CELIA CRUZ

For Dia de Los Muertos I’m honoring Celia Cruz. She was born on October 21, 1925 in Havana, Cuba. Cruz grew up in Santo Suarez. Cruz was studying to become a teacher in Havana until she won a talent show on the radio, that’s when she started to pursue her singing career. In 1962, Cruz married a trumpet player named Pedro Knight who became her manager later in her career. Cruz is the second child of fourteen. Catalina Alfonso was her mother who took care of the family and Simon Cruz was her father and he worked in the railroads as a stoker. Her family didn’t want Celia to become a singer, but that’s not what Cruz wanted. She wanted to pursue being a salsa singer. Celia Cruz was the most popular salsa singer ever born. People called her “The Queen of Salsa”. Celia Cruz died on July 16, 2003; she did not recover from a brain tumor surgery and later passed away from cerebral cancer.

I am honoring Celia Cruz because I think she made a difference in the world with her music. She changed the way salsa is listen to. She pursued her dream until the end and I admire that stuck to and loved what she did. I would tell my daughter about this strong Cuban woman and the wonderful music she made. I think she was very important to many people she will always be remembered as The “Queen of Salsa”.
Shantel Ramirez

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8 serving
prep 15 min
cook time 1 hr
ready in 4 hr

2/3 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/3 cup ground pecans
2 tablespoons white sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon apple pie spice
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons margarine, melted
1-1/3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/3 eggs
2 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons caramel ice cream topping
2/3 cup chopped pecans

I would like to read this book because it looks interesting and the name "Tears Of A Tiger" catches my attention. I read a little bit of the book and i think it is about a teenage boy and his friends, someone dies because of drinking and driving and his friends are devistated and blme themselfs. They can't seem to get back on track. I would recommend this book because this book is very interesting also very sad.

CREAMCHEESE CAKE

SERVING SIZE: 4 people
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METRIC
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1/3 cup and 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons and 1/2 teaspoon butter, softened
3 tablespoons and 1/2 teaspoon chopped pecans
3/8 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed
1/3 cup and 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/8 (3.5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
1 tablespoon and 1-3/4 teaspoons milk
1/2 cup and 1 tablespoon and 2 teaspoons pumpkin puree
3/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 tablespoon and 1-3/4 teaspoons chopped pecans (optional)
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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).


2. In a medium mixing bowl combine flour, butter or margarine, and 1 cup chopped pecans. Beat until thoroughly combined. Press mixture into a 9x13 inch baking dish.


3. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.


4. In a medium mixing bowl combine cream cheese, 2 cups of the whipped topping, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla extract. Beat until smooth. Spread evenly over cooled crust.


5. In a large mixing bowl combine pudding, milk, pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and 2 more cups of whipped topping. Stir until thoroughly combined. Spoon mixture over cream cheese layer. Top with remaining 1 cup of whipped topping. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup chopped pecans if desired. Chill at least 1 hour before serving.
   

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1. The promise Thomas Jefferson made was not kept because throughout history the government has take the land of Native Americans.


2. The Cherokees had to adapt to the formal government. The government made them become Christians, give their language up, also sent their children to boarding schools.


3. The Indian tribes loss more than ninety million acres of land. The government thought the Indians should have their own piece of land and farm like all the other whites.


4. Captain Jack requested to stay on the land but the government denied Captain jack fought the government but was later hung.


5. The Supremacy Clause guaranteed the Indian tribes their land, but Andrew Jackson wanted the land and also resources on the land.


6. If i was handling land problems with the Indians I would try to communicate and come to a agreement to stay on the land. Keep piece with the Indians.

1. " Your failures teach you, not define you" "You fail to succeed," This phrase caught my attention it made me think to myself, it made me realize that failures do teach you because after all the troubles I've gone through I'm still getting my education so there is no excuse to not go to school.



2. Destiny, is some thing to which a person or thing is destined, want to control. Future, existing or occurring at a later time. Challenge, to make on present a challenge, to take a legal exception.



3. Obama has inspired me to give every thing the best I can give and to give to our country.


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The next semester my goal is to finish all my partial credits. The books i have at home my goal is to finish them so I can get some credits also my goal is to try and get into eleventh grade. I really want to bump up a grade because it gives me hope that I can really finish high school. My main goal is to upgrade myself to eleventh grade. That way I know that I have confidence in what I do.