Biography of U.S. Representative Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL) Jan Schakowsky was elected to represent Illinois’ 9th Congressional District on November 3, 1998, after serving for eight years in the Illinois State Assembly. The 9th Congressional District encompasses city and suburbs, including the North Lakeshore of hicago, Evanston, Skokie, Niles, Morton Grove and several Northwest Side neighborhoods. A consumer and senior citizen advocate U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky has fought throughout
The Blending of Prose and Poetry in Janice Mirikitani's Spoils of War The experiences of being a Japanese-American woman serve as an important inspiration for author and poet Janice Mirikitani in her story "Spoils of War." Through the weaving together of poetry and prose, she details the struggles for self-understanding that often come with being both a descendant of an Asian culture and a female. "I write about these things," Mirikitani says of her style, "because I think it is healthy to express
left him, took up with an eighteen year old girl when he was well into his thirties and did not attempt to hide any of it from his twelve year old son, Nelson. Rather than getting tough when times were hard, Rabbit ran. He ran from a pregnant wife, Janice, from Nelson who was then twelve, from employment, from his parents, from everything. Rabbit practiced the opposite of perseverance. When life wasn't going well, Rabbit simply moved on to something else. Rabbit matters because he was so wrong
Chapter summaries In chapter fiveMay Belle's dad gives her some Twinkies. On the bus Janice Avery (the school bully) hears May Belle telling Billy Jean (May Belle's best friend) about the Twinkies. At recess time May Belle comes to Jess saying that Janice stole them. May Belle says, "Kill her!" and calls Jess yeller. Jess and Leslie get back at Janice Avery by writing a love letter and signing it Willard Hughes. It told her to meet him outside after school. The hard part was getting the note inside
hypertext website, an online journal called Kairos dealing primarily with rhetoric, technology, and issues in hypertext, without motive beyond curiosity browsing the list of immediately available articles when one caught my attention. An article by Janice R. Walker entitled, gThe Third Wave: Yes, But Can They Write?h seemed interesting, and having no idea what the Third Wave is or who gtheyh are, I opened the article and immediately went to the Third Wave link. I wanted to read her conclusions and
had practiced all summer. They end up becoming real good friends though and hang around each other everyday. They help May Belle get the school bully Janice Avery back after she stole May Belle's twinkie. They did it by writing Janice a fake love letter from Willard Hughes saying that he liked her and for her to walk home from school with him. So, Janice ended up walking all alone back home from school. Jess and Leslie create a secret place together in between their woods called Terabithia where Jess
during the 1600’s lived the Haley family. Tom Haley was the only tobacco farmer on the island and due to this fact they were extremely wealthy. Their estate was the largest on Nantucket and was located right over a beautiful cliff. Tom and his wife Janice ate breakfast every morning at 6:00am everyday with their son Garnet. Late Thursday night a storm was getting very close to their house until a bright fist from the heavens stroked down on their chimney and collapsing the house, killing the entire
The Puffy Chronicles Puff Daddy, born Sean Combs on November 4, 1969 in Harlem to Melvin and Janice Combs, began his life of violence at a young age. When Sean was two years old, his father was tragically murdered. This forced Janice to move to a safer environment in Mt.Vernon, NY where she had to work three jobs in order to provide for her family. One can see that Sean’s broken home and the violence that constantly surrounded him influenced his lyrics and style of music throughout his life[I1]
Myth- Aliki, The Gods and Goddesses of Olympics History 106-05 Nov. 27, 1996 Eng. 265-01 Oct. 1, 1996 Prof Janice Antczak Myth- Aliki , The Gods and Goddesses of Olympics , Harper Collins Publishers , 1994 . After reading The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus , my first reaction was that it was a wonderful and fascinating example of how Greek mythology explains the theories about life , death , and the wonders of nature . Although I enjoyed the book , I also wondered if it was a little too confusing
I choose the cartoon Backyardigans, because it was my favorite TV show growing up and I watched it all the time. The Backyardigansis a Canadian-American animated children TV show, created by Janice Burgess. This series started October 11, 2004 and sadly came to an end on May 31, 2010. The series was based on a live-action pilot titled “Me and My Friends,” produced at Nickelodeon Studious in September 1988. The pilot was rejected by Nickelodeon, and the topic was redone into an animated short in 2002
