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Security Blanket Tucky Fingers
400 wordsMy blanket was quilted and many times my size. It was stuffed with cotton and dyed with pictures of cats and dogs. It was my first birthday present, and it never left my side. I named my blanket Tucky. To this day, I dont know what the word meant to me. Maybe I called it Tucky because I tucked two fingers on my left hand in my mouth whenever I held it. Or maybe I was thinking of how good it felt when my mother tucked me in at night and my blanket covered and protected me. As long as it was near ...
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Teachings Of The Buddha Zen Buddhism
1,408 wordsBuddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha (the enlightened one), in southern Nepal in the fifth and sixth centuries B. C. Buddhism teaches that meditation and the practice of good religious and moral behavior can lead to nirvana. The teachings of the Buddha have, to this day, been passed down from teacher to student. Around 475 A. D. one of these teachers, Bodhidharma, traveled from India to China and introduced the teachings of the Buddha there. In China Buddhism mingled w...
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Range Of Motion Occupational Therapy
1,196 wordsJoe is currently a client receiving treatment at a hand therapy clinic, due to a traumatic injury to his left hand. Carpentry work has been Joe's profession for many years. He suffered a debilitating injury to flexor tendons of the 2 nd and 3 rd metacarpals, fracturing the first metacarpal bone, severing the 4 th finger and all innervation to the fingers. The flexor tendons are repaired, the first metacarpal bone has healed and the open wound in the palm of his hand has finally closed. Joe has s...
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Husband And Wife Facing Forward
1,148 wordsThis superb pair standing statue remains semi-attached to the limestone block from which they were carved. There is chipping on the surface of Memi's (man) right arm. A portion of Sabu's (woman) nose and her lips appear to be chipped off as well. On the lower part of Sabu's body there is chipping on both legs and right underneath her pelvic area. There are visible horizontal lines that cut right across Memi's right forearm and underneath Sabu's breasts. These lines may indicate what pieces of th...
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Fortune Telling Middle Finger
1,194 wordsAlthough fortune tellers aren't as popular today as they used to be, many people still have a fascination with their methods. Who wouldn't be when you can tell your future by looking into a crystal ball, cutting a deck of cards, or even looking at the lines on your hands? Crystal Balls: Crystal gazers attempt t o see the future by focusing on a smooth, clear object. A crystal ball isn't always needed for this method of fortune telling. Other things that have been used are clear lakes, goblets of...
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Mass Produced Song Dynasty
2,070 words... t, it was introduced in small quantities and, as usually is the case with high demand products, was initially available only to the very wealthy. Just as important were the unique wares in which this beverage was prepared and consumed. Tea soon became a status symbol among the upper class and nobility; even portraits were commissioned portraying a family sitting down to take tea showing their wealth and good taste. The portraits also note porcelain cups with silver tea service (Emmerson plat...
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Golf Ball Upper Body
1,095 wordsThe Basics The golf swing is sort of an awkward motion that can only be mastered in time and with practice. A person usually cannot pick up a golf club for the first time and swing it with perfection. One thing to remember is that there is not an ideal swing for everyone. A beginner or someone who already plays golf must develop his or her own swing from the basic fundamentals of golf. Even the pros that seem to play the game so well do not all have the same swing. Their swings have been transfo...
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David Ellison Mai Brother Came Back Dont
1,281 wordsWalking onto the stage, seeing my challenger; thought not much of him, then I glanced to my left; hundreds upon hundreds of people have come to see this. My nerves shot to hell, I picked it up, plugged it in, waiting for the challengers opening riff. Just one more time, Ill get it this time, for sure! I was tutoring some twelve year old; his name, David Ellison Mai. I was trying to teach him how to play the guitar. I have been playing for so many years, I cannot even begin to think how it is lik...
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The Origins Of Mathematics From Ancient Empires
1,602 wordsI. A Cultural Perspective Mathematics, aptly named the queen and handmaiden of the sciences, is for us the quintessential expression of the scientific worldview. As we learn, our conception of mathematics grows and changes, with the distillation of millennia of human effort to conceptualize the abstract added in layers. It is as difficult for us to gain a perspective on our view of mathematics as it is for us to see beyond any other aspect of our worldview. But fantasy affords us the opportunity...
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Uncle Frank Young Age Smoke
1,052 wordsThe brilliant person who spent their time sitting around and one day decided to pick up some of the tobacco they were growing and smoke it must have been out of their mind. This has lead to millions and millions of peoples addictions to, what is in my opinion one of the worst things in the world, cigarettes, or more specifically nicotine. Why anyone would decide to start up this insanely dirty and unhealthy habit is beyond me. Smoking is a problem that affects people of all ages and groups and l...
