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Independent, The (London) - THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
February 25, 2004 -- "Exuberance is beauty." WILLIAM BLAKE, BRITISH ARTIST AND POET...Can Blogging Make You Happier?
Research has been conducted with personal writing to see if it has an impact on the person's happiness well-being. This...I believe in Special Education
I believe in Special Education. I believe in Special Education because it allows every child, regardless of their learning disabilities,...
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Top 10 Ways To Build Muscle Fast Entry
by 15UniaA on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 19:02
Today I read the article Top 10 Ways To Build Muscle Fast. This actually was a very good article, and contained a lot of useful and important information. Since the field of bodybuilding, most of the concepts in the articles are very similar, a lot...
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Why Would You KILL?!?
by telmck on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 13:14
The topic that I have decided to go with is Serial Killers and the reason why I have chosen this topic is because I have heard so much about serial killers, and I wanted to find out more about them. But one thing that I have already known about...
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Tourette's Tics me off
by lawmar on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 12:55
The topic I have chosen for my research is Tourette Syndrome , which is a condition that causes people to make repeated, quick movements or sounds that they cannot control.This topic is interesting to me because I’ve always wonder “ how do...
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The Saddest kind Of sad Is the sad that tries not to Be SAD ...
by gombar on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 12:47
The topic i choose would be teen depression. I choose this article because nowadays many teenagers are currently becoming depressed and i wanted to know how and why they get depressed. I always thought that being a teenager should be stress free and...
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Step One To Not Have Suicidal Thoughts...
by solmar on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 12:39
The topic that I have chosen for my research paper was why do people have suicidal thoughts. I have been wondering about this for some time now and I now want to learn what triggers people to commit such a horrendous act like killing themselves....
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Arts and Entertainment
How to take Portraits
by Nick Stefanich on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 19:16
In my photography class I read an artical called "10 Ways to Take Stunning Portraits". In this article I learned that sometimes its good to not go "by the rules" when taking portraits, and that its good th change your perspective instead of just eye...
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Before and After
by John Garlinghouse on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 16:39
In this picture you see the same picture twice. This is a portrait of my grandfather, the picture on the left is the original before I enhanced it using photoshop. In photoshop I cropped out the original border of the picture and then used the...
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Retouch Old Photo
by MJames on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 16:38
This is a photo of an after and before photo. In the photo is two kids happy next to Micky Mouse. This photo was old, lost its color. So with new technology, especially photoshop adjust and retouch the old faded photo. There I just apply, balance,...
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Restored photograph
by MOstrom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 16:34
I tried to restore this to the best of my ability. It wasn't very hard but it was interesting to try and do this. I changed the color contrasts and made it darker. I also touched up the cracks.
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Color Correction
by CarterHendrickson on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 16:34
In my photography class, we've started learning how to repair old, torn, faded, etc., pictures, while using photoshop. It's a great way to restore good meaningful family photos, to their proper state without actually manipulating them physically.
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Booktalk
gilgamesh epic or not
by Elijah C on Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 17:26
In the book Gilgamesh by Stephen Mitchell, the author tried to write the tale as a epic. I feel Gilgamesh isn’t an epic. Batman is an epic. Spiderman is an epic. Batman can take out a room full of thugs with just his fists. Spiderman can...
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In the book Monster by Walter dean Myers is about Steve Harmon. he is in jail, maybe forever. hes on trial for murder and he is sixteen years old. but he was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. maybe if he wasn't so noisy he wouldn't be in...
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Recently, I read Plague, by Michael Grant. I appreciated this book so much. I liked this book because it was filled with so much action.
The characters are Sam, Astrid, and Cain. Sam is a leader. He is also very good looking based on the boo and...
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Looking for alaska
by Elijah R on Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 13:25
Pudge is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the story. In the beginning of the book, he is the archetypal Romantic hero. This can be seen on page 7, where pudge says “I love you”.
But by page 8,
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Dragon Ball Z volume 25
by LEO on Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 09:21
Gohan is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the story. In the beginning of the book, she is the archetypal of the black sheep. This can be seen in the very beginning of the series, where the author writes,
"Why look it's a...
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Connected Research
Endangered Species.
by SinclaireE on Friday, May 24, 2013 - 10:23
in the video my ecology teacher showed the class opened my eyes alot to new information i thought i knew about but really didnt. it showed me that most of the speices left on earth are very much in danger of being endangered such as tigers. tigers...
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the endangerment of the lions
by TyshawnA on Friday, May 24, 2013 - 10:22
These kings of the jungle can weigh between 250 and 550 pounds, depending on sex and age and can grow up to be 14 years old in the wild and over the age of 20 years old in captivity. They become capable at hunting at the age of two and are fully...
