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By AbbyQ PLATINUM
Fairbanks, Alaska

The sea stars we use in our research are kept in a large blue tub. They cling onto the rigid sides like babies to a mother’s breast. Running down the steep switchbacks to the lab,...
AbbyQ PLATINUM, Fairbanks, Alaska
34 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
"When the coroner cuts me open, he will find ink in my veins and blood on my typewriter keys."


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By JacobSt.Clair BRONZE
Cumming, Georgia
JacobSt.Clair BRONZE, Cumming, Georgia
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By sweetmelody BRONZE
San Jose, California
sweetmelody BRONZE, San Jose, California
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"We choose to go…not because it is easy, but because it is hard, because that goal will serve to measure and organize the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win." John F. Kennedy

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By Dixie15 BRONZE
Belvidere, Tennessee
Dixie15 BRONZE, Belvidere, Tennessee
1 article 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
life is like a box of chcolates you never know what your going to get.

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By Krose456 BRONZE
Indianapolis, Indiana
Krose456 BRONZE, Indianapolis, Indiana
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By dange1240 BRONZE
Millington, New Jersey
dange1240 BRONZE, Millington, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am the master of my fait, I am the captain of my soul" - Hemingway

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By siharaj BRONZE
Charlotte, North Carolina
siharaj BRONZE, Charlotte, North Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By LucyGreen SILVER
Littleton, Colorado
LucyGreen SILVER, Littleton, Colorado
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at the typewriter and bleed.&quot; <br /> -Ernest Hemingway