NEWSLETTER HOMEWORK • EDITION #1
Immigration
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Latest news in Charlotte By: Giolga Reyes Immigration
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Is the american dream a reality or just a dream? CPCC WORKING IN AMERICA (Advanced English) • SPRING 2019
By: Richard Mabiala Testimonies
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My quest in the USA By: Zoila M. Linares Fujimoto Sports
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Houston Astros’ shortstop Carlos Correa will win $5 million on arbitration By: Reinaldo Merino Tourism
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DESTINATIONS TO TRAVEL
Our writers tell us about the best places to visit
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EDITORIAL Brian Gantt Editor Brian.Gantt@cpcc.edu Daissy N. Ruiz Ramirez Graphic Design naley_8@hotmail.com Writing Team: Diaz, Javier F. Guerrero de Merino, Lorena C. Lagos, Javiera Leguizamon, Gisela Linares-Fujimoto, Zoila M. Mabiala Mayifilua, Richard Matos, Martha A. Matos de Lopez, Rosa Mejia, Sofia M. Mendoza, Miriam Merino, Rafael Mora Barrantes, Susana Olea, Alejandra Patel, Rameshchandra Pineda, Rhina Reyes, Giolga Ruiz Ramirez, Daissy Torres-Zayas, Reinaldo Torres Ortiz, Marian N. Zakharov, Alexandr Zakharova, Yelena Zheng, Mi The articles are the exclusive responsibility of each own author. The cordinator of this Newsletter Homework does NOT necessarily share the opinion of articles, information and reports that appear on our pages. We do not have copyrights for some images and citations contained here, because this piece is educational content purposes, only.
INDEX Pages Education 3 Immigration 4-5 Testimonies 6 Food 7 Tourism
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Sports 11 Health 11 Life Style
Religion
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Tecnology 14 Astrology 15
Education
Differences between China and US education By: Mi Zheng
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In China, the main goal is to let students learn as much as possible from their books; knowledge is the most important. And in America, students focus on creativity. Students in China stay in same classroom for their main subjects and the teachers come to them. In United States, students change classrooms every period and the room belongs to the teacher. Chinese students take letter grade and standardized test scores seriously.
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However, that’s not just all. One more difference of Chinese students is they play active and important roles such as sweeping the classroom, scrubbing the steps, serving meals, being class monitors, and helping teacher. Every students needs to take the turn to do that. The last thing that Chinese students do is buy their textbooks each years. They can highlight and write in their books. On the other hand, in U.S textbook are rented to students. They’re not allowed to write in their textbook. In conclusion, this is my personal observation between the two countries.
Immigration
Latest news in Charlotte By: Giolga Reyes
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he presence of the Immigration Customs Service of the United States (ICE) in the City of Charlotte NC, United States, has been confirmed. The news paralyzed many emigrants who live, work and study in this city for fear of being detained and separated from their family and their American dream.
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It is true that said department is in the right to regulate illegal migration to the North American territory and that this function has great importance and has been practiced in previous governments.
The difference is the current President Donald Trump and his administration has been inflexible with many cases that should be studied and analyzed before determining to create a family separation or a deportation. For this reason, we are exhorting all foreign residents of the city of Charlotte to keep with them documents that prove their legality within the American Territory.
Corruption in Nicaragua By: Javier Diaz
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n Nicaragua every 30 or 40 years it suffers a dictatorship, now it is happening again. The current President Daniel Ortega is in power again, this time for 11 continuous years. He change the constitution of Nicaragua to be re-elected indefinitely. On April 19, 2018 started the protest for implementation of reform to social security. From that time to today, more than 320 people died around the protest. The protests were banned and the television channel closed by the police for not agreeing with the government. They imprisoned the owner of the television channel and press chief - jefe de prensa. So far, more than 700 people have been imprisoned for participating in the protests.
Immigration
Is the american dream a reality or just a dream? By: Richard Mabiala You have to be credible to have a good record to stay in the system. People must trust you. If for any reason a negative situation occurs -your fault or not-you are not credible any more. You will be ejected out of the system. To get back in is a very huge challenge. This system of credit can be good because it has a deterrent effect but can also have a devastating effect for the community. This is probably what happened to some homeless I saw. Some of them are former prisoner or did something wrong in the past certainly. They paid for their crime while in jail but when they are out, there is not a company that want to hire them. So, they are paying twice for their debt to the community. In that situation, most of those people are forced to live in the street begging to survival. In the end they relapse. Thinking about this I asked myself why could not these people go to live with their relatives or family? Is it pride or are they rejected by their family too? What do public authorities offer to support these people? Is there a public politic for reintegration?
