Flip Flap‚ Flip Flap‚ was the sound of our treasured red‚ white‚ and blue banner that waved in the land of the free and the brave. Its awestriking appearance greeted my eyes as my family and I pulled into the bumpy‚ gravel parking lot that awaited our car’s arrival. As soon as my size 11 shoes hit the sun bathed ground of Charleston‚ South Carolina‚ I felt many of my troubles float off in the direction of the glistening Atlantic Ocean. Even though the 90 degree weather that enveloped Charleston during
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We have plenty of restaurants nowadays‚ but what makes a restaurant so special that everyone wants to come to it over and over. Most of the restaurants try their best to be at the top rank but not all of them succeed. I have been in hundreds of restaurants but only some of them are the type of restaurant that you can be in love with. Today is about my journey to the fabulous restaurant The Cheesecake Factory. The location of the restaurant and how big is it are signs to how good the restaurants
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Navigating the truck up the Sauk Mountain road‚ we were nearly at the five and half mile mark when the first true glimpse of Sauk Mountain’s west face came into view. Dead ahead‚ the four of us stared through the windshield fixated on the numerous switchbacks carved into the green vegetated hillside that emerged through the damp vaporous atmosphere. The summit above‚ hidden by a sea of clouds‚ the spectacle caught Holly by surprise generating a wake-up call. From her backseat position‚ “We’re climbing
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“Walking on Ice” In the calm and chilling winter of the end of the year. My friends and I were walking back home from Friday prayer at the Masjid. We walked on down the road until we approached the river bank where it was arctic and barren along the shore. Suddenly‚ my friend had the idea of crossing the river to getting home faster seeking a new experience of adventure. I already assumed the situation could be a lot worse than that‚ but we shouldn’t live in fear‚ I thought. Before I knew it‚ I was
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Black Friday There are experiences in life that create an everlasting impact on our character. Seeing first hand what kind of intestinal fortitude one possesses can be both rewarding and humbling. Black Friday is the 1st day used by Special Forces Assessment and Selection to test the individuals who volunteer to serve in the elite Army Special Forces Green Berets. Just as many people before me pushed themselves to the absolute limit; I was about
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Descriptive Analyses of the Essays and Short Stories Narration and Description THE STRATEGIES Although the narrative and descriptive essays are often given as separate assignments in composition courses‚ they are combined in this first section so that teachers can present expressive writing and still reserve time for the many forms of informative and argumentative writing. This choice is tricky because it confirms the folk wisdom about expressive writing and rhetorical difficulty. According to
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An Athlete’s Home Home is where the heart is. If this is true then‚ my heart belongs to a special place. Not just any place‚ but a place where the chalk line connects the grass to the dirt‚ where three bases signify my safety‚ and a green fence is my brick wall. When I pull around the corner my view fist goes to the baseball field not the softball field‚ but that’s what makes it so unique and special in its own way. It’s sort of like a home‚ with a fence for a wall and trees for the roof. Different
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October 6th‚ 2010 MODEL U.N The Model U.N was founded in Plattsburgh in 2008 by the students as an activity to stay involved and improve the public speaking skills. This club’s aim is to help people develop their personal skill and build up confidence to improve their debating skills. The format is based on U.N where university students assume responsibility as representative of different countries and debate about the issues in the world. The Clubs beings to functioning at the starting of every
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Flashing red and blue lights accompanied by an alarming siren in the distance is signaled when the double doors of the emergency room burst open. Pushed by several nurses‚ doctors‚ and other medical staff‚ a lone hospital stretcher with a bloody‚ wounded patient flies through the medical center towards the doors to the operating room. This image is what generally comes to mind when you think about an emergency room. Many people believe that the hospital’s emergency room is a dark and scary place
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The Parker River On a blazing hot summer morning‚ the noise of flat bottom boats racing on the water and various neighbors yelling crude words wakes me up. Walking outside the smell of musty river water enters my nose as I took in a breath of fresh air. The sight of my dogs chasing each other like 2 high-speed bunny rabbits hopping around in a continuous circle wasn’t anything unordinary. Walking over to the immense grey dock‚ I look over the choppy‚ greenish-blue water and see all of the
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