It was the first day of the new school term 2012. The moment that I am looking forward for the past 2 months during school holiday finally arrived. Feeling ebullient‚ I said to myself "Yes!!! I am starting my Primary 3 today". Waking up earlier than usual without my parents "wake-up" call‚ I rush to the toilet to have a quick shower and clean-up and straight proceed to the kitchen to have my breakfast. The bread spread with a thin layer of butter which I occasionally have during school day is finally
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The First Lunar Landing The first lunar landing ever to happen in the history of mankind may be one of the most inspiring events of all time. America and its people went through tremendous amounts of stress dealing with the rivalry between Americans and the Soviet Union on who would be the first to put a man on the moon. The men and women that contributed to making this idea‚ or even a fantasy come to life will be remembered for hundreds‚ or even thousands of years. On July 20th‚ 1969‚ the
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Preparing Your First Speech Since this is a public speaking class‚ it means that you will indeed have to present speeches! Since many people become nervous at this prospect‚ I like to get the first one done early in the semester. It’s like ripping off a band-aid: rip it off fast to feel less pain. Your Introductory Speech is your first baby step into this field. This assignment is meant to be easy. It’s meant to be a way to get you up in front of the group and doing something for 2-4
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My First Triathlon Have you ever watched or attempted to complete an Olympic triathlon? They are exciting to watch; difficult to take part in‚ and extremely rewarding once you have finished. The race consists of three parts; the swim of 1500 meters‚ the biking of 40 kilometers‚ and the run of 10 kilometers. I did my first triathlon last summer and here is how it went. The swim is first. Fifteen hundred meters is not easy to visualize but if you can think of sixteen football fields in line
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OVERALL GRADE: ACHAL SAMY Title Of Text: -His First Ball Author/Director: -Witi Ihimaera Text Type: -Short Story Text Category: QUESTION: 1 - Choose an idea in the text that you have read and evaluate in details how it is presented. Support your evaluation with specific examples (quotation) ANSWER: - The evaluation I choose from the text I read is CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. Tatu Wharepapa receives an invitation from the governor-general to their flash party. The reason behind me choosing
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What is the First Amendment? The First Amendment is the first official change to the Constitution of the United States of America. It protects your basic rights such as the freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ freedom of assembly‚ freedom of press‚ and freedom to petition. Before the Constitution was signed‚ each new states’ representatives agreed that if they sign it a section would be added to protect citizens’ basic rights. These first ten changes are called the Bill of Rights‚ each of the
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there he has wrote sixteen others as well. Now he takes the reader even farther back‚ to the prequel of the classic Shannara series‚ First King of Shannara. This tale brings you a story of adventure‚ magic and myth that shows the secret evil that is slowly building throughout the land‚ and it’s up to four people of diverse races to stop it. Two main characters in First King of Shannara‚ Bremen and Mareth‚ find themselves on a perilous journey in the imagination of Terry Brooks‚ which proves to us the
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My First Rescue When I was young‚ there wasn’t really much say in the fact that most of my childhood years would be already planned out. How I would be swimming from age 6‚ just as my brother before me‚ my mom before him‚ and my grandfather‚ being a competitive swim coach. What else was set up for me‚ was my life on the beach patrol. Since my dad has sat more lifeguard towers then sand granules on the beach and my mom for five years‚ it was just about set in stone for my first job. Everyone
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Rome around 215 A.D.‚ Hippolytus‚ a priest of Rome—and the first antipope‚ composed a treatise in order to preserve practices that he thought were in “danger of falling into disuse and innovation.” (intro) The original document only survives in parts of a Latin text and several oriental versions of it. This church order can be divided into three parts. The first section of this treatise talks about the hierarchy of the Church (i.e. bishops—who are chosen by the people‚ priests‚ and deacons) and other
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Prehistory and first civilizations What Is "Prehistory"? Prehistory—meaning human societies without writing or widespread written records—survived until Western culture and industrial society completed their globalization in the 20th century‚ making the topic of a course that begins with some very old fossils seem more current than you may think. You learn about dozens of archaeological sites all over the world and learn about stone-tool making‚ mammoth hunting‚ and temple building as you explore
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