Man, eighth grade really flew by!
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fate is a predetermined outcome and outcome is just a result
The lines which are a flashback here are: She thought of her last day in middle school, seven years ago, when Sarah had given her an iPod. She had felt ecstatic that day when she realized she would be able to listen to her favorite songs and fend off comments from her cousins about how little she knew about music.
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Nepal is a country in southern Asia, in the Himalayan mountains. It borders China to the north and India to the south. The country is characterized by natural diversity: in the south there is a narrow stretch of wetland plains with a tropical and subtropical climate, and moving north starts the middle hills that pass into the High Himalayas. Nepal has 8 of the 10 highest mountains in the world, including Everest.
Nepal is a culturally and linguistically heterogeneous state. The country is home to several dozen ethnic groups with distinctive customs. The predominant religion is Hinduism, but there are also strong Buddhist traditions. The Lumbini area to the south, the birthplace of Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, is frequented by Buddhist pilgrims.