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Volume 3, Issue 15 January 27, 2006 |
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Life as a twin… By Everybody at the ALC knows that my brother Jon and I are twins. So what is life as a twin like? I am going to tell you… Identical twins start out as one egg that then splits into two separate people who are basically identical. We are two different people who share the same DNA because we actually started out as one egg. Being a twin can be trouble, but it can also be fun. You can confuse people very easily. Let me tell you what we did in the third grade. In the third grade my brother and I switched places one day and we went to each others’ classes and spent the whole day there. They never caught on. But being a twin can also be confusing because people always call me Jon and I don’t answer until they say it three or four times. I finally realize they are confusing me with my brother. Sometimes we get tired of looking so much alike. (Continued à)
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Life is
always interesting for identical twins Jon and Israel Melendez As twins, even when we are apart we are usually thinking of the same thing at the same time! When something is wrong with one twin, the other one can sense that something is not right. The best thing about being a twin is that you always have some one to talk to. By the time we got to fourth grade they just decided to just put us in the same class. Our teacher was Mr.Liapis, and I’m sure it was very confusing for him. He kept getting confused and so he finally made us wear name tags. But we sometimes switched our name tags! My brother and I have always been very close. I guess that’s how twins are. We both like the same things. We both have a lot of the same friends, and we are usually together. We look out for each other. For those people who wonder what it is like to be a twin, my answer is that it’s pretty cool. At least that’s what I think. |
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Life in
20 years…
Teresa
Lugo
What will the world be like in twenty years? I think the world in twenty years will be very different than what it is right now. Everything will be change, nothing will be the same. Every body’s lifestyle will be odd to my understanding. There might be
flying cars instead of what we drive today.
People may end up driving on the wrong
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What will
the world be like in 20 years? Teen pregnancy won’t be in the high range. Teenagers will be more responsible and have more concern about protection. It might even be like it was way back when, with girls saving themselves for marriage. Music won’t be the same as it is now, though rappers will still be more popular than any other artists. Gangs and violence will have cooled down. People won’t have to worry about going out on the streets. Everyone will learn to get along. Racism won’t exist, and every single culture will get along and live in unity and in peace. There won’t be
as much as war as there is now, because the President of the Will future Presidents be peace
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side
of the road.
will
be quicker on providing emergency equipment and other essentials.
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Opinion Article Freedom of Thought By Alie Paine Atheist… what usually comes to mind when you hear that word? Devil worshiping goth/punk kids who are evil because they don’t believe in God? Am I right? I’m sure I am, and if so then I would like you to know that you are only partially correct in your thinking. First of all, atheists DON’T believe in The Devil, therefore they cannot be Devil worshipers. The reason they don’t believe in The Devil is because they don’t believe in God. And that’s the part where you were right, Atheists don’t believe in God. Back to the Devil thing… It would be hypocritical of atheists to believe in The Devil but not in God. The Devil is a product of religion, as is God. Therefore, to believe in The Devil is to believe in God. So what does atheism actually MEAN you ask? Well, the word atheism was once described to me as being nothing more than a strong disbelief in religion and a rejection of all things Godly. The dictionary describes it as a disbelief in or denial of the existence of God or gods or the doctrine that there is no God or gods. (Continued à)
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In the title to this article, I refer to atheism as “freedom of thought.” What I mean by that is that atheism is not a religion, but more of a way of thinking. I suppose you can’t even really say it’s a religion; it is more like the absence of it. Atheism, to me, is a good thing because it doesn’t come with rules or restrictions on what you can and cannot do. Other religions such as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism have many restrictions. They all have relatively strict guidelines that their followers must abide by. They even say that if you don’t believe in the God or gods of that religion, you will have a horrible fate in life and death. I mean, what is that about? I don’t know what’s up with the painful stuff anyways. Aren’t these religions supposed to be good things? Well, I suppose I should save that for another article. I’m getting off topic. So basically,
to sum things up, Atheism is not as bad as everyone tries to say. The people
who make those statements about it are ignorant and need to study up because
it’s not bad. That’s all there is to tell so I hope you learned something. |
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MP3 Players By Martin Lopez Does anyone remember eight track tapes
or records? Most young people do not even
know what they are because technology has gone so far. Most people know about cassette tape
players, or the newer version, the CD player.
The newest thing to come out is MP3 players (MPEG layer-3). A lot of people have CD players, but
very few people have MP3s. One reason
for this is because they cost more money than CD players. Another reason for this is some people
don’t even know there is technology like that. I actually like MP3s better than anything
else because you are able to put more than the regular 18 songs that a CD
holds. There are many advantages to owning a
MP3 player. These include never having
to buy batteries, its small size, and the fact that you don’t have to buy
CD’s. MP3 players can fit from 150
songs to thousands of songs depending on what brand and how much space is
available to download on the MP3.
Have you ever even seen
one of these? |
This
is the actual size of my Samsung MP3 MP3 brands range from Sony, Apple, Samsung
and Olympus to Iriver and Phillips.
Some MP3s are very light and some are heavier. Some weigh from 1.3 oz. to 4.5 oz. Prices range from $90 to $400 for one
MP3. Though it might sound like a lot of money, it is a good buy. Even though
you can hear CDs in the car, on home stereos, and CD players, MP3 players
have many accessories such as car chargers and car players. There are also stereos that you can plug
into your MP3 so you can listen at home. Overall, everyone needs to get one of these. I have one and I like it. I download songs that I want to listen to,
not the ones that come with a CD. Soon MP3 players will be everywhere and you
will no longer know what a CD is.
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Angelina and Brad… By Teresa Lugo Wow!
Who ever thought that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston were going to
end their 4½-year marriage out of the blue?
After months of silence, Jennifer Anniston spoke to the public about
how she tried saving her marriage. She
also had something to say about Brad Pitt.
Jennifer Anniston stated to the People Magazine that she “can't say it
was one of the highlights of my year.” Even though Angelina Jolie has Maddox Jolie
and Zahara Jolie (her adopted children) to care for, that didn’t stop her
from beginning a relationship with none other than Brad Pitt. Brad Pitt has gotten really close to
Angelina Jolie and her two adopted kids, Maddox and
Zahara. They
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Plasma TV: The latest in screen techonology By Joan Vasquez For the past 75 years the majority of the televisions have been built with the same technology – the cathode ray tube. The things that changed were black-and-white to color, the thickness, and the size of the screen. They were all pretty heavy. Now you can hang plasma TVs on the wall like a picture frame. The lightweight plasma screen technology weighs far less than the heavy old cathode ray tubes. You can easily connect video cameras and photo cameras to modern TVs. You can also adjust if you want full screen or wide screen. You can also adjust the color much better than old TVs. (Continued à) |
What makes plasma TVs work is a lot of cells generating light on the screen in many areas with many different colors. There are a few companies that make plasma TVs. Some are more expensive and some are less expensive. Companies include Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Toshiba, etc. A Sony 40 inch flat panel TV costs about $3,499. A 42 inch Samsung plasma TV runs about $3,299. A 42 inch Panasonic plasma costs $1,999 and a 42 inch Toshiba plasma runs about $2,999.
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