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because I was thinking about how and when I was going to complete this assignment or maybe it was that I was missing home. Whatever the case, I was melancholy. Upon arrival, I sat myself on a nearby wooden bench, took out the assignment sheet, the photo mat, a piece of paper, and a pencil. Still feeling gloomy, I closed my eyes and took a few minutes to clear my mind. After quieting my mind, I opened my eyes and looked around the park. I saw the trees with their bright green leaves, people…

Kobe stepped back, laid down his bag and began to run. “Kobe” yelled his younger brother Mat, “Sarah told me you might be here and I… I…wanted to come talk to you, I miss dad and I know you do too.” Kobe stopped at the edge of the cliff and turned to face Mat, eyes red and heart pounding, with a shaky voice he said, “Mat,” Kobe paused to catch his breath, “have you ever just stopped to look at the stars?” Mat didn’t speak, he walked closer to Kobe until he could smell his strong evergreen…

Halloween is an exciting time of the year. Many people like to make their own decorations instead of buying them. Do-it-yourself decorations give you a chance to show off your creative side. Below is a list of some of the do-it-yourself decorations that you can make yourself: Glowing Eyes You can make glowing eyes using glowsticks and toilet paper rolls. You can hide the glowing eyes in trees, bushes and shrubs. The glowing eyes make a nice decoration for the trick or treaters that will be…

opponent. In wrestling, you can pin your opponent, shoulder blades to the mat for 10 count, or earn points for takedowns, reversals or back points. Boxing in a similar way, can be won by knocking your opponent out, on the mat for a 10 count, or by points earned for typed and effective punches thrown. The goal in both sports is to show your skills are better than that of your opponent…

After cheering at my Cheerleading gym for a couple years I have known the existence of a special needs cheer team. I have always had an interest in helping out other teams in my gym. In the November of 2015, my father had received an email reaching out to the athletes for help on the special needs team at the gym . At first I was hesitant because I didn’t know any of the people on the team, the coaches personally, and other athletes that were going to help. I went to the first practice not…

when he was warming tortillas in the kitchen when he saw Ms. Miramontes quickly walk past him. He said as soon as she walked past the grill where he was warning tortillas, he saw her step down on the rubber mat while holding on to a plastic storage bin when she turned or twisted to the left for some reason when she fell backward. He saw her fall her back “hard” onto her buttocks as she tried to cushion herself by placing her hand beside her when she used the…

A Guide to Finding the Best Infrared Heating Pads Infrared technology provides heat that doesn’t burn your skin like traditional electric heating pads. Infrared heating mats provide deeper and long-lasting pain relief over conventional heating pads. The Benefits of Infrared Heating Pads • Blood circulation enhancement • Pain reduction • Joint inflammation and stiffness relief • Skin cell revitalization These are only a few benefits of this heating technology that works much like the sun, which…

lived in cedar bark teepees and grass mat houses in the summer and winter pit houses in the winter. I made a winter pit house. The cedar bark teepees were semi-permanent shelters with very long strips of cedar bark covering a normal stick structure. Some different tribes called the cedar bark teepee the “kecha kachumat” or “pointed house”. The grass mat house was a dome shaped house usually made of willow poles bent into a dome frame thatched with grass mats made from the stems of tule (Southern…

90% of all illnesses are stress-related. The stress response, often referred to "fight or flight" is an innate reaction that occurs physiologically in our body when a psychological alarm goes off warning us of a threat. Once the brain lights up it sets off a chain reaction by releasing hormones like adrenaline and sending blood to the extremities so that it can fight the threat or flee from it. During the fight or flight response, the frontal lobe, the area of the brain that controls our…

It was Friday afternoon, school had just gotten over, bobby went home to eat. He was feeling excited for today, today was his first wrestling meet. They were wrestling against their rivals today. Bobby was feeling a little nervous at the time, but it went away after a little while. He was working on his homework while he waited. The time finally came, Bobby drove to the high school and got ready, he had butterflies in his stomach. He was wrestling varsity 180 lbs. he was wrestling against an old…