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Endangerment of Humpback Whales
by MarcelitaM on Friday, May 24, 2013 - 10:18
More Than 28,00 Humpback Whales were killed in the North Pacific. Reducing their population approximately 1,000 by the mid 1960's. Humpback Whales were classified as endangered in 1973 when the U.S. Endangered Species Act was implemented. Today,...
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Endangered Species
by DashonC on Friday, May 24, 2013 - 10:13
Currently, there are thousands of species on the planet that are in danger of becoming extinct. A lot of the animals that are endangered are ones you wouldn't think of. For example, tigers are endangered because of people cutting down the jungles...
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Endangered Species
by JaimeS on Friday, May 24, 2013 - 10:13
This video really opened my eyes and made me realize that not only humans but also I am a person to blame for endangered species. Humans are the number one reason for animals being enlisted on the endangered animals list. Polluting the water and...
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español
El Apagon & My Version Of El Apagon
by anthonyf on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 12:05
"El Apagon" is a play set in New York City around the time of the blackout that occurred in 1965. The play was about a man by the named of Jose Luis Gonzalez who is a Puerto Rican.
In the beginning of the play he talks about how the barrio (the...
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Sobre mi País Argentina
by AnabellaC on Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 10:54
Yo vivo en Argentina, el país más al sur de Latino America.
Mi país tiene muchos lugares verdes turísticos para gente que viene de afuera. Tiene playas amplias, tiene lugares con nieve donde la gente hace ski y va de vacaciones.
A los argentinos...
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Murga La Unión
by MiluB on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 10:00
Yo bailo en una murga. Una murga es un grupo de chicos que baila con trajes divertidos.
Me gusta la murga porque es muy duvertida. En mi ciudad hay muchos grupos de murgas.
Yo me uní al grupo el año pasado. Somos un montón de chicos en el grupo....
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Mi carta para mis Abuelos
by evelyns on Friday, November 9, 2012 - 02:57
Se trata de una carta a mis abuelos de mi experiencia en México, explicando lo que iba a hacer la próxima vez que vaya.
Querido Abuelos,
Desde que viene de México solo pienso en volver a México. Cuando estuve en México aprendí muchas cosas del País...
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Greetings from Argentina
by GiselaO on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - 10:35
Hello, I am from Argentina, from Tandil, a beautiful town.
I like English. I like playing soccer.
This is a picture of my town.
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From the Middle (6-8)
United Nations Speech Syria VS Turkey
by marzias on Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 19:40
Fahmeda:
Good morning delegates of the General Assembly and chairperson. My name is Ahla Osman and along with Mehtab Bahar, we are honored to represent the country of Turkey. We are here to discuss the matter that Syria’s civil war will soon affect...
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speech usa
by Gehad H on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 16:53
Welcome Ladies and gentlemen. BY GEHAD STACY AND CINDY :)
We are honored to be here and we appreciate that you want to listen to our opinions on our conflict here. We will be speaking about what is happening in the USA.. Everything that is affecting...
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Lily's Powerful Watch
by 18abdelm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 18:33
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In the story Lily's Powerful Watch there is a lot of action going on. In the beginning of the story you can see that Lily is bullied by the "popular group" at school. She really hates it, but is too scared to say...
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Dylan's Secret
by 18fisherz on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 14:06
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This story shows how Dylan learns the importance of making the right choices. Dylan goes to a private school for rich kids, but he only goes there on a scholarship. In fact he is very poor which makes him hungry and...
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The Very Greedy Mouse
by 18fut on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 14:06
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The Very Greedy Mouse is a story of a mouse that sees an apple and is very happy. He pushes it to his home that is a hole in the wall of a human’s house. The apple was too big to fit inside the hole but because he was...
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Gaming and New Media
Modern Technology
by cabenm on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 11:23
In Lisa Eadicicco’s article, “15 Technologies of Today We’ll Still Be Using In 2030”, from nbcnews.com, the author lists fifteen types of technology that the world will still use even in the future.
When we consider the issue of technology, some...
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Review: Aquarion evol
by branlop on Monday, April 15, 2013 - 21:57
Aquarion evol is the sequel to Sousei no Aquarion in this part of the story it shows the main protagonist Amata Sora who works in a theater on earth.In the theater he plays his favorite movie Skies of Aquaria based on the Legend of an Angle falling...
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Letters to the Next...
Letter to John Liu: Stop and Frisk
by AlexisC on Friday, May 24, 2013 - 12:56
Dear Mr. John Liu,
My name is Alexis Campos and I’m 19 years of age. I live in the Bronx, New York. While Michael Bloomberg has been the mayor of The City of New York, the stop and frisk policy has become a problem.
I oppose to this law because...
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Letter To Bill de Blasio: MTA fares
by DominiqueM on Friday, May 24, 2013 - 12:35
Dear Bill de Blasio,
My name is Dominique Moore, I’m 20 years old, and I live in Upper Manhattan (Harlem). I am a registered voter. I pay taxes and work hard like almost every other New Yorker. I am concerned about how the MTA fares keep increasing...
