The two poems speak to me in some way. I don’t like poem cause I tended not to understand them very good. At the start of the poem it talked about to roads. The first road seemed better than the other. It was very grassy, so he stood there and made a decision. The person had to pick between the first and the second roads. The person chooses the road that feels right. The first poem told me, from my point of view to go out on your own make decisions. Pick the right way, never to follow any one but yourself. Don’t be afraid on going out there on you own every one make mistakes in life you just have to move on. Just know when to make the right choices.
The second also talked about the same thing on making the right decisions. But the second made me have a better understanding of the poem. It told me to pick the right way. To take risk and venture off alone to see the world for may self, to see the world from a different angle. Making more changes as he go, leaving the path of his pass. That they said what they had to say and no one is going to stop him on his way. To ever let no one change your opinion of the world. When the speaker said leveling trees where they stand I made my path, I had my say knocked down every tree in my way! He never let any one bring him done on what he does. What don’t kill you make you stronger. So he made his path through the forest.
Monday, December 17, 2007
the story teller
My main goal is to successfully work in pharmacy. Pharmacy is some thing I always wanted to do as a child. In seven years, the year of 2015 I would like to accomplish that goal. Working in pharmacies will help me learn how to be more diligent, at the age of 21, February 20 2012. I also hope to form a better attitude at the end of the semester. My next goal is to stay healthy, to see 87 years old. Along with making sure that my children have what I didn’t have as a child. I hope that I do so good that the school transfers me to a university in two years June 1. 2009. Motivation and organization is another goal that I’m trying to succeed in doing. To be in more control of what go on in life at the end of the semester. Improving relationship skills would add on to the list of goals. Learn how to better my conversation with others. Managing time and money right all by the end of the semester. The list goes on. In conclusion being a pharmacist is some thing I really won’t to do, no one told me to do this; I wanted to come here at Dade. I want to prepare myself for the future and be ready for these changes in my life. I’m so afraid. If can skip time to the last year of school June 1. 2011 I would.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
why did i get married?
The movie was about a couples retreat. They would go some where fare away to spend time with each other. The movie showed me many things that have to do with a relationship. It let me know how some people can be in a relationship. The movie had me kicking and screaming that’s how funny it was, if I have the changes to see the movie on DVD again, I would. What the couples when through in that movie was some thing I never wont to go through with my family. That movie showed me the secret to a good relationship. Never keep secrets from your partner. He or she is going to know about it some day. Just let them know when the time is right. Never mistreat your partner, that’s the person that is going to be there for you when times are hard. I am trying to be done with school first then go on and have a family.
Human rights
ARTICLE 1... All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
ARTICLE 2... Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it is independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
ARTICLE 3... Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
ARTICLE 4... No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
ARTICLE 5... No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
ARTICLE 6... Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
ARTICLE 7... All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.
ARTICLE 8... Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.
ARTICLE 9... No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
ARTICLE 10... Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
ARTICLE 11... (1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. (2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.
ARTICLE 12... No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
ARTICLE 13... (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
ARTICLE 14... (1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. (2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
ARTICLE 15... (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
ARTICLE 16... (1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. (2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. (3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
ARTICLE 17... (1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
ARTICLE 18... Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
ARTICLE 19... Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
ARTICLE 20... (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. (2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
ARTICLE 21... (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. (3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
ARTICLE 22... Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.
ARTICLE 23... (1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. (2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. (3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection. (4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
ARTICLE 24... Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
ARTICLE 25... (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
ARTICLE 26... (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.
ARTICLE 27... (1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. (2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.
ARTICLE 28... Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.
ARTICLE 29... (1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible. (2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society. (3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
ARTICLE 30... Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth here.
ARTICLE 2... Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it is independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
ARTICLE 3... Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
ARTICLE 4... No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
ARTICLE 5... No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
ARTICLE 6... Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
ARTICLE 7... All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.
ARTICLE 8... Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.
ARTICLE 9... No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
ARTICLE 10... Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
ARTICLE 11... (1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. (2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.
ARTICLE 12... No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
ARTICLE 13... (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
ARTICLE 14... (1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. (2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
ARTICLE 15... (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
ARTICLE 16... (1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. (2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. (3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
ARTICLE 17... (1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
ARTICLE 18... Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
ARTICLE 19... Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
ARTICLE 20... (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. (2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
ARTICLE 21... (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. (3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
ARTICLE 22... Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.
ARTICLE 23... (1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. (2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. (3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection. (4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
ARTICLE 24... Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
ARTICLE 25... (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
ARTICLE 26... (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.
ARTICLE 27... (1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. (2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.
ARTICLE 28... Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.
ARTICLE 29... (1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible. (2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society. (3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
ARTICLE 30... Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth here.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Mid-Term Exam
Childhood Stress
Q1.Stressful events are part of every childhood?
D.All of the above
Q2.Families of ten move around more than they used to, children are more likely to?
B.Change schools
Q3.What is the main idea of this passage?
D.Childhood stress
Q4.What make the children realize that their world is not always safe in this story?
C.Violent events
Q5.What did psychologist David El Kind has called today's children?
C.Violent child
Disaster&Friendship
Q1.What is the reason for Chuck leaving Philadelphia to go to Florida?
Chuck left Philadelphia to go to Florida to caddy.
Q2.Where did Chuck stop on his way to Florida and how did this effect his trip?
Chuck got drunk in a small town and he than got into a car accident.
Q3.How did Wilson pay his fees to the jailer?
The trusty from another town gave him the money to pay the jailer.
Q4.Did Wilson ever reach his destination?
Yes Wilson reached his destination because he receive help from a minister.
Q5.What is the moral of this story?
The moral of this story is to never stereotype anybody.
How to make it in college, now that your there
Q1.What are the key secrets to getting good grades in college?
1.Set up a study place. 2.Get into a frame of mine. 3.Give yourself rewards.4.Skim the text book first. 5.Take notes on what you've studied 6.Review afteryou have read and took notes. 7.Take a break when you are tired. 8.Take the collegeskills course if you need it.
