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National FFA Convention Twas the night before the 87th National FFA Convention. My bags were packed with my official dress for the days ahead and you would think I have already been there because I already couldn’t what to go back. . As I try to go to sleep concerts, rodeos, and shopping dance in my head but my body aches all over with a runny nose and a cough that would scare a kid. Samantha wake up said my dad. As I rolled out bed not feeling any better but still super excited about going to

I consider myself very lucky based off the childhood I had, but, that doesn't mean everything was outstanding for me. I've had uncountable ups and downs, i've had friends that have come and gone, and school was definitely no ride for me. One thing I have had ever since I was a baby, is a one of a kind family, and I can guarantee you no one has one like this. My family is definitely not small in any means, one thing that makes this family so special is that we are not biologically related but related

Late one summer night in July of 1947, a couple saw a large glowing object quickly fly across the sky. It was later reported that a weather balloon crashed nearby. People have often wondered if it actually was a weather balloon, and some have believed it to be a downed alien craft that the government covered up. Theories about a Roswell coverup did not become widely known to the American public until a few decades after the crash. This change in public knowledge demonstrates the variability of conspiracy

Every day millions of individuals struggle with the idea of maintaining and establishing their financial obligations. Many Americans simply fail at the necessary tasks needed to manage their monthly income. Let alone gather enough funds to secure a respectable financial future. In some cases people struggle to make ends meet due to dealing with issues associated with impulsive buying, wasteful spending and extreme overcompensation (Jinhee, Thomas & Benoit, 2005). Financial matters such as these

Perseverance in Discrimination Discrimination based on religion or race has been a worldwide problem throughout history. Through bullying, we readily see discrimination everyday throughout the hallways of Belleville West. Bullying has been a recent problem that many schools are still trying to prevent. The victims are in a tough place, similar to Lakshmi from the book Sold written by Patricia McCormick. Lakshmi bullying was much harder, being forced to work in a whore house, but took the same emotional

How to Brand MidAmerica Airport as a Low Cost Alternative to Lambert-St. Louis International James C. McElwee POLS312: State, Local, and Community Politics January 30, 2016   Built in 1997 as the solution to relieve the once-congested Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, MidAmerica Airport in St. Clair County, sits quiet and empty. The airport has everything its big brother has 25 miles away in St. Louis, everything except passengers. With 38.6 million potential passengers within in

Several hundred years ago, a man near St. Petersburg, Russia, built a structure that has defined "amusement" worldwide. What started as a 70-foot tall wooden structure with steps leading up to a large slide covered with ice has grown into what we now know as the death-defying, thrill-inducing, modern-day roller coaster. The people who enjoyed the early Russian form of the roller coaster led the way for the French inventors to create their own version, which included waxed slides instead of ice-covered

this, other than an engraving. More trustworthy evidence shows that France is responsible for adding wheels to the slides. It has been proven that by 1817 two coasters were built in France called the Les Montagnes Russes a Belleville and Promenades Aeriennes. The Russes a Belleville is believed to be the first coaster with an axle that could lock the cart into place. The coasters had two tracks side try side, so the axle could run between them. The Ariel Walk was the first to have two tracks traveling

Maddie Allen, from Belleville East High School, reached out to Facebook to reiterate an encounter she had with a police officer before school over a dress code related issue. She stated that she was wearing a pair of black jeggings, similar in look to leggings which are banned in the school dress code policy. She explains that the officer stopped her and asked for her name because she would be reported for dress code violation. As Maddie tried to explain herself that she was, in fact, wearing

Why Drone Racing is Different There is a very good reason why ESPN has begun televising drone races just a few weeks ago: popularity. Dubbed an aerial version of NASCAR by CNet, drone racing has become wildly popular in a very short amount of time. America’s first national drone racing championship was only held in summer of 2015, so the fact that ESPN is jumping on the sport during its infancy is impressive. As with video games, drone racing requires top-notch hardware, excellent skill and solid