being at Long Beach Island. There you can smell the fresh‚ salty air of the ocean as the warm breeze brushes across your face. It is a place where the sand‚ sometimes chilled by the water or boiling hot up in the sand dunes‚ fiddles its way through your toes one by one sending chills down your spine with every step. Off in the distance you can hear the chiming of bells as the ice cream men call children of all ages to cool themselves off with a frozen treat. This is the place that all summer long‚ I am
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Over the summer‚ I attended a weeklong hike at Philmont Scout Ranch. I had to pack a variety of gear including clothes‚ food‚ and miscellaneous gear. One particular item I brought was a pair of hiking poles previously used by my brother when he participated in the same hike two years prior. The poles were made of aluminum‚ which was not used for heavy duty hiking but instead for lightweight or short-term hiking. I‚ however‚ did not see any problem with taking them because my brother had no problem
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musical theatre class while doing a combo something wasn’t right. My right leg had a twinging pain and when I did the big kick at the end of the combo‚ I knew I had pushed myself too far. What should have been the beginning of a long dance career turned into a very long year and a half search of trying to find a way to heal whatever was wrong. It was an experience that I’ll never forget. Realizing that I was injured my mom told me that we
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“Just because the going gets rough doesn’t mean you have to give up‚” our pastor advised us this past Sunday. The highlight of my entire weekend in one simple yet deep sentence. After I left school Friday‚ I went home to enjoy a placid weekend with friends and family; however the moment I stepped into my house‚ everything I planned was thrown out the window. My mom was as ill as a hornet‚ and my dad was on his way home. Trying to escape the madness‚ I dodged into my room and fell asleep. Around
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Personal Narrative The fourth quarter had arrived and all the pressure was suddenly nudging against our team and Cadillac. The score was even‚ 65 to 65‚ as the starting five for the quarter huddled around Coach Dubie. Everybody‚ including me‚ were exhausted from a long‚ exasperating battle. “ Alright boys‚ let’s win this thing‚” coach commented firmly. Then‚ we stepped onto the court ready for war. I matched up with my opponent‚ who was considerably larger than I and intimidating to most‚ but that
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Have you ever wanted to take a long walk on the beach alone? Well‚ I have when I was four years old. I stayed in a white motel called‚ "The Atlantis" off the shore of old Orchard Beach‚ Maine. This is what happened. Being a normal four-year-olds‚ I took a nap on the red floral printed comforter. When my parents finally had decided to take a nap‚ I had just woken up. So‚ I didn’t want to just fall back asleep‚ I decided to leave. I jumped out of bed and unlocked the door as quietly as possible‚ but
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“The Long Tail is only relevant to buying products and not any other aspect of the Internet.” Discuss. The Long Tail refers to the marketing strategy which involves selling a large selection of goods with relatively little quantity of each sold. The term “long tail” was popularised by Chris Anderson in his article in Wired magazine which had mentions of how this strategy was incorporated by firms such as Amazon.com. The Internet can be credited for the plausibility of the Long Tail form of marketing
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I wanted to burst into tears‚but if I did everyone would think I am even more of a crybaby than I already am. I was wondering why can’t everything last forever even if it is a fish? When coming back from meijer‚the grocery store‚I was not expecting to see this. Not at all. I knew it would come someday but not this early. It may have not looked like I liked that fish but I sort of secretly did. Sometimes I would just stare at it. Sometimes I felt like talking to it. I never did but sometimes I thought
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Gothic Horror Story. “I will be home soon‚” said I‚ “before the rise of noon‚ just in time for tea mother.” And I hurried off after negotiating that I was old enough to go and see the wonders of the gloomy‚ haunted woods which many people had warned each other about. “Come back in time‚” said mother whilst cooking tea‚ and glanced at me with disapproval. My grim looking father sat‚ listening to the radio‚ with great eager. “Before you go daughter‚” he broke in‚ “make sure you take extra care as
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“Luck” Mark Twain’s short story "Luck" is written in third person point of view making it seem like your there at graduation day with Scoresby‚ and the Reverend. This story is very entertaining because it tells the story about a Reverend a former instructor and soldiers in the military who describe a man that he used to be friends‚ with as an absolute fool. According to the Reverend‚ his old friend‚ Scoresby‚ is only successful because he is lucky. The Reverend in the story is described as an a very
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