Narrator 4 – This scene from Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief is taken from Chapter 19, “We Find Out the Truth, Sort of.” Percy Jackson and his friends Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood travel to the Underworld to confront Hades. Narrator 2 – Imagine, a football field packed with a million fans. Now, imagine a field a million times that big, packed to the brim, the electricity has gone out, and there is no noise or light. Something has happened behind the scenes, there is a sad whisper going
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INTRODUCTION Rock Music in the Philippines is performance arts composed in various genre and styles. The rock music of the Philippines is a mixture of indigenous foreign countries. The United States occupied the Islands in 1898 until 1946, and introduced American blues folk music, Rock &Blues, and rock and roll became popular. In the late 1950s, native performers adapted Tagalog lyrics for North American rock and roll music, resulting in the seminal origins of Philippine rock. The most notable
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Media Bias in Reporting Social and Racial Injustices Nakia Dale DeVry University Media Bias in Reporting Social and Racial Injustices June 26, 2015, gay marriage was legalized in all 50 states on the weekend of the annual Pride weekend. There were celebrations everywhere. Celebrities, politicians, and every representative of the LGBTQ community was interviewed. The media covered the opinions of those who supported gay marriage, those that didn’t care about same sex marriages, and those who
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experiments which tested 54 college students ages 18-50. In Experiment 1, we hypothesized that participants exposed to Mozart would score significantly higher on a listening comprehension test than those exposed to rock music or silence. In Experiment 2, we hypothesized that listening to rock music would result in lower reading comprehension test scores than classical music or non-music groups. An ANOVA test indicated that the results for both experiments were non-significant. The relationship between
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membership drive to fill unexpected membership vacancies. Alice Smith was thinking about her modeling job on her way home that evening. Today had been dandy. Ted Ellis, the athletic director, had fired Pat Franklin, who had worked for Sundale for nearly nine years. The Problem The whole mess started five months ago when Ellis hired Chuck Johnson to become the mens activity manager. Shortly after Johnson arrived, rumors started that he was a homosexual. Two of the members complained to Frank Havens
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garden, but milk is their main source of income. For a few years they produced cheese as well, but market opportunities were not consistent; and so the product had to be discontinued. Finca Altamira is now part of a small association consisting of nine milk farmers that have consolidated their product and now go to market as a single unit. Finca Altamira is where the milk from all farmers is consolidated and stored in a special container to await retrieval. It all starts early in
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Basic is over, but what am I going to now. It has been such a long time since I saw Char, Ted or James, even before basic it had been a couple week since I talked with Ted or James alone. Setting off to catch the train, just like old times. Just for a little while before I have to go back in a mere two weeks. Walking off, and looking around for everybody, I spot Char and begin walking towards her, she picked up on it and we went to see where the others were waiting. "Not much has changed" she said, I
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It Could Happen We were the three amigos, it was our Anniversary, and she wanted to celebrate with us. We danced and partied all night. You and her grinding on the dance floor together was always a beautiful sight to witness. She cared for you like I do, when you two would walk, she would take you by the hand, to guide you and protect you from unwanted advances. I never had to worry about you under her loving watch. She and I were old friends, and we care for each other deeply, but you two share
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William Blake proved himself as one of the most influential artists to spring from the Romantic Era without a doubt. What made Blake so popular may have been his ability to portray his time period in works of art that were beautifully crafted. Blake’s poetry was not appreciated during his lifetime because people were living the lives his works vicariously told, but once his time period ended, a historical book was left behind. The theme of a struggle is most prominently showcased in Blake’s poetry
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