I can still remember the first time I went downhill skiing. It was a cold and dry November day. It hadn’t been snowing much at the time‚ so most of the snow on the hills was that slick‚ jet blown‚ artificial-ice/pseudo-snow. Not exactly what a first timer likes to start on.My friend Michael had been trying to talk me into going on a skiingtrip with him and the local Boy Scout troop for some time. I was afraid at first; I had heard many over-exaggerated stories from people who had claimed
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Have you ever had a time in your life when time stops‚ and your world comes to a halt? That happened to me a while ago. It started out as a normal Friday morning. I got up got dressed‚ eat breakfast‚ and went to work. It was quite a busy day. That morning I couldn’t find my work shoes‚ so I had to wear my converse. Which get quite uncomfortable after a few hours of standing. Well when the time came to leave I was dead tired‚ my feet ached and all I wanted to do was go home‚ sit down and relax. Well
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happens to be my alarm clock screaming at me to get up‚ as I’d already hit the snooze button twice. I dreadfully get out of bed and begin getting myself ready to start my day. I‚ as would most people‚ would typically characterize myself as bad-tempered in the mornings as I have a tendency to be easily annoyed. In the midst of my day‚ I sometimes stop and reflect on how instead of being irritable‚ I should be thankful that God has given me yet another day to live. I’ve found that being thankful often
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Charles Edward Ives‚ was not only a modernist‚ but also an original composer. He pursued what is perhaps one of the most extraordinary careers in American music history. Unfortunately‚ Ives music was ignored for most of his life and many of his works were unperformed for several years. His music consisted of a combination of the American popular and church music traditions from when he was younger with European art music. This was not a common genre of music. He was also one of the first composers to
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school work‚ and being responsible. In some ways it can be a good thing but it can be a frightful thing as well. It is one of the biggest challenges most teenagers will encounter to be successful in life. After all those four years of high school‚ it is now the time to join the ranks of the high school graduates who have chosen to achieve a higher education. Some might think it is very exciting while others might have a different opinion about it. Regardless of how they feel‚ being able to attend college
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All In The Timing The plays of David Ives are certainly clever and comic. There is no doubt that Ives gives us inventive scenarios that smartly use language and test our knowledge before we chuckle. But what does it all mean‚ anyway? What do we gain from the techniques he uses in the one-act plays of All in the Timing? Are they meaningful works‚ or simply highfalutin vignettes? To answer these questions‚ let’s consider three of his plays: “Words‚ Words‚ Words‚” “Variations on the Death of Trotsky
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shared by all‚ to be rich and famous. In my perspective being successful is much different‚ because money is not everything. To make goals and follow your dreams will lead you down the road to success. Their will be bumps along the way‚ and you might have to take the harder road‚ but if you are willing to work hard and never give up‚ you will be successful. Like everyone‚ I have many dreams and goals that I would like to see myself accomplish during my life. I want to go to a great college and
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OF YOUR LIFE? According to a popular saying‚schooldays are the happiest days of your life. Is there any truth in this? Answers to this question are bound to vary greatly from person to person. A person’s answer will depend on how happy the person’s schooldays actually were and on how happy the rest of his or her life has been since. To give a really true answer to this question you have to be fairly close to the end of your life. Hopefully‚by this time you will have lived a long time. If this
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I hopped off the bus‚ my backpack bouncing against my back. A combination of gravel‚ road salt‚ and snow crunched beneath my boots as I turned down my driveway. Leafless trees lined my pathway‚ their branches heavy with wet snow. All the way down the drive I slipped and slid as fast as I could without landing in a snowbank. I didn’t particularly want to contribute to my dour mood. It had been a stressful week: there had been a rehearsal for the musical every day; several important deadlines were
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way I am used to in Islamic mosques. The priests started by saying “We bless ourselves for prayer in the name of the Father‚ the Son and the Holy Spirit” and the crowd responded with an Amen‚ and then a person started to read from the bible. Every time the priest or the person finished the reading‚ people said “The word of the Lord.” People kept repeating what the priest was saying until he started to read the Gospel. When he stared reading the Gospel‚ people crossed themselves on the forehead‚ the
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