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    adolescent past but never seems to reach this conclusion. One example is when Falfa (Harrison Ford) is racing him and runs a red light while John stops. This shows that he is starting to realize his recklessness and although, to his admittance, that he will not go off to college like the other characters, he will be able to move on from his adolescent persona. After John loses the drag race with Falfa, John talks about how is he no longer the best and wants to give up racing. Terry starts to rally him up and says that is “cool” and can be the best. Here, John gets wrapped back up into his youthful and powerful self-image, still not able to let go of his glorious teenage years. In the film Superbad, the two adult police officers, Officer Slater (Bill Hader) and Officer Michaels (Seth Rogen) are presented as immature. The police officers portray behavior that is even more adolescent than the teenage boys. They drink and drive, shoot guns in parking lots and hit Seth with their police car. It is hard for these characters to let go of their youth and finally accept their adult life. It is viewed by them as something to be avoided yet it is a part of their reality. At the end of both films, the some of the characters seem to come to a new self-awareness and acceptance of their soon to be an entrance into the adult world. At the end of American Graffiti, Curt accepts his adult life by deciding to go to college while Steve, who initially was the one who wanted to go to college,…

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    Three Types Of Power

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    Conclusion: Today we discussed the five group concepts, found in the movie Superbad, We gave examples of the concepts, and discussed what they are and how to use them. We covered: 1. Reward Power: getting something out of it 2. Connection Power: networking to benefit the group 3. Authoritarian Power: the leader giving out orders. 4. Laissez-faire Leadership: the leader gives up and everyone splits. 5. Coercive Power: threatening someone to get something done. I recommend this movie because…

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    The student government body is similar to that of the House of Representatives. Each person on the governing body gets to express their view points. Also like the House of Representatives, the student legislative body is overseen by an assembly or legislative chair. The legislative chair is responsible for setting an agenda to be discussed each week at the general body meetings. On the agenda, bills are up for vote and discussion. Usually, a member of the legislative body will propose a bill to…

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    process requires the president and congress to work together to create laws. Article 1 of the constitution states that “all legislative powers granted herein shall be vested in a congress of the united states” (Fisher 2007, 84). Congress is made up of two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate, both of these chambers share an equal role in creating legislation (Chamberlain 1946). The president also has an important role in creating legislation at the beginning of the process and…

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    “California equal pay bill may be toughest in nation” (Masunaga 2015). This article was written by Samantha Masunaga and published in the Los Angeles Times. The Los Angeles Times has been in circulation for more than 130 years and has won over 40 Pulitzer prizes. The paper has been accused of having a liberal bias, but I do not feel that it has any bearing on this particular story. Samantha Masunaga attended UC Berkley Graduate School of Journalism. Prior to joining the staff at the Los Angeles…

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    Of course, Jack and Bill also have more investigations to do thanks to some information that has come to light regarding Mr. Gowen. I simply adore the pairing of these two--kind of like the dynamic duo of the Old West. One has to go by the books, and the other can be a little more creative in his interpretation of the law. Together, they are invincible as they solve whatever crime or perceived crime comes their way. As Bill, Jack is handsome, rugged and certainly committed to justice at any…

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    brutally executed by Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley who committed the acts under the motive of revenge for the deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown and others who died due to police brutality. Prior to the shootings, Brinsley shot his ex-girlfriend, who reported the incident to the Baltimore Police. Baltimore authorities then tracked Brinsley’s and warned NYPD, minutes later the officers were killed. Violent Acts such as this can be prevented, if such programs like the Blue Alert were to be adopted…

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    from someone who may be too far removed from the middle class way of life and its worries or someone whose suggestions are idealized snippets with little practical value. So, what to do when the refund arrives: Pay those Pesky Bills Most of us have them and if you don't, well then, you're already one step ahead, but many of us have at least one pesky bill. I'm not talking about a medical bill or credit card. They don't really fit into the pesky bill category, what does, however is a utility…

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    I spent it. Next week another paycheck, I spent that too. My phone bill hasn’t been paid in over 3 months due to no money. And I was having family problems. My car was my get away for all of this. I would go for random rides listening to music, contemplating. Until the recent accident. I woke up on a Sunday, told my parents I was heading to church but I just wanted to drive around. The weather was crazy, raining non stop. I was speeding and lost control on a turn, my car started spinning I over…

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    Alex Lin help the environment and help the ecosystem by recycling 300,000 pounds of ewaste because ewaste holds chemicals in it he been doing it when he was in 5th grade and it all started when he watch Tv about ewaste he create computers and made media centers he had some help with his friend also a recycling company to when he call them to give them broken electronics then recreated them and donated to families students and won the bill now everyone is recycling ewaste. Iqbal Inspires the…

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