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Jiahui L

Adam Lambert: Gay? Straight? Who cares? - 1 views

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  • who would care? Or a woman who is a professional golfer – big deal, honey, everyone’s gay
    • Jiahui L
      Jiahui L on 27 Sep 10
       
      why should we care if someone is gay? adam lambert has good music. hes awesome. and gay. and gay people are awesome. 
    • Emma M
      Emma M on 27 Sep 10
       
      Jiahui you are sooo awesome!!! Amazing highlight!!!! I love it!!! LOL!
  • ‘what if he is?’” Serlin said. “What is the public’s perception or the public’s attitude toward out people in the entertainment industry? What difference does it make? Why do we put so much value on what celebrities do outside the public spotlight?”
    • Jiahui L
      Jiahui L on 27 Sep 10
       
      gay people are like the coolest people alive. adams cool :D 
    • Melissa Pietricola
      Melissa Pietricola on 27 Sep 10
       
      agreed
Nolan M

Angel Island Immigration Station Poetry - 0 views

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angel immigration poetry

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  • America has power, but not justice.In prison, we were victimized as if we were guilty.Given no opportunity to explain, it was really brutal.I bow my head in reflection but there isnothing I can do.
Zach Ber

Are Pro Sports Athletes Paid Too Much? - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com - 1 views

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shared by Zach Ber on 27 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Sports teams exist to provide entertainment. Families should be able to attend a game. Fathers and grandfathers should be able to pass on the same memories we enjoy. Many American families are not able to do this. Rising costs of tickets, beer, hot dogs, and even peanuts are prohibitive.
    • Melissa Pietricola
      Melissa Pietricola on 27 Sep 10
       
      Yes!! They are definitely paid too much.
  • Zach Ber on 27 Sep 10
     
    are athletes payed too much
Jess H

Laura Ingalls Wilder Biography - life, family, childhood, children, parents, name, stor... - 0 views

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shared by Jess H on 01 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder was born Laura Elizabeth Ingalls on February 7, 1867, in Pepin, Wisconsin, the second of four children
  • Her mother, Caroline Lake Quiner, was educated, gentle, and proud, according to her daughter
  • Mary, Carrie, and Grace
  • ...23 more annotations...
  • younger brother, Charles, Jr. (nicknamed Freddie
  • died at the age of only nine months.
  • the Ingalls family left Wisconsin for Walnut Grove, Minnesota, where they lived at first in a dugout house.
  • Burr Oak, Iowa, where Charles became part-owner of a hotel.
  • they had all returned to Walnut Grove
  • homestead in the Dakota Territory
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder was born Laura Elizabeth Ingalls on February 7, 1867, in Pepin, Wisconsin, the second of four children .
  • Laura
  • Laura
  • Her mother, Caroline Lake Quiner, was educated, gentle, and proud, according to her daughter .
  • Mary, Carrie, and Grace .
  • younger brother, Charles, Jr. (nicknamed Freddie ), who  died at the age of only nine months.
  • the Ingalls family left Wisconsin for Walnut Grove, Minnesota, where they lived at first in a dugout house
  • Burr Oak, Iowa, where Charles became part-owner of a hotel
  • they had all returned to Walnut Grove
  •  homestead in the Dakota Territory .
  • The family finally settled in what would become De Smet, South Dakota, which remained Charles and Caroline's home until they died.
  • worst on record.
  • Numerous blizzards prevented trains from delivering any supplies, essentially cutting off the town from December until May
  • Laura attended regular school whenever possible
  • she was largely self-taught.
  • In 1882, at the age of fifteen, she received her teaching certificate
  • taught at a small country school a dozen miles from her home in De Smet and boarded with a family who lived nearby.
Tad R

TheBlackMarket.com-Profiles In Black: The Black American West Museum & Heritage Center - 0 views

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  • specializing in gynecology, obstetrics and pediatrics
    • Tad R
      Tad R on 01 Oct 10
       
      info 2
  • Four months before her death, she is quoted as saying, "When all the fears, hate, and even some death is over, we will really be bothers as God intended us to bin in this land. This I believe. For this I have worked all my life."
Jasmine M

What is Cosplay - Japanese Culture - 0 views

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      Jasmine M on 27 Sep 10
       
