and I was consumed with insurmountable levels of joy and excitement; I was finally getting my first car. Well actually‚ allow me to dial that back just a tad‚ I was filled with excitement and joy about my new car‚ but it was not really for the same reasons that any old average-joe might be excited for. I was really excited to wash my new car. Being the perfectionist that I am‚ I immediately set out to make my car look as if it had just rolled fresh off the assembly line some twenty long years after
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“Sons-of-the-Soil” and Local Insurgencies ABSTRACT One explanation for localized armed conflicts is competition between the original inhabitants of an area and more recent settlers‚ including both migrants from the same country and from abroad. As of yet‚ this explanation has not been thoroughly scrutinized‚ partly due to the lack of disaggregated data on violence needed to properly examine the hypothesis. Hence‚ this paper applies the idea of such “sons-of-the-soil” dynamics to
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After my first migraine attack‚ I kept getting them every day. As they kept happening‚ new symptoms would arise. Anything from slurred speech‚ dizziness‚ and vomiting to blurred vision‚ numbness in the face‚ and feeling tender all over my body. The list goes on but these were my most common symptoms. I was afraid to do anything because everything seemed to trigger a migraine. Even kneeling down to pick something up or smelling perfume would be an instant trigger for me. My life got to the point where
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Narrative/descriptive essay My most unforgettable flight experience I have been exposed to traveling ever since I learned how to speak‚ whether by boat‚ bus‚ or plane. Living in Kuwait‚ a country in the Middle East‚ my whole family and I did our best to visit our family and friends back home in the Philippines. I learned the basics of traveling from my father and through observation. As a child I had always been excited before boarding a
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First Day in Delta College January‚ 14th 2014‚ was my first day at Delta College. I have heard some say that their first day of college was full of excitement‚ but for me it was completely new experience. My first day in Delta College was a memorable experience due to three reasons: I was exposed to the new environment‚ I met new teachers‚ and I met some new friends. On the first day of college‚ I saw the new environment and it made me feel more and more comfortable. At my first glimpse
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The original story of the prodigal son is very touching but is written as all bible stories are written and that is to put anyone to sleep. However‚ Garrison Keillor’s version of the prodigal son makes the same point and is fun to read. He brought it in to a more modern day setting but the same message is sent like the original story. The story of the prodigal son is that he wanted his father to give him everything that he would inherit when the father passed on. His father agreed and he left
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My first ride on a roller coaster was a scary experience! I never had a thought of wanting to ride a roller coaster for different reasons. The reasons for that fear was the fear of heights and the thought of me falling off the ride or some type of malfunction causing the roller coaster to collapse. I would just watch other people get on the rides and listen to them scream their hearts out. One summer night‚ my friend called me and told me that the fair was in town for the weekend. She thought it
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A Conversation with My Father is a fictional story about a daughter and her dying father. At his bedside‚ he asks her to tell a story. She tells a tragic story of a woman who gets involved in drugs because of her son but then the son leaves her and she is stuck in the drug lifestyle. She soon after decides to get her life back on track and she succeeds in doing so. The father rejects the daughters ending because he believes that she is avoiding tragedy. Through ambiguity and connotation in the conversation
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Joseph Nicolosi Instructor: Mallen English Composition 9/24/2014 First essay Little Drummer Kid Back when I was a child I never asked for much. I never had much of an interest in toys and spent most of my time alone. Even at the age of 8 I was a deep thinker‚ always questioning why things happen the way they do. I was constantly observing the world around me as if I was on the outside. I learned to appreciate silence at such a young age and didn’t speak much. I only spoke when I was spoken to
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Anthony Melero Father and Son In some‚ probably most storylines that you might compare there will be similarities and differences. That’s just how it works‚ but you will rarely get those two or more storylines that you decide to compare that have absolutely nothing in common and are completely different. Most of the time that won’t happen but it is definitely a possibility. In this case of comparison‚ between the novel “Father and Son‚” by Larry Brown and the movie “Shotgun Stories‚” by director
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