George Knowlton's daughter, Janice Knowlton, George had an affair with Elizabeth. As an aspiring young actress and having a waitressing job, it wasn’t uncommon to find Elizabeth in a period of unemployment when auditions fell through. According to Janice, Elizabeth was staying in a makeshift bedroom in their garage in which she experienced a miscarriage, and she expresses her “horrifying long-repressed memories” that convinced her of the murder (Los Angeles Times). Janice claims she witnessed her father
cause great destruction in their wake. Janice Butterfield is one such individual who lives with a Mood Disorder. She is a 47-year-old Caucasian woman who is married and has three daughters. She is a self-employed real-estate agent and gains great satisfaction from her job. This has been a point of stress for her, however, because the poor economy forced her to take losses within her business. She lives with her husband of 27 years and her youngest daughter. Janice often feels overwhelmed and like a disappointment
“Girls of all kinds can be beautiful --- from the thin, plus- sized, short, very tall, ebony to porcelain- skinny, the quirky, clumsy, shy, outgoing and all in between” (Tyra Banks). Tyra Banks is a worldwide model, actress, and businesswoman. She has modeled for numerous magazines and brands, such as Victoria Secret, Covergirl, and Vogue. She is also known for her TV production, America’s Next Top Model. In this show, she helps women and men of all types to become a model. However, based on the
The Case of Janice Corporation UK Janice Corporation UK is a corporate company that manufactures technology, and the changes like introducing a new product line and redesigning the package will not directly appear on the company’s financial statement, but these changes can improve the company’s competitive advantages in the market. Therefore, the investors look into the company’s future cash flow and assume that will be higher going forward by calculating the fair value. Calculating the fair value
In The Walking Drum by Louis L’Amour the character Mathurin Kerbouchard is in search of his father. In the beginning Mathurin has an abundance of gold coins and tries to figure out where his father is. He goes on a boat and asks if they knew him. He didn’t have luck and is brought onto the boat as a slave. He convinces Walther, the captain, to let him be the pilot. He wants to go to Cadiz and finally persuades Walther to let him drive the boat there. In Cadiz he sells the boat while everyone is
Someone Had To by Janice Galloway Janice Galloway's short story 'Someone Had To' is a truly disturbing insight into the mind of a man engaged in violently abusing his stepdaughter. Through her effective use of narrative stance, structure, imagery and characterisation, we are allowed to see this pessimistic theme in an all too convincing way. The story is told from the point of view of Frank, Kimberly's stepfather. His portrayal . Through the use of first person narrative, we are effectively
My intention here was to read both Janice Raymond’s cisgender polemic on sex-differentiated politics and oppression and Sandy Stone’s now seminal response back-to-back to better appreciate the debate they are engaging and explore the gendered demarcation they construct. Yet, by employing the queer feminist analysis that tracks the converges-to-divergences of seeming disparate identities as suggested by Huffer (2016), what becomes apparent to me is that, in arguing against the other’s gendered politics
“Blood” by Janice Galloway narrates the day of a teenage girl starting with her dentist appointment. It is a seemingly normal narrative that actually reveals an in depth analysis about human emotion. It shows a teenage girl who is suffering from low self-esteem. In her adult relationships, specifically male, she constantly gets reinforced that she should be embarrassed because of her gender. This contributes to her own low self-perception. In fact, her own self-image is symbolized by color contrasts
Janice A. Radway Janice A. Radway teaches in the literature program at Duke University. Before moving to Duke, she taught in the American Civilization Department at the University of Pennsylvania. She says that her teaching and research interests include the history of books and literary production in the United States, together with the history of reading and consumer culture, particularly as they bear on the lives of women. Radway also teaches cultural studies and feminist theory. A writer for
APOLOGIES Suicide Note by Janice Mirikitani, is a heartbreaking poem of a young woman who commits suicide. All of her feelings and emotions are left behind in her last note. As thoughts of not feeling worthy enough over take this young girl, she writes her final thoughts and apologies to her mother and father. As such a catastrophic event happens Mirikitani’s use of metaphors and descriptive writing take you to the young girl’s final moments. Making you wish you could reach out and stop her from