The Broadway musical Annie has arrived at the Clemens Center‚ but the musical’s story of adoption is relatable to more than 90 kids in Chemung County’s foster care system. Wednesday and Thursday nights shows are much more than a song and dance story about adoption with a happy ending. It’s a personal story for the cast‚ and hits home for the audience‚ as the need for foster parents in Chemung County is a growing issue. "I firmly believe adoption is life. I firmly believe that foster
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Imagine if you were a parent of a child with cerebral palsy and you have tried many many treatments for your child and they don’t seem to be working. Then‚ out of the blue‚ you see something about a therapy called hippotherapy on Facebook. You read about how the program works and you read the comments and see that this could be the start of developing your child’s motor functions. I think that people should use hippotherapy because it is an effective therapy. Hippotherapy helps children with neuromuscularskeletal
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When you think of a lottery you really think of money and happiness. Technically speaking‚ on September 13‚ 2004 Tessie Hutchinson was killed after being stoned to death in Charlestone‚ New York. On the 13th the townspeople & other residents gathered around for their annual “Lottery”. Mr. Summers who runs the lottery made sure that everyone was there and everyone was going to get a card. But this was no ordinary lottery‚ when you grabbed your card and you did not had a black-dot on it you were
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Just a couple days ago‚ a mass shooting took place in Orlando in which 49 people were gunned down at a gay nightclub. This was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States and the nation’s worst terror attack since 9/11 according to CNN news. Omar Mateen carried an assault rifle and a pistol into the packed Pulse club about 2 a.m. Sunday and started shooting‚ killing 49 people and wounding at least 53‚ officials said in CNN news. U.S. President Barack Obama called the tragedy “an act of terror
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In the conflict of what hamlet was‚ there were things that hinted to the man he was. At first he was a man who was depressed and angry at the fact that he didn’t know how his father passed. His reactions to his tests to see if claudius was the murderer were angry yet good. I believed he then was able to commit to avenge his father. In the last act he killed polonius which was not that hard for him or he didn’t feel guilt for killing him. The reason being was he was part of the people who helped
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“Yeah‚ I was a brother on the streets of Compton doing a lot of things most people look down on but it did pay off. Then we started rapping about real stuff that shook up the LAPD and the FBI. But we got our message across big time‚ and everyone in America started paying attention to the boys in the hood.”-Eazy-E. Eazy-E did bad but he turned his life around and made something of it. Eazy wasn’t all bad like his image portrayed to be. We all do what we have to do to survive no matter what it takes
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After the devastating effects of the attack on 9/11 brought America to the grim terrorism and its lasting effects on the world. Live footage of the horrors New Yorkers were facing was broadcasted to the homes of every man‚ woman‚ and child in America‚ and other nations. The topic of terrorism was very muted until the caliber of damage and destruction of 9/11 brought the subject into the spotlight‚ and becoming one of the most controversial. The ideology of how convicted terrorists should be treated
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There was time when the cats where called dogs. it may Sound and it may be a fabricated story. So many people do not believe in such stories but there are still many people who believe in such stories‚ they believe it taken for granted. Whether you choose to believe it depends on your beliefs. Nowadays ability to distinguish between right and wrong is a rare talent since it involves putting your mental faculties into action. Never Believe anything without thorough reasoning. Being a Cogent argument
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Living near Cannery Row a historical street in Monterey‚ California‚ fishing has always been a part of the environment I have grown up in. Fishing goes beyond the typical “hobby” we might think it is‚ it is much more. It plays a huge role in our economy as well as food source. Yet we have not stopped to think of the toll it takes on the different species living in our oceans as well as our oceans. Banning the barbed hook used to bait and capture the fish is a step we must take. Not just for the fish
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Statement of intent: This is a third POV story‚ set when Juliet was sent away from England to the Bahamas "for the good of her health". As Juliet was disconnected due to her separation from her family‚ I used few emotions coming from her‚ herself. I used her obsession with the "king and queen" book as a subtle reference to Borovnia. I made the child‚ Richard‚ five years old because Juliet has a personality younger than her age‚ and she ends up copying Richard. With this piece I was portraying the
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