One experience that developed my character was hiking, and getting lost in one of the most rigorous mountain ranges in the country. In August of 2016, I had the opportunity to spend a month with my family friend Cheryl in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Cheryl is the toughest woman I have ever met, which is evident through her avid hunting, fishing, and any other action sport you can think of. As a kid whose greatest hike had been up his street prior to the trip, I felt a bit overwhelmed when she informed
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In terms of model selection, the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) was utilized to select between candidate models. In addition, the best model is the one which has the lowest AIC value. For this analysis, we considered the case that HOV lanes were degraded by the Federal standard for HOV degradation with 45 miles per hour threshold to see if there are some chances that the HOV still give benefit compare to regular lanes. Thus, the speed difference between the HOV lanes and interested regular lanes
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Some decisions are hard to make and to sign something that may bring good or bad is a tough decision, but should be signed for the greater good. This novel Lyddie by Katherine Paterson is about a farmgirl in Vermont named Lyddie who travels to Lowell to become a factory girl to earn money and pay off debts. After awhile of working in the factory Lyddie is given the option to sign a petition for better working conditions and has a tough time deciding whether if she should sign or not. While some people
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Staring down two opposing tunnels, one of which strongly contradicted my upbringing, I am overwhelmed with an offensive odor I have not smelt before. Akin to a wrestling match taking place inside me, morals and direction are being pressed against the rubber, red ropes, in a tag-team match with curiosity and social-pressure. My parents and teachers disappear behind smoke at midnight. I had been in this place before. ‘The Lot’, my peers and I had affectionately declared it; this neighborhood shared
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driving, took a turn on to Murdle road. It was right at 1 am, and Arlo seemed a bit weary. Wesley asked him what was wrong. He was scared, with good reason. Arlo was a nervous person, so Wesley thought nothing of it and continued down the road. Murdle road was just a little country back-road that connected Macon and Fisherville. It doesn't see the amount of travel it did before Highway 192 was built connecting the two towns with a much faster and straighter path. Murdle road had a few residents most of
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Survival Why do you think McCarthy has chosen not to give his characters names? How do fake names generate character of the man and the boy. In Cormac McCarthy the Road, the man and his son face infinite amount of obstacles throughout the novel in order to keep themselves alive. While reading the road, McCarthy wanted the figures in this book to be universal, so that the reader could imagine him or herself as the boy or man. Doing so allowed reader to have different perspective of being one of
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The setting starts sometime in the winter of 2006. It was around six o’clock and I (Miss Kayli Abel) had just gotten off of one of my after school classes and was riding the bus home. It was traditional for the kids on my bus to talk and play around so I usually did the same (-ish), except I normally would have just talked and doodled but this (er, that day) was different. This day I had decided to talk to others and jump seat to seat as I pretended to do things that regular, wacky kids in southern
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wanted to go somewhere that would be worth our time. My dad said that he’s heard about the Grand Canyon that it’s a beautiful hike to take. So my family and I decided that’ll be worth the trip. We started packing and before we knew it we were on the road. It was me my four sisters my dad and my aunt we all took one car for the trip. We were all complaining that it was hot in the car but rolling down the windows didn’t help so my dad finally turned on the air conditioner. Since it was going to be a
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Ramisa Mehjabeen 766986 Mr.Seravalle Part 4 “On the road” by Jack Kerouac describes the huge cultural change, which began to take form in America during the 1960’s. The American pop culture included entertainment, music and sports. It was distributed across many forms of mass communication including newspaper magazines, television. Kerouac found the energy and excitement of jazz to be particularly inspiring. Beat Generation in the 1950s marked the beginnings of a major cultural turning
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The winter sky smothered the earth with a spotless white blanket. I shivered, tightening my lint infected hoodie around my torso. A wave of excitement and fear rushed through me all at once, like a torrent of emotions throwing me overboard. Joe had to be here soon, the more I thought of her the more I began to sweat. I pushed my thoughts aside and look at the sky above which was overflowing with tumultuous, dark, ragged clouds. Cars weaved their way around everyone, their frustrated horns echoing
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