Q2.How can you keep up with all your responsibilities and not go crazy?
D. Do everything from the top of your head.
Q3.What to do if personal problems get in the way of studying?
If you personal life get in the way you should hang tough and ask yourselfis it worth you education.
Q4.List one of the following that means a positive attitude?
A positive attitude mean having a mature mind about college.
Q5.Compare and contrast a dropout from an (A) student?
A dropout has a negative attitude toward school and an a students has apositive attitude. Both of them have an attitude weather it's good or bad.
Winner's loser's or just kids
Q1.Which sentence best describes the central point of this story?
D.High-school performance doesn't determine how well a student willdo in life.
Q2.What does the word "envied" mean?
The word envied mean to be jealous.
Q3.What does the word"metamorphoses"mean?
The word metamorphoses mean to change.
Q4.What does the author mean by winners losers or just kids?
The author means that no matter how a child may behave or out stand the other kids while in school that doesn't determine their lives. And alsonot to stereotype other kids or people.
Q5.What does the word"scowl"mean?
The word scowl mean to have a look of anger.
Adult children at home
Q1.How many children did Ruth Patterson have?
The answer is A.4
Q2.How many percentages of male and female still live with there parentsbetween the ages of 18-24 from the u.s. census?
The answer is A. 41 percent of women and 54 percent of men
Q3.Which on e of Ruth Patterson's children was a teacher?
C. Her son Dan 24
Q4.Why did Lesley move home?
Lesly moved home because she had financial issues.
Q5.Was Lesly mother a legal sectary?
Yes Lesly mother was a legal sectary
Q1.Stressful events are part of every childhood?
D.All of the above
Q2.Families of ten move around more than they used to, children are more likely to?
B.Change schools
Q3.What is the main idea of this passage?
D.Childhood stress
Q4.What make the children realize that their world is not always safe in this story?
C.Violent events
Q5.What did psychologist David El Kind has called today's children?
C.Violent child
Disaster&Friendship
Q1.What is the reason for Chuck leaving Philadelphia to go to Florida?
Chuck left Philadelphia to go to Florida to caddy.
Q2.Where did Chuck stop on his way to Florida and how did this effect his trip?
Chuck got drunk in a small town and he than got into a car accident.
Q3.How did Wilson pay his fees to the jailer?
The trusty from another town gave him the money to pay the jailer.
Q4.Did Wilson ever reach his destination?
Yes Wilson reached his destination because he receive help from a minister.
Q5.What is the moral of this story?
The moral of this story is to never stereotype anybody.
How to make it in college, now that your there
Q1.What are the key secrets to getting good grades in college?
1.Set up a study place. 2.Get into a frame of mine. 3.Give yourself rewards.4.Skim the text book first. 5.Take notes on what you've studied 6.Review afteryou have read and took notes. 7.Take a break when you are tired. 8.Take the collegeskills course if you need it.
Q2.How can you keep up with all your responsibilities and not go crazy?
D. Do everything from the top of your head.
Q3.What to do if personal problems get in the way of studying?
If you personal life get in the way you should hang tough and ask yourselfis it worth you education.
Q4.List one of the following that means a positive attitude?
A positive attitude mean having a mature mind about college.
Q5.Compare and contrast a dropout from an (A) student?
A dropout has a negative attitude toward school and an a students has apositive attitude. Both of them have an attitude weather it's good or bad.
Winner's loser's or just kids
Q1.Which sentence best describes the central point of this story?
D.High-school performance doesn't determine how well a student willdo in life.
Q2.What does the word "envied" mean?
The word envied mean to be jealous.
Q3.What does the word"metamorphoses"mean?
The word metamorphoses mean to change.
Q4.What does the author mean by winners losers or just kids?
The author means that no matter how a child may behave or out stand the other kids while in school that doesn't determine their lives. And alsonot to stereotype other kids or people.
Q5.What does the word"scowl"mean?
The word scowl mean to have a look of anger.
Adult children at home
Q1.How many children did Ruth Patterson have?
The answer is A.4
Q2.How many percentages of male and female still live with there parentsbetween the ages of 18-24 from the u.s. census?
The answer is A. 41 percent of women and 54 percent of men
Q3.Which on e of Ruth Patterson's children was a teacher?
C. Her son Dan 24
Q4.Why did Lesley move home?
Lesly moved home because she had financial issues.
Q5.Was Lesly mother a legal sectary?
Yes Lesly mother was a legal sectary
Friday, November 2, 2007
disaster and freindship
Blogger: - Manage Posts: " disaster and friendship disaster and friendship chuck wilson had an accident in north carolina during a trip to florida. driving for seach a long time made him not think right about driving after one in the morning. stoping to get a drink for some where that he never been and got some thing to eat. made him very sleepy, that causes him to be in an accident. he lucky to not die during that accident. the problem was, getting help and get more money to get to florida, to take care of his family.when the sheriff got to him he made sure that he was ok. then made him go to chester in north carolina. thats where he seen the magistrate who tuck every cent he had. after staying in jail for the night, he had to pay another fee. for over night stay. wilson trys to get his car out and had to pay another fee. the bank help him out and give him some money to get to florida."
Hidden Room, Hidden Danger - Greenville News Story - WYFF Greenville
Hidden Room, Hidden Danger - Greenville News Story - WYFF Greenville: "GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Imagine finding a 'secret room' in your house. Jason and Kerri Brown of Greenville found a secret room in their home behind a bookcase, and what was inside was a nightmare beyond their wildest dreams. 'This can't be happening. This can't be true. It terrified me,' Kerri Brown told News 4's Tim Waller."
