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    Chipper kissed his world goodbye. Goodbye to Mrs. Larson, the friendly squirrel running Fantasy Pastries who especially loved the chewy things called Gummy Bears. Goodbye to Stacy and Kaylee, the neighbors across the street. Bye to everyone. Bye to sweet, sweet home. Bye to his life. Bye to...Aspolia. This thought sent a chill down Checker’s little body. Down he went, his eyes still on the grand civilization far above him. Down, down, down until...SLAM! Chipper’s tiny body abruptly met

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    These young women were in high school or just graduated from high school and went to work at Radium Dial; it was a plant where watches and clock dial were painted with radium. In order for the women to paint the best fine point font, they were to bring the paintbrush to a point with their lips, dip the brush into the radium, and begin painting the numbers. The watches and clocks were painted with radium because it was known to glow in the dark, so the young women also painted their faces, and even

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    Have you ever wanted to stand on something that is very very light without crushing it? Something you can’t stand because it is impossible. Here's an idea though how about taking cardboard and cups? Now, what can you do with these items? I know. How about you try to do the paper cup walk. It would be amazing if you could stand on dixie cups and just two pieces of cardboard with all your weight. The goal to do with this project is to not crush one dixie cup. Also you should try cutting out the bottom

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    I live in a house with a man that take cares of me because I have trouble doing normal day to day things. He has settled with me for 10 years and we have become best friends and he’s the best roommate I could have ever had in my life. Every night I go to bed and have this feeling that someone is watching me so I have trouble sleeping. He also checks on me every morning after I wake up and asks how I've been sleeping through the night. He has also bothered me a night sometimes. I never asked

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    Cana’s lost. Not this isn’t part of the plan or anything. When she had decided that she was going to go on her life-long dream of a cross-country roadtrip, she had figured getting lost was a pretty good guarantee for adventure. But now, when she’s stranded in the middle of fucking nowhere with an almost empty tank of gas, no phone signal, and a storm rolling in, she thinks that maybe, just maybe, she should’ve actually planned this trip, rather than just hopping in her car and driving after she

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    stance on justice and how he thinks we have come to the point of thinking life is supposed to be fair. He believes that justice is something that isn’t achievable. He even goes a step farther and says in his thesis that “justice is one of those palliative myths...” and that it isn’t even something that exists. It’s just something that we, as a human race, have developed and created over time. His thoughts are really intriguing because he has a point and he backs it up with things most people could probably

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    Are a type of fidgeting toy hence the name fidget spinner. It is advertised as helping people who continuously fidget, but Experts were divided on this claim. Seeing as it seems to be a distraction at schools I believe it is false. They were invented way back in the 1990’s yet now in 2017 they became a HUGE hit. Resulting with most schools banning these spinners, while others made them only for people with medical conditions. Some may even not have rules on them. This interesting google search rates

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    Latiolais recovered nicely as he connected with, #3 Brock Williams all the way to the Green Wave one-yard-line, with 3:37 left in the quarter. From there the Heath line blew up a large hole for Latiolais to walk threw, to give Heath a,6-0 lead, The point after kick by #17 Tayte Duncan, to make this a,7-0 lead at the 3:23 mark. Newark Catholic got things started on offense with a nice eleven-yard run by Hunter Chapman. With 1:13 left in the quarter Chapman was sacked by Tyler Karr for a three-yard

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    Wyoming Wrestling State Finals. The stadium smells like nacho cheese combined with the sweat of hundreds of athletes. I feel exhausted. As I am warming up for my semi-final match, I think of all the countless hours spent training to lead me to this point. The stakes are high, my dream of being a state champion hanging in the balance. I am called to report to the mat for the start of my match. Right before the whistle blows, a jolt of adrenaline shoots through me as I realize without a win my dream

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    into the scene'. I concentrate on decor, lighting and props, costumes, body language (e.g., posture, gestures and facial expressions) and composition. I additionally take a gander at how these components are confined as far as camera stature, camera point and camera separate, all of which fall under the class of cinematography. The scene seems right off the bat the movie. Toward the start of American Beauty, the hero, Lester Burnham is disappointed with his life. At home he and his materialistic, aspiring

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