Crank by Ellen Hopkins Crank by Ellen Hopkins is based on a sixteen year old girl named Kristina‚ who ends up going down the wrong path during a vacation to visit her father. In this writing the theme is loud and clear for the reader; the horror and risks of illegal drugs‚ what the “monster” can do to ones life‚ and how the drugs can set you for downward spiral. Kristina a 16 year old leaves home in Nevada to visit her absent father in Albuquerque for three weeks. Kristina soon meets a boy
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M&M’s History M&M’s has created a market share that has yet been unmatched by the competition. In 2004‚ M&M’s achieved an impressive $201 million in candy sales in the U.S. alone‚ making it the number one selling bagged or boxed chocolate candy in the country‚ beating out its nearest competitor‚ Hershey’s Kisses (Candy Industry). The success of M&M’s is due to many factors such as attractive and unique advertisements and promotions‚ customer participation and feedback defining the produced output
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3-7-2012 Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom By: William Craft and Ellen Craft Beginning in the principal slave state of Georgia‚ “Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom” details the adventure and eventual escape from slavery of William Kraft and his wife Ellen craft. In December of 1848‚ both received written passes from their owners allowing them a few days away together. They would make the most of it and never return to bondage. Ellen craft was the daughter of her first master and as such was almost
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Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms‚ I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end‚ I hold M&M duels. Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger‚ I apply pressure‚ squeezing them together until one of them cracks and splinters. That is the “loser‚” and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round. I have found that‚ in general‚ the brown and red M&Ms are tougher‚ and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior
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When I watched the episode of “The Ellen show” published on September 9‚ 2015‚ I noticed how uncomfortably you felt in the studio. It was visible through your non-verbal communication‚ especially in terms of the gestures (see fig. 1) and facial expressions (see fig.2).Interestingly‚ however‚ that by virtue of the established eye contact with the audience‚ you managed to get people interested and engaged into your performance. The audience‚ being under influence of their emotions‚ and being impressed
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Ellen DeGeneres has been an immense agent of change in this generation. Ellen DeGeneres is a well-known comedian‚ actor‚ and talk show host on her show “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”. In addition‚ she serves as a prominent gay and lesbian role model and is an active participant in the LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) community. Additionally‚ she was an actress on her own sitcom show called “Ellen”. In the sitcom‚ Ellen revealed on an episode that she was a lesbian. According to bio.com it says
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someone who has all of my respect for doing this is Ellen Degeneres. Yes‚ she is famous and has lots of nice things but the part of her I like the best about her is her selflessness for humanity. Ellen has exercised the term “Pay it forward” a daily task. A few examples of heroism include her recent assistance to a new library for the homeless kids in Las Vegas‚ giving a less fortunate family a roof to live under‚ making a cancer patient’s wish come true
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chocolate‚ cupcakes‚ and among all the junk food I eat M&M is my favorite candy to buy. Growing up‚ I always wonder why the different colors in the M&M bags were not equally distributed. Common sense tells me mass production of the different colored shells are made and then combined along the way before being distributed in their individual bags only to meet a certain weight requirement. According to the M&M’s website‚ any package of milk chocolate M&M’s should be distributed as such: 24% blue‚ 13% brown
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M&M Report Alex Colbert Strayer University Abstract Statistics is not an easy topic for your everyday person to pick up and make it easy for them to understand. Equations and hypothesis and the like can be overwhelming and confusing. But what about when you relate it to something that is common in everyday life? Throughout the semester we were given the task to evaluate M&Ms in a few different statistical ways. Throughout this report the goal is to be able to explain what happened‚ and offer
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For my independent reading critical analysis‚ I am going to do not one book but seven. These books are all by Ellen Hopkins and they all have the same writing technique. Ellen Hopkins is a beautiful and realistic writer. All of her books are connectable and understandable‚ especially to teens and young adults. Let me explain and give you my take on the books. Ellen has a very interesting way of writing that I’ve only seen in a handful of books‚ such as Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse‚ I Heart You
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