao Sun Re: Restructuring Costs Date: Sep 28‚ 2014 Background Pharma Co. is a U.S. subsidiary of a U.K. entity that prepares its financial statements in accordance with (1) U.S. GAAP for reporting to its U.S.-based lender and (2) IFRSs in reporting to its parent. Pharma Co. is considering the relocation of a manufacturing operation from its present location to a new facility in a different geographic area as part of the restructuring a business line. The relocation plan
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MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: DATE: October 16‚ 2012 SUBJECT: Assignment In response of your assignment due to childhood obesity‚ this is the information we found about the rising problem in society. First‚ we looked at articles on childhood obesity and the negative effects of marketing of unhealthy food towards children. Here we found that marketers use more intense and pervasive methods as compared to before. It was later explained that young children are exposed to fast food advertisements
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Dear Team Members‚ I anticipate that you all are fine and taking pleasure from your work at Byblos restaurant which is in Ultimate Resort and Spa.Since beginning‚ we are enjoying great client feedback‚ excellent customer service and have loads of satisfied customers. This is because of your hard work and enthusiasm to perform your individual tasks. I‚ as a Owner of restaurant‚ observed that cleanliness in our restaurant during closing timeis not top of things. As per our hotels food
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Date: 2/19/14 To: CEO of LOL From: Auditor Re: The realization and valuation of DTAs Mr. CEO: The following paragraphs explain why a valuation of temporary taxable differences is necessary and how‚ with the guidance of the Accounting Standards Codification (ASC)‚ we came to this conclusion. According to ASC 740-10-30-23‚ "The more negative evidence that exists‚ the more positive evidence is necessary and the more difficult it is to support a conclusion that a valuation allowance is not
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