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    When the month of August rolls around each year‚ football fans alike rejoice‚ because a new season is about to roll around. In the South‚ we celebrate four seasons: winter‚ spring‚ summer‚ and football. Whether it’s by seeing shirts or by seeing flags fly on vehicles‚ most people in the South know when football arrives. Unlike A Christmas Memory‚ where Capote believes traditions will die off after a period of time‚ college football has continued its trend in the south for over 100 years. Maybe it’s

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    People say they keep people safe. A fear of snakes can protect are person from getting bit in the woods. A fear of getting robbed will keep people from going down alleys alone‚ or a fear of a tornado will make people get better protection for their house. The fear of a break in will make a person get protection for their house. Fears are not always bad though; some fears allow people to fear. Using the Cold War example‚ fear of the russians caused

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    Wizard Of Oz Spark Notes

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    For those of you somehow unfamiliar with the tale‚ here are the Spark Notes: Dorothy is a small-town Kansas girl who dreamed of life somewhere over the rainbow. She gets swept up in a tornado and dropped into a strange yet wonderful land called Oz. How did the author come up with the name Oz anyway? Baum said it came to him one day when he was staring – probably asking that question Ian shared concerning the ending time of class – at a set of filing drawers labeled A-G‚ H-N and O-Z. As a result

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    Chessa Brook had everything a girl could want. She lived on a horse ranch in Montana and had nice clothes‚ books‚ and the latest i phone 8. She still wasn’t happy‚ though. She hated her brother‚ and wished her parents wouldn’t fight so much. It was Saturday morning‚ and Chessa’s brother‚ Jerry lee‚ was driving her crazy. “You just poured syrup in my hair!” Chessa screamed. She turned around and kicked him like a soccer ball right in his side with her pointy toe boots. “Ow-ow-ow-ow!” Jerry lee

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    Virtual Meteorology 101 Name _______________________________ Period ______ Weather and climate are the two major abiotic (nonliving) factors responsible for determining the major geographic ecosystems called biomes. Search the web and give a definition of weather: The state of the atmosphere with respect to wind‚ temperature‚ cloudiness‚ moisture‚ pressure‚ etc. Search the web and give a definition of climate: the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region‚ as temperature

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    October 1‚ 1998‚ Chapman took the reins of The Baptist Hospital System and unbeknownst to him‚ many financial and emotional challenges would be awaiting. He defines them as tornados‚ one being an actual tornado causing structural damage to the hospital earlier that year and the other being an inside (corporation) financial tornado. The latter would be more challenging for him‚ leading a company that is $83 million dollars worse off than what he was told (Chapman‚ 2007). His first step was to develop

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    Nature Observation

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    Nature is very beautiful. Sometimes it is hard to realize the true beauty of nature living in New York City. We are often too busy rushing to get to work or to school to be able to stop and stare at a garden full of colorful flowers and flying bees surrounding them‚ transporting pollen from one to another. Our lives are too hectic to sit in the park and enjoy the cool breeze or take time to soak up the sun. We get annoyed when we are awakened by the chirping of birds singing to each other at sunrise

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    He made some weapons like a bow with the hatchet to hunt. When a tornado came‚ he found a tail section of the plane. He made a raft‚ and went into a lake. He lost his hatchet‚ but he found out a survival pack that helped him survive. A plane‚ which was passing him‚ received the SOS‚ so he could be rescued. Personal

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    The difference between weather and climate is that weather consists of the short-term (minutes to months) changes in the atmosphere. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature‚ humidity‚ precipitation‚ cloudiness‚ brightness‚ visibility‚ wind‚ and atmospheric pressure‚ as in high and low pressure. There are lots of factors that influence our climate Elevation or Altitude effect climate Normally‚ climatic conditions become colder as altitude increases. “Life zones” on a high mountain reflect

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    Langston Hughes‚ whose full name was James Mercer Langston Hughes‚ was born in 1902 in Joplin‚ Missouri. He was the only son of James Nathaniel Hughes and Carrie Mercer Langston. His parents divorced when he was young and his father moved to Mexico. Because his mother traveled a lot to find work and was often absent‚ his grandmother raised Hughes until he was 12. His childhood was lonely and he often occupied himself with books. It was Hughes’s grandmother‚ a great storyteller‚ who transferred to

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