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Tomorrow is my dad's birthday! Hurray!! Too bad we cant celebrate his birthday since he is in China. The time zones are different and so it is currently April 18 in China. This day is very special and exciting to us. Happy birthday to you again, Dad. Too bad we cant celebrate it with you. Don't worry, Dad, you're only 39 and still young.

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An Unforgettable Vacation       This summer I went to back to China. It had been 3 years since I had been there and I missed all of my relatives. I also had some very close friends living there. Most of all, I wanted to see my dad. He had quit his job to begin his own company and spent most of his time in Beijing working hours nonstop on his website. It was a warm Saturday and my mom’s friend Rachel came to pick us up and offered to drive us to the San Francisco A...

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Death of a Master As I play piano, I remember my teacher. The famous Eugene Masluk. He was my teacher for over 2 years but he recently passed away. He died after getting cancer for the second time. He was in his mid 70’s and he was a good man. He used to play piano concerts all over the world. I miss going to his piano classes. We would always have a group class first. If we played a piece perfectly then we would earn money. I never got any money except once because I didn’t t...

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Where The Red Fern Grows       Do you know what a Universal Theme is? If you think that’s a movie company then you need to start reading, kid! Universal Themes are included in all stories. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls is a great example. It includes many themes but the one that stood out the most was Conflict.       In the beginning of the story, the setting is in the Ozark Mountains. The main character is a kid name Billy Col...

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Hammurabi Hammurabi was a very famous king of Mesopotamia. He was the 6th king of the Amorite Dynasty. Hammurabi took to the throne after the death of his father, Sin-muballit. Hammurabi was a very normal king until the 30th year of his reign. That was when he defeated his southern neighbor, Rim-Sin of Larsa. This event caused Hammurabi to become master of all southern Babylonia. There is no information on the events that led to this conflict, but one thing is for certain. Hammurabi and Rim-sin...

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The Adventures of a Rock       At the dawn of time, the Earth was a giant sphere filled with volcanic activity. One day, some lava cooled and formed a rock called granite. The granite was made up of 3 minerals known as quartz, biotite mica, and feldspar. The dominant mineral was feldspar. Feldspar‘s chemical composition was KAISi3O8. It contains 3 silicon atoms and 8 oxygen atoms, making it part of the silicate group. It was semi-hard and had a hardness of six on ...

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