Ronald “Ron” Villanueva is a Virginia House of Delegate member, representing the 21st district, which includes parts of Virginia Beach. Delegate Villanueva is a proud Republican who was the first Filipino American elected to the Virginia State House. Delegate Villanueva has been in office since 2010. Delegate Villanueva while first being elected by 14 votes in 2009, has been elected by over ten percent of the vote since his first election.
In your grievance filed at Manzanita Unit, you claim you are being denied access to a computer to review your legal CD’s. Your resolution is to have access to a computer. Your grievance appeal has been reviewed at Central Office and the Warden 's response is affirmed. The Manzanita Administration has investigated your issue and determined that you were provided an opportunity to view the CD containing legal material. The Manzanita Administration has confirmed that every effort is being made for inmates to be able to address their legal needs.
In the article There was no Offensive-Defensive Confederate Strategy Donald Stroker wanted to prove that Vandiver, a celebrated historian and professor was wrong about the strategy used in the Confederacy during the civil war. Stroker brought up points such as “The biggest problem is Vandiver’s first words: “His strategy was the offensive-defensive.” At no point does Vandiver present any evidence that Davis ever decided to prosecute such a strategy.” (Stroker, pg. 8) Stroker had jumped from explaining how the offensive-defensive could have possibly been a strategy in the Confederacy, to proving how it was not an option, and how there was no evidence to show that it was an option.
The judge refused, and he had to represent himself. “He made an opening statement to the jury, cross-examined the prosecution 's witnesses, brought witnesses in his own defense, declined to testify himself, and made arguments emphasizing
Chris McCandless was in his early 20’s, he was the kind of that guy that wanted to learn and experience life without all of the material things. He wanted to be independent from his parents and friends so Chris did something that would be insane for most of us humans but to him, it wasn’t. He went into the wild of Alaska for months, in fact, McCandless even thought he could make it out alive at the end of his journey. As a matter of fact, he was known as being a risk taker and enjoyed being out and about in the nature side of the world. Many would believe that Chris McCandless went into the wild to purposely kill himself; however, I myself believe that McCandless did not do it purposely.
In today’s society, we have former National Football League(NFL) quarterback Collin Kapernick who’s no longer in the NFL because of his protest against racial inequality. However, many people believe he is no longer in the NFL because of his talent. Kapernick led the 49ers to Super Bowl 47. Although they didn’t win, he threw for 302 yards with a touchdown and rushed for 62 yards. Therefore, he didn’t get kicked out of the league because he wasn’t good enough, but for sitting down during the national anthem.
Because Zinczenko was a "fast-food patron" himself growing up, he sympathizes with the kids that are restricted to a fast-food diet due to their parents not being able to cook for them. Growing up, Zinczenko was limited to eating Taco Bell, McDonald 's, and other chains due to his mother 's working hours, so as a result he suggests that some of the blame is on the parents of the obese children. He believes that without the parents there to supply their children with healthy food, the children 's only alternative is fast-food. Zinczenko claims that meals from these restaurants are the only affordable meal options for these children which makes them their only alternative. There are no calorie information labels on fast-food packaging, which
The Cask of Amontillado Argumentative Essay Edgar Allen Poe is a famous writer who is well-known for his short stories. The Cask of Amontillado is one of Poe’s short stories which is about two men, Montresor and Fortunato. Fortunato did something to Montresor, the act is unknown, but it angered Montresor badly enough to make him feel the need to seek revenge. The story portrays Montresor’s long, drawn out plan to kill Fortunato. In the story, it is clear that he was set on killing Fortunato, because of his actions and emotions shown toward Fortunato.
America, the land where people come for new opportunities. That’s what Sanj Patel did. After breaking his back in a car accident, he had this dream of coming to America and finding a new opportunity to start over again. He wanted to bring new opportunities into his life so that he can reach his full potential. That’s why he started a cigar shop.
A few days before Socrates’ execution, his friend Crito visits him in an attempt to persuade him to escape prison. He seemed to be plagued by the burden of strangers thinking that he valued his money more than the life of his friend, rather than the fact that Socrates refused his help. Socrates replies to Crito by asking him if they should care about the non-valuable popular opinions of the masses or the valuable opinions of a few good men? The excerpt from “Crito’s Dialogue” demonstrates Socrates telling Crito how he wished his claim that most people could do the greatest evil was true, because that would also mean, they could do the greatest good. He exclaims how much of a miracle this would be.
It took just forty five days for United States citizens to acquiesce their rights to freedom and privacy for the sake of safety following the events of September 11, 2001. Forty five days is how long it took the United States Congress to pass a law that gave up the very concept of liberty upon which this country is founded. The morning sky was a brilliant shade of blue with not a cloud in sight in New York on that fateful day of September. That all changed at 8:45 AM when a Boeing 767 jet plane tore into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Eighteen minutes later, a second Boeing 767 bit into the sixtieth floor of the south tower.
Brody Denno Mr. Whittaker English II 28 February 2023 Persuasive/Argumentative Essay Revision As stated by Arthur Miller in his book, The Crucible, from his character John Proctor, “There might also be a dragon with five legs in my house, but no one has ever seen it.” (Act III, Page 1094). This quote may not be so specific to Act III, but can relate to many things in history, including The Red Scare in the mid-20th Century, The Holocaust also in the mid-20th Century, and the Iraq War in the early 21st Century. When all of these events in history relate to the same topic of The Crucible, these could really show how history can repeat itself time and time again. First of all, The Red Scare can be compared to the Salem witch trials because
Lavi is a Bookman in training and an exorcist, meaning he possesses several powers and abilities. eidetic memory | Both naturally intelligent and highly trained, Lavi has a photographic memory. He identifies one real key from hundreds of counterfeits in minutes only using his one eye and provides comprehensive details of past occurrences. education | As a Bookman 's apprentice, Lavi has a vast arrange of general knowledge. medicine | He has been formally taught and practiced first aid as well as specific medicinal remedies.
Proctor". I speak my own sins; I cannot judge another. Crying out, with hatred: I have no tongue for it.”. Arthur Miller wrote The Crucible which is a play where girls got caught dancing in the woods and somehow managed to manipulate the court to sentence hundreds to jail and many to hang. The girls were making false accusations that could not be proven.
The article of Lisa J. McIntyre is about Hernando’s Washington case. Hernando Washington was arrested and charged with robbery, rape, and murder. The main argument of this article is figuring out should we blame Hernando for robbing, kidnapping, raping and murdering another human being? In other words, convincing ourselves about social imagination. From my understanding of social imagination, is what allows us to make connections between individuals and the societies in where we live in, furthermore, that there is an explanation and reasoning for people's actions.