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hat we knew and heard about America when we were in our countries were that America is a great country; a country of freedom and equality where nobody was poor. The day I saw some homeless people, I was very surprised to see those people, native citizens (American), living in the streets begging for their survival. The question I asked myself was how could we have so many homeless in this country while there are lots of places and factories hiring people? I did not get answered at that time. After a couple months in this country, I now understand what happened to some of those guys-the homeless. They are victims of the capitalism system or social system and / or the American culture. My experience as a new immigrant, everything in this country is based on credit; it is the system.
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Testimonies
My quest in the USA By: Zoila M. Linares Fujimoto
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was born in Lima, Peru in the seventies. As a young child, I did not hear or know much about the United States of America (USA) except for an occasional television show like the Oscars or a sport event like the Super Bowl. Later in 1983, my dear auntie Gaby –the one that brings candy and take you to the park on weekends- moved to the United States and my curiosity sprang. I started to read books, magazines, and listen to music. I became obsessed with the idea of living in the USA at 11 years old. I got postcards and photos from New York and Washington D.C. but Disneyworld seemed like a paradise too. My life went on without accomplishing my dream. I became a journalist at 25 in Lima, making minimum wage and enjoying my little job. After a while, my life became dull. So I decided to work on Cruise ships. Speaking English was fun but traveling the world was really fulfilling. Onboard the Cruise ship, I met my husband and had some of my best life experiences. Twenty years later, I finally moved to the USA. It was weird. I felt unprepared and my confidence failed me. Starting all over again seemed the hardest thing I ever had to do. Life with a newborn in a different country away from my love ones looked intimidating. After six years, I find myself hunting hope. Ultimately, I am the same 11 year old girl fascinated by the language and the photos of spectacular cities. Today, I start one day at the time, setting my priorities, caring for my children, and coming to class when possible. The future looks good. My family supports me and I am sure this exceptional country will give us a chance for a fulfilling life.
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My history By: Gisela Leguizamon Villacob
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y name is Gisela Leguizamon Villacob, I born in Girardot, Colombia (South America)., but I was raised in Medellin, Colombia (South America). Most of my family lives in Colombia. I went to Elementary school and High School in Colombia. I graduated in 2012. Two years after my graduation, I came to United States to become a resident. It was really hard for me, the change, because everything was different here than my country. However, I love this country because I have a lot opportunities toward my future. I have been here for five years and I started working in 2014 in a bakery. After that, I worked four different jobs: cashier, driver, valet parking and bartender. Now, I’m working in a mechanic shop as a receptionist and I’m studying at Central Piedmont Community College’s Advanced English and Working Smart program. I like the classes that I’m taking now because they going to help me a lot in my personal life and business life. After I finish this classes, I’m going to study Administrative Assistance, then I’m going to find a better and professional job and finally I’ll be finish with my original goal.
Food
Salvadorian Quesadilla By: Rafael Merino
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Rusian Potato Salad By: Rhina Pineda
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n El Salvador we eat a traditionally bread call “Quesadillas” is a flavorful and delicious bread usually is sweet and served in the morning with a big cup of coffee. You will love the slight crunch of the sesame seeds in combination with the sweet/salty cake.
Ingredients: • Potatoes (1 pound) • Vinager (1 tablespond) • Salt (1 tablespond) • Celery (2 branch of celery) • Mayones (3-4 spond of mayones) • Beets (1 can beets in slides)
Preparation: 1. Wash potatoes put a in pot witch water until the potatoes are covered and put in the cook until they soften, let cool and then peel. After cut in to small pieces. 2. Wash the celery and cut in small pieces. 3. Beets cut in small pieces. Then mix all ingredients. If you want can add hard boiled eggs en small pieces or ham. 4. 1 pound potatoes to serving 6-8 portions.
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Salvadorean “quesadillas” are a unique blend of sweet, savory and tangy, with the texture of a fine, delicate corn muffin. The suggestion is eat lukewarm more one slice for enjoy the flavor and tasty.
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Bake for 50 or 55 minutes or insert the toothpick in the center if come clean is ready to eat , let for some minutes.