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The Evolution Of Primate Locomotion
2,242 wordsThe evolution of primate locomotion There are many points of view connected to the appearance of men on this planet. However, the majority of scientists state that men have developed though the evolution of primate. According to John Stewarts work The evolution of primates, pp 16 - 24, primates possess well advanced five-fingered, the finiteness adapted to a climbing on branches in the trees. Full division of beam and elbow bones provides mobility and a variety of movements of forward finiteness...
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Three Men Cold Air
2,448 wordsRape Bull Rape in Chengdu Rape in Chengdu Xiao Kim was very late coming back from the Young Womens Club. In Chengdu, in 1957, deep in the heart of a China that was becoming more industrial than rural, it was still safe to walk the streets at any hour, and so the fourteen-year-old felt little fear as she wandered along the sidewalk. Of course, Xiao Kim should have felt at least a little fear. After all, curfew had been thirty minutes before, and even in safe Chengdu there were strict regulations ...
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Blind Man Didnt Understand
1,218 wordsBlindness creates a world of obscurity only to be overcome with guidance from someone willing to become intimate with the blind. Equally true, the perceptions of blindness can only be overcome when the blind allow intimacy with the sighted. Raymond Carver, with his short story Cathedral, illustrates this point through the eyes of a man who will be spending an evening with a blind man, Robert, for the first time. Not only does this man not know Robert, but his being blind, bothered (Carver 98) hi...
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Compression Breathing Cycles Pulse Begin Cpr Five
2,056 wordsCPR Knowing how to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) to adults, children, and infants, especially with a bag mask valve (BMV), is essential for all responsible adults. The procedures are clearly prescribed and cumulative for each age group. A close examination of the steps, along with training under the careful watch of an instructor, can help restore consciousness. To perform CPR to an adult, you should first check to ascertain if the person is conscious. Do this by tapping or shaking...
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Fibonacci Sequence Sexual Maturity
1,156 wordsThe math project topic Eddy and I have chosen is the Fibonacci Sequence and its relation to nature. The Sequence is very popular and involves many aspects of life including animals, plants and other educational purposes. The topic is extremely interesting and will change the way students look at everyday things by considering Fibonacci and his famous numbering system. The Fibonacci Sequence is a series of numbers first created in 1202 by Leonardo Fibonacci. It is a relatively simple series, but ...
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Eyes Wide Setting Sun
5,319 wordsGideon darted out his head like a snake, aiming for the leg of the rider just ahead. Seas! Jamie wrenched the big bays head around before he could take a bite. Evil-minded whoreson, he muttered under his breath. Adam Chisholm, unaware of his narrow escape from Gideon's teeth, caught the remark, and looked back over his shoulder, startled. Jamie smiled and touched his slouch hat apologetically, nudging the bay up even with Chisholm's long-legged mule. A bit edgy, he said, with a nod toward the ho...
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3,207 wordsRules, History, and Development Football is a very popular sport in the United States. It is played on playgrounds and in schools all around the country. Touch football developed in the late 19 th century, as an alternative to tackle football, which required a lot of equipment. A number of variations of football were developed so that all you needed to play was a ball and a field. These variations include two-hand touch, where you have to touch the ball carrier with two hands; one-hand touch; an...
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Flew Over The Cuckoo Nest One Flew Over The Cuckoo
919 wordsOne Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest Man wakes up. Man goes to work. Man comes home and eats the dinner that his wife made for him. Man goes to sleep. This has been the traditional role of a man for hundreds of years, yet in the 1960 s that role was being challenged by a strong feminist movement. Ken Kesey wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest in the 1960 s and in it he addressed both the issues of feminism and the role of a man. Through the use of Harding s fingers, Candy on the fishing trip, and Nu...
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First World War 20 Th Century
3,857 wordsPublishing's one-man band In the shabby back room of John Calder's bookshop on The Cut in south London, an intriguing literary event is about to begin. The shop itself is an anachronism, one of those tiny havens that once populated Charing Cross Road before the arrival of megawatts such as Waterstones and Borders. Where you might normally expect to see Man and Boy or White Teeth displayed are copies of Louis-Ferdinand Celine's Journey to the End of the Night, the collected works of Antonin Arthu...
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Virtual Reality Transfer Protocol
3,262 wordsBusiness strive for high production at low cost. This would result in the highest profit for a company. To many businesses, this is only a mirage. This is because the low cost of the business usually results in a high cost for the employees. This high cost is lower quality workplace items, lower salaries, less benefits, etc. These costs create an upset workplace environment. Companies understand that the more efficient their workers are, the more productive their business will become. Although t...
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