In the fairly small town of Sherwood, OR, there is a very controversial mayor. The mayor is Krisanna Clark. The controversial mayor has done numerous things to help Sherwood become a better, safer, and happier place to live for all ages. Recently, Krissana has done things many people do not agree with, such as taking away one of the best places for kids and working out, the YMCA. Countless people have gotten very angry with her for that idea and it has caused backlash from a great deal of families.…
This is where Ha and her family go after escaping on a boat to Guam. Then their cowboy came and took them to their home. Vu Lee teaches them squats and other athletic things. This is where Ha and her family go after escaping on a boat to Guam.…
“Notorious B.I.G is an American rapper and was a East coast rapper legend (Hal Marcovitz #). “He was born on May 21,1972 in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York” (Hal Marcovitz 15). He was a legendary rapper and was well known for his songs. He was a legendary rapper and was well known for his songs. “In the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant” (Biography.com).…
A Work In Progress Bella Winter was born on March 3rd, 2001. She was born and lived her early life in a small town outside of San Francisco, California, called Pleasanton. Soon after, she moved to South Carolina, and finally Florida, where she currently resides. This is her journey so far.…
Born on April 25, 1962, Maria Karatzias was raised in Flushing, New York. As a high schooler, Maria was quite respectful, and she avoided doing anything that would disappoint her mother. Her mother had already been through a lot after Maria’s father had died when Maria was only 12. The last thing that Maria wanted to do was make life harder for her mother. Maria was quite an average student, with grades in the 80s.…
Childhood On July 6, 1921, Anne Frances Robbins was born in New York City, she was an only child to Kenneth Robbins, a salesman, and Edith Luckett Robbins, an aspiring actress. From an early age, Anne acquired the nickname “Nancy”. During Nancy’s infancy, her father Kenneth left the marriage, leading to Edith to send her daughter to be raised by her aunt and uncle, Virginia and C. Audley Galbraith, in Bethesda, Maryland. While there, Nancy attended Sidwell Friends School.…
Leif Eriksson was an Icelandic viking with two brothers and a sister. His father, Erik the Red, had been exiled soon after Leif was born. Erik had taken his wife and kids, along with minimal supplies, and sailed to the west, since he had previously been exiled from Norway as well. He landed in what he named Greenland, to make it sound nice so people would settle there. Leif’s sister’s name was Freydis, and his brothers were Thorvald and Thorstein.…
Sabrina jalees is a Canadian comedian who is also a lesbian. Sabrina had a very troubling time coming out to her Muslim/pakistani father, and the rest of her very religious family. Jaeels not coming terms with who she really was until college and even then not fully accepting herself till she came out to all of her family. Early life Sabrina says she was once homophobic in a way to hide who she really was. She saw it as wrong in terms to hide who she really was.…
The Family International was founded by David Brandt Berg and originally named The Children of God. Berg was a Christian missionary in 1944 and in the 1960s he began to try to appeal to the “lost and confused youth of America.” The new religions appearing at this time period were “a fusion of an evangelical Christian awakening and the youth counterculture of the 1960s.” David Berg focused his preaching on rejecting the old and accepting the new. David Berg was deemed a prophet and eventually the king on earth for God.…
Anthony Elonis was arrested on December 8, 2017 for violating five counts of a federal anti-threat statute. Elonis posted statements on Facebook that seemed like he was threatening people in his life including his ex-wife, an FBI agent. Before his postings, his wife and family left him he also lost his job at an amusement park. After the unfortunate series of events he started posting comments on Facebook that could be taken as statements of threats. He clamed that he didn’t literally mean what he wrote and he didn’t have any malicious intent behind them.…
Suny Empire State College encompasses a unique variety of ways to pursue a college degree that is affordable. In 2008 I enrolled and began my undergrad studies, but my ultimate plan was to attain a bachelor’s degree. I had the flexibility of attending face to face study groups, online studies and independent studies all while being employed full time. Knowledge attained from course work in Religion, Human Development, Sociology and psychology have truly impacted how I view life.…
It has come to my knowledge that there is a limited amount of spots in the ENG 102 class for next semester. I am one of the best candidates to continue into ENG 102 and thrive in Ms. Laduca’s learning environment. Although I do not fear that I have not already earned my spot, I will proceed to justify my case. I have been an adroit student of Ms. LaDuca’s for the last year and a half; she knows exactly what kind of student I am. Since seventh grade, I have been an ebullient honors student in the top ten percent of the 2016 cohort and have not received any grades lower than an A. I always exceed expectations, put in 110% of my effort, and achieve and maintain excellent grades at the same time.…
Our Potatoes and meatballs or kjottkaker loving friend Oliver Is from Norway. According to Oliver Storaas he hasn't seen any Norwegian food represented in the U.S at all. Not even his mother's favorite food Sweet oatmeal, Has a Norwegian dish/name but it is like Sweet oatmeal. I asked him about memories that you have as a child about making food and he told me that his mom, sister and him would have to make food on different days he would make food on Thursday and Friday. They have a big cook book and they would just choose a recipe, and his go to make meal would be pizza rolls.…
Natalie Portman once stated “Breast implants gross me out. I don’t think they are attractive at all.” There are various opinions among women regarding breast implants. Some women may assume breast implants make their breasts look more appealing while some may not envisage likewise. Moreover, Kate Winslet also affirmed “Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who they are.…
When analyzing The Little Mermaid, Giroux holds Ariel under scrutiny with her relationship with the men in her life and how her perfect body might lead little girls to idealize unhealthy body standards for themselves. Giroux describes Ariel as “modeled after a slightly anorexic Barbie Doll,” due to her slim figure, large breasts, and wide eyes, all which seems like too much for a sixteen year old. The two main male relationships that Ariel has are between her father, King Triton, and her love interest, Prince Eric. With her father, Ariel is defined by, “the struggle to gain independence from [him],” which means that she is only relevant when she is trying to go against what her father says, such as disobeying his request of not going to the…