normally swim for a couple of hours and go back up to the cabin so we can pack up my grandpa’s truck. We put the grill and a red cooler in the back so we can cook out when we go see fireworks in Utopia. It is about a forty minute drive filled with excitement and country music. As we arrive there are about one thousand people and their trucks because all the small towns in the area come just to watch the show. The air is normally filled with loud country music‚ barbeque‚ and family’s fellowshipping with one
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its rusting sign and broken strips of barbed wire atop the chain-link fence. It was here that I was shown the hospitality that is present in every facet of life in Fiji we simply walked through the front door and when questioned by a security guard about our purpose for being there my father answered that I had been born there. A smile and laugh greeted the statement and with no further questions we were led on a tour of the maternity ward where I was born. Moments like these began to open my eyes
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The white duck looked like a graceful swan with an afro. I immediately recognized it as the ‘Afroduck’ that everyone around the campus talks about. It was trying to swim as close to the border of the lake as possible avoiding any strong ripple originating from the fountain. While the ripples from the lake fountain gave the aimlessly floating bright orange colored leaves a direction‚ it also kept
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I don’t know what it is about racing‚ but I really enjoy going to the track. The combination of all the cars racing‚ the smell of the smoking tires in the burn out lane‚ and the adrenaline that flows through your body as the cars line up just does it for me. Watching the cars going down the quarter mile of black pavement at a high rate of speed simply amazes me. There are so many different cars at the track racing. From a 1970 Chevelle to a brand new 2003 Corvette‚ and sometimes if your lucky
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torrid summer months. You see I never really had an actual vacation‚ since my father had been gone for eight long‚ dreadful years. He was sent away to a prison thousands of miles away‚ in Florida‚ when I was only six years old. My loving mother talked about ancient vacations we took‚ but I was too young to remember. My father was back home and he was as healthy as a young doctor. It was now summer of 2010‚ and I was ready for a family vacation. A ride to Rio Frio River is like a flight to a Caribbean
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Mr. Johnson opened his book and started talking about the Civil War. I could hardly concentrate on what he was saying. All I could think about was the mysterious note I’d found earlier. I made a plan to go back to the alleyway after school and do more investigating. As soon as the final bell rang at 3:00 I rushed out of my art class‚ grabbed my
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the airport I was on my way to Michigan to watch the Wolverines play The Notre Dame Fighting Irish. I was dragging my bag with my eyes shut‚ but it was worth it. This was the first night game under the lights at Michigan Stadium the plane ride was about two hours but it felt longer when we arrive‚ we went to my uncle’s house in Ann Arbor we had a house on the lake it was so beautiful we went fishing‚ swimming‚ and‚ tubing on the lake after‚ we went to tour the Michigan campus. It was huge and there
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Located across the street from Bellagio and around the corner from the Rio - home to the World Series of Poker - Caesars Palace is at the center of the Strip. It’s also at the center of the poker action in Las Vegas with it’s newly renovated poker room. The poker room at Caesars Palace has 30 tables to fulfill all of your poker needs‚ plus‚ it has a separate tournament poker room that has 30 more tables that are used exclusively for tournaments. In October‚ Caesars is going to host it’s first $10
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It was the most horrific April night. The moon was nowhere in sight the stars hid under the cover of dark storm clouds. The wind shook the trees violently and the temperature was biting. Thunder could be heard rumbling and lightning lit up the night sky. Emery Clarkson‚ a man in his thirties‚ emerged out of an Clarkson Corporations after a late night of trying to finish the never-ending‚ mountain-of-work on his desk. His hair was dishevelled‚ his face exhibited a weary expression‚ his suit was wrinkled
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Nope. It is a drama free zone. When you sashay into the room you can smell love love as strong as garlic. Although‚ that could just be the smell of sweat. We would never commit such a crime as stabbing someone in the back. We hardly ever use it as an excuse to boycott our homework or why we do not sleep. Orchesis is a place where people from all different corners of Rolling Meadows come together to make a delicious soup. The various tastes blend together perfectly. I guess you can call it the mixing
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