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    I moved a boulder once. It made waves on which I surfed. I've seen the bluest waters; F. Scott Fitzgerald labeled them as, ‘blue honey.' Then I rode a horse in the pampas through fields with great friends. Yet none of this seemed to matter when my parents divorced, my sister went to college, and I was left with my mother who was diagnosed with everything from bipolar disorder to Lou Gehrig disease. I fell from grace. I ate foods to fuel an insatiable appetite and hit rock bottom. They labeled it

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    this time the trombones played long legato notes. The drums just maintained a steady beat while the trombones played the legato notes at a more moderato tempo. This song had a way more romantic and sentimental feel than the first two performances. Pampa was the title of the next piece. This song was a waltz. It was amazing being able to witness the dancers waltz around the stage with such elegance. There was no percussion in this song, only the trombones preformed. This was also a moderato tempo because

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    The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis) is a medium sized shorebird with long legs and a long thin, bill that curves downwards. The curlew’s colors are usually mottled brown, on the upper parts, while the breast and abdomen are a buff color. Some would describe its color as more of a “cinnamon”. This pigeon-sized bird belongs to the Class: Aves, Order: Charadriliformes, Family: Scolopacidae, and Genus: Numenius. According to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the Eskimo curlew is related to

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    Describe Brazil

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    Brazil has fifty five thousand plants that are known of. The wildlife in brazil consist of jaguar,puma,margay,oncilla,jaguarundi,giant anteater, several varieties of sloths and armadillos, coati, giant river otter,tapir, peccaries, marsh deer, Pampas deer, and capybara,etc. These are only some of the many animals that live in Brazil.

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    Machu Picchu have been continuing for over 1,000 years. Machu Picchu has been providing secure shelters for numerous of endangered species. According to the second source, its states, "Animals such as: dwarf brocket, the otter, the long tailed weasel, pampas cat and the vulnerable ocelot, boa , the Andean cock of the rock, and the Andean condor..." The spectacled bear is one of the most interesting species of Machu

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    these rituals to ask the Gods for rain. A video by UNESCO explaining some background of the Nazca Lines suggests, “Experts believe the Nazca used to dance along the lines of the geoglyphs when they prayed for rain,” (“Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca and Pampas de Jumana (UNESCO/NHK)”, web). The dancing of the natives could have been part of a ritual to plead for water. This was a very important part in their everyday lives because it was their way of communicating with the Gods and telling them what it

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    There are very few large trees and shrubs. Grasslands dominate the veldts of South Africa, the puszta of Hungary, the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay, the steppes of the former Soviet Union, and the plains and prairies of central North America ("World Biomes", 2005). Temperatures vary more from summer to winter, and the amount of rainfall is less in temperate grasslands

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    Many of these animals eat grass. They also have carnivores or meat eating animals such as lions, cheetahs, and hyenas. Temperate grasslands have a lot of grass and good soil for farming. Temperate grasslands are also called prairies, steppes, or pampas. The weather here is hot in the summer and cold in the winter. Some of the animals that live here are rabbits, buffalo, wolves, and insects. Forests are full of lots of trees! There are 3 kinds of forests: tropical forests, temperate forests, and

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    The Nasca Lines

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    Stephen. "Nasca." Nasca Lines.) These are very common questions everyone wonders about the Nasca lines. These fascinating mysterious lines are located in the Nasca Desert, it is a high plateau that reaches between the towns of Nasca and Palpa on the Pampa (a large flat area of Southern Peru) These amazing figures can only be seen from the air. The Nasca lines are man made. (Rosset, Georges. Nazca Lines and Cahuachi Culture) How the Nasca lines were man made. The Nasca lines were made by people

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    Argentina

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    Argentina Argentina is one country of America, located in South America, bordered by Chile to the west and south, Bolivia and Paraguay to the north and Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast. Argentina has 23 provinces and the autonomous city of Buenos Aires, its capital and largest city. It is the eighth-largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations. Argentina’s estimate population is of 42,192,500 people and the total area is of 2,780,400 km2. The north

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