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A 28-year-old unhappy postal worker and a hopeless 60-year-old opera singer embark on a road trip of self-discovery, while being pursued by postal inspectors and the singer’s abusive husband. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: DIANA DRAKE VALENTINO (60’s) an opera singer wants to get out of her abusive marriage to her husband, VICTOR. He has beaten her up and controls her life. Diana befriends MATT ROBERTS (28), a part-time, disgruntled postal worker. They meet every day when he delivers the mail. They both…

Atlanta University in 1957. His dad directed and lead his son to become a man of prestigious and significance. Julian Bond attended Morehouse College in 1957, where he was able to unite with his black race. Bond didn’t let his status of a student detour him from becoming an activist to speak out for the rights of others. He led student protest and other sit ins throughout Atlanta. Julian later developed the Student-Nonviolent Coordinating…

My knees are shaking, feeling like they are about to collapse. I’m not sure if my heart is pounding because I am nervous or excited. I swear my eardrums are about to burst from the screaming and cheering from the crowd. My right leg is beginning to cramp from holding my bike up while sitting in one place for the last 20 minutes. As the big, metal gates slowly open, I balance myself back on my bike and begin to slowly petal forward. The crowd of what it seemed like a thousand people, along with…

I’ve never been a person to do the healthy thing when it came to my emotions. Sharing, the only thing the entire planet seems to believe can cover up what plagues your mind. This is a reason why writing from the heart is a task that everyone can find to be a hurdle, from aspiring writers to a student tasked with the endeavor of doing just that. During the writing process a slew of memories that trigger the deepest human emotions come forth. In my case, there is little of those emotions left to…

America in a teenage pregnancy crisis!”, was the headlines in every major news topic in this country. However, the alarming rate has declined by 9 percent from 2013 to 2014. Women in the age range of 15-19 years of age gave birth to 249,078 babies in 2014. Therefore, reducing the birth rate 24.2 percent per 1,000 females within that age bracket. In the year 2013 it was reported the birth rate was at 26.5 percent per 1,000 females within 15-19 age group. These babies were close to 89 percent of…

associated with this career, it gives me as an individual the freedom of guiding my business according to my liking or specific tradition. I know there will be times when I fail, maybe even want to give up; but I refuse to let grueling circumstances detour me from my natural born passion for owning my own business. I honestly believe the unsteady slope of failing at some point and then experiencing a taste of success could help me grow as an individual. These miniature trials to creating a…

guide, and Hasting was wrong about the shortcut. This short cut was actually longer and it wasn’t a very good trail. At one point Hasting had left a note behind telling anyone that was following him to stop following the trail and follow him through a detour, because…

Today they are trying to close the Rwanda Genocide orphanages. In 2012, the Rwandan government announced that by the end of 2014 all of the orphanages would be closed, so that every child has the right to grow up in a family. The closure deadline was extended to December 2014 and it has still yet to be made. Many of the children have found themselves placed with relatives who do not want them or cannot afford to look after them. There has been organizations that have offered families money to…

Clara Hughes was born August 27, 1972 (age 42) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Clara Hughes is a now a world renown hero and role model, Clara is a Olympic cyclist, speed skater and now a humanitarian. Clara Hughes is on a short list of athletes to win olympic medals in both olympics and the Canadian athlete to have won medals at both the Olympic Summer and Olympic Winter Games. Clara didn't win them by chance or luck. She was fierce competitor in whatever she wanted, she won four medals in speedskating…

Why Everyone Should See the Star Wars Prequels A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away there were explosions, screams of anguish, and the betrayal of the century. No, this isn’t some sort of space reality show, it is Star Wars, and more importantly, the Star Wars Prequels. Most of the time people not only hate the prequels but refuse to even watch any of them because of a character who caused the wars. This character is none other than Jar Jar Binks. Even with this hatred towards this minor…