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En junio de 2004 el equipo de la preparatoria Carl Hayden, de Phoenix, sorprendió a todos los asistentes a la competencia anual de robótica auspiciada por la nasa cuando resultó ganador en el evento. No era para menos, el equipo estaba conformado por cuatro adolescentes, cuyas circunstancias a todas luces los colocaban en una situación poco aventajada. Se trataba de hijos de inmigrantes ilegales, provenientes de una escuela pública con recursos...
2) An A Narrative Of Joshua Davis American Citizen, Who Was Pressed And Served On Board Six Ships Of Th
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Joshua Davis was a native of Boston born in 1760, as his short memoir attests he was an experienced sailor and seasoned campaigner. In 1779, he boarded the 20 gun privateer, the Jason, on a mission to capture as many British ships as possible, he and his crewmates were successful in their search for targets along the eastern seaboard. However, on a very calm day with no hope of escape, his ship was run down by the British frigate Surprise and captured....
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"En junio de 2004 el equipo de la preparatoria Carl Hayden, de Phoenix, sorprendió a todos los asistentes a la competencia anual de robótica auspiciada por la nasa cuando resultó ganador en el evento. No era para menos, el equipo estaba conformado por cuatro adolescentes, cuyas circunstancias a todas luces los colocaban en una situación poco aventajada. Se trataba de hijos de inmigrantes ilegales, provenientes de una escuela pública con recursos...
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Four undocumented Mexican American students, two great teachers, one robot-building contest . . . and a major motion picture. In 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They were born in Mexico but raised in Phoenix, Arizona, where they attended an underfunded public high school. No one had ever suggested to Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo...
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Joshua Davis and Bruno Tropeano, two guys right out of college, felt that something was amiss. People in Maine created some of the best of everything in the world -- higher education, ships, television doctors, winter boots. But the gelato of which they dreamt could not be found here in Maine, or anywhere else in the United States. Josh and Bruno sensed both a responsibility and an opportunity and set off to rediscover the lost art. Imagining a long-forgotten...
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Joshua B. Davis is assistant professor of systematic theology at The General Theological Seminary in New York. He earned a Ph.D. in theology at Vanderbilt University. Davis co-founded, the Theology and Apocalyptic, working group at AAR and is co-editing a forthcoming volume, Apocalyptic and the Future of Theology, with Douglas Harink. The present volume is a revision of a dissertation completed at Vanderbilt University under the supervision of Paul...
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In the 1960's and 70's, a diverse range of storefronts-including head shops, African American bookstores, feminist businesses, and organic grocers-countered corporate power by bringing the work of political movements (the New Left, Black Power, feminism, environmentalism, and more) into the marketplace. Through shared ownership, limited growth, and workplace democracy, these "activist entrepreneurs" offered alternatives to conventional profit-driven...
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This collection brings together prominent thinkers from numerous disciplines to address the legacy of Gillian Rose for political theology today. Rose's work is notorious for its eclectic range, difficult style, and iconoclastic defiance of the conventions of postmodern critical theory. The theologians, religious scholars, ethicists, and theorists in this collection discuss Rose's relationship to such topics as the Frankfurt School, social theory,...
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Record selling certainly had its glamorous moments; retailers could regale younger customers with stories of nightlife and even rubbing elbows with famous musicians and celebrities."African-American owned and operated record stores once provided vibrant venues for their communities, and close to 1000 of these shops operated in the South during their heyday.This article appears in the 2011 Music issue of Southern Cultures.Southern Cultures is published...
10) Behind The Smile
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I am known throughout the world as the HAPPY GUY all the time and in this audiobook i let you into my life and the journey that it's taken me to get through the rough patches, the journey in finding peace with sexuality and religion, and finding my place in the world as well as the ongoing continuing journey to get to where I aspire to be in life as I take you BEHIND THE SMILE that you all have come to know. We will go through good times and bad;...
11) Broken ?
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Broken ? Is the sequel to Behind The Smile a Memoir of my life. Upon completion of Behind The Smile I have had many people tell me stories of how they were able to relate to certain topics addressed in audiobook that literally took you "Behind The Smile" It was an introduction to people who know me as well as people of whom I have never met allowing me to tell my story.
Broken ? Continues my story and continues on with my journey in life with...
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"Beginning in 1861, the Civil War divided the country, pitting "brother against brother" in a conflict that threatened to permanently destroy the union. If not for the dedication and firm resolve of Abraham Lincoln during this difficult time, the United States may have ceased to exist. In Abraham Lincoln, kids will examine the life of this country boy from Kentucky who rose to become President of the United States, and who guided his country through...
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"Less than 200 years ago, thousands of African-American men, women and children were enslaved right here in the United States of America. One brave woman not only dared to escape, but even risked her own life time and time again in order to free hundreds of others. In Harriet Tubman, kids will get an up-close look at the life of this famed conductor on the Underground Railroad while learning about the daily life of enslaved people and the dangers...
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"During the 1700s, Benjamin Franklin established himself as one of America's greatest citizens. After all, he was a printer and writer, a statesman and scientist, and a humanitarian and inventor! Some people would even say he helped "invent" the United States! In Benjamin Franklin, kids will get an up-close look at the life and times of this prolific Founding Father. From his early years in Boston to his famous experiments with electricity and his...