Descriptive Portrait: My Grandmother When I picture my grandmother‚ I envision shiny grey hair‚ bright blue eyes‚ and the softest hands I have every felt. She is 94 years old and has 12 children. Virginia Irene Dill has raised many children‚ and that makes her the strongest person I know. When I walk through the door of her 75 year old home‚ I think of all the pain and joy my grandmother went through there. After so many years‚ our time together was not quite the same as it used to be since ten
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Ouch! It Burns!- a descriptive essay It was New Year’s Eve back home in the Philippines. I was only 6 years old‚ short‚ thin and clumsy. With my favorite striped pink shorts and white tank top with a Care Bears print on‚ I rushed outside our apartment to join other kids light some fireworks. People everywhere on our neighborhood were lighting their own fireworks and firecrackers. The sky that was usually dark was now filled with different colors of light – yellow‚ red‚ green‚ blue‚ white‚
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one electronic copy of your completed syllabus per course to Joann by August 28. The file name should only include the course number‚ section‚ and instructor’s initials: ENG160 00 JD. 3. We will follow the usual procedure for assessment of student writing at the beginning of the semester. Give students a diagnostic essay on the first day of class and send any students for possible transfer into SWW‚ ESL/SWW‚ or Honors to Matt and Joann with their diagnostic essays‚ Banner ID‚ and schedule
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Antibiotics are medications that either kill bacteria or prevent them from spreading. They work only against bacteria‚ not the viruses that cause the majority of sore throats‚ colds‚ sinus infections‚ and bronchitis. Most of the infectious diseases are caused by bacteria. Antibiotics transformed medicine. There are two segments of antibiotics‚ early history and modern history. Antibiotics can be defined as a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of
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Never look your defender in the eye. Some say basketball is an easy game‚ but if it were‚ everyone would be playing it. In the locker room I hear the murmuring of the girls talking about their day and the rustling of them getting their jerseys and shoes on. Coach walks in‚ the room silences. He gives his speech‚ his voice echoing off the lockers‚ everyone hanging on his words. Then we huddle‚ we talk game strategy and whose armpit smells the prettiest. Outside the change room we can hear the
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Moment of Inertia 1. Abstract The goal of this study is to understand the transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy of rotation and kinetic energy of translation. The moment of inertia of the cross arm my group measured with the conservation of energy equation is: 0.01044 kg/m2 (with the mass of 15g)‚ 0.01055 kg/m2 (with the mass of 30g)‚ which is kind of similar to the standard magnitude of the moment of inertia of the cross arm: 0.0095 kg/m2 (Gotten by measuring the radius and the mass
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Texting While Driving vs Drinking While Driving For decades‚ drunk driving has been at the forefront of debate. Stricter laws have been passed across the nation leading to a decrease in drunk driving accidents. However‚ a new driving threat is quickly taking its place. That threat is texting while driving and many say that it is actually more dangerous than drunk driving. Texting while driving a vehicle has now replaced drinking while driving as the leading cause of accidents and deaths of teenage
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In Act II‚ scene VII‚ of the play As You Like It‚ a disheartened Jacques takes a long look at life: All the worlds a stage‚ and all the men and women‚ merely players; They have their exits and their entrances‚ and one man in his time plays many parts(1-4) It is a line that is as simplistic as it is complicated‚ comparing the cycle of life to that of a play. This quote‚ pulled from the play As You Like it‚ a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare
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Medway LEA Advisory Service Speeding up/pressure and moments 9K & 9L 27 min 27 marks Q1-L3‚ Q2-L4‚ Q3-L4‚ Q4-L5‚ Q5-L6 1. (a) E D A B C 1 all five letters must be in the correct order (b) to measure volume accept ‘to make sure they used the same 1 volume of water in each beaker’ accept ‘to measure amount of water’ accept ‘to measure the volume of salt or sugar’
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"Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change." ( Marry Shelly‚ Frankenstein) it hits me‚ there is a sudden warmth that spreads throughout my face. My muscles tense up as if ready for another blow‚ except I’m not‚ I never will be. I feel weak as she kicks me again‚ except this time right in the chest‚ the air escapes my lungs‚ now I feel nothing. She’s drunk again‚ I can’t stop her‚ however I can hear talking through the ringing in my ears. Out of the corner of my eye I see
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