For my project‚ I decided to visit a homeless shelter and eat at the Soup kitchen. Me and one of my close friends visited The Bridge homeless center last weekend to see how it worked and operated. When we arrived 10 minutes before noon and the line was all the way out the door and almost in the street. I was just in such a shock to see so many homeless people right here in my community. I stood in line for at least 30 minutes waiting to receive my meal. While waiting I just watched and evaluated
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old. (Wikipedia.org) George was born February 22‚ 1732 in West Moreland Virginia. They moved to Little Hunting Creek Plantation in 1735‚ later named Mount Vernon. Washington’s family moved again in 1738 to Ferry Farm. (KL) Very little was known about Washington’s child hood. That led biographers to fill in the gaps by making up fake stories. Such as: George chopping down the cherry tree and confessing and George throwing a silver dollar across the Potomac River. Neither of those ever happened.
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Brandon Gross 9/27/12 English 11 Period 1 In NASA‚ the Mars science lab rover is acknowledged‚ over a budget at 2.5 billion dollars. Although Obama’s Fiscal plan for 2013 would incise NASA’s funds from 587 million dollars to 360 million dollars‚ no quantity of money is worth Mars exploration. Mars is still merely a rocky surface in the midst of no indication of water or active geology. Space exploration is exceptionally expensive to the citizens of the United States; the government
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studies‚ conducted in the United Kingdom of Great Britain‚ a focus on infidelity as the main cause for divorce has shifted onto a phenomenon called “falling out of love”. This phenomenon is reflected in the fact that there is nothing new to discover about the other person and the reasons that made them fall in love fade away as time goes by. Stated succinctly‚ adhering to a “comfort zone” in the relationship is rather dangerous. A steady relationship makes the importance of personal growth easily forgotten
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especially when it comes to animals being involved. Not only can they be used for satisfying the public‚ but they can also be useful to human resources‚ such as to the blind‚ deaf‚ or disabled. If animals can be used properly in positive ways then why are we abusing and neglecting them? Animals deserve to have the same rights as humans. One way animals are taken advantage of is by experimentation. Many different experiments are done all over the world that use animals as victims in scientists’ research
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Brandon lies there on the hallway floor‚ gasping for breath as he gets another kick to the rib. He puts one hand up to block a strike to the face but he is too slow. He attempts to push the other student away but that just makes everything worse. Brandon receives one more punch to the face before he is laying there‚ half dead. He lies on the hospital bed‚ all hooked up to breathing machines‚ reading a letter from the school stating he is getting suspended for 3 days because he went against the zero
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remembering how easily a car swerves and how fast other vehicles pop into the line of vision is often a remedy for doing it again. Every year‚ around 1.6 Million crashes take place worldwide because of texting and driving. Not all crashes are fatal but about 330‚000 are. That’s around the population of Santa Ana in California. Teen drivers between the ages of 16 and 19 are four times more likely to crash because of texting and driving. If people paid attention to what was going on‚ they could easily avoid
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any kid to be in charge of such thing‚ they must have maturity and responsibility up to a certain point to be able to be trusted in these situations. A speech titled “5 Dangerous Things you should let your kid do” by Gever Tulley on TED.com talks about kids who are allowed and even encouraged to do things most parents would never dare to let their kids be involved in. Tulley discusses how kids who participate in these activities build strong character. It’s good for kids to be in these kinds of environments
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automatic sequestration calls for $1.2 trillion in lowered federal spending‚ with 50% coming from defense and 50% coming from non-defense budgets. If Congress cannot reach an agreement‚ these cuts will reduce the Department of Defense spending by about $55 billion dollars. On September 11‚ 2001‚ the United States faced a difficult time in which 3‚000 lives were lost due to an attack upon the U.S. by terrorists who hijacked airplanes and crashed them into the Twin Towers in New York City‚ the Pentagon
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pass”. There is about 42% of kids who get bullied online‚ and one out of 4 get verbally abused daily ( bullying statistics). It is also estimated that 160‚000 kids miss school everyday‚ just to avoid being bullied (MBNBD). “ The school bullying statistics show that schools nowadays could no longer be a safe haven for our children. Sadly‚ schools have become a hunting ground for bullies and as long as they can freely lurk around‚ children will never be safe”( Aeshka). Think about how many kids are
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