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Deer John Blood
702 wordsIt was a cold crisp fall afternoon, it was also late bow hunting season and I was up at our hunting shack with my father and two of his closest friends. We had just made the final preparations to hike to are respective stands, after wishing each other good luck we were off. Little did I realize that this day would prove to bring me closer to death than any other day of my life. Being that my stand is the closest to camp it was only a short walk for me, while the other hunters would travel severa...
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Passage Of Time Keeping Track
1,025 wordsNot until somewhat recently (that is, in terms of human history) did people find a need for knowing the time of day. As best we know, 5000 to 6000 years ago great civilizations in the Middle East and North Africa initiated clock making as opposed to calendar making. With their attendant bureaucracies and formal religions, these cultures found a need to organize their time more efficiently. After the Sumerian culture was lost without passing on its knowledge, the Egyptians were the next to formal...
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For Kicks By Dick Francis
771 wordsDaniel Roke, an experienced Australian stud farmer, has been hired to investigate a series of horse doping's throughout England's racing circuit. Dan, hoping to break free from his dull and tedious life in Australia, accepted the offer when it was presented to him by The Earl of October. Seeing as how October was one of the most respected and successful people in the business, Dan was offered 20, 000 pounds for the completion of his job. With his family in mind Dan set off to October's stables w...
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Long Period Of Time Three Hundred
458 wordsAs Steve Prefontaine once said " I like to make people stop and say, Ive never seen anyone run like that before. " True, anybody can run, but not just anybody can run track. There is more to running than just the fast movement of legs. Running takes strength, endurance, and a tremendous amount of guts. There are many races which a track runner can take part in, from the fifty-yard dash to the two mile. Each race falls into a particular category. These categories include the sprinter, the middle ...
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Blue Collar Football Player
707 wordsBoobie Miles was good football, but haunted by injuries. He was not a very good student. All he wanted to do was go to major university for football and then go into the pro's. He received a scholarship to Ranger Junior College for football, and flunked out after a year. Brian Chavez was stereotyped as a dumb jock, but was the number one student in his class. He was a good football player. He went on to Harvard and hoped to go on to law school. Ivory Christian wanted to be a preacher while in hi...
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Back On Track Selling Drugs
773 wordsStreet Soldier, by Joseph Marshall, is a inspiring well written book. The book is about his life and how he started the Omega Boys Club. The Omega Boys Club is a club that helps keep inter city kids off the streets. There is a connection between the author's life and certain events in the novel. For example his personality traits, his special skills, what he has done for society, and what his day-to-day existence has done for other people, you will also see how his work has greatly effected him....
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000 Per Year Bureau Of Justice Statistics
1,680 wordsLast year, state prison systems were operating between 14 % and 25 % over their reported capacity; the federal system 26 % over the reported capacity. On average, the incarcerated population has grown 7. 9 % annually since 1985. The question is: what do we do with the increase overflow and what do we do with those awaiting trial when the jails are filled with a lot of non-violent criminal offenders? Tracking devices such as ankle bracelets and implants could let low risk offenders be put safely ...
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English Dictionary Modern English
704 wordsMost people, who speak English, in the world today have a similar understanding of the word nice. We would use it in the sense that something is pleasing, polite, agreeable, or respectable. Someones mother might state that hes a nice boy or shes a nice girl. For most this would be considered a compliment, unless, of course, your mother is trying to act as a matchmaker. Nice is a word that most people like to have associated with them. Nice people are much more likeable than mean people, and over...
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Book Came First Hope And Pray God
783 wordsI do not agree with the Islamic beliefs that God is the enemy of unbelievers. As an outsider to this religion this does not sit well with me. I believe God has no enemies. Wait, I mean he loves everyone, but Im kind of unsure of his feelings towards child molesters, rapists and murderers. I in no way believe he hates or has enemies. That is only how I was raised though. I can understand why Muslims may believe this, this is what they were taught to believe. The one thing I had trouble with was t...
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Sound Track Special Effects
495 wordsThe Terminator is a non-stop action flick written by the creative genius of James Cameron along with Gail Anne Hurd. It's your classic chase story of man verses machine. Set in the future as well as present day L. A. , The Terminator delivers pulse-pounding excitement that won't let you down. In the year 2029 man is caught in the epic struggle for survival against what seems, unstoppable machines. The future looks quite grim except for john Connor, the leader of the human resistance. As the huma...
