ride of the day on a jet ski. As I step out of the camper‚ my eyes have to adjust to the gleam of the water. It looks like it is going to be a good day. Lake Mcconaughy is full of days like this one. Not only is it an amazing vacation spot‚ but it is home away from home. Ever since I can remember‚ my family and friends have congregated to Lake Mcconaughy in the summers. It is located about ten miles from a little town named Ogallala‚ Nebraska. The town is also where my mom was raised and most
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The Great Salt Lake The Great Salt Lake is a wonder of its own. Made by the remnants of Lake Bonneville‚ this lake is unique to Utah and has many different characteristics that make it this way. Have you ever wondered how big the Great Salt Lake really is? It is one of the largest lakes in America. The Great Salt Lake is about seventy-five miles long and twenty-five miles wide. Even though the deepest spot in the lake is thirty-four feet the average depth of the Great Salt Lake is around 13 feet
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Grease Lake Lessons There comes a time in many kids life where they want to be bad. They don’t want to be bad to get in trouble and face consequences. They want to be bad because it appears cool. The cool kids sat in the back of class and talked while the teacher was teaching. The cool kids went to parties where there was underage drinking and drugs. The cool kids walked around wearing cool clothes and sunglasses as if they answered to no one and had no care in the world. The cool kids acted
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1. Introduction Attention Getter: How many of you shop online at least once a week? According to the data gathered by Statista.com June 2012‚ about 70 percent of internet users in the United States had made at least one purchase via any device during 2011. Over the last decade‚ E-Commerce has been growing faster and of course‚ such dramatic change on the ways of shopping has brought millions of profits and business opportunities. However‚ the collection of e-commerce sales tax has always been a
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CAR USAGE We have become extremely dependent on cars; there were five hundred and ninety million worldwide in 1990 and it is estimated that this figure will grow to eight hundred and sixteen million by 2010. Clearly cars are so popular because they are both convenient and efficient. On the other hand‚ there are powerful arguments against car use. Firstly‚ they damage the environment. Secondly‚ they can kill and maim large numbers of people. Thirdly‚ some people argue that they contribute to the
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NANOTECHNOLOGY AND SOME USAGE AREAS OF IT The nanometer is a unit length which equals 10-9 meters‚ in other words‚ billionth of a meter. In basic‚ logical perspective‚ the definition: the science‚ which studies the matter in nano dimensions for the term “nanoscience” is quite perceptible. However‚ to deeper understanding‚ it is useful to take a look at a wide definition of the nanotechnolocy‚ provided by U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative. According to the initiative‚ “Nanotechnology is the
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Once Upon a Shop The essay is called ”Once Upon a time” written by Jeanette Winterson in June 13‚ 2010 in “The Observer” The essay is about a woman called Jeanette Winterson and she has just opened her first Fruit and veg shop. She lives in London the east end of London‚ at Spitalfields where the most of the fruit and veg’s shop is located. Jeanette was actually about to buy a coffee shop‚ but she wouldn’t do it because of her disbelieves and that she didn’t like the politics about the shop‚ then
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The Need For Responsible Energy Usage Fossil fuels: the world ’s primary energy source‚ a precious resource capable of powering both vehicles and economies. This nonrenewable fuel source is created by dead animal and plant matter that has become fossilized through the application of pressure and heat in Earth ’s crust over millions of years. Once thought to be in abundance‚ this depleting fuel source has both consumers and producers worried about its future‚ as most modern transportation technology
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Saving Lake Malawi Lakes are complex ecosystems with many species of animals and plants interacting with each other and their environment. Every lake is a unique body of the water‚ reflecting many of the characteristics of the surrounding watershed and the climate‚ as well as the shape and volume of the lake basin. Malawi is a landlocked country in Southern Africa‚ bordered by Zambia‚ Mozambique and Tanzania. The country has no ocean coastline‚ but has the third largest lake in
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Once Again is a piece of social criticism against Indian politicians/voters and targeted at the average Indian voter. Its purpose is to inform the audience of the propaganda they are subjected to and confront them with them hatred they hold onto‚ allowing themselves to be manipulated. Inspired by the belief that “the best books… are those that tell you what you know already‚” (1984 pg. 208) my creative take a premise that the audience is semi-aware of; the blatant abuse of religious sentiments in
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