      Why do people say theat cosplay is wierd when we do it every year. It's part of a worldly holiday a.k.a HALLOWEEN. no duh
Kayleigh G

Clothing Style - Effect on Social and Cultural Identity - Associated Content - associat... - 0 views

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  • choice of clothing that we wear
  • provide a visu
  • but this visual is not always concrete
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  • negative opinions that some clothing styles may generate
  • from the public
  • public to open up
  • about their prejudices towards certain groups
  • To agree that everyone who wears a certain style of clothing have a similar lifestyle is to agree that stereotyping is fair and just.
  • Kayleigh G on 26 Sep 10
     
    for essay
Anna R

Susan G. Komen - 1 views

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Cancer

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  • Anna R on 27 Sep 10
     
    Breast cancer site....for Journey of Thought essay? Is this where we put it? I'm confused......
  • Melissa Pietricola on 27 Sep 10
     
    Yes, good job ;)
Abby S

Statistics | Facebook - 1 views

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  • People spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook
    • Abby S
      Abby S on 27 Sep 10
       
      Thats a lot of time!
    • Melissa Pietricola
      Melissa Pietricola on 27 Sep 10
       
      What else could we do with 700bill minutes??!!
Erin F

HowStuffWorks "Handling a Stray Dog" - 1 views

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      Erin F on 26 Sep 10
       
      This site is WONDERFUL! it gives so much adivise , information and tips on adopting a dog from a shelter, buying from a breeder or just finding a pooch of the street! This site is very helpfull and I will use the advise often!
    • Melissa Pietricola
      Melissa Pietricola on 26 Sep 10
       
      Good stuff! We got our dog from a foster doggy family. Street dogs rule!
Demi D

Diigolet | Diigo - 0 views

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  • Make sure your "Favorites Bar" is visible. If it is not, right click on any part of the menu bar and make sure "Favorites Bar" is checked.
    • Demi D
      Demi D on 30 Sep 10
       
      Hello! Demi hear! Hope we can have fun this year!
    • Demi D
      Demi D on 30 Sep 10
       
      XD
  • Demi D on 30 Sep 10
     
    Hello! Demi hear!
Jess H

Laura Ingalls Wilder - 0 views

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  • Her father called himself a pioneer man and dreamed of going West to explore and settled on unknown territory.
  • Laura was four when she first started school
  • The name of the school was the Barry Corner School in Pepin, Wisconsin
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  • Laura was 65 when she published
  • 16 but she never graduated
  • Laura married Almanzo Wilder on August 25, 1885. They moved several times but then settled on a small farm in Mansfield Missouri.
  • Rose kept asking her mother for stories of her pioneer days. This is how Laura got started writing.
  • book entitled Little House In The Big Woods.
  • When Laura was 13 her family settled in De Smet and she went to school on a regular basis.
  • Little House series
  • A weekly television series, Little House on the Prairie, began in 1974 and ran for many seasons.
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder died February 10, 1957 in Mansfield of stroke. Laura was important because with her books she brought life on the frontier into the homes of millions of children
  • of stroke. Laura was important because with her books she brought life on the frontier into the homes of millions of
  • People who did not read the books but who saw the television series were able to see what frontier life was like
  • For instance, people had to wash cloths in the lakes, they had to gather wood for the fireplace, and they had to warm the water over the fireplace before they put it in the tub to get washed.
  • If Laura didn't live we wouldn't know how people lived on the frontier. Learning about Laura Ingalls Wilder made me understand how much easier living and learning is today
Abigayle C

War is on as Governor David Paterson demands taxes on Indian cigs - 0 views

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  • but are supposed to collect taxes on tobacco products sold to non-Indians.
  • the collection of the taxes, but they were ignored after violent protests in 1997.
  • The new law will prohibit manufacturers from selling tobacco without a state tax stamp to any wholesaler who won't promise the cigarettes won't be resold tax-free by New York tribes.
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  • Lawmakers say the law could mean hundreds of millions of dollars a year going to the cash-strapped state. Paterson said it could be closer to $62 million. The state excise tax is $2.75 a pack.
  • "The issue here is not cigarettes, but the protection of the Nation's treaty rights. We will do what it takes at the right time to protect those rights."
  • Abigayle C on 22 Oct 10
     
    another dispute example
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