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    My Bad Day

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    bought a bus ticket. When I got to the bus stop and I understood that I’m late‚ it really put me out of humour. My friend and I decided to go on foot. It was a really hot day. When we had arrived at the river‚ I realized that I had forgotten my swimming trunks. Even though it was hot‚ the water was cold and it’s impossible to swim there without trunks so I decided to sit in the shade. There’s a place where we can rent a canoe or kayak near the river‚ and I had heard that it was cheap. And it really

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    Song Analysis: Fiend Club

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    Attention please listen to what I have to say. I have always been a loner‚ and weird‚ and different than everybody else‚ and a part of my own group. If every person did what was “Normal” the world would be a boring place. If the world is a boring place I don’t want to live on it. (Not suicidal) I listen to music because it lets me get away from the world for a while and forget about all the problems we have like North Korea. Therefore‚ this song is called “Fiend Club”. This song is about being

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    6 hours to go upstream but returns in just two hours taking the same rout. If the speed of the current is 2 kmph‚ what is the speed of the boat? (a) 4 kmph (b) 3 kmph (c) 5 kmph (d) 6 kmph 12. The speed of the boat in still water is 12 kmph. It takes 3 hours to cover 45 km downstream. What is the time taken by the boat to cover the same distance upstream? (a) 4 hours (b) 3 hours (c) 5 hours (d) 6 hours 13. The speed of the current is 4 kmph. A boat travels 6 km upstream and returns back

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    Calculus Exam

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    interval(s) where the function is  Increasing  y = x4 - 18x2 + 81Answer | | (-∞‚ 0) | | | (-3‚ 0) | | | (-3‚ 3) | | | (3‚ ∞) | Question 9 S(x) = -x3 + 6x2 + 288x + 4000‚ 4 ≤ x ≤ 20 is an approximation to the number of salmon swimming upstream to spawn‚ where x represents the water temperature in degrees Celsius. Find the temperature that produces the maximum number of salmon.Answer | | 8°C | | | 20°C | | | 4°C | | | 12°C | Question 10 Identify the location(s) of the

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    today‚ great journeys are being made. Terry Fox’s run across Canada while fighting cancer is one of these such journeys. In every one of these instances people have had to rise above themselves and overcome immense odds‚ similar to a salmon swimming upstream to full fill it’s life line. Intense drive and extreme fortitude are qualities they needed to posses during their travels. In The Grapes of Wrath‚ Steinbeck illustrates the Joad’s endurance by his use of extended metaphors in intercalary chapters

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    Do you know how many students relate to that fish? Swimming upstream in class never finding their gift.Curriculums are created by policy makers where most of them haven’t taught a day in their life‚ just obsessed with standardized tests‚ because they think bubbling a multiple choice question will determine success

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    destruction. However environmental groups such as the Ottawa River Keepers have been formed to protect‚ promote and improve the health and future of the Ottawa River. Location and Map: Site 1 located downstream was Petrie Island. Site 2 located upstream was Westboro Beach. Chemical Characteristics: Petrie Island had a water temperature of 8° C‚ dissolved oxygen level of 8 ppm‚ pH level of 7‚ and turbidity level of 27cm. Westboro beach had a water temperature of 11° C‚ dissolved oxygen level

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    The Race Poem Analysis

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    nearly impossible ‚ to make it through the rush of the congested airport‚ filled with people coming in and out. She compares‚" I who have no sense of direction/raced exactly where he’d told me‚ a fish/ slipped upstream deftly against the flow of a river..." She illustrates a fish swimming‚ the opposite way of the flow of a river to her trying to get through. Subsequently‚ emphasizing her attempt to not give up under no circumstance. After so long makes it through and approaches her plane. Her journey

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    Scholarship Essay

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    young age characterized by curiosity and perplexity‚ I did not have many personal goals laid before me. I found myself in a new complex world with a challenging language I had to learn from the basics. However‚ since then‚ I have been vigorously swimming upstream due to my parents’ hopes for higher education. I am a philomath‚ a lover of learning. I have applied myself throughout high school‚ taking challenging classes that encourage me to think on a higher level and prepare me for a rigorous college

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    Essay On Texas Drought

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    Agriculture and Restrictions in Texas Drought In the article “Upstream‚ Downstream” the author Jenna Craig tries to educate us on the drought in Texas. In this article Jenna Craig‚ states‚ “Since 2007‚ Texas has be experiencing one of the worst droughts in history”(Graig 1). It has effected the state in many ways. It has hurt rice farming drastically‚ which is important because rice farming is huge and Texas. It has also impacted people living on lakes or rivers because that’s the water they use

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