Caught On Camera: Store Owner Kills Robber - Greenville News Story - WYFF Greenville
Caught On Camera: Store Owner Kills Robber - Greenville News Story - WYFF Greenville: "GREER, S.C. -- An attempted armed robbery ended in the death of the robber Wednesday evening. Deputies said an armed man went into the Kwik Mart on Highway 14 near Mutt's BBQ in Greer at about 8:30 p.m. The store owner, Hirabmai Desai, said that the robber was the same man who had robbed him a few days ago."
Woman Targeted By Fake Craigslist Ad Offering Sex - News Story - KIRO Seattle
Woman Targeted By Fake Craigslist Ad Offering Sex - News Story - KIRO Seattle: "MILL CREEK, Wash. -- A Mill Creek woman began receiving phone calls for sex after someone posted a fake ad of her in the erotic services section on Craigslist.org. “I thought it was the wrong number from a couple people at first,” Rochelle said. “He said ‘I really liked your picture.’ I asked him, ‘Where did you see this picture?’” Rochelle said. The person told her he saw it on seattle.craigslist.org, where someone used Rochelle’s information and picture and suggested she was a prostitute."
Hurricane Noel expected to brush East Coast - CNN.com
Hurricane Noel expected to brush East Coast - CNN.com: "(CNN) -- Hurricane Noel grew in size early Friday as it moved away from the Bahamas and into the Atlantic Ocean, leaving 115 people reportedly dead across the Caribbean. A driver navigates a flooded street Thursday on New Providence Island in the Bahamas. more photos » In its 5 a.m. ET advisory, the National Hurricane Center said Noel's maximum sustained winds were near 80 mph (130 kph), with its center about 675 miles (1,085 kilometers) west-southwest of Bermuda and about 470 miles (755 kilometers) south of North Carolina's Cape Hatteras. The Category 1 hurricane was moving north-northeast at 18 mph (29 kph). Noel's rainfall swamped the Bahamas and Cuba on Thursday, forcing about 24,000 evacuations from low-lying areas of Cuba and dumping 15 inches of rain on the Bahamas, The Associated Press reported. Portions of the U.S. East Coast were in for heavy rainfall, though much less than the deluge in the Bahamas, forecasters said. Although Noel's projected path shows it remaining well off the U.S. coast, forecasters predicted that Noel would dump up about 1 inch of rain across North Carolina's Outer Banks and 2 to 4 inches with isolated maximum totals of 6 inches across eastern New England. "
Murder charges dropped in FBI corruption case - CNN.com
Murder charges dropped in FBI corruption case - CNN.com: "NEW YORK (AP) -- Prosecutors dropped murder charges Thursday against an ex-FBI agent accused of feeding confidential information to a homicidal mob informant in what was billed as one of the worst law enforcement corruption cases in U.S. history. Former FBI agent Lindley DeVecchio leaves court on Monday. Lindley DeVecchio, who had denied the charges for years, heard the news in a Brooklyn courtroom one day after a key government witness, mob moll Linda Schiro, had her testimony undermined by a taped interview she gave to reporters a decade ago. As DeVecchio stood in the courthouse well after the judge granted prosecutors' request to drop the charges, applause filled the courtroom -- much of it from former FBI agents who worked side by side with him. Schiro testified earlier this week that DeVecchio had fed her gangster boyfriend, Gregory Scarpa, secret FBI intelligence that was then used to kill four suspected rats or rivals in the Colombo crime family. But this week, journalist Tom Robbins revealed in the Village Voice that Shiro had provided him with a different account during a 1997 interview."
Loophole In Jessica's Law Favors Sex Offenders - Bakersfield News Story - KERO Bakersfield
Loophole In Jessica's Law Favors Sex Offenders - Bakersfield News Story - KERO Bakersfield: "BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- It’s a surprise that many sex offenders are still allowed to live right next door to schools. Jessica's Law, passed by California voters one year ago, states that sex offenders are not allowed to live within 2,000 feet of a school. Cindy Macom and her husband Chris, like many parents of young children, do everything they can to protect their kids from predators."
Detectives Name Girl Found In Box 'Baby Grace' - Houston News Story - KPRC Houston
Detectives Name Girl Found In Box 'Baby Grace' - Houston News Story - KPRC Houston: "GALVESTON, Texas -- Detectives have named a girl found decomposing in a box 'Baby Grace,' as they asked for nationwide help identifying her, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday. A fisherman found the girl on a marshy, grassy island near Green's Cut, about five miles west-southwest of the Galveston Causeway late Monday. The blue Sterlite-brand utility box contained the body of a 2- to 5-year-old girl. She had been wrapped in plastic bags, officials said. Investigators said she had been dead for 'several weeks,' but did not know how long she had been inside the box."
Report: Pilots Fell Asleep During Approach To DIA - Denver News Story - KMGH Denver
Report: Pilots Fell Asleep During Approach To DIA - Denver News Story - KMGH Denver: "DENVER -- A commercial pilot and his first officer fell asleep while approaching Denver International Airport in an A319 Airbus jet, going twice the speed as allowed, according to a federal safety Web site. The incident, which occurred on March 4, 2004, was one of several incidents that was brought out during a congressional hearing on airline safety in Washington this week. Rep. Bart Gordon , D-Tenn., wanted to know why this information was available on a public Web site where pilots anonymously report the incidents themselves, while NASA wasn't willing to release it as part of a larger survey."
Chief Believes Teacher, Student Had Sexual Relationship - Omaha News Story - KETV Omaha
Chief Believes Teacher, Student Had Sexual Relationship - Omaha News Story - KETV Omaha: "LEXINGTON, Neb. -- A school computer is helping central Nebraska authorities unlock the secrets of an alleged relationship between a 13-year-old student and a 25-year-old teacher. Lexington police are looking for Kelsey Peterson and a male student at Lexington Middle School. Police Chief Paul Schwarz said Peterson's computer contained love letters exchanged between the teacher and student. 'At this point, we believe we have enough information to believe there was a sexual relationship,' Schwarz said on Wednesday."
