Dear Journal‚it took us a bit longer to reach the South Pass. It’s been hotter than hell‚ and I feel like I’ve lost my weight in sweat. The tires are so thin and the trail is so sandy that we get almost no traction. The continental divide was a neat landmark. I hadn’t known about it until the book told us. Tomorrow we’ll take the Sublette-Greenwood Cutoff‚ which just means more desert. My kids look like death‚ but they put on a brave face for my wife and I. Tomorrow we cross the river‚ and I think
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paradise we were looking for. As we continued on‚ we reached the coast of Cuba. Columbus said that Cuba is the Indian name for Japan‚ but I don’t believe him. This place looks nothing like our home. The Indians here told us that there are mines of gold and
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Entry #1 Hello‚ my name is Noah Abner. I am 15 years old and live with my mom‚ my dad‚ and my brother. People would describe me as funny‚ sociable‚ and sometimes annoying. My childhood has been perfect so far. I go to a school called Bartomiej Nowodworski High School in Poland. I have lots of friends at school‚ and we like to hang out all the time. Most of my friends play sports. Our favorite sport is football; we play every day‚ and we are getting outstanding. My house is not excessively big; we
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MINERS - Wilfred Owen There was a whispering in my hearth‚ A sigh of the coal‚ Grown wistful of a former earth It might recall. I listened for a tale of leaves And smothered ferns‚ Frond-forests‚ and the low sly lives Before the fawns. My fire might show steam-phantoms simmer From Time’s old cauldron‚ Before the birds made nests in summer‚ Or men had children. But the coals were murmuring of their mine‚ And moans down there Of boys that slept wry sleep‚ and men
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33 Chilean Miners Trapped Anita Stevenson Carrie Miranda BCOM/275 33 Trapped Chilean Miners Trapped On August 5‚ 2010‚ San Jose Mines collapsed trapping 33 Chilean miners 2‚300 feet underground‚ owend by Minera San Estaban Primera. The devastating mishap has been accessed and officials have stated the 33 trapped miners will not be rescued until after Chile’s Independence day celebration‚ Fiestas Patrias held on September 18 a mere 13 days after the collapse‚ but hopefully before
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Journal Entry Number 1‚ It wasn’t until we arrived at the funeral that it finally sank in. The emotions hit me like a tractor-trailer hitting a squirrel on the highway. The stabbing pain in my heart and the cloudiness of my vision caused by tears just made me weep harder. I observed my mom standing by the casket‚ looking at your lifeless body‚ staring into eternity. She appeared there physically‚ but you could tell her mind raced elsewhere as an unsettling darkness nestled in her eyes. At the
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Journal Entry #3 The climax of the novel is when Curley and Lennie fight ending with Curley getting a broken hand. A major conflict was Curley and Lennie since Curley hates big guys and is always looking to fight them. It was solved when Lennie broke Curley’s hand but the problem recurred when Lennie killed Curley’s wife. A minor conflict is when Lennie killed his puppy and tried to hide it from George until Curley’s wife started to talk to him. That is also a major thing that helped resolve
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As stated in my first journal entry‚ I originally saw this course as a skill to add to my resume. After reading chapter one I realized the value my personal life would gain learning about nonverbal communication‚ so I went into week two all gung ho and ready to tackle it! I knew having this skill would put my life back on track by giving me the tools I needed to hide my screwed-up life. This would lead to new friendships and relationships where I could verbally open myself up to others. All I had
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summary Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a dense‚ soft‚ malleable‚ and ductile metal with an attractive‚ bright yellow colour and luster that is maintained without tarnishing in air or water. Chemically‚ gold is a transition metal and a group 11 element. It is one of the least reactive chemical elements‚ solid under standard conditions. Its pros are that it gives satisfaction to one‚ security and stability to peoples. Its cons are that the price of gold fluctuate
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Double Entry Journals Quotes/Summary of Event | My Thinking‚ Questions‚ Connections & Reactions | Pg. 8 “SI MONUMENTUM REQUIRIS CIRCUMSPICE” | I know this language is Latin. In the forward it is used in a way to honor educators. I think this might say “A monument that requires searching”Online it says‚ “if you seek his monument‚ look around”. (Merriam Webster). It seems similar to what I thought it said originally. I wasn’t surprised that it was along the lines of looking for something because
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