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    homework help again, please

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    Several years ago, on a trip to the Outer Banks, I happened to visit the Queen Elizabeth II which was docked in the town of Manteo. The Queen Elizabeth II is a replica of one of the ships that brought Sir Walter Raleigh's colonists to NC, the Lost Colony.

    Aboard the ship were several fellows dressed in 16th century sailor garb who were supposed to represent the crew. These guys were supposed to stay in character at all times, speaking in Elizabethan English, and you were able to engage them in conversation.

    We asked one these gentlemen what they did for fun when they were in port. His response was that their main form of recreation was swinging dead cats on a string and "swiving with the wenches."

    Wanting to be historically accurate, of course, we asked the meaning of the unfamiliar term "swiving." After much prodding and beating around the proverbial bush, it turned out that "swiving" is what's now commonly referred to as the "f word."

    Probably shouldn't include that in the homework, I suppose.

    Driving While Impaired

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    AUGUSTA CHRONICLE (September 22) - A 37-year-old Aiken man has been arrested after police say he was watching pornography while driving.

    The pornographic movie was playing on an in-car video system where anyone walking or driving by the vehicle Wednesday night could see it, according to a police report.

    Tracy Pope was charged with felony disseminating or promoting obscenity and a misdemeanor traffic violation of having a television in view of the driver.

    An officer noticed the pornographic movie on a television suspended from the vehicle's roof and immediately pulled Pope over, authorities said.

    Officers seized several pornographic DVDs from the vehicle, including the one playing on the television, police said.

    The felony charge was filed because a child younger than 12 could have been exposed to the pornography, Aiken Public Safety Department spokesman Lt. David Turno said.

    Gotta keep both those hands on the wheel, you know.

    Rachel Giblin

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    Charlotte Observer (September 18) - A few minutes before she died, Rachel was laughing.

    Her father, Tom Giblin, is sure of that.

    The family was biking from Rockingham to North Myrtle Beach to raise money for charity Saturday, telling stories and joking as they rode, when it happened.

    A pickup hauling a trailer collided with the tandem bicycle that Rachel and her older brother, Tommy, were riding, the S.C. Highway Patrol said. The truck also knocked Giblin's wife, Becky, off her bike.

    Giblin, who was riding in front of the rest of the family, wasn't hit. But when he turned around, he saw his wife, son and daughter laying in the road, bleeding.

    "They were all unconscious," Giblin told the Observer Sunday as he choked back tears. "I had to move them all off the road."

    Rachel, a ninth-grader at Charlotte Country Day School, died of her injuries.

    Sunday, friends joined the family -- including Rachel's brother in a wheelchair -- for a bonfire at the family's home in the Ballantyne area to share their memories of the 15-year-old who loved tennis, soccer, horseback riding and travel.

    How she could intervene when her parents were arguing and get them to start laughing.

    How she learned to drive a stick-shift so she could drive the pickup and help her father clear land for a horse pasture.

    And especially, how much she loved life.

    "She was really just an angel," her father said. "It's so easy for a father to think that, but she had a real joy for life."

    Rachel's passion was animals, and she wanted to be a veterinarian. She volunteered at a local veterinary clinic, and helped Friends of Feral Felines trap and neuter feral cats.Then there was the time Giblin came home to find 11-year-old Rachel, who had always wanted a horse, doing a series of calculations on a sheet of paper.

    "She said, `Dad, I've figured it out. I can afford a horse if I baby-sit six nights a week.' "

    She eventually got her horse, her dad said. But first she had to help him build a barn and clear a horse pasture on their 10-acre property.

    "She was a real taskmaster," he said. "She contributed in any way she could. She drew up a schedule. She ran the bulldozer. She drove the pickup while I loaded cut-down trees from the pasture in the back."

    This year was Rachel's third time participating in the Multiple Sclerosis Society's "Breakaway to the Beach," a 150-mile ride from Monroe to North Myrtle Beach. The event funds MS research, local programs, and helps increase awareness of MS.

    The wreck happened at about 11:15 a.m. Saturday, when the Giblins and other MS riders were headed southbound on U.S. 15/401, a short distance north of Society Hill, S.C., said highway patrol trooper Sonny Collins.

    It's a heavily traveled road, he said, with only two lanes to handle an ever-increasing amount of traffic moving between North and South Carolina.

    But the Giblins were riding single file, going the same direction as traffic and wearing helmets, Collins said. "They seemed to be doing everything right."

    The truck with the trailer was driven by Rudy Robinson of Hartsville, S.C. The highway patrol will not decide whether to file charges against Robinson until later this week, after troopers meet with prosecutors, Collins said.

    The wreck was the first death in the 21 years of the Breakaway to the Beach bike tour, said Anne Marie McDermott, president of the mid-Atlantic chapter of the MS Society.

    She said the society tries to use the least-traveled roads, works with local law enforcement and stations medical personnel every six to 10 miles along the route. It also starts the cyclists in waves so they're spread out, giving cars more room to pass.

    "In the Carolinas, we're not blessed with a lot of bike paths," McDermott said. "None of the roads are closed for the rides. We try to pick the most deserted, lightly traveled roads possible, but to get 150 miles, we always end up with a few roads that are connectors. This road was one of those."

    Sunday night, students and teachers from Charlotte Country Day remembered Rachel always had a smile.

    The school will hold a special assembly today in memory of Rachel. Afterward, counselors will be available.

    "Rachel was a happy person, a pleasure to be around," said Allison Richardson, her 8th-grade English teacher.

    "She always put others first."

    Rachel Giblin

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    Rachel was the sister of Tommy, one of my son's best friends. The two of them had played on the school tennis team together. I really didn't know Rachel very well, but I have known Tommy and his parents for 7 or 8 years.

    Saturday all four of them were riding in a bicycle trip from Charlotte to Myrtle Beach to raise money for the MS Society. Near the little town of Society Hill, SC, three of the four members of the family were hit by a truck. Details are still a little sketchy as to exactly how it happened. The mom suffered a broken hip. At first, they thought Tommy might have a broken back, but that turned out not to be the case. He does have multiple injuries, including to one of his kidneys.

    Rachel was killed. She was 15 years old.

    The dad, who was not involved in the accident, is completely devastated, as you can imagine.

    I know it doesn't do any good to ask Why? when things like this happen, but it's hard not to.

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