My state is Virginia‚ it was named for England’s “Virgin Queen” Elizabeth I. Virginia has had three state capitals. It’s first state capital was Jamestown which was the state capital for over 80 years‚ in 1699 Virginia changed its capital to Williamsburg after a fire destroyed Jamestown‚ in 1780 the capital was changed once again to Richmond‚ where it has resided ever since. The state population is approximately 8‚382‚993 as of July 1‚ 2015‚ . The state bird is the Northern Cardinal‚ it is most
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In 2000‚ the Arlington Police Department received information stating that Earnest Leon Voyles had exchanged emails that contained sexual content with a fifteen year old girl from London‚ England. According to this informant the fifteen year old girl‚ “Amy Chang”‚ had been solicited for sex by Voyles and had arranged to meet with her in London to engage in a sexual relationship. Sergeant James Crouch of the Arlington Police Department was unsuccessful in contacting “Amy Chang” to verify the arrangement
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in college and I currently work as a copywriter for a company‚ so hopefully I can give you a few tips to make your letter more formal. How about this: Dear Office of Student Financial Aid‚ My name is *your name* and I am writing to ask you to appeal my suspension of federal aid. The fall and summer semesters were a very stressful and overwhelming time in my life because I was not only returning to school after being out of it for ten years‚ but I was also taking care of my seven children‚ sharing
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The Outsiders Essay A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. Anyone can become a hero through perseverance from any point in society. Ponyboy is part of a crowd who are like criminals known as the Greasers‚ who are poor and live on the east side of town. The Greasers are a gang that have Ponyboy‚ Soda‚ Steve‚ Johnny‚ Dally‚ Darry‚ and Two-bit Matthews. The Greasers are hated by the Socs‚ the Socials‚ who are the west side rich kids in the town. In the
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The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about the greasers‚ the poor teenagers who don’t fit in‚ fighting with the socs‚ the rich kids who have everything. The greasers have it worse because they have bad family life‚ they are always fighting and being jumped by the socs‚ and they don’t fit in with society. The greases have bad family life like relationships with their parents. Dally’s parents don’t care about him or what he does‚ ponyboy’s parents aren’t even alive they died in a car crash. Johnny has a
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For my essay‚ I am using the sculpture that Lucy Cathcart had in our three dimensional discussion. To discuss this sculpture in Formal Elements of Art‚ I first am drawn to the lines of the sculpture the first thing I notice it the legs of the spider. The direction of the legs and how they each end to a point‚ no foot just a point. I think the cross-hatching lines were used in this sculpture. I next was drawn to the abdomen of the spider 20 marble eggs in the wire-mesh sac on her abdomen (DeBerry)
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S. NAIPAUL’S MIGUEL STREET What is the role of the creative artist in countries such as ours? Novelist V.S Naipaul raises this question in the story of B. Wordsworth‚ one of the stories in Miguel Street‚ a 1959 book of Trini characters. "Trinidadians are more recognizably ’characters’ than people in England"‚ said Naipaul in an August ‚1958 piece in the Times Literary Supplement. The "characters" in Miguel Street’s portrait gallery include "Man Man" and "Bolo"‚ both of whom are
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Pony boy not to change. If you are wealthy‚ does it make you better than people who are not? Just because they are different‚ and do not have enough money to afford material things. Does it make you better and more of a person? If you think that you are right‚ then you are incorrect. Just because you have a lot of money‚ it does not make you more of a person‚ and it does not make you better at all. I mean big whoop‚ you drive a nice car‚ and have nice clothes. Guess what‚ when you cut yourself
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The author of The Outsiders is S.E Hinton. Ponyboy is a sweet‚ caring 14 year old boy who is in a gang called The Greasers. He lives with his two brothers Sodapop and Darrel. The Greasers live on the East side and the Socs live on the West side. Johnny‚ Pony‚ Darry fight for something they believe in that brings purpose to their lives. Johnny had killed Bob in the park one night and Ponyboy was with him Ponyboy sticks with everyone no matter what he is very dependable.‚ they were going
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Struggles of an Outsider Can two drastically different groups of kids face similar problems? In the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton two classes of kids‚ greasers and socs‚ share many similar problems. Greasers come from rough neighborhoods and create gangs to have a sense of belonging‚ socs live in wealthy neighborhoods and gang up on greasers. Although‚ both groups are so different they have many similar problems such as fitting in‚ developing romantic relationships‚ and getting approval from
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