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Du Pont Competitive Advantage
1,438 wordsThe DuPont Company was founded by Eleuthere Irene du Pont in 1802. Eleuthere was a student and protg of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, who is often called the "father of modern chemistry. " DuPont originally used Lavoisier's technology for manufacturing black gunpowder. Thomas Coleman du Pont, Alfred I. du Pont, and Pierre Samuel du Pont offered to buy the firm in 1902 after a loss of competitive advantage in the gunpowder business. DuPont began placing great emphasis on discovery and a continual "r...
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Useless Trivia Great Avenger Derek
543 wordsMy story starts from the great avengers home deep within the forest of Brazil. He lived in a grass hut and wore grass skirts all day long, which leads me to the story at hand. Once when the great avenger was doing some work for his country he ran into the great villain Derek the all mighty. Derek wasn't just a normal villain he was the only villain in the world that every one feared. As the great avenger was try to capture Derek once he thought that a simple trick would get him into a trap where...
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Amount Of Water Part Of Life
1,480 wordsThesis Statement: Water is the most crucial part of life its self, and must never go unnoticed. I. People frequently overlook the importance of water in the body. In order to keep the body healthy, people must consume water. A healthy body is a well-hydrated body. Without the constant consumption of water the body becomes dehydrated. Perhaps people overlook waters importance, simply because its the must abundant natural resource on the planet. Water is the most crucial part of life its self, and...
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Fifteen Minute Ride Walking Through The Garden Train
1,217 wordsA ride in New York City's subway is one you will never forget, or at least I won't. As I walk down the terminal looking for my track number, I see the homeless lounging. These less fortunate individuals are trying to stay warm and catch some sleep before they are interrupted by a police officer who kicks them out to return to the cold. I smell the scent of urine in the air from the guy who couldn't wait for the restroom. The sound of talent is floating in the air by a group of young adults playi...
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Catcher In The Rye Elkton Hills
1,394 wordsWhat does phony mean to you? Do you consider it something that is not what it really seems? Or even something or someone that isn't normal in all ways or just in some? Phony is one of the words in the English literature that can have an endless amount of interpretations. Can be being phony possibly hinder an attempt to accomplish a task to fully function mentally? Can phony delay an individuals maturing period? In J. D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, Holden's "phony phobia" restricts him from be...
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Back On Track Violence
373 wordsChildren and violence, were does it start? Some experts say that children from violent environments at home are more likely to commit crimes then others. Some very young children will witness crime at the home and think that it is ok, not knowing what is right and wrong. How can one stop this act from occurring, or put the children in the right environment. There are different ways that you could save a child from witnessing violence, or perhaps if the child has already seen some type of violenc...
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Grade Point Average Atlanta University
1,378 wordsDenise is a very attractive girl with her head screwed on straight. She has a 4. 0 grade point average at Spelman College. She comes from a very good and wholesome family who went to church every Sunday and sometimes on Wednesday for bible study. Denise was a nice girl who always had a kind word to say about everyone. She was the type that most say are nieve, but I say she is just very impressionable. Denise not only excelled in the classroom but she excelled on the track as well. She was an all...
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Large Scale Integration Keeping Track
1,240 words... verie's rapidly found their way into new models of digital computers. Memory storage capacities increased 800 % in commercially available machines by the early 1960 s and speeds increased by an equally large margin. These machines were very expensive to purchase or to rent and were especially expensive to operate because of the cost of hiring programmers to perform the complex operations the computers ran. Such computers were typically found in large computer centers-operated by industry, go...
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Taking Into Account Reading Writing
1,409 wordstraining & development. Memorandum To: CEO of Xenon Corporation From: [put your name here] & Sons Consulting Subject: Training programs at Xenon Importance: High Date: Feb. 20 th, 2004 It is very smart for the Xenon Company to start thinking about the human resource development programs before the actual need for the given programs appears. First of all one should understand that the budget of $ 1500 /year per employee results in only some $ 28. 85 per week per employee. Therefore, here we shoul...
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Heart Attack Years Ago
1,023 wordsBuilt to Last An informational article on Erik Schrody (a. k. a. Everlast) &# 61550; With his group, House of Pain Erik Schrody made a name for himself Everlast and a mess of his life. Now, after a near fatal heart attack and with a new hit album, he climbs back into the ring. Erik Schrody has a thin, Abe Lincoln-like beard, a piercing stare, and a b-boy like swagger. Around his neck hangs a pendent that spells out Everlast in gold diamonds tag the 29 year old has answered to since before his da...
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