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    The Life of Roberto Clemente Roberto Clemente was born as Roberto Clemente Walker on August 18, 1934, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was the last of six children to Melchor Clemente and his wife Dona Luisa. Roberto Clemente was married to Vera Clemente and they had three sons. Roberto Clemente mother was very religious, she often fed the poor children that would come over and play with Roberto and his siblings. Roberto parents instilled in him the value of hard work, respect, dignity, and generosity. “I never heard hate in my house,” said Roberto Clemente (Roberto Clemente1 1). During Roberto Clemente childhood, he led a group of boys to raise money to help build a fence to protect their school. Roberto Clemente also once rescued someone from a burning car. As a young boy, Roberto Clemente got up at six o’clock to deliver milk he was trying to save money to buy a bike. Also, as a young boy, he developed a passion for baseball. Roberto Clemente was dominant on any field. He made all-star for his high school baseball team for three consecutive years. Roberto Clemente also was the best athlete on his track and field team. Roberto had the ability to high jump six feet, triple jump forty-five feet, and throw the Javier in 195 feet. Roberto Clemente would have likely made the Puerto Rico Olympics team and participated in the 1952 Olympics had it not been for baseball. Even though Roberto Clemente excelled in track and field his real passion was baseball. “I want to be a baseball…

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    the layout; the school was very large and modern. The tour guide briefly touched on the variety of extracurricular opportunities that are offered at USF. While I did not participate in many clubs in high school, I plan to join a few in college. She also explained that USF offers students the opportunity to study abroad, which is something I might be interested in in the future. Overall, USF provides a lot of the aspects in which I am interested. UCF is situated in Orlando, Florida, two hours…

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    "Kids I need you to put your blankets over your head" my dad said. " If I see someone peeking I will turn this car around, I going to count to three ONE,TWO,THREE" my dad said. My heart was racing super fast as soon as me and my siblings pulled off the blankets off our face our faces froze for a second we saw a huge sign saying Walt Disney World Where Dreams Come True."SURPRISE!" My parents said. My siblings and I were in shock that we were brought to the happiest place on earth it brought out…

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    day finally arrives; I woke up at 10 A.M, earlier than all my family for the first time, I started to say out loud, “Wake up everybody we are going to Disney, we are going to arrive later!” We started to get ready to go, but Orlando was so cloudy and cold that day. The January cold weather that we need to get a bit more of clothes. In fact, we started to look for all the cold clothes, the jackets, the hats, the scarves, and the socks. Finally, we were ready to set out of the room, and get…

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    The Blackfish Effect

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    a change for the better. In a way it has, Blackfish now know as the “Blackfish Effect”, has affected business for Seaworld majorly. Infact Seaworld reported in August 2015, over the two year time span the movie came out profits had dropped 84% (Seaworld sees profits plunge 84% as customers desert controversial park, Rupert Neate). After the documentary Seaworld got rid of their CEO thinking that would help, and brought in a new one. The now CEO Joel Manby had to admit that the company is…

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    When I need to escape from my everyday life, I go to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. Universal Studios is one of the major theme parks in Florida. The studio is connected to a hotel and resort. Me and my family try to go there as often as we can. Universal Studios has beautiful scenery that can amaze anyone who sees it. For example, the studio is located near a slight mountain range. The mountains look phenomenal up close and they give me a sense of how small humans are compared to the…

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    As a child, my parents shaped me into their ideal image of a little girl. The formation of their ideals actually started long before I first opened my eyes in the hospital. My story began back in 1988, when my parents met while working at Walt Disney World as cultural exchange workers from Canada. Their romance is a fairy tale. They had their first date at the Magic Kingdom, they spent all their days off on a Florida beach, and they experienced the technical magic that Disney is so well-known…

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    Florida is a big place, but it’s also nice and there is a lot of places to visit and see, Florida is mostly known as a vacation spot. In this article I, the typist will tell you the economy, tourist attractions, both historical and general, and political standings, now I start... Top Five largest cities are Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and St. Petersburg There are a lot of historical sites in Florida, I’ve got myself a few places to list, and they are Veterans Memorial wall, located in…

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    Since the 1960s, the Orlando metropolitan area has flourished with tourist attractions, distinctively theme parks, such as Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and Seaworld, supplying a constant influx of travelers visiting for vacation. Going along with this, an abundance of hotels, malls, restaurants, and other businesses have been introduced in order to accommodate tourists from all across the world. What must be pointed out here is this: in order for this tourism center to have been…

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    Essay On Palm Springs

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    Top Cultural Events to See in Palm Springs Palm Springs, California is famous for its relaxed lifestyle, celebrities and golf courses. There are many luxury Palm Springs hotels, resorts and spas including the Colony Palms Hotel with its award-winning restaurants. There is much more to Palm Springs than golf and swimming pools. It is the center of a rich cultural traditional with the Palm Springs Art Museum, the Palm Springs Air Museum of Flying and the Living Desert Zoo and Botanical Garden.…

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