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    Nature walk

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    to nature. As I walk the curvy‚ damp path of Lake Superior Hiking Trail‚ fog lifted off the ground. The air was still cool but began to warm up by the sun shining through the thick tall pine trees. It was clear that fall was arriving‚ the trees were filled with vibrant yellow and red leaves. I took in a deep breath of the crisp air‚ letting it back out. I could see my breath in the air and feel my cheeks were rosy red from the whistling wind. I could hear grasshoppers clicking from a distance and

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    A Gift from a Son Who Died

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    Change the world By: Krissy and Erica Wooh oh wooh oh wooh ooh  Ooh yeah  If I could reach the stars  Pull one down for you  Shining on my heart  So you could see the true  That is love I have inside  Is everything it seems  But for now I find  It’s only in my dreams  (Chorus)  And I can Change the world  I would be the sunlight in your universe  You will think my love is Really something good  Baby‚ if I could change the world  Wooh oh wooh oh wooh ooh  If I can be a

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    what happiness is worth ‚in the city of Omelas. I never really understood it. Living in Omelas‚ life was good‚ and still is to this day. I would describe Omelas as the happiest place in the world. On second thought‚ for all my life i’ve lived in Omelas and has never set foot outside of this city. One of my buddies‚ Mark and i have been friends since we were about four or five. We grew up near the town hall was where our parents restricted Mark and i from going towards the building where the child

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    Moon Walk

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    Ever wonder what the view was like from space? Buzz Aldrin as seen in the photo walking on the moon’s surface had the best seats in town. In 1969‚ Neil Armstrong became the first man on the moon during the infamous Space Race. This accomplishment gave everyone around the world new hope of future space exploration. This image‚ along with many others taken that day‚ touched the lives of everyone. Immediately what draws attention to this photo is the image of the astronaut on the moon’s surface. The

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    A Walk To Remember

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    A Walk To Remember‚ 240 pages‚ Nicholas Sparks‚ 1999 God can work in many ways that people don’t understand. The fictional writing of the book‚ A Walk To Remember‚ is an insight into the life and the meaning of love. The book has made up events and characters but there are similarities to someone’s life that the author might have been connected to. Such a book like this one really targets a particular group of people. I believe that this book is directed and addressed to high school students. I

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    How Athletics Shift The Focus Away From Learning Contrary to what most people think‚ athletics shifts the focus away from learning. Sports require and focus on a lot‚ such as dedication‚ practice‚ critical thinking‚ time‚ effort‚ confidence/responsibility‚ and commitment to a goal. When practicing for a sport athletes should mentally be ready to train‚ listen to their coach’s instructions and apply them instead of just going through the motions. Effort is a big part of dedication which determines

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    Winning The Lottery

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    head when I think of the possibilities I would have if I ever won the lottery. Although it does seem like a huge stretch‚ I do often think of what I could do with such a large sum of money. Many people could only hope to have the opportunities that come with winning the lottery. I do know that my winnings would be put to many great uses along with of course a few special treats of my own. A few I can name that would benefit from my winnings would be charities‚ family‚ friends‚ and of course myself

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    LIVING ATE HOME AND LIVING AWAY FROM HOME Nowadays‚ most young people are choosing to live away from home. At some moment in life you have to decide between staying at home with your parents as you have always done or starting a new life alone that means being independent. At the moment that you want to make a choice between these two styles of life. You should know that living at home and living away from home has some similarities and some differences that you have to consider before

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    Christine Syms Ellen Perry ENG 113 12 April 2013 Sacrifice Complex: A Critical Analysis of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” Since the dawn of civilization‚ human beings have participated in acts of sacrifice. In ancient cultures these sacrifices came in a physical form‚ usually in the form of blood. The fuel behind these acts of hostility and violence performed by these ancient cultures was simply an effort to satisfy their god or gods and gain their favor to ensure the fertility of the

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    The Theory of Random Walk Fama (1965) stated that successive values of a stock are independent of each other and random in nature. This random event which is caused by the changes in stock information is known as the random walk hypothesis. To provide a more detail explanation‚ Fama (1965) mentioned that a random walk evolves from the basis of the stock market being an efficient market‚ which explains that a stock market consists of many unreasonable investors competing with one another to make profits

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