Tourism
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By: Susana Mora Barrantes
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Why Costa Rica Welcome to has to be on your Kazakhtan! next Travel List? WINTER 2019
Source https://www.govisitcostarica.com/blog/post/costa-ricas-bucket-list.aspx
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hen inside Costa Rica you will be able to have an amazing trip and make your dream vacation happened for less than you think.
Costa Rica is a little country in Central America, this land is a house of great variety of plants, animals and is one of the world’s best weather climates, warm around of the year; and these are some things you could see in this country. The first thing you could do is enjoy the beaches, Costa Rica has one of the best beaches in the world called Playa Manzanillo on Caribbean coast. The second thing is taking in the pleasures of the nature. You could hike or fly across the trees (canopy tour) through the forest, raft on rivers or relax in the hot waters around the volcanos. Finally, the food produced in Costa Rica has an exotic agriculture environment which helps it grow delicious unusual fruits.
By: Alexandr and Yelena Zakharova
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e are glad to introduce you to our beautiful country Kazakhstan located in the heart of Central Asia. This is really a huge area with varied nature like snow-capped mountains, thick forests, breathtaking canyons, freshwater lakes, swift streams, boundless steppes, fast-flowing rivers, and deserts. A place rich with all strange beauty of your nighttime dreams! In the south-east part of the country, at the foot of high mountains, you can find a lovely city ALMATY. This name originated from nomadic culture and means “The grandfather of apples”. ALMATY is a modern city with an ancient history and a population of about 2 million, according to https://www.caravan.kz/news About a half-hour from its urban center in the gorge the high-altitude ice skating rink MEDEO spreads out. There have been many world records broken in ice skating. High up in the mountains there is worldwide known ski resort CHIMBULAK where World Trails were represented. There are a lot of hiking routes and camping. We are always happy to host guests from all over the world. Source https://www.caravan.kz/news
Tourism
The history of the Izalco volcano is a lesson in nature Ski in Dolomites
he majestic volcano of Izalco no longer offers the wonderful spectacle of lavas and fires that fed the illusions of some, but it maintains a colossal role. The history of the Izalco volcano dates from the beginning of 1770, the site where the volcano is located was only a dark hole from which sulphurous and black smoke rose. But that hole began to grow rapidly, emerging from the ground, to form a high cone of almost 700 meters, crowned by a crater 250 meters in diameter. Since then, the Izalco was an emblem of Central American geography. In almost permanent activity, the volcano offered a magnificent spectacle of lavas and incandescent rocks spit into the sky, whose reddish flashes could be seen from the high seas by boats, made by what was called the Pacific Lighthouse. The years passed and the Izalco became an attraction for all visitors to El Salvador, especially because that disturbing game of lava and rocks did not cause dangers in the neighboring villages and never extended beyond the feet of the volcano. Attentive to this, in the ‘50s, a group of entrepreneurs decided to build a luxury hotel on the slopes of Cerro Verde, facing the emblematic neighboring cone, with large windows oriented to see the eruptions of the Izalco from up close. They obtained the necessary resources and designed the project as a Hotel, assuming it would be an excellent business. However, one day in 1957 that today many prefer not to remember, when the hotel was already about to be finished, the Izalco ceased to erupt. The geography became infatuated and the volcano put an end to its permanent spectacle of lava and fire, and left unfulfilled the dreams of fortune worked by the entrepreneurs. Source http://elsalvadoregionmagica.blogspot.com/2017/07/volcan-de-izalcoel-mas-joven-de-america.html http://www.voydeviaje.com.ar/voy-de-viaje/el-izalco-postal-de-leyenda
By: Javiera Lagos
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n Italy, we have an amazing mountains in the north area called Dolomites. In these beautiful mountains, you can find one of the most famous ski centers in Europe: Cortina d’ Ampezzo. Cortina has a 1,000-year history, located a couple of hours from Venice, it is like a Disneyland of ski. Dolomites’ Nature as different types of trees, blue sky, clean air share space with a sophisticated hotel, wooden houses, delicious restaurant and many shops where you can find the latest fashion in clothes. After enjoying the 140 km of ski slope, all are invited to stay during sunset with a mug of hot chocolate and see the wonderful mountain changing its color reaching darkness and discovering the other side of Corninas. A night party, but this is another story.
