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Arriving to the airport I initially felt very elated that I would be going to the city again however my mother was not feeling so hot. The first time that I travel to New York City I was only 15 and I had to save up for three years prior to my departure. New York City is like a drug that pulses through your veins when you get to experience it. I remember when I had to leave the city for the first time, it was the only thing that was on my mind for weeks. Then after that, all I ever did was crave

The terms vocal fry and up-talk are two ways to describe some teenagers talk now. Vocal fry means when one talks like they are choking or out of breath. This frequently happens at the end of a sentence. The definition of up-talk is when one says a sentence with a question in there or answering a question with a question. When one talks about up-talk, some people automatically think about teenager girls. People thinks it is annoying and do not understand why these girls talk in this way. However

William Martin Joel, who’s known by his stage name as Billy Joel, the piano man, is a composer, musician, and pianist who started his music career in 1965. Billy Joel’s music style has been influenced by many elements from his upbringing in the New York suburbs to small town culture to world events. Throughout his music style, the melodies are unpretentious and are telling the stories of the working-class of America. Joel speaks about the struggles that the American people have in songs like “Allentown”

Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the United States and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257. In addition, Long Beach is the second largest city in the Greater Los Angeles Area and a principal city of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Port of Long Beach is the United States' second busiest container port and

there one day. USC is located in the University Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, but for science students who want to take up a environmental science class, USC operates the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies located on Catalina Island just 20 miles off the coast of Los Angeles and home to the Wrigley Marine Science Center. The

California State University Long Beach has been educating and attracting students to its institution. This wonderful campus is located on 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840. The mission of this institution is an engage public university that is committed to give education opportunities for graduates as well as undergraduates. This college is a learning environment that prepares students to take another step for their educating needs. California State University Long Beach ranks #1 in the nation

Motivation is continuity for life. While there are many difficulties in life they can be overcome. Motivation is our value of life. There is not a single person with ought the ability to motivated, unless they are dead. Moving on in life is easier with motivation. In an article by Chris Jones Roger Ebert fought through cancer and had motivation to live. “That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try”. (Jones 34) Roger Ebert was a fighter of cancer who was

transportation network in North America. It serves an area of 5,000 square miles, extending from New York City through Long Island, southeastern New York State, and Connecticut. MTA uses a variety of transportation means from buses, to subways, and commuter trains, to provide 2.62 billion trips each year. (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) In an attempt to connect the Long Island Rail Road into the new East Side station that is being built under Grand Central Terminal, MTA has begun construction

Nathan Hale In the small town of Coventry, Connecticut on June 6, 1755, Nathan Hale was born, to devout Puritans, Deacon Richard Hale and Elizabeth Strong Hale. Hale was the sixth of twelve children. The Hale’s had 9 boys and 3 girls. Hale’s parents were concerned that he wouldn’t survive his first year, like the two children before Hale (Lough 8). Even though he was a sickly small child, with weak lungs he did not let that stop him from loving the outdoors (Lough). As Hale got older, he became

‘The Patriot’ is a heart-breaking movie that follows the journey of Benjamin Martin, a father of seven children (Gabriel, Thomas, Margaret, Susan, Nathan, Samuel, and William) and an ex-warrior who fought against the British army during the Revolutionary War, while carrying the burden of a parent. It is filled with clash of ideals, where Benjamin’s priority to save his children from experiencing the bitter taste of war met with the reality that his country needed him to act. The story began with