With Life‚ Have Joy “I’m at the hospital … the doctor thinks Jo might have had a stroke.” In the middle of July of 2003 my grandmother‚ Josephine‚ suffered from a stroke causing the loss of movement on her left side. No one really knows what caused her to have a stroke‚ but it’s narrowed down to two events. During that summer my grandmother and I were visiting a nursing home. She is an ordained minister and was going to deliver a message to the residents. On the way in she tripped over
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Natural Disaster What is natural disaster? A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction‚ lots of collateral damage or loss of life‚ brought about by forces other than the acts of human beings. General cause of natural disaster 1. Significant physical damage or destruction‚ loss of life‚ or drastic change to the environment. 2. Extensively defined as any tragic event stemming from events such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ catastrophic accidents‚ fires‚ or explosions
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Pojoe Before this happened to me I thought dogs didn’t really have feelings or understood what was going on. After this happened to me I learned dogs are very similar to people and can get sad too. This is important because a lot of people don’t understand that dogs are very fragile inside just like people are. My mom and my dad got me a pit bull whenever we moved into our new house across from my friend‚ Emmett. His name was something like pecan or peaches‚ but since I was so mad I had to get a
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I am on the rough turf with the ball in my hands and blue cleats in my peripheral vision. In that moment‚ all I could hear were the voices in my head yelling "no". My position as goalie contradicts many of my human instincts. The voices tell me not to sacrifice my body to save a shot‚ but I have been trained to do so. Anxiousness fills my body as I hit the ground‚ but relief overcomes my mind when I feel the ball inside my palms. The details of this image are a blur. I can only remember where this
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on offense. I lunged forward and lashed out with my leg at the gang leader. He hadn’t expected me to retaliate and was winded. “You have made a huge mistake‚” he mumbled “Boys... attack the girl!” He hollered. I had been in these situations before. The observing gang members did as their leader said. One by one‚ they came at me with weapons they had concealed. The first man had a knife and hurled it forcefully towards me. I positioned my hands so that the rope binding them would be cut. The knife
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This is it‚ the day I have been waiting for‚ move-in day of my senior year of college. After this year I will finally be graduating. I park my car and walk into my home for the year Schaaf‚ the nicest dorm on campus. I walk through the front doors with pride and march straight up to the front desk to ask the RA for the key to my room. The RA asks for my name and I tell her with a smile. After looking through the list she could not seem to find my name and went to check with her boss to figure out
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Brake lights flasher circuits This circuit will allow the brake light was flashing. The default behavior. When the power supply to the circuit‚ Or tap the brake it. The IC timer IC2 drive current to transistor Q2 and producing oscillator output‚ pulse signal output at pin 3 to input pin 1 of IC1-CD4024. Count pulse and stops counting after 8 pulses‚ with pin 2 of IC1 is reset. The transistor Q1 will trigger the IC2‚ and pin 3 of IC2 change status as well. The voltage drop across R3‚ the voltage
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Meyerhoffer 1 Ryan Meyerhoffer Julie Karus Expository Writing 15 October 2013 Authentic Chinese Cuisine When you begin to think about food the thoughts are innumerous. Food surrounds you‚ the nation‚ the world‚ and me. Food is obviously a bare necessity to a successful life. However‚ when I begin to think about food many memories come to mind‚ memories that will last a lifetime. I begin to think about Christmas and Thanksgiving at my grandparent’s house where all the family is gathered
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On August 15‚ 2007‚ my older brother‚ Lucas‚ suggested we go to the corncrib. I agreed and we walked across the farm to flip the lock and open the large white doors. I followed him inside‚ and hence there being no windows on the lower level‚ it took my eyes awhile to adjust to the darkness. I heard Luke’s voice somewhere to my left‚ and glanced over my shoulder to vaguely see him climbing up a ladder. Having never been inside the corncrib before‚ I blindly followed him. My eyes stung as they adjusted
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My Happy Place Life can be a very scary subject especially when you are just a teenager in high school‚ are in all AP classes‚ up to your neck in homework‚ have extracurricular activities‚ and try to manage a social life. Although life does throw people and places at you that can help you relieve this stress and be in ultimate bliss. For me that place is my Grandma Lesvia’s house back in my home town of Eagle Pass. When I was little‚ my parents were always fighting every other day‚ so I would
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