Source https://www.skicortinadampezzo.com/
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By: Lorena Guerrero
Tourism
7 Beautiful places to visit in Colombia By: Marian N. Torres Ortiz
This is a selection of the most beautiful places in Colombia where you can discover the beauty of its landscapes. You can find heavenly beaches, colonial cities, colorful coffee plantations and extensive green jungles.
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Downtown Bogota Candelaria is a neighborhood in downtown Bogota. It will surprise you with cultural importance shown in museums, beautiful art galleries, open-air festivals, and its magical colonial architecture. Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Candelaria
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Cartagena de Indias The city is called the walled city for its imposing walls that defended off the attacks of the pirates. The colors are delightfully shown in the colonial architecture. This city was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. Source http://www.colombia.travel/en/where-to-go/caribbean/cartagena-de-indias
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Tayrona Santa Marta Park It is the most important natural park in Colombia. You can find a coral reef, algae, sharks and some of its beaches are the most beautiful in the country. It’s a heavenly place. Source http://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/portal/es/ecoturismo/regioncaribe/parque-nacional-natural-tayrona/
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Villa de Leyva (Boyacá) This place has colonial architecture and a paleontological museum with an impressive collection of more than 500 fossils. The majority of these fossils are 130 million years old. It’s amazing! It’s one of the most beautiful villages in Colombia. Source http://www.colombia.travel/en/where-to-go/andean/villa-de-leyva
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Eje Cafetero (Risaralda) Here you can find wonderful mountainous landscapes, green hills and coffee plantations, colonial towns and rural farms. This city is cataloged as a Coffee Cultural Landscape. Source https://www.colombia.com/turismo/sitios-turisticos/eje-cafetero/
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San Andrés y Providencia These paradise beaches are considered some of the most beautiful in South America. It’s called “the beach with the sea of seven colors.”These beaches are located in the Caribbean Ocean in Colombia and is declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO. Source https://sanandres-colombia.com/
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Amazonas This region is home the many indigenous communities. You can make a crossing through the Amazon River and find the most diversity area of the word. You will be breath the most pure air. Source http://www.colombia.travel/es/a-donde-ir/amazonia/amazonas
Sports
Houston Astros’ shortstop Carlos Correa will win $5 million on arbitration By: Reinaldo Merino
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arlos Correa will earn five times his 2018 salary in the upcoming season, due to an arbiter awarding him $5 million dollars in 2019. The Astros’ superstar shortstop was offered $4.25 million before his hearing. The ruling is the first of three this season that are arbitration-eligible for the former All-Star and The American League Rookie of the Year. Correa has had to battle multiple injuries over the last two seasons and lost some games due to his injuries. The Puerto Rican baseball player debuted in 2015 at 20 years old, Correa has a .277 career batting average with 495 hits, 313 RBI’s and 81 home runs. In addition, Correa was an important factor in Houston’s 2017 World Series season. In my opinion, If Carlos Correa wants a better contract the next time with the arbiter awarding him more money, he should be healthy and not lose more than 5 games per season. Source https://www.primerahora.com/deportes/beisbol/ nota/sinadjudicarelsalariodecarloscorrea-1324688/
Drugs with the young people By: Rosa Matos
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he half of new drugs user are 18 years under. To experience it play an important role in its use. But nevertheless, that they want to experiment it is a fact. Not only because of a teenager has approved drugs or alcohol mean that going to be an addicted. I think the education start in the home and this play an important role in the social or intellectual development of them.
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Health
Religion Life Style
My first day of Classical Ballet after 21 years. By: Miriam Tahina Mendoza
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irst, let me explain what is it Ballet. Ballet or Classic Dance is one form of dance whose movements are based on the total control of the body. In my country, I practiced classical ballet for 5 years ago. I was 5 years old when I started practicing. I had to stop at the age of 10 years old because it was very difficult for my mom to take me to my ballet classes. We were too far from my home and traveling every day was difficult. I had to stop. When I come to America, I started again to practice Ballet at CPCC just a week ago after 21 years later. It was super exciting to start again. Of course, my body is not equally in condition as 21 years ago but I tried to enjoy my practices with ballet. I love the classic dance.