4-Year-Old Found With Pot - Milwaukee News Story - WISN Milwaukee
4-Year-Old Found With Pot - Milwaukee News Story - WISN Milwaukee: "MILWAUKEE -- A disturbing discovery was made at Burbank Elementary School in Milwaukee. A 4-year old was found carrying marijuana in his backpack. A teacher’s aide found the drugs during class Wednesday, Milwaukee police said. The mother of the boy admitted the pot was hers. More drugs were found in her west-side home, according to police"
Drugs Found Hidden In Games At Atlanta Airport - News Story - WSB Atlanta
Drugs Found Hidden In Games At Atlanta Airport - News Story - WSB Atlanta: "A -- Smugglers rolled the dice and tried to get drugs through Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport disguised as two board games. A drug dog named Gemini sniffed out 7.6 pounds of marijuana hidden in the luggage of a passenger headed to Bermuda on Thursday, according to U.S. Customs officials. The pot was stashed in two board game boxes. One of the games was 'Worst-Case Scenario: Game of Surviving Life.' The smugglers also hid the drugs inside a 'Monopoly' game box. The 21-year old passenger was arrested and turned over to Clayton County police. In a separate incident a currency sniffing dog found $2,500 of undeclared cash in the luggage of a passenger headed to Korea. When Customs agents questioned the passenger they found over $17,800 hidden in the lining of the passenger's jacket. Agents confiscated the cash and allowed the passenger to fly to Korea."
9 Men Arrested In Volusia Mall Bathroom Sex Sting - News Story - WFTV Orlando
9 Men Arrested In Volusia Mall Bathroom Sex Sting - News Story - WFTV Orlando: "VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. -- Channel 9 learned new information Friday morning about a sex sting in a mall bathroom. Daytona Beach police arrested nine men, including a teacher and a former city commissioner. Police received a tip from mall security and the information was confirmed when they read several posts on Craigslist.org."
Brit Jumps Barbed Wire At Metro Airport - Detroit News Story - WDIV Detroit
Brit Jumps Barbed Wire At Metro Airport - Detroit News Story - WDIV Detroit: "ROMULUS, Mich. -- A British citizen who apparently missed his flight Wednesday night decided to try a different tactic to catch a plane: He ran across all lanes of I-94, through a field, across railroad tracks and over six strands of barbed wire before his attempt was put to a final halt by an airport security guard who tackled the man and sat on him. The 22-year-old is now in custody while police and airport officials try to figure out what he was up to. Meanwhile, police dogs were at the scene making sure the area was cleared of any possible threat."
Brit Jumps Barbed Wire At Metro Airport - Detroit News Story - WDIV Detroit
Brit Jumps Barbed Wire At Metro Airport - Detroit News Story - WDIV Detroit: "ROMULUS, Mich. -- A British citizen who apparently missed his flight Wednesday night decided to try a different tactic to catch a plane: He ran across all lanes of I-94, through a field, across railroad tracks and over six strands of barbed wire before his attempt was put to a final halt by an airport security guard who tackled the man and sat on him. The 22-year-old is now in custody while police and airport officials try to figure out what he was up to. Meanwhile, police dogs were at the scene making sure the area was cleared of any possible threat."
Premarin Horses Rescued In Westmoreland - Pittsburgh News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh
Premarin Horses Rescued In Westmoreland - Pittsburgh News Story - WTAE 4 Pittsburgh: "MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. -- Local people rescued and adopted dozens of horses that were on their way to slaughter as casualties of the pharmaceutical industry. Channel 4 Action News reporter Jennifer Miele said the horses are called premarin, which is short for pregnant mares' urine. The urine can be used as estrogen replacement therapy for menopausal women. Foals born of the pregnancy were often put to death until the United Pegasus Foundation stepped in. The group rescued 30 horses from Canada and brought them to the Westmoreland Fairgrounds, where people will be able to adopt them."
Police Continue To Investigate Road Rage Incident - News Story - WPTZ Plattsburgh
Police Continue To Investigate Road Rage Incident - News Story - WPTZ 5 Plattsburgh: "ST. JOHNSBURY, V.t. -- Vermont State Police say it may be next week before they and a county prosecutor decide whether to charge the driver of a truck that struck and fatally injured a woman in St. Johnsbury Thursday. They said 45-year-old Laurie Bragdon, from Guildhall, Vt., was upset with the way a trucker had driven through the town of Lunenburg and followed him to St. Johnsbury where she confronted him and the two had an argument. Bragdon's daughter, who witnessed the incident, said the truck driver almost sideswiped her mother's car. Police said after the argument Bragdon stood in front of the truck as the driver, 41-year-old Delbert Degree, tried to pull away. They said Bragdon was then hit, dragged and crushed by the tractor-trailer"
Sex Offender Changes Name - I-Team News Story - WFSB Hartford
Sex Offender Changes Name - I-Team News Story - WFSB 3 Hartford: "SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn. -- Sex offenders on the state's online registry have an easy way to move into the neighborhood, the Channel 3 I-Team has learned. Khadafi Castro lived in Metro Hartford until he returned to prison a few months ago. Unbeknownst to his neighbors, Castro is a registered sex offender. However, residents couldn't look up Castro on the Connecticut Sex Offender Registry. When Castro was convicted of a sex assault, his name was Davon Bailey. Bailey legally changed his name while in prison, and his online sex offender registry entry didn't change to reflect the new name"
Teacher Admits Putting Hands Up Girls' Skirts - Portland News Story - WMTW Portland
Teacher Admits Putting Hands Up Girls' Skirts - Portland News Story - WMTW 8 Portland: "AUBURN, Maine -- An Auburn elementary school teacher charged with unlawful sexual touching of a student admitted to police that he sometimes put his hand up girls' skirts. James Raymond Jr. was quoted in a court document as saying he didn't remember last month's incident involving a 7-year-old pupil that led to the charge. The girl told police that after Raymond had her sit next to him during a music class, he slid his hand up her skirt and touched her buttocks through the outside of her underwear."
