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him credit for giving me the anticipation to move. I suddenly felt ready. “Please welcome…” “In the name of Jesus” I prayed. “Noah...Reyna.” There was a round of applause that was very light. The curtains swung open and Bad began to play. I held my Fedora down in the famous Michael Jackson pose. I looked out at the audience of people who were staring in confusion. I doubt there was more that 10 who knew much about Michael Jackson. I could see a few guys in my class whispering in each others ears…

On August 27th, 1909, in Woodville, Mississippi, one of the three tenor saxophone giants was born, Lester Young, also known as the ‘Prez’ or the ‘Pres’ (Ron T). Along with Ben Webster and most notably, Coleman Hawkins, he culminated his own style of intricate swing and paved the road to bebop. Folks like Charlie Parker and Sonny Rollins had all of his solos memorized in every key, by heart. He was the father of every style of jazz that followed. In the 20’s and 30’s, jazz was the music of dance.…

arising by the sound of his heavy breathing. “This boy was a middle class citizen just so you know. Concerning this state emergency, it has come to my attention that I will create a Ralobemek decree. This decree makes our government virtually unchallenged. It does not need to be checked by a law making get-together. Legally allows overturning or imprisoning enemies.” Why would a middle class citizen apply blood to the flag that he should hail as sacred unless he was in danger or he was…

“I’ll never leave your side, my dear Clyde. I’ll ride till I die.” Bonnie Parker’s words, spoken in the 1967 film named after the infamous duo, are quite literal when studying the criminal couple genre. No matter how much they love each other, the road will always be the double-edged sword of freedom - at some point, the rest of the world will catch up with you. Starting with the film “You Only Live Once” (1937), through “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967), and continuing to this day, the romanticization…

Chapter Nine Mystery is Our Middle Name Sunday, 9:20 a.m. I pumped my pedals hard up Willaston’s narrow pebbled driveway and stopped next to a squad car parked in front of the house. “I already told your pals, and now I’m going to tell you,” said the police officer sitting behind the wheel. “This is no place for kids.” She climbed out and made a dismissive gesture with her baton. “Scram.” “But—” “Now,” she ordered in a tone that warned me it was time to go. “Come on,” I told my associates.…

RASPBERRY PI Chapter 1 Introduction Raspberry Pi is a small, card sized computer manufactured and designed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry-pi foundations with intention of teaching basic computer science to school students and every other person interested in learning computer hardware, programming and DIY-Do-it Yourself projects. The Raspberry Pi have Broadcom BCM2835 system on a chip (SoC), including an ARM1176JZF-S 700 MHz…

Before the song Uptown Funk would become a cultural phenomenon and win the 58th Annual Grammy for the Best Record of the 2016. The infectious single would change the career of English music producer and DJ Mark Ronson. But, not before proving to be one of Ronson’s most difficult projects. The creation of Uptown Funk would push Ronson to his limits, but ultimately paid off. Ronson is known throughout the music industry for crafting pop hits infused with snapping retro-soul. Ronson’s most…

“I’m not good at stories, Pidge. Why do you need one?” “Because I’m having the anxiety of a lifetime for the testing we have tomorrow.” “You’re smart, you’ll do fine. Go to sleep.” “Ah, come on Hunk, bore me with one of your stories!” Hunk signed, plugging in his lava lamp for extra light, “Alright, fine. Uh, the story takes place in New Orleans, 1930.” “No, no, no! Do the flapper days of the 1920’s!” “Okay, okay! New Orleans, in the 1920’s. With a man named Keith, who is in his early twenties,…

associates in the organization referred to him as “The Big Fellow” and friends called him “Snorky”, a slang term which at the time meant spiffy. This was likely because Capone, like many other mobsters, almost always wore a three piece suit and an elegant fedora, paired with a long…

Diamond, Coal, Anthracite Plot: The queens fight Kass Setting: Hogwarts college- magic known universe- year 4712 ACT 1 Scene 1 Setting: Principal's Office Time: 10:23 Monday morning. Characters In Scene (CIS): Kass Keets, Venus Salazar, Honey Lao, Jem Knight KASS: Those three creatures are trying to ruin my life! I demand that they be expelled from this school immediately! Midna rubs her temples. - MIDNA: You want me to expel these three brilliant students because you don’t like them? That’s…