It was the beginning of February of my senior year in high school. I had been conditioning for months leading up to tryouts for the baseball team so I was in the best shape of my life and I was confident. The past three years before that I was put on the JV team because the coaches didn’t like my “attitude”‚ so my senior year I was determined to get a starting spot on the varsity team no matter what. During tryouts the coaches would always look at me like I didn’t belong and would whisper things
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Personal Narrative (My Best Birthday Ever) Birthday comes only once a year. This year my birthday was celebrated‚ the way i wanted it to be. It was the night of 25th August. I was in my bed waiting patiently and starring at the clock‚ hoping that when will the clock strike 12:00 am and the calendar will change its date. I waited and waited. After some while‚ it was 12:00am. I was so curious about the e surprise my parents promised me. But I found out that no one knocked at my door to wish me. Suddenly
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In chapter two of the novel‚ The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson begins to tell the tale of the Christmas pageant. The narrator’s family was never too involved in the Christmas pageant. Father complained about going and the narrator’s brother had to be forced to be in it. So‚ it makes sense that mother did not expect to be the director of the Christmas pageant. But when Mrs. George Armstrong breaks her leg she ends up getting stuck being in charge. Typically‚ all the parts are
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Name Teacher Comp 1 Octdate My best day ever “Breath Jessica‚ just breath and give me one more big push.” The doctor said to me as I try to push my baby out. Moments later we hear it‚ my baby crying alerting the world that she is here. The birth of my daughter was long and exhausting. Joseph and I had stayed out late the night before not realizing what we were in for the next morning. As we crawled into bed that night I remember talking to the little baby in my belly asking for her to stay
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Honduras The Best Country Ever Honduras is located right in the center of Central America. Honduras is big at least‚ in Central America terms. But it’s not the largest one. Some of the reason to travel to Honduras is the food‚ places‚ and prices. These attraction and features make Honduras travel unique. I really enjoy Honduran cuisine. It’s hard to put a label on or categorize‚ but a typical breakfast usually includes rice‚ beans‚ and tortillas. However‚ best beloved are the noteworthy
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Rodman really should be known for‚ according to a ridiculously detailed series of blog posts that began last August and was completed last month — a month after Rodman was voted into the Hall of Fame — is being the best rebounder in NBA history and one of the league’s most valuable players ever. Benjamin Morris‚ on his blog Skeptical Sports Analysis‚ begins his generally persuasive case by assessing Rodman in terms of his rebounding. Morris eschewed the rebounds per game stat‚ which is skewed in several
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and melt. So I grabbed an umbrella and ran out to get my bag. My two bowling balls were a Gator ball and a red lightning ball‚ both of which are fourteen pounds. When I returned with my bowling ball‚ Coach Tom Phillips‚ one of the best professional bowlers I had ever seen‚ gave me some “bowling tips” on trying to hit more strikes and spares. He told me after I rolled the bowling ball‚ I needed to bring my hand beside my right ear. It was all part of my technique. I did that for the first and third
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Recount The movie recount is a very good representation of what happened during the 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. It dives into the legal battle between the two campaigns as the recount of Florida’s votes kept the nation waiting for over a month. Although the movie shows both sides of the story‚ I believe the Democrats supported the making of this movie. During the movie they made it seem like the Democrats were being treated unfairly but really the government was just following
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FACTUAL RECOUNT “Filipino maid jailed in HK” This year 2011‚ a news report was reported by the South China Morning Post about a Philippine maid abusing a child under her care. Last January 12‚ 2011 at 6:52pm Gina Marisse Abellanes Asto‚ 38‚ a Filipino citizen‚ was sentenced to four months in prison for assaulting a 4-month-old baby. The maid was caught by the installed video surveillance camera by her employer. On that video it is seen that she shook the boy in September and jammed a towel
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Andrea Harris Dr. Zhang CosI 118 9/17/13 Can You Find Me Now? How is a Nintendo Wii game console able to determine the location of a Wii Remote while a player interacts with a game? The answer is triangulation‚ a process that determines the location of an object by measuring the angles from two or more fixed points. Surveyors often use triangulation to measure distance. Starting at a known location and elevation‚ surveyors measure a length to create a base line (Jains 30-48). The length
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