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    In class, we started talking about manifesto and what it means. Throughout the writing, Time Ain’t Money, by Douglas Rushkoff, there is a common theme of control. He tells the audience what they should be afraid of and then he gives them a list of what they need to do in order to be okay and make it. Rushkoff has a way of inspiring the audience to do what he wants them to. He has a sneaky plan on how he gains their trust. He does it fast enough to the point where the audience does not even know they

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    Steven Alper

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    writing in his daily English journal to musing on his own life. The book is about his experience of the year his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey Alper, gets diagnosed with leukemia. He totally didn’t expect his little brother to get leukemia. This was a big change for him. From worrying about a drumming performance, and attention from Renee Albert, to a huge worry for his brother he had thought would only try to embarrass him. When people from school found out about Stevens sick brother, Steven gets a

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    Barrio Boy Short Story

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    give up and Annie made her own business and without this business Annie would not have money and would not be able to handle her childrens. Monica had more responsibilities to do because Monica wanted a little brother. Individuals are driven to undertake missions because for example one of the motivation of the first story was to learn english and go to school and be successful, another motivation was to make money to support a family, and the last motivation was that someone wanted a little brother

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    in any way, therefore,it should not be a big impact to those who want them deported. Donald Trump says , “Anyone who comes to the U.S illegally should be deported back to their home until they can legally file for U.S citizenship’’(Trump,2016). However, there is no proof that a file can change a person’s personality or way of being, therefore a file would not make such a big difference. Although, those who come into our state illegally might seem like a big impact to our society, they have suffered

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    it looks like a state of the art, prestigious event that it is. Some of the problems that are caused by hosting Olympic games deal with, stadium development, local resident life, security issues, and many others that will be discussed. One of the big problems when dealing with a mega event such as the Olympic Games is the stadiums, which get built, and how they get abandoned or not used after the games are finished. This is one of the major problems surrounding the Athens 2004 games. Many of the

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    decrease the amount of money families have to spend through every year if you get all new clothes for school. Dress code would not be a problem because the uniform would be school appropriate. Changing from everyday clothes to uniforms would help reduce the amount of bullying about having a specific “popular” brand name clothing item. Having uniforms is a good idea and all schools that do not have uniforms yet should switch to them. For some families, money can be a big problem. Having to worry

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    Overpraising College Athletes The decision on whether collegiate student athletes should get paid or not is a very broad argument. This controversy has been a widely discussed argument for many years now, but especially now that popular collegiate athletes are becoming a bigger deal. Even though the subject can present pros for its reasoning, the cons out way the outcome. It would be more beneficial for both, the student athlete and the university to not pay for collegiate participation

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    year. (2) That's a lot of money for students to make. College athletes will go straight from highschool to going to another 4 -12 years of college. They are using their adulthood to do more school. Not start a family, or get money for their family. Should the NCAA pay them a small cut of it? If student-athletes make all of this money for the league, they should at least get a piece of what they have made for them. Could we possibly be seeing college players make more money than the average adult? Sometimes

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    The Big Bertha Project

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    The Big Bertha Project The City of Seattle enlisted the world’s largest tunnel boring machine called “Big Bertha” back in 2013. Since then, the boring machine has faced numerous challenges. Since it’s arrival to Seattle in 20113, Big Bertha has traveled only 1,280 feet out of the 9,210 foot destination. At this point, the tunnel was expected to be almost done by now. But, due to the errors occurring with the machine and unexpected geographical problems it has set Seattle back by two years

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    do much more as long as they believe in themselves and as long as they have some type of support behind them. Most of the these organized companies had a big play in these women 's lives. Furthermore, women are not the only ones getting affected, so are the farmers. Most people would think that farmers became forms for the business, the money or the crops. That is not always the case. In this case the Indian farmers had seen farming as a way of life, like any other job. And also, as a practice

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