ICRC: 'Kidnap' children may not get home - CNN.com
ICRC: 'Kidnap' children may not get home - CNN.com: "Interviews with the children at the center of the dispute showed that most come from Chad and have families, aid agencies say. Most 'probably' come from villages along Chad's border with Sudan.") A spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross which is leading efforts to repatriate the children, said difficulties in tracing them could prove insurmountable.
Friday, October 26, 2007
fight over child health care persists
A.B.C. News
The Senate is the next stop for legislation to expand children's health coverage, revised by Democrats but rejected by President Bush as little changed from their earlier offering.
"You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig," said Texas Rep. Joe Barton, one of the more pungent descriptions of a bill that cleared the House Thursday with less than the two-thirds majority needed to overturn Bush's threatened veto. In general,the vote At that level, congressional officials said, it would cover about 4 million children who now go without, raising the total for the program overall to 10 million kids. The $35 billion cost over five years would be covered by an increase in the tobacco tax of 61 cents a pack.was 265-142.
The Senate is the next stop for legislation to expand children's health coverage, revised by Democrats but rejected by President Bush as little changed from their earlier offering.
"You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig," said Texas Rep. Joe Barton, one of the more pungent descriptions of a bill that cleared the House Thursday with less than the two-thirds majority needed to overturn Bush's threatened veto. In general,the vote At that level, congressional officials said, it would cover about 4 million children who now go without, raising the total for the program overall to 10 million kids. The $35 billion cost over five years would be covered by an increase in the tobacco tax of 61 cents a pack.was 265-142.
burned bodies found in californa
A.B.C. News
On a day when firefighters methodically beat back several of the wildfires menacing Southern California and thousands of evacuees were allowed home, authorities said Thursday they had found six bodies burned by the flames. Two bodies were discovered in the rubble of a burned home in San Diego County. Like a 52-year-old Tecate man killed Sunday in a fire along the Mexican border, the pair had been urged to evacuate.Their deaths brought the number of people killed by flames to three, while seven died of other causes connected to the evacuations.
On a day when firefighters methodically beat back several of the wildfires menacing Southern California and thousands of evacuees were allowed home, authorities said Thursday they had found six bodies burned by the flames. Two bodies were discovered in the rubble of a burned home in San Diego County. Like a 52-year-old Tecate man killed Sunday in a fire along the Mexican border, the pair had been urged to evacuate.Their deaths brought the number of people killed by flames to three, while seven died of other causes connected to the evacuations.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
read all about it.
To review reading all about it was about a young woman that is having difficulties with reading. If talked about how she dropped out of school. She talked about reading was a problem and how it effected her job. That public school made her feel bad, high school made it worse. How the other girl treated her wrong and she quit at the age of seven teen years old. She could not pass her driving license test, problems with the street simble, and have problems with filling out an application. She worked hard to improve her reading at her age of 25 years old. She got a job and got a promotion several years after. She still is going to school to better her reading. She love reading and writing so much now, she made a poem for her mother. At the end she confronted her fear of people knowing that she don’t know how to read.
deal with feelings
There are many ways to deal with feeling. Holding your feeling can develop problems. Display your feel, when you’re happy show it, show the whole world that you’re happy. Describing your feeling a good way to show positive communication and teach people how to treat you. Many people believe describing there feeling tells too much about themselves. Make them feel better about themselves or causes harm to a relationship. Stop being gloomy, jumpy, negative, annoying, and confuses, be more open minded and communicate more in life.
children stress and resilience
The book talked about how parents are not the only ones how to deal with stress. Children deal with it to every one, not all can make it. Some resilient children can get throw there problem much quicker. The book talked about many kinds of stress. One of the people that stress the most is children. The book showed me to get back up, every time you fall down.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
WINNERS, LOSERS, OR JUST KIDS
Dan Wightman a student that earned A’s and done very will on tests. Her friends was a losers, they made more D’s then B’s. many students rather go to the Amy then college.183 students graduated from high school and return to there high school fifteen-year reunion, only successful people attended there high school reunion. The losers over numbered the winners at the reunion. There are students that are successful like Tom as a sportswriter, Connie a flight attendant, and Ron a symphony violinist. Paula a student at Northern California high school, Dan’s friend, she stole the teacher grade book, changed some of the there grades, and dropped it off to the lost and found box. At the end of the school year the teacher gave them the grades they deserved. Paula became a housewife, and mother of two sons. Dan got through college, found a decent job, married wisely, and finally realized her potential. Today those who overcome their mistakes, seize second chances, and fight to pull themselves together. Students that get started and, find their stride, often catch up, and live their lives so much richer are the one to successed.
How To Make it in Collage
Many students love to drop-out of college because of personal problems. The book talked about, how to make it in college. It give you the inside story on making it in college. The book gives the reader the secret to getting good grades. How you learn more in the class room then home. It talks about how students feel like no care for them, I to feel that way. Always make a study system to get results, and have study plan. There are 8 secret to getting good grades. First set up a study place. Second is to get into a study from of mind. Third was to reward your self after every thing that you do. Fourth was to skim the textbook first. Next is to take notes on what you’re studying. Then review after you’ve read and taken notes. Take a break when you’re tired. Finally take the college skills course if you need it. The book also talked about how to keep up with all your responsibilities. On preparing a monthly calendar, make up a study schedule, and have a, to do list. What to do if personal problems get in the way of your studies. Get professional help, don’t be a shame to ask for help. 40 percent of students have counseling services. Counselors are paid to help you with your problems. Why some people make it and some drop out? Here are steps to make it in college. Have a positive attitude and good study habits, take notes ask question. Be more mature about college. Say to yourself that I won’t this degree, or career. Achieve what your want, be determined. Make college exciting.
Monday, October 15, 2007
False ideas About Reading
To review, then, ther are three damaging myths that interfere with good reading. they are that every word must be read, that reading something once should be work. Be aware of these myths and how they may affect your own attitudes about reading . Don't let any tof them prevent from developing into a berret reader
Monday, October 1, 2007
Adult children at home.