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Letter to Mayoral Candidate, Mr. Castimatidis: Stop and Frisk
by RangelJ on Friday, May 24, 2013 - 09:56
Dear Mr. Castimatidis:
My name is Rangel Jimenez. I’m 17 years old and I live in Manhattan. I have an interest in politics and the business field. I am C.E.O of rangelmarketingfirm and I attend Innovation Diploma Plus. I wanted to inform you that I...
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Dear Mayor,
I think the stop and frisk policy should discontinued. They should remove this policy because it is a waste of time and not defined under any law; used by the NYPD as a tactics to reach a quota. Every day there is a certain amount...
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Urgency Of Education For Kids
by Sydneyg on Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 16:26
Dear Unknown Next Mayor ,
When i'm done with this letter , boy oh boy there's going to be lots of red spelling check lines all over the place. Hmm funny i said that because the topic i was going for was the urgency teachers provide for kids'...
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Our Space (K-5)
Hurricane Stories
by CarolineDerbes on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 - 10:34
Given what people in New York and New Jersey are going through with Hurricane Sandy, I thought Youth Voices readers might like to see some writing by third graders in response to Hurricane Gustav a few years ago.
Hurricane Gustav arrived, Labor Day...
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My Shell
by Hayden0306 on Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - 14:47
Beautiful
Like a glimmering lake in the sun
it shines so very brightly.
On the outside.
On the inside,
it feels smooth,
silky.
But it doesn't shine as brightly,
it may be bright,
on the outside,
but on the inside,
it
seems
faded.
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Documentary
by AllieMD on Friday, March 2, 2012 - 11:45
Ocean acidification is a rising problem on Earth. It is a term used to decribe the rising acidity in the oceans. 1/3 of the carbon dioxide we edmit from burning ficil fuels is absorbed by the oceans. This equals to 1 million tones...
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A fish
Blue peach colored
Happy and good to be free
Black and green
A sea creature
Tobie
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Our Stories and Poems
Letter to Someone else
by Alondrad on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 10:37
Anonymous
You took everything from me
You took away my childhood
You took away my happiness
‘How can there be people like this?’ I ask myself
You made me depressed
Yet, made me strong
But now I have to put on a mask
To make sure no one gets too...
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Dear Society
by Zhanab on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 10:34
Dear Society,
You say everyone is beautiful,
But only cast size models.
You say speeding is dangerous,
But have fancy cars with full throttle.
You say that girls should be natural,
But the celebs they look up to are basically made in China.
You say...
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Spotlight Dream
by CheichT on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 14:16
Being on the spotlight or center of attention can really play a role on a person’s behavior. It can cause a person to be very nervous or even paranoid to do such simple or difficult task. I remember when I had a dream that me and my friends went to...
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The Trophy: Response to The Lanyard by Billy Collins
by vgonzales13@wel... on Monday, April 8, 2013 - 15:34
The Lanyard - Billy CollinsThe other day I was ricocheting slowly
off the blue walls of this room,
moving as if underwater from typewriter to piano,
from bookshelf to an envelope lying on the floor,
when I found myself in the L section of the...
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timothy o'sullivan
by patty convoy on Monday, March 25, 2013 - 13:03
Timothy is a vary mistures man little is know about his past and what we do known is his photography's about the civil war mainly Gettysburg many of these places are well preserved and at certain websites it shows his pics comparing to the place...
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Video Conversations
Observing Birds in Soundview Park (North) 5-21-13
by angelc on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 11:58
Shamar, Ruth, and I talk about the birds we saw in Soundview Park on Monday 5/20.
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Bird Observation at Soundview Park
by miguelc on Monday, April 15, 2013 - 13:23
Shamar, Angel, and I decided to make a Detox video based on today's experience at Soundview Park. On Wednesday we'll begin working with boats on the Bronx River.
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A Tree Swallow Takes Over
by ruthv on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 09:54
Yesterday, we went to Soundview Park to observe birds, and we saw a lot of robins, phoebes, black sparrows, and tree swallows. We were observing the boxes we made to see if any swallows were inside. At first there wasn't, but for some reason I had a...
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Bird Watching 4/8/2013
by shamars on Monday, April 8, 2013 - 14:16
Today I saw some pretty cool birds and they all had really interesting colors and they all were different shapes. I think that the weather was just perfect for bird watching and all of us had a great time watching them. I hope the rest of the days...
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Installing Nest Boxes in Soundview Park - Detox, March 21, 2013 11:21 AM
by angelc on Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 11:42
Yesterday we cleaned up a bird house, then watched and analyzed birds. After that then we went to another park and put up nest boxes that we all had built.
This is where we put our nest boxes:
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