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    Growing up in New York City, my early perception of someone with a mental illness, came from using the NYC subway system and seeing people who appeared to be homeless, talking to themselves, screaming at others and being aggressive. One day, while in Manhattan I was walking down the street when, all the sudden I felt someone tug on my ponytail. I grab my hair and turned around to see who pulled my hair and it was a homeless man, that looked dirty and was talking to himself. He did not pull my…

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    Wouldn’t it just have to be today, on the day that he had the most important meeting of his life, that it had to rain fish? The roads were chaos, the radio stations were no better than static, and Huck was ready to burst a blood vessel. Was this traffic light going to wait until pigs flew to flash green? Wait, no. He wasn’t in the mood for any more airborne menageries this morning. Unwitting passersby ducked and swivelled in a contentious ballet, as the torn-ocean sky threw up last night’s…

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    She sighed in relief when she saw her back yard. Twenty feet and she’d be free of the shadows. Ten feet. Five. A scream tore from her lips as a hand clamped down over her wrist. She’d nearly made it to safety! Pain, wicked and hot, raced down her spine as something sharp tore through the flesh of her back. One look over her shoulder had her stumbling away from the man- the monster- hovering too close. His nails dripped with her blood and she shivered when he brought them to his lips.…

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    Dynatherm: A Short Story

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    Dynatherm woke up detesting his powers. He had mistakenly set the bed on fire over the night and was left siting in a pile of ash. Of all the powers I could get Dynatherm thought I got the power to control fire. Why is fire impossible to control thought Dynatherm? Dynatherm stood up and decided not to overthink this problem. He walked outside and started to fly to work. He arrived at the superhero work dome (a giant floating dome made of semi-permeable material made to protect the city) in a few…

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    According to Dictionary.com the definition of the word door is “a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway” so why do we leave them open all of the time. that is what happened me a couple of weeks ago. I came home from work one day and forgot to shut my garage door. my dogs have a dog door in the garage that leads to the backyard. My dogs came in through the door and they ran out of the garage. After a slight while I wanted my dogs to come inside and I realized…

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    A review of the records reveals the member to be an adult female with a birth date of 08/12/1956. The member has a diagnosis of Restless Leg Syndrome. The member’s treating provider, Josette Johnson, MD recommended the member continue the use of Gralise ER 600mg tablets. The carrier has denied coverage of Gralise ER 600mg tablets as experimental and/or investigational and not medically necessary. There is a letter from the carrier to the member dated 03/21/2016, which states in part:…

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    Loch Ness Monster Thesis

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    Loch Ness Monster It’s time to reveal the secrets behind the loch ness monster. The truth is that the loch Ness Monster is not real. There have been many sightings throughout history, but many of those sightings have been proven to be hoax. Especially in our generation now that we have all this new technology many people have posted pictures and videos on the internet about discovering the loch ness monster, but many of the people who posted the pictures and videos have confessed that the…

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    7th Grade Math Homework

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    Finally, it was over. I have finished my 7th grade math homework. I have spent hours trying to finish those stupid problems. But now I’m finished and I can just sit in front of the TV and do nothing. Then I see my script for my play for this year and I let out a sigh of disappointment. I didn’t get the part I wanted this year, in fact, it doesn’t seem like anyone did, except for Alice. But I realize it doesn't really matter and I make my way towards the stairs. When I get to the living room, I…

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    The follies is a fun and memorable event to experience. Many citizens of Mason City would recommend that you attend the follies. Each and every student in the follies works very hard on their act. The follies are held each year and it is a event that many people attend. The follies has made Mason City more exciting, made an event for people to see, and it created another fun activity for citizens to do. The follies take place in the month of February and have been occurring for a very long time…

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    When I knew the raccoons were following me, I ran as fast as I can and I didn’t look back at all, for I don't slow down and took a little break but not a big one because they might be not far from me. When I saw that I was somewhere else than the woods on the river I looked back and I saw the raccoons were not behind me, but that was what I thought because I know that sometimes they could be smart so I didn’t go back there cause the raccoons might be there. So I tried to go the way that I was…

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