Cody Gabriel
10/01/07
The book talked about adult children that like to come back home and live with there parents. One mother was Ruth Patterson the mother of four children that are adults and have careers. Three of her four children returned home. There’s her oldest daughter Suzanne, 35, a bank teller, came back home after a painful divorce. Second their daughter Lesley, 30, has moved in and out of their house several times. Third is their son peter, 28, spent a year at home working on a painting crew while he and his fiancée saved money for the down payment on a house. Then theirs Dan, he was 18 and heading off to the state university. Adult children have been living back at home with there parents in increasing numbers in recent years.
Dan, now 24, has followed the route his parents expected. He graduated from college, found a job teaching high- school social studies, and lives on his own in a city apartment. There are other examples in the book about an adult child living back home. First Tony said he was mess financially when I moved back in with his mom and dad; Tony was a 28-years-old stereo equipment sales-man. After two years of living with his parents, Tony controlled his spending habits and was determined to keep it that way. Second is Judy Loewen, 31, moved back with her family for a mouth after breaking up with her long- time boyfriend. Third is Vicki Langella, 32, who lived with her parents for six mouths after losing her job as a word processor. Bill Robinson, a widower whose 35- year-old son has been sharing the house for the last two years. Ella Purcell, whose two adult daughters have both returned home for brief periods, of time.
Parents often struggle with asking their children for rent, and stay in order to save money. Adult children should pay room and board to help them grow in financial independence. Parents need to increase the household duties. From at experienced mother, have your child do the share of the laundry, grocery- shopping, and cleaning duties. The book talked about how to respect one another. Those children should not expect to be treated as guests or to use the parental home as a hotel, coming and going at all hours with no explanation. Parents need to know that they are not little and activities need constant supervision. Don’t let it go forever. Tentative date for him to move out is good. If that date is changed later by the mutual consent of everyone concerned, that’ ok, but everyone should understand that this isn’t a permanganate arrangement. In conclusion the story should me some that I need the no when am an adult and to spend my money the right way.
Cody Gabriel
10/01/07
The book talked about adult children that like to come back home and live with there parents. One mother was Ruth Patterson the mother of four children that are adults and have careers. Three of her four children returned home. There’s her oldest daughter Suzanne, 35, a bank teller, came back home after a painful divorce. Second their daughter Lesley, 30, has moved in and out of their house several times. Third is their son peter, 28, spent a year at home working on a painting crew while he and his fiancée saved money for the down payment on a house. Then theirs Dan, he was 18 and heading off to the state university. Adult children have been living back at home with there parents in increasing numbers in recent years.
Dan, now 24, has followed the route his parents expected. He graduated from college, found a job teaching high- school social studies, and lives on his own in a city apartment. There are other examples in the book about an adult child living back home. First Tony said he was mess financially when I moved back in with his mom and dad; Tony was a 28-years-old stereo equipment sales-man. After two years of living with his parents, Tony controlled his spending habits and was determined to keep it that way. Second is Judy Loewen, 31, moved back with her family for a mouth after breaking up with her long- time boyfriend. Third is Vicki Langella, 32, who lived with her parents for six mouths after losing her job as a word processor. Bill Robinson, a widower whose 35- year-old son has been sharing the house for the last two years. Ella Purcell, whose two adult daughters have both returned home for brief periods, of time.
Parents often struggle with asking their children for rent, and stay in order to save money. Adult children should pay room and board to help them grow in financial independence. Parents need to increase the household duties. From at experienced mother, have your child do the share of the laundry, grocery- shopping, and cleaning duties. The book talked about how to respect one another. Those children should not expect to be treated as guests or to use the parental home as a hotel, coming and going at all hours with no explanation. Parents need to know that they are not little and activities need constant supervision. Don’t let it go forever. Tentative date for him to move out is good. If that date is changed later by the mutual consent of everyone concerned, that’ ok, but everyone should understand that this isn’t a permanganate arrangement. In conclusion the story should me some that I need the no when am an adult and to spend my money the right way.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Cody Gabriel
Reading 0001
300-500 words
MY LIFE STORY
I was born in Miami Florida on the 02/20/1989 at Jackson Memorial Hospital. My mother tells me this story several time, but I feel like it's the first. The hospital made her choose between her unborn son and death. Obviously she picked death over killing her son or I would not be here today. Furthermore the hospital was wrong, my mother lived to see another day, after having I; e me. I will expound you with the many events. From elementary, middle, high, and what I learned from the first week of college life.
First is elementary school. The first time I went to school. I can remember, It's was easy at the started but hard at the end. Contrast to Miami Dade. Edison park was fun, but I regret never picking up a book at that time. Admittedly for give me I was a bad child. Let me tell you what started this off. I was in the first grade, that's where I started to be more on my own. The day starts off good, go to class then work for two hours after that lunch. Every day was the same way, but not November 3.1995. Lunch was where it all went down. At Edison Park the classes sit together during lunch. This boy from the other class throws a massive amount of milk in the air. The milk spreads and hits my classmates. Someone screams food fight and next thing you know it food was in the air, am telling you there was chaos. The principal stopped every one in the lunchroom, and they was about to get in trouble. But before the fight happened I had gone to the bathroom. As soon as I got out of the bathroom, the principal just look at me and said. "I started this and I tried to run, but he's a step a head." I was clean and the others were camouflaged with food. I got in trouble with the students and cleaned the lunchroom alone. After that day, I was bad half the school year. That evil principal transferred to another school. With him out of the way, my behavior improved, as the school year gone. Graduation was here, finally I got the since to pick up a book to learn how to read better. This was the next step to life. Entering a new world, and ascending a level.
