2000s British television series

“When the results were read, Rachel collapsed, sobbing and screaming for her mom, who had to rush onstage to comfort her.” At age thirteen, Rachel Crow participated on the show The X Factor, but was soon voted off. When she heard the results, she broke down crying and even collapsed. “... the incident sparked outrage among some fans. They said Rachel’s breakdown proved she was too young to be on the show,” wrote Justin O’Neill, author of “Should Kids Be on Reality TV?” Many psychologists believe…

Under the current bylaws of the NFL, no team can sell stock or public ownership in their franchise. Unless you are the Green Bay Packers. The Packers are the only team permitted to sell stock, because they were already selling stock before the NFL implemented the rule against it. This creates an enormous unfair advantage to the Packers over their competition in the NFL, and rule change needs to occur (Lariviere, 2011). The Packers have only publically sold shares of stock five times in the…

Lucas is the main character in the story and his uncle wanted him to play football but he was scared too because he didn't want to get hurt then something bad happens. Anyway he thought his mom and dad would tell him no. So he told his uncle he will think about it and see what he will do. So he went and asked his mom and dad if he wanted to play football if they would let him play. His parents thought about it and said no. so he went to his uncle and said his parents said no. his uncle tried to…

Meet Maria Wills: A Single Mother Paving her Own Way in Entrepreneurship and Entertainment Maria Wills was born in Washington D.C. and raised in Princes George’s County, Maryland. Wills Attended Drexel University and is a single mother to her four-year-old daughter, Juliana. Ambitious and forward thinking, Maria started her event planning company, Self-Explanatory Productions, at the young age of 18. In addition to raising her daughter and event planning, Wills wears many other hats…

“Oh, this is going to be SO good,” Craig said. “So motherfucking good.” Rebecca sat on the kitchen counter and smiled at her burly, tattooed brother. This was the perfect plan and the perfect way to ask Ian, her soon-to-be ex-husband, for a divorce. Just yesterday, Rebecca had spilled her guts to her brother. After holding it in for a decade, she told him about the hell she’d lived in for the past ten years, since she'd gotten married at age nineteen. She talked about the affairs she’d…

tasked with the age-old mission of “catching ‘em all”. The biggest change in this game from entries in the traditional Pokemon series is that trainers have to venture out into the real world and use the augmented reality software and gps on their smartphones in order to find pokemon in the real world. A dream come true for both hardcore and casual fans of the series, Pokemon GO instantly became the most downloaded app in history. The idea behind Pokemon Go was originally an April Fool’s Day…

Beauty and the Beast written by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont, and the Disney film version of Beauty and the Beast both deliver the message that sacrifices need to be made when in love, but the film version demonstrates a better understanding of the message. In Le Prince de Beaumont's version of the story, Beauty sacrifices herself to the Beast in exchange for her father because she feels responsible for his situation, believing, “it would be very needless, for my father shall not suffer…

convergence of the digital and real world. Media in general has often been an outlet for people to escape their responsibilities for simple and entertaining distractions. However, just as the world of video games has become more labor filled, our television entertainment has become more news filled. Overall, the media has been changed to convince the viewer that the message is specifically more fun in this setting, when really it is simply the same mundane task at…

I believe that hard work pays off, almost every time. Last winter, I joined my local select basketball team, Ballard select. I didn’t have to try out, the coach just saw me play and asked me to join the team. After a few months of playing with Ballard, I became very committed and grew very close to my teammates. Finally spring came, and so did try outs. My coach Taylor, and the founder of Ballard Select, Sara, had told us only eight of the twelve girls on the team were going to make the team…

Coach Rocker was dealing with a lot of challenges for the first time in his life by falling short of expectations. From reading this chapter, the players for Coach Rocker’s team have lost their motivation to win, their love for their teammates, and their passion to play. Coach Rocker’s motivational methods, which have always worked in the past, are now failing. Coach Rocker struggles with the pressures of trying to maintain a winning record and a healthy family life. With the lack…