important place in my life. We have been traveling to the lake ever since I was very young; it has become part of my life and means something to me. I made a lot of new friends and experienced some really cool and exciting times. Even if the sun is so hot that it is burning your skin or you are stressed from work, you are always happy while at the lake. It all started when my dad bought our houseboat. I guess you could say the obsession to be out on the water began here. We began venturing down to
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different kinds of foods. In fact, on hot summer days, I would day dream. I always dreamed of owning my personal grocery store, but not just any grocery store. I wanted to own a store with good workers, that was a great experience for shoppers, and that had tons of choices of foods. As I became older, I realize I might need to work in an actual store before I ever attempting owning one. I am now a manager for a store called Food for Days. When shopping at Food for Days, you will always leave with a smile
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in both English and Spanish. • In South coast of Spain the “siesta” is strictly respecting by Spaniards. Following working time is respected by most companies: 8.00am-2.00pm in the morning and 4.00-8.00pm in the evening. With respect to time of day following greetings are obeyed: morning (until 1.00pm) Buenos dias, afternoon (1.00-8.00pm) buenas tardes,
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crops which meant that they don't have food to eat either. At this point they knew that they needed a rainfall or else they would have a tough time surviving. So everyone sat down together and thought of what they can do to get water or a rainfall. As days went on they decided to pray to the god of the skies which was Zeus. Zeus never knew about the drought in Toronto because he was very busy helping other countries. They prayed hoping that he would grant them a rainfall by sneezing.
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fixating on the future but about “seizing the day”, yet evidently they have managed to leave a legacy as we still today discuss and analyze their works of art. Shakespeare captured in Sonnet 18 how someone is able to leave a legacy through art. The sonnet compares a boy to a summer’s day and describes him as “more lovely and more temperate” meaning that the youth’s beauty is more perfect and gentle than the beauty and violent excesses of a summer day. The poem then shifts and speaks about how “summer’s
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thermostat. This allows you to reduce the heating or cooling in your home when you are either not at home or are asleep. The easiest way to reduce your energy bills is to lower your thermostat when the house is empty. For people who work most of the day, set your thermostat much lower or higher for cooling during the hours you are gone. Then have a more comfortable temperature start in about half an hour before you arrive home.
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important my home was, and what I would need in my future. Running away from home happened in the summer that I just graduated from middle school in my small hometown—Shilou. Because of the hot and humid weather that summer, because of my boredom, or because of the nervous emotion of waiting for the notification from Shilou High School that I applied for, I always fought with my family member. One day, I fought with my brother because of the computer. I tried to complain about this to my mother,
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I’m Maekyn Turkeyleg, and I’m a turkey on a farm. I was talking to my elderly grandfather. We were talking about how the leaves are changing colors and soon the humans, the most disgusting creatures to live, will come. My grandfather and I are planning a way to live through this horrible season. What I didn’t know was that I was never going to see my family again. Out of the corner of my eye, as I’m talking to my grandfather, I see a human, and I start running, but I didn’t run fast enough. The human
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Angeles The sun rises out of the ocean in California. For my family, Los Angeles is the best city in the United States. The weather here is perfect, during summer it’s really hot and it’s perfect weather for going to the beach. Spring is also really warm, although not as much. Spring and winter are my favorites because it’s neither too cold nor hot. There is warm sand along the shore of the ocean. My family moved to Los Angeles because we saw a better future, opportunities, and weather for ourselves
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12 Angry Men is a gripping drama that depicts twelve American jurors confined to a jury room on a hot and humid summer day to decide the guilt or innocence of a defendant in a murder trial.1 Before sending out the twelve jurors to deliberate, the judge reminds them that their verdict must be unanimous and that if they hold “reasonable doubt” as to the guilt of the accused then their verdict must be “not guilty.” If, however, they find the defendant guilty then he will be sentenced to death
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