Second was Jr. high, the first day of school was not good. I had many disputes with students. Like always I have been going to class on time, and doing my work. Some students think otherwise. Children throw things frequently around the classroom and also in lunch, at that age. The first and second did not hit me but the third did, we exchanged words then got in to it and started fighting. Just like that the first day, became to ten days outdoor. When that was over I returned to school once again, and ran in to the basket ball coach at Horse Mann Middle. I started playing basket ball for the first time. Since then, time passed very quickly. I was in the seventh grade already. I had grown over the summer, six foot at the age of twelve years old. I can remember it like it was yesterday. My first game at the school was the thing I feared the most. I never played basket ball. When the coach told me to get in, I was ready. People cheering, coach’s was screaming, and the other player talking smack in my ears. It was the best time of my life. The basic concept of this story, is to never give up on what you love the most in life, it will pay off. The first time I accomplished a dream, was when Horse Mann Middle school basket ball team was the winners of the 2004 championship games. I will never forget that day. But it was not like high school. Miami Edison Senior High school was the most corrupted high school basket ball team ever. They never work together as a team, my ninth grade.
Next were my first year, and a new school and team. Not trying to seem pessimistic but, going to Miami Edison Senior High School was a bad idea. From the whole four years I’ve been there, all I learned was FCAT. Starting with Reading 180, yeah I may have passed the FCAT in the tenth grade, but that’s all I knew at that time. Then after that I forgot every thing I learned from the FCAT, my senior year. At that time basket ball was not always on my mind. Graduating on time and going on with my life was the most important thing at that time. Because every year I seen a senior crying or dropping out because they have not pass the FCAT. Going to prom was the most horrible time of my life, and no I didn't have the money to attend granite. Walking down that hall at graduation told me that this was something I was born to do, to be the first in my family to go to college.
Finally I accomplished another part of my goal, next was college. But things started to go bad after graduation. I got fired from my job and lost with my friends. Always scared of new life meeting new people, The last week of college at Miami Dade, I had professors that are funny, smart, and will qualified for there jobs. In conclusion I hope Edison park, Horse Mann, and Miami Edison teachers done there jobs right. I wish to be successful in the future.
Reading 0001
300-500 words
MY LIFE STORY
I was born in Miami Florida on the 02/20/1989 at Jackson Memorial Hospital. My mother tells me this story several time, but I feel like it's the first. The hospital made her choose between her unborn son and death. Obviously she picked death over killing her son or I would not be here today. Furthermore the hospital was wrong, my mother lived to see another day, after having I; e me. I will expound you with the many events. From elementary, middle, high, and what I learned from the first week of college life.
First is elementary school. The first time I went to school. I can remember, It's was easy at the started but hard at the end. Contrast to Miami Dade. Edison park was fun, but I regret never picking up a book at that time. Admittedly for give me I was a bad child. Let me tell you what started this off. I was in the first grade, that's where I started to be more on my own. The day starts off good, go to class then work for two hours after that lunch. Every day was the same way, but not November 3.1995. Lunch was where it all went down. At Edison Park the classes sit together during lunch. This boy from the other class throws a massive amount of milk in the air. The milk spreads and hits my classmates. Someone screams food fight and next thing you know it food was in the air, am telling you there was chaos. The principal stopped every one in the lunchroom, and they was about to get in trouble. But before the fight happened I had gone to the bathroom. As soon as I got out of the bathroom, the principal just look at me and said. "I started this and I tried to run, but he's a step a head." I was clean and the others were camouflaged with food. I got in trouble with the students and cleaned the lunchroom alone. After that day, I was bad half the school year. That evil principal transferred to another school. With him out of the way, my behavior improved, as the school year gone. Graduation was here, finally I got the since to pick up a book to learn how to read better. This was the next step to life. Entering a new world, and ascending a level.
Second was Jr. high, the first day of school was not good. I had many disputes with students. Like always I have been going to class on time, and doing my work. Some students think otherwise. Children throw things frequently around the classroom and also in lunch, at that age. The first and second did not hit me but the third did, we exchanged words then got in to it and started fighting. Just like that the first day, became to ten days outdoor. When that was over I returned to school once again, and ran in to the basket ball coach at Horse Mann Middle. I started playing basket ball for the first time. Since then, time passed very quickly. I was in the seventh grade already. I had grown over the summer, six foot at the age of twelve years old. I can remember it like it was yesterday. My first game at the school was the thing I feared the most. I never played basket ball. When the coach told me to get in, I was ready. People cheering, coach’s was screaming, and the other player talking smack in my ears. It was the best time of my life. The basic concept of this story, is to never give up on what you love the most in life, it will pay off. The first time I accomplished a dream, was when Horse Mann Middle school basket ball team was the winners of the 2004 championship games. I will never forget that day. But it was not like high school. Miami Edison Senior High school was the most corrupted high school basket ball team ever. They never work together as a team, my ninth grade.
Next were my first year, and a new school and team. Not trying to seem pessimistic but, going to Miami Edison Senior High School was a bad idea. From the whole four years I’ve been there, all I learned was FCAT. Starting with Reading 180, yeah I may have passed the FCAT in the tenth grade, but that’s all I knew at that time. Then after that I forgot every thing I learned from the FCAT, my senior year. At that time basket ball was not always on my mind. Graduating on time and going on with my life was the most important thing at that time. Because every year I seen a senior crying or dropping out because they have not pass the FCAT. Going to prom was the most horrible time of my life, and no I didn't have the money to attend granite. Walking down that hall at graduation told me that this was something I was born to do, to be the first in my family to go to college.
Finally I accomplished another part of my goal, next was college. But things started to go bad after graduation. I got fired from my job and lost with my friends. Always scared of new life meeting new people, The last week of college at Miami Dade, I had professors that are funny, smart, and will qualified for there jobs. In conclusion I hope Edison park, Horse Mann, and Miami Edison teachers done there jobs right. I wish to be successful in the future.
