“Casey at the Bat” is simply one of the most famous sports poems of all time‚ it is a thirteen stanza poem written by Ernest Lawrence Thayer in 1888. Thayer writes the poem in an AABB rhyming pattern‚ which means his stanzas are four lines long and that the first two lines will rhyme‚ and the last two lines will rhyme. The poem is focused around a baseball team in Mudville‚ who in the bottom of the ninth have seemingly lost hope‚ unless their star player‚ Casey‚ can get his at bat and score. Thayer
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Baseball Bats The baseball game is the national pastime of all time in The United States. When compared to other sports‚ baseball is a simple game with a basic set of equipment‚ and baseball bats are part of these equipments. Baseball bats were all manufactured out of some type of hard wood‚ but this is no longer the case. Today‚ there are different styles and materials to choose from. Baseball bats come in four basic types; wood‚ aluminum‚ composite‚ and hybrid. First‚ the classic baseball bat used
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The Vampire Diaries is a supernatural drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec‚ based on the book series of the same name written by L. J. Smith. The series premiered on The CW Television Network on September 10‚ 2009. The series takes place in Mystic Falls‚ Virginia‚ a fictional small town haunted by supernatural beings. The main focus of the series is the love triangle between the protagonist Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) and vampire-brothers Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley)
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If I Was President‚ What Would I Change? Why do we need stamps to mail a letter? Wouldn’t our time buying and putting stamps on envelopes be better spent reading or sleeping? Just imagine a life without any of that. In your whole life you probably spend hundreds of dollars on stamps alone. There are too many everyday tasks that prove to be hassles. As president I would put an end to all everyday hassles by forcing companies to make things easier‚ more efficient‚ and stop making things that we don’t
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he Vampire Diaries is a hit supernatural teen drama television series about a seventeen-year-old girl‚ Elena‚ who is caught up in a mystical world between two extremely handsome vampire brothers. It’s very comparative to Twilight and Buffy the Vampire Slayer with the typical ‘teenage girl falls in love with a vampire’ story. It first aired in September 2009‚ not long after the topic of Vampires had significantly escalated‚ and the show instantly became a teen favorite with almost five million viewers
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Absolutely‚ we are required to get the main idea of family structure. Besides‚ we must also understand each family member’s roles in order for us to efficiently fulfill our responsibilities. As a result‚ we will manage to know the importance of this concept. I personally believed we need to recognize this basic idea before going further toward the application of parenting to avoid misunderstanding in parenting theory. For the concept of marriage from Islamic perspective‚ we are blessed because the information
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meal twice A day. I sometimes dream of getting rich-so rich I could have everything. I need. I have certain wishes which I would like to fulfill if I become a Millionaire. I shall invest some of my money in prize bonds‚ saving Certificates and the like. In this way I shall not only get benefit for Myself but also help my country in its development plans. Further‚ I shall open schools and colleges that will give free education with Board and lodging to poor students. I shall also set up a
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objectives in life. I belong to the middle strata of the Indian society. I can never think of earning millions of rupees. But god has his own ways. Who knows‚ I might win a lottery! And if I ever win it‚ I cannot say whether I would be able to enjoy it. Let me suppose that I am fortunate to win a lottery of millions of rupees! I shall try to spend it in the most judicious manner so that I am able to derive maximum pleasure out of it. My friends advise me that first of all‚ I should try to improve
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Vampires Are Real With today’s media a fascination with monsters has risen to an all-time high. One monster in particular‚ though‚ has become the center point for all attention‚ the vampire. Many believe the existence of vampires is just a myth. One valid arguments of non-believers is that if vampires did exist‚ wouldn’t they have depleted their food source? Early legends of vampires are supported by the belief that people suffering from a deadly‚ but rare‚ blood disease not vampirism. Believers
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Vampire existence Almost each nation has legends about vampires that rummage people at night and drink their blood. In these legends‚ vampires are brutal‚ heartless‚ half-decayed creatures. For example‚ Slavic mythology has a belief that a vampire won’t get out of grave if you throw some corn inside. The vampire will count corns all night long. But the image of a vampire has changed. Today it is an mysterious sexy superstar that kept its peculiar traits: love of blood‚ hate for garlic‚ and fear
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