I can’t begin to explain how reading has enriched my life. I live in a small fishing village called Lancaster‚ 200 miles northeast of Anchorage‚ Alaska. It’s strictly a fishing and mining town with a year-long population of 424. We’re a loyal‚ self-sufficent group‚ and count among our ranks five teachers‚ an architecht‚ two medical doctors and a dentist. Unfortunately‚ we are over three hours from the nearest city‚ limiting our access to most cultural events‚ athletics and other typical extracuricular
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2014 On Dumpster Diving Summary “On Dumpster Diving” by Lars Eighner is an essay about the author’s personal struggles of homelessness and the art of getting his daily necessities from local Dumpsters. The main purpose of this essay is to share the author’s own personal experiences of being homeless‚ to talk of his knowledge of Dumpster diving‚ and to also explain and give advice on how a person might go about living out of the Dumpsters. Eighner had several experiences while Diving for food. One of
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Topic: Southport is my favorite place to visit Attitude/Point: Others will feel the same way about their favorite place to visit for their own specific reasons. and I have noticed that most people visit places because of the weather‚ and the stress relief you get when you take a vacation. Audience: Individuals or families who are looking for a serene place to vacation to or visit. People who vacation frequently or retirees would benefit from this. Purpose: I will be sharing this
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Pg 714 comp q’s 1. Dumpster diving to me means going to any public dumpster‚ hopping inside and scavenging for food or any other necessity the scrounger may need. 2. Eighner’s answers to the question as to “Why was this discarded?” goes to line 8 where he gives an example about how people throw out food once it has gone bad or they trust the expiration date. He also throws a sarcastic comment about how people have a “regular supply of groceries” which he implies that many people are just simply
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MY FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR My favorite time of the year is naturally the time when I have the most fun. To me‚ that time of the year falls during the December holidays‚ or rather‚ it starts during the last term of school. It may sound strange of me to include the period of examinations. But I like the way teachers leave us‚ students‚ by ourselves to do our own revision. There is hardly any homework to be done but there is a lot of studying to take up our time. Finally‚ when the examinations are
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my favorite hobby again after having a kid I knew before my kid was born that I would get less sleep and have less free time after having a baby. I didn’t realize how hard it would be to lose my creativity for a while. It felt like losing a piece of my soul. During what we’ve since dubbed the Era of No Sleep‚ I was exhausted. What energy I had went almost entirely towards caring for my family. I connected with friends and took breaks‚ but I did not drum‚ dance‚ or engage in any of the myriad of
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In the essay “On Dumpster Diving” by Lars Eighner‚ one of the themes I believe is portrayed through the text is‚ even in the world of dumpster diving there are ethics. Eighner shows he has personal ethics in several parts of the essay. He can recognize the value of items that are more important then others. “The necessities of daily life I began to extract from dumpsters” shows that he has the willpower to keep pushing and not give up (Eighner 162). “Occasionally a find tells a story” Eighner explains
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My three favorite things are Cooking‚ Cleaning‚ and Shopping because they revolve in my everyday life and my job without them i will not be able to function well. Cooking is one of my favorite things . I love cooking new dishes ; I also like having new techniques an ideas in the kitchen . I have always been a fanatic of cooking shows since i was small it has bought my attention. On Holidays i tend to cook alot of diffrent dishes . My baked Homemade pies i make off stratch and my famous
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Corina Termini. My favorite movie: “The Notebook” Movies give you inspiration to do or change many things in Life. This is a huge benefit on watching movies because they often give you something to learn from‚ you can see probably how a bad decision can change you life forever‚ how people influence can sometimes be bad for you‚ how everyone is capable of good thing in life‚ how by working hard you can achieve you goals‚ etc. So‚ trough movies you can get motivated and look forward in your life
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------------------------------------------------- “Diving Into The Wreck” by Adrienne Rich ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- 1 “This is the place. ------------------------------------------------- And I am here‚ the mermaid whose dark hair ------------------------------------------------- streams black‚ the merman in his armored body. -------------------------------------------------
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