I lean forward‚ the tips of my fingers on the track‚ back foot at a ninety degree angle from the ground. My eyes dart towards the tree about a hundred metres away from where I am. Dad blows the whistle; a high-pitched squeal that echoes throughout the isolated park. I push my whole body forward with my back foot‚ and I’m at seventy percent of my full speed for the first sixty metres. The brown grass beneath me is soft and I’ve reached sixty metres now‚ and the once hidden beast inside me has
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Sam gasped when she felt the bonds fall from her wrists and feet. Loki helped her to sit and a blanket appeared to cover her. The angry and incensed god turned slow to face his followers. A snap of his fingers had Connor’s father before him and bound in chains- the same chains that had earlier held his son. A wave of his hand had the exits sealed closed. Sam took a measure of satisfaction in the panicked murmurs around the group. “You have one opportunity now‚ godhi‚ to tell me why I was called
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In a galaxy far‚ far away‚ there’s a colony of blue‚ short‚ chubby aliens called the Boovians. The Boovians are a peaceful colony that farm and trade goods to survive. Sadly‚ they are being threatened by a wizard alien named Fuldrik‚ who was banned from his previous planet because of his magic. Fuldrik found a way to “improve” his previous colony with a dark spell called‚ Brackish. This spell could give you the strength of ten men but would turn your skin green and bumpy. Your hands and feet would
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In the Fall of 2010‚ I watched my first televised football game from beginning to end. I sat down beside my older brother‚ Nick‚ and watched him as he analyzed every play of a Green Bay Packers game. He would scream at the tv when a bad play happened but would rejoice when a good one followed. I wanted to be just like him and know everything about football. I watched every game that season and annoyingly asked Nick every question that came to mind throughout the year. On February 6th‚ 2011 the Green
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The Rebirth My body laid stiff as board. I didn’t feel pain just my back pressed against the hard concrete cement. I yelled and screamed for him‚ but I couldn’t move. Then I pass out. I woke up to unbearable pain as the freezing cold air from the ambulance pieced my open wounds. The screams of horror and torture fill the cavity of the ambulance as I begged for anything to make the pain stop. I pass out again. Suddenly‚ I woke up with a thin unmistakable white hospital sheet laid over my body up
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of character and the issues of racism and gender/gender relationships in Elizabethan society? Michael Radford ’s adaptation of The Merchant of Venice can be described as a dramatic device; in regards to its portrayal of characters‚ the issue of racism and gender/gender relationships‚ It can be said to be a portal into Elizabethan Society at the time of Shakespeare. This adaptation gives a very accurate visual to the written play‚ and through it we the reader‚ now the audience should be able to
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Many adaptations have been created of this story‚ but sadly‚ none have been as good as the original. Sometimes‚ adaptations of stories only become worse. To make a great adaptation‚ good actors are required. It is also important not to go overboard with changing things from the original. Finally‚ over exaggerating the events in a story when making an adaptation can also make things go wrong. Actors can either make or break a movie depending on how they portray the role. In the adaptations of TMDG
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Case description: This case is about two workers who are in a managerial position who are going to an interview for a spot in the company corporate headquarters. The interview was not a one on one interview‚ they were both asked the exact same question and had to listen to each others response. 1. Using terms from the text‚ how would you describe Devon’s leadership style? How would you describe Isabella’s leadership style? * Devon is trying to initiate structure‚ his a directive‚ transactional
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I never thought I would ever be in this predicament. I never thought that my own mother would kick me out of my home‚ my home where my mum raised me and feed me for 16 years‚ where she used to call my name sweetly‚ Joshua. Well‚ I have thought about it before. It was the main threat my stepdad‚ Doug used against me whenever I pissed him off. And I pissed him off every day. Maybe I was better off on the streets away from him; well that’s what I like to think. I turned back and gave my old home one
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I suddenly awoke. It was three in the morning. It seemed like the whole world was sleeping but me. The silence‚ sinister. I felt the weight of the darkness pushing on me. My mind darted from one nightmare scenario to the next‚ the fear of the unknown overwhelmed me and I was paranoid about vicious intrusions. My bedroom door was wide open. My eyes darted around the room‚ hunting for anything different‚ any dark silhouettes lurking in the darkness. I failed to find anything out of the ordinary
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