The engines rev higher with each second of the gate drop creeping closer‚ the vibrations of the motorcycle underneath you making you even more nervous‚ the smell of exhaust almost suffocating you inside your helmet‚ and in a split second the gate has dropped and 40 riders all funnel into the first turn. While some say it is just a simple race others see it as a lifestyle‚ a way to get off the edge‚ a high risk to fill their need for a rush‚ or just a quick shot of adrenaline. This is Motocross. The
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Play in Aistear and Síolta‚ the national curriculum and quality frameworks The research is so clear about the benefits of play that in Ireland we have established play as central to the early childhood curriculum. Both Aistear‚ the national curriculum framework from the National Council For Curriculum and Assessment‚ and Síolta‚ the national quality framework from the Dept. of Education‚ emphasise the importance of play in the home and in early education settings. Aistear tells us that engaging
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Empathy can be defined as ‘the power of identifying oneself mentally and emotionally with a person or object’. When reading novels‚ we are able to relate to some characters through similar experiences and emotions and so these characters often invite our understanding and empathy. In George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm‚ Boxer the horse invites our empathy. We empathise with Boxer and the way in which the pig Napoleon‚ the leader of Animal Farm‚ takes advantage of his good-natured personality and manipulates
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novel The Scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the key character is Hester Prynne who has to wear the Letter “A”‚ on her bodice of every garment. “Behold‚ verily‚ there is the woman of the scarlet letter. Come therefore‚ and let us fling mud at her” (Hawthorne‚ ch2). The scarlet letter is a visible sign of her sin‚ so that everyone is able to see and judge Hester. She is not able to go anywhere without people running away from her‚ because they do not want to catch her evil spirits. The
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Bibliography: (n.d.). Retrieved 10 28‚ 2014‚ from http://www.realestate-tokyo.com/news/earthquake-resistance-of-buildings-in-japan/ (n.d.) Editorial‚ L. (2012‚ February 6). Mud Houses of Djenne. Retrieved October 29‚ 2014‚ from Design Architecture: http://lyemium.com/content/mud-houses-djenn%C3%A9 http://www.realestate-tokyo.com/news/earthquake-resistance-of-buildings-in-japan/ Inn River. (n.d.). Retrieved 10 27‚ 2014‚ from Encyclopedia Britanica: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/288462/Inn-River
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swell with water‚ after the water had resided. Swollen blobs of mud would weigh down our tyres and anything in its path‚ making it almost impossible to cross. But instead of risking the long way home‚ Luke and I would charge straight through it. Most of the time falling head over handles bars into the gooey mess of mud. Reality sets in when the battered road I was an open turns smooth and black. Tiny speckles of tar stick to the mud guards and the once clean car. The hot summer breeze tames the dust
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Many types of projects are possible when you are able to count bacteria. For example‚ you could count the bacteria in drinking water‚ fresh milk‚ old milk that is slightly sour‚ buttermilk‚ yogurt‚ mud puddle‚ lemonade‚ and many other things. Or you may want to know how fast Chlorox kills bacteria. If you add some Chlorox to a culture and count the surviving bacteria at suitable intervals you can plot killing the killing curve and determine whether the killing is single hit or higher order. It will
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RATS IN THE MUD War‚ a ferocious fight between man that not only physically but mentally damages everyone. Men who have families‚ wives ‚ kids are lucky enough to go back home with all their limbs and wit to them . It was said to be the war to end all wars‚ THE GREAT WAR OF WORLD but there was nothing great about it . I was a young man at the time of my enlistment into the army and had to leave my little town of Clarksville ‚Tennessee . I hugged my mother and father like it was the last time I
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extremely small by our standards. London had only 10‚000-100‚000 residents during the medieval period. Cities were geographically small with the average about 1 square mile with 300‚000 inhabitants. The streets were exceedingly narrow and unpaved; mud was common. Sometimes the main street and market square were cobble stoned. Cities and larger towns were usually surrounded by a wall‚ which enhanced the separation between urban and rural‚ but the fields frequently came up to the wall. City dwellers
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However‚ the portage soon went downhill‚ literally and figuratively. Our pace was significantly reduced as we went from walking trails to wading through “loon excrement.” This thick mud‚ which is never truly called excrement‚ tends to accumulate on portage trails and is affectionately named after its goopy consistency and lovely smell. Trudging onward‚ I attempted to maneuver around my sloppy and wet surroundings. My shoulders felt
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