In late September after Rico‚ a low level crack dealer in North Las Vegas‚ was picked up on charges‚ he was asked why he was now dealing on the street. He said someone was renovating the old homeless shelter and the tweekers who normally ruled the place were all gone. * * * The sheriff looked at the picture attached to the missing person’s report. Carmel was a beauty queen. Her homecoming picture showed the blonde was tall and shapely‚ with a youthful innocence despite the fact that the man next
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Juanito is my name‚ it’s been a lot of days without seen the sun‚ iwork alot.My mother is dead and my father said that he is to old and can’t visit me.My my time goes by‚ thinking of my family and the people that stayed in the desert and i think that i could have been one of them. Right now i’m in san diego california the closest place to mexico when i look i always think of heading back to mexico but i also think of getting caught and hold back for jail and it will be worst because i’ll lose
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Though everyone dreams of riding off into the sunset in a convertible and throwing caution in the wind‚ you can only be James Dean for so long. The truth is that behaving responsibly adds meaning to our lives and allows us to develop character‚ forge meaningful relationships‚ and get ahead in the work world. Remember that pet turtle who died because you forgot to feed him? Let’s not let that happen again. If you want to learn how to be responsible‚ just follow along. omeone is hesitant to
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veil of darkness that encompasses me. It feels like I have been running for months now‚ but still I endeavor. The only thing that guides me is the pale light from the full moon‚ shining like a glimmering opal in the sky. I don’t remember how I got here; the last thing I remember is tremendous pain‚ like being hit by a car‚ then waking up in this god forsaken land. Giant oaks surround me; their entangling roots occasionally causing me to stumble. The air smells wet and dank‚ with the whispers of ghosts
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I have no idea how I am going to escape! I don’t know what they want with me‚ but I’m scared. Taking a few deep breaths‚ I begi feeling my way around my prison. There seemed to be no hope‚ until there was a huge explosion. The explosion punched a big hole in the prison wall. Smoke and dust rushed and filled the whole room which knocked me unconscious.I revived in some time and I saw my body with protective metal gear. I was shocked when I heard a voice from the sky. I couldn’t believe my ears. The
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The tree doesn’t sway anymore. It used to dance‚ hover and protect the large brick house with its delicate‚ elegant branches. Dainty leaves would be released from the tips after a brief gust of wind and float gracefully onto the brick roof. Thick branches would tangle together‚ rejoicing in unison‚ sharing trails of ivy between the tiny gaps. It doesn’t do that anymore. Adara always made an effort to keep everything in pristine condition. She was careful to line the frail bushes parallel to the
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We all gave out a collective groan as we came out of the portal. As I stood a wave of nausea hit me. I bent over and vomited in a metal bucket that came through with the barn. I could see others doing the same thing off to the side. The barn transported us to the area shown in The Folder. A beautiful blue stream snaked through the lush‚ vibrant green forest. We stood on a small dirt path that sliced through the woods. The trail seemed well traveled and the thousands of feet compacted it. In the trees
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like there’s been another case of a slave killing another slave‚” I say to myself. “Well‚ it looks as if nothin’ ain’t gonna change if we keep acting like this. They call us blacks animals‚ wild people. We’ve always argued against that. But now here we are are killin’ our own kind‚” I was just about to a shouting level by then. “Oh no‚ what if someone heard me?” I worry. By that point I was feeling close to death from exhaustion of my travels today. “I can’t believe I actually did it‚” I mumble
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longer cared. Anzlee began to isolate herself and slowly faded away from her friends. Every week they asked her if she wanted to do something and frequently tried to make her feel better‚ but nothing seemed to make her happy anymore. The smile that was once painted on her
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One way that Eric Walters was able to confirm relationships are important to a person’s life was through the interaction between Jed and the injured eagle he found. Earlier in the story‚ Jed explains to the reader how much eagle’s mean to him and to his Tsimshian culture. “ An eagle is more than a bird‚ it’s part of our heritage and history” (Walters 47). So‚ naturally‚ when Jed noticed a bullet hole through its body‚ he felt the obligation to nurse it back to full health. During this time‚ Jed became
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