Cody Gabriel
Pharmacy
Enc0021
9/28/2007
I hope to accomplish working in pharmacy, in the next ten years. Pharmacy is some thing I always wanted to do as a child, making 150 thousand dollars a year. Seven years from to day, the year 2015, I hope to accomplish this goal. Learn how to be more diligent, devoted, and attentive. Being more risk taking, and have more knowledge at the age of 21. I also hope to form a better attitude at the end of the semester. My next goal is to stay healthy, to see 87 years old. Along with making sure that my children have, what I didn’t have as a child. Another thing is to learn how to choose the right friends.
Next my goal is to get in to a university, if I do that good at Dade. Motivation is one of the key things to better your self, and have a more successful life. Like for time to time I would ask my self, “Why am I here?” think then say, to be independent at the age of 21. In the future I won’t to be able to put food on my table for my children. Second is organization to have thing done on time. Am trying not to stress my self out now because there’s too much to be done.
Third is to be in more control of what I do in life. Like knowing when to go party and doing homework. Have too much hours to do at work, and have school the next day. Because things now is going down the river and that river can’t stop until the year is over with. Admittedly I need to improve in my relationship skills; this is some thing I would like to better in the future.
Finally is managing time and money right, by the end of the semester. In last is overcoming the fear of failing. The goal list can go on, being a pharmacist is some thing I really won’t to do. No one told me to do this; I wanted to come here to Dade. I want to prepare myself for the future and be ready for these challenges in my life. I’m so afraid.
In conclusion I hope in ten years that I would have accomplished these goals. When I reach the age of 21, I hope to be more diligent. Next was bettering my attitude with others and learn to speak more. Staying healthy is one of them, and being able to pick the right friends. If I can skip ten years in the future to see how it feels to be responsible, I would.
Pharmacy
Enc0021
9/28/2007
I hope to accomplish working in pharmacy, in the next ten years. Pharmacy is some thing I always wanted to do as a child, making 150 thousand dollars a year. Seven years from to day, the year 2015, I hope to accomplish this goal. Learn how to be more diligent, devoted, and attentive. Being more risk taking, and have more knowledge at the age of 21. I also hope to form a better attitude at the end of the semester. My next goal is to stay healthy, to see 87 years old. Along with making sure that my children have, what I didn’t have as a child. Another thing is to learn how to choose the right friends.
Next my goal is to get in to a university, if I do that good at Dade. Motivation is one of the key things to better your self, and have a more successful life. Like for time to time I would ask my self, “Why am I here?” think then say, to be independent at the age of 21. In the future I won’t to be able to put food on my table for my children. Second is organization to have thing done on time. Am trying not to stress my self out now because there’s too much to be done.
Third is to be in more control of what I do in life. Like knowing when to go party and doing homework. Have too much hours to do at work, and have school the next day. Because things now is going down the river and that river can’t stop until the year is over with. Admittedly I need to improve in my relationship skills; this is some thing I would like to better in the future.
Finally is managing time and money right, by the end of the semester. In last is overcoming the fear of failing. The goal list can go on, being a pharmacist is some thing I really won’t to do. No one told me to do this; I wanted to come here to Dade. I want to prepare myself for the future and be ready for these challenges in my life. I’m so afraid.
In conclusion I hope in ten years that I would have accomplished these goals. When I reach the age of 21, I hope to be more diligent. Next was bettering my attitude with others and learn to speak more. Staying healthy is one of them, and being able to pick the right friends. If I can skip ten years in the future to see how it feels to be responsible, I would.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Hurricane Katrina
Cody Gabriel
September 24. 2007
Reading 0001
Mon, Wen, Fri. Classes
Book Report
Science
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in history of the United States. The hurricane became a category one when it came to Florida. Many people living in the area were unaware when Katrina strengthened from a tropical storm to a hurricane in one day and struck south Florida near the Miami-dada Broward county line. The hurricane struck between the cities of Aventura in Miami Dade County in 2005. As a tropical storm forming in to a category one hurricane made me think as the storm pass through Florida I knew Katrina was a storm I feared the most. The sixth strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the third strongest hurricane on record that made landfall in the United States. Some people in the class can reminisce about the last strongest hurricane Andrew as a child.
Katrina caused devastation along my neighborhood. Most sever loss of life and property damage occurred in New Orleans and Louisiana. Katrina is the eleventh tropical storm, fifth hurricane, third major hurricane, and second category five hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic season. Katrina was the biggest storm that struck Florida. The category five hurricane killed many people and made a lot of people home less. The after effects and how we had to live. Miami Dade County had damages from left to right. How it affected me and my life.
In conclusion Katrina is estimated to have been responsible for 81.2 billion dollars in damage, making U.S. history. Reading from Katrina stories on the new and reading about it made me think again I’m very happy to have made it through that hard time. If I can change this experience I would.
September 24. 2007
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Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in history of the United States. The hurricane became a category one when it came to Florida. Many people living in the area were unaware when Katrina strengthened from a tropical storm to a hurricane in one day and struck south Florida near the Miami-dada Broward county line. The hurricane struck between the cities of Aventura in Miami Dade County in 2005. As a tropical storm forming in to a category one hurricane made me think as the storm pass through Florida I knew Katrina was a storm I feared the most. The sixth strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the third strongest hurricane on record that made landfall in the United States. Some people in the class can reminisce about the last strongest hurricane Andrew as a child.
Katrina caused devastation along my neighborhood. Most sever loss of life and property damage occurred in New Orleans and Louisiana. Katrina is the eleventh tropical storm, fifth hurricane, third major hurricane, and second category five hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic season. Katrina was the biggest storm that struck Florida. The category five hurricane killed many people and made a lot of people home less. The after effects and how we had to live. Miami Dade County had damages from left to right. How it affected me and my life.
In conclusion Katrina is estimated to have been responsible for 81.2 billion dollars in damage, making U.S. history. Reading from Katrina stories on the new and reading about it made me think again I’m very happy to have made it through that hard time. If I can change this experience I would.
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