Spring Lake Park Splintering wind crashes over our rosy cheeks as we speed down Darby Ln. Splitting into different roads to see who could get to the park faster. I can feel the freshly paved roads pass under me as I briskly turn into the park. A rush flows through my body when I see that no one is here. “I’ve done it again‚” I breath out as I mark my point. So I perch on the lone bench that is surrounded by the ever-changing trees and close my eyes. The distant whisper of birds chirping as they
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studied at the Edinburgh University but later switched to Cambridge. Darwin studied science and was determined to discover how the world evolved‚ other than what most people believed which was that God did it. As his knowledge grew Darwin invented the theory of evolution through discovering the Galapagos Islands‚ going on voyages and reading about other theories. Darwin worked on his theory for 20 years. After learning another naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace also had developed similar ideas‚ the
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In this very short story‚ Alice Walker tells of a young‚ African American girl who‚ while gathering flowers‚ stumbles quite literally upon the body of a dead man. The atmosphere‚ language and subject matter of the story suggest the southern United States as a setting-sometime in the mid- to late-20th century seems an appropriate time period‚ though this is far less clear. The contrast between the story’s beginning and end is striking. We begin with a light-hearted description of the life of Myop
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Date Submitted: March 4‚ 2013 Exercise 2: Effects of Human Activities on the Lake System Introduction Laguna de Bay is said to be the Philippines’ largest inland water body covering situated at the heart of CALABARZON. It is also specified that a total of twenty-four (24) sub-basins drain directly to the lake‚ with the Pagsanjan-Lumban Rivers System contributing to as much as 35% of the total inflow to the lake. In accordance with it‚ different sites parallel to the bay’s shore were visited
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Nature. A form of Earth’s greatest possessions that can be a dreaming site. There are many types of nature‚ but the water is a type that one can treasure most. Water can be an ocean‚ river‚ lake‚ and so on. One amazing lake to experience is Chautauqua Lake‚ in New York‚ because it is an amazing place to do activities‚ such as tubing. To add‚ the main character‚ named Erika‚ and a family called the Rooneys‚ specifically Sloane that was Erika’s age‚ has done the activity‚ and she had much jubilation
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world people struggle with friendship one example of this is in the story The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson. The Other Side takes place in a old world where being friends with another race is looked down on. In the story two girls Annie and Clover one white one African American live next door to each other and after a while they become friends. A theme from this story is friendship is important in life. I have 3 parts of the story where it was important or happened‚ in the beginning both of our characters
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Have you ever been to the lake before? Usually when you think of the lake you think either fishing or some kind of water activity. It’s usually fishing because your dad owns a bass boat. This time though one of your friends‚ who you had no idea had a boat‚ invites you to go to the lake for the day with him. What do you think you are going to do? You ask your friend and he says that it is time you learned how to wakeboard. You get to the lake and it is silent there is no one to be heard or
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The Other Side of the Hedge After reading the first few paragraphs‚ The Other Side of the Hedge‚ by E. M. Forster‚ seems to be nothing more than a story about a man walking down a long road. The narrator’s decision to go through the hedge transforms the story into an allegory that is full of symbols representing Forster’s view of the journey of life. The author develops the allegory through the use of several different symbols including the long road‚ the hedge and the water. The
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In E.B. White’s “Once More to the Lake” a man travels to a lake‚ where he vacationed as a child‚ with his son in an attempt to return to his youth. The apparent unchanging nature of the area brings about the realization his own mortality and inevitable change. The moments of duality and subtle alterations within the passage create an eerie sense of the adjusting world. As he notices faint transformations within the lake‚ White comes to understand that the slight alterations in his favorite childhood
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my daughter and her family. I spend a lot of time in the city‚ and I love it‚ not only because my daughter has chosen to create and raise a family in Brooklyn‚ but also because of its walkability. I’m not much of a shopper‚ but I do like to watch other shoppers‚ particularly those who dress as if they’d like to be watched. But most of all I just love to let the sidewalks lead me by the parks‚ down the broad avenues and narrow streets‚ and even over the bridges. As I watch and listen to the visual
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