Salty Dawg Saloon. Two log cabins with a light house situated in the middle of them. One of these log cabins is 117 years old. The light house was added making it the noticeable landmark it is today. This building is located on the Homer Spit of Alaska. You walk inside and you see thousands of dollar bills and are greeted by the polite people of Homer. Instantly as you are walking around you can feel the history of the building and you want to look at everything there is in this building. It feels
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In the novel Looking for Alaska by John Green the main character‚ Miles‚ believes in a “great perhaps” which he learned from a man named Rabelais in his last words. After going off to a boarding school named Culver Creek and meeting a girl named Alaska whom he tells about his love for last words he learns the last words of Simón Bolívar which were about a labyrinth of suffering. Being someone who faced suffering during moments like when only two people showed up to his going away party‚ he threw
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Jeremy Zucker: Statement of Purpose | It was about 10:30 at night‚ and except for a small desk lamp and the glow from my computer monitor‚ it was dark. The genome of the photosynthetic bacteria Prochloroccocus marinus‚ responsible for providing nearly 40% of the world’s energy needs‚ had just been sequenced. I loaded the draft version of the genbank file into my software pipeline I spent the last two years developing. Minutes later‚ a genome-scale reconstruction of the P. marinus metabolism appeared
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Looking For Alaska Book Report – Eulogy Hello everyone. I would like to thank you all for coming to honor our friend‚ Alaska Young. I am Miles Halter‚ known to most as Pudge. I transferred to Culver Creek Boarding School from Florida to ‘seek a Great Perhaps’‚ to leave behind the insignificant things I was doing‚ to seek something that was perhaps greater. I collect people’s dying words and “I go to seek a Great Perhaps”‚ were the last words of Francois Rabelais‚ but unlike him‚ I did not
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Simon Becoming the Hero Sometimes the bravest person can be the one in the little one in the background. In William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies”‚ Simon is the Christ figure because he says no to temptation and sacrifices himself in order to save the others from themselves. In Golding’s allegorical novel‚ little Simon steps up and unexpectedly becomes a hero. Simon is introduced as a sweet boy who likes to be alone. In order to avoid being corrupted‚ he refuses to take part in any of Jack’s foolishness
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should not‚ as the victor. The first quotation comes from the film‚ “Simon Birch”. In that film‚ Simon is constantly told that he will amount to nothing from most of the people he knows. Later in that film‚ Simon proves them wrong by making a great impact on the other character’s lives by saving them in a car crash. You see‚ only we can make a difference in our life. Others opinions can make an impact on our life I we decide to. Simon Birch could’ve adapted their opinions as his own but‚ he would have
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Simon the Martyr Simon in the book The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is the representative for a spiritual leader whom is ignored. Simon portrays many characteristics similar to those demonstrated by Jesus Christ. The accounts of their two deaths have great similarities which further prove Simon’s portrayal as a Christ figure in the novel. Throughout the book‚ with the use of acts of selflessness‚ scenes parallel with the Bible‚ and the similar deaths of many martyrs Simon is shown to be
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the book Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ Simon is a young‚ deep character who finds himself alone. When being trapped on the island‚ this inspirational character is deteriorating inside‚ as he tries to help those around him. The kind-hearted boy is a very calm‚ quiet and shy person‚ who does not take stress well. Even though‚ he seems happy on the outside‚ there is a side of him none will see. The boys do not realize that Simon is a key person to their development‚ and from the very
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Neil Simon‚ he can be considered one of Americas favorite playwrights. Nearly six decades of comedy‚ and Neil is still relieving the fearsd and anxieties of audiences by making them laugh‚ mostly at their own foibles. The Characters and the interactions that Neil Simon pieces together‚ may seem a bit over the top‚ his scripts still manage to have nerve hitting connections between a cast and an auadience . Everyone can find a place in a dysfunctional family‚ mostly becuaase‚ its real‚ we all think
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Samuel Stangl P6 1/1/2012 Eulogy for Simon Well‚ what can I say about Simon. Every one of us here‚ present today in this memorial‚ are aware of how such a good person he exerted to be in his short life. I looked up to him‚ he was like a coach to me‚ I thought that it was almost impossible for such a pure spirit to be present‚ and it did; and it was my best companion. He taught me many lessons‚ which I know they will help me throughout life‚ and since the day we met I could see a future connection
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