By: Sofia Mejia
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ive years ago, I was in a difficult situation and look for spiritual help in the church. Unfortunately, I was confused because how the of membership communicated with me. Instead of orienting or helping me spiritually, they began wanting to know all about my life and questioned me. During the two years that I attended, I realized that I was not getting any emotional support and spiritual orientation and in return the people who approached me did it for an economic interest taking advantage of my needs. I needed to buy a vehicle and some people from the church reccomendated someone to sell me a car. This person (church) sold me one that was in poor condition one week after I bought it. I thought that church people was honest. When I spoke to the person who sold me the car about the car not working. He expressed that the sale was already closed and I had to solve the problem myself. This situation became an additional problem in my life affecting me economically and deepening my emotional problem, creating a feeling of anger, frustration and distrust for the church. This situation has been a strong reflection for my life, which I am trying to overcome. GOD does exist; the interests and feelings of the humans’ real objective is different than that of the GOD ALMIGHTY’s ways.
Religion
World biggest Carnival Kumbha Mela By: Rameshchandra Patel orld biggest Kumbha Mela (Carnival) are in Prayag (Allahbad) It takes place every twelve years, at four places Prayag (Allahabad), Haridwar, Ujjain, and Nashik, based on planetary movements. The mela (meaning “fair” in Hindi) has been held in Allahabad city (recently renamed Prayagraj) in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh for centuries now. But it has grown into a mega event in the past two decades. It is expect about 120 million pilgrims to bathe at the Sangam - the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers.
Kumbha Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather to bathe in a sacred or holy river. Traditionally The Maha Kumbh Mela is celebrated at Prayag after 144 years (after 12 ‘Purna Kumbh Melas’Depending on what position the Sun, Moon, and Jupiter hold in that period in different zodiac signs, the venue for Kumbh Mela is decided. The calculations have been provided,when Jupiter is in Aries or Taurus and Sun and Moon are in Capricorn during the Hindu month of Magha (January 2019-February 2019).
The religious organizations represented range from social welfare societies to political lobbyists. Vast crowds of disciples, friends, and spectators join the individual ascetics and organizations. This is the most auspicious of six bathing days at the event, billed as the world’s biggest human gathering. Hindus believe bathing at the rivers will cleanse them of their sins and help them attain “moksha”, setting them free from the cycle of birth and death.
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Technology
Durable Memories By: Daissy Ruiz
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owadays it is common to see photography in our daily routine, we register our experiences and hundreds of photos stored in our mobile devices, despite that a lot of them will finally be transferred into our electronic garbage. The new technologies allow snapshots of these incredible moments live that we obsess about and wish to save as memories; we desire to preserve our vestige in the hope to simple enjoy of the life experience. According to some science studies, this desire is an uncontrolled tendency. "It can alter psychologically the way we perceive the world" during our living history. The necessity to capture our experiences to transmit imagery for generations is a need of humanity. In a brief account through history, different techniques and inventions have been developed. From the cave paintings of prehistory, they are estimated to be around 40.000 years; Egyptian papyri being 2000
years and French paintings almost 609 years of antiquity all in a state of conservation. With the creation of machines, the camera photographic and the camera cinematographic appear to capture high fidelity moments. Remastering the older French photos estimated to be 192 years old and their older films estimated to be about 131 years due to rapid deterioration, the remastering to conserve the both contents has proven to be worth the effort. If you are preoccupied to capture the present to remembering the future, keep in mind that the useful life of digital technology is fleeting. Whatever happens such as an accident could cause all the informational content to disappear and all those invaluable life moments lost. So, my advice is to enjoy your real life and keep in mind that camera photographic and the camera cinematographic are great tools to preserve your valuable memories so you will not be forgotten.
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Astrology 20 Jan / 18 Feb You may have been conceived at someone's wedding.
19 Feb / 20 Mar You may have been conceived on Mother's day.
21 Mar / 19 Apr You may have been conceived after a 4TH of July firewords show.
20 April / 20 May You may have been conceived on a hot August day.
21 May / 20 Jun You may have been conceived as the leaves began to change.
21 Jun / 22 Jul You may have been conceived by people trying on costumes.
23 Jul / 22 Aug You may have been conceived during Thanskgiving.
23 Aug / 22 Sep You may have been conceived while a Christmas song played.
23 Sep / 22 Oct You may have been conceived after a New Year's eve party.
23 Oct / 21 Nov You may have been conceived by people stuck inside after a long winter.
22 Nov / 21 Dec You may have been conceived during a March madness.
22 Dec / 19 Jan You may have been conceived during a sexy Eastern Egg Hunt.
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