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One Knee Remember
274 words
One of my scars is on my left knee. I happened on
a sunny day when I was around 8 or 9 years old. It
was in the summer time and I was across the street
playing with a girlfriend. Her mother came outside
and invited me to go swimming with them. I was so
excited, I ran as fast as I could to go to ask my
mom if I could go. I guess my legs were going
faster than the rest of my body and there I fell,
just at the side of the road where all the loose
gravel was. I cut my knee wide open. I dont
remember...
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Making The Death Penalty A More Effective Crime
963 words
Over the past many years, people have argued over
the effectiveness of the death penalty. The
majority of executions have come from convictions
of homicides (murder), though execution has been a
choice in punishment for rape, treason,
kidnapping, and armed robbery. Many people
consider the death penalty as immoral and
ineffective to deter crime. These people are half
right; it is an ineffective means to deter crime.
With this understood, it is time that we need to
make a reform in the death pena...
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Attack To Defend Hippos
421 words
Hippos have historically been found throughout all
of Africa. Currently most populations have been
greatly reduced. The only large population of
hippos lives near the Nile river valley of east
Africa. The scientific name for hippo is
hippopotamus amphibious. Hippos are about four and
a half feet tall and eleven feet long. They weigh
about three to seven thousand pounds and are the
second largest land mammal. A hippos skin is gray-
brown. The upper parts are blue- black and the
under parts are pi...
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Dragons Are Portrayed Korean Or Indonesian Dragon
639 words
There are about seven or eight basic kinds of
dragons. First there is the Western Dragon when
most people think of the word Dragon, this is it.
This dragon has scaly skin that swords cannot
break through. A good example of a Western Dragon
is the one of Dragonheart named Drake. But in myth
these dragons are portrayed as mean, blood
thirsty, and evil. Knights eager to prove their
faith to their religion, then found that dragon
slaying was very profitable soon destroyed these
dragons. But these dr...
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Effects And Treatment Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
1,098 words
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is more than just
arthritis. In deed, many doctors call it
rheumatoid disease to emphasize its widespread
nature. People with RA often describe feeling much
as though they have a virus, with fatigue and
aching acting on their muscles. It has been
estimated that 2 million Americans with 60 % of
them women, have rheumatoid arthritis (Brewer,
Earl J, 2000). The condition usually appears in
middle-aged people, in the forties and fifties,
although it can begin at any age. Si...
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Machine Gun Transit System
1,252 words
... I suddenly had this strange sense. A gut
feeling. An instinct. I pulled Jim back around the
corner just as I heard an automated door open only
a few yards from where the rest of our group
stood. I then watched in horror as each of my
former group members was pierced with a storm of
bullets. Blood splattered onto the wall behind
them and the lifeless bodies slumped to the ground
just as the thunder of machine gun fire halted and
echoed through the tunnel. After a brief pause,
heavy footsteps ...
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Spanish Civil War Success And Failure
1,166 words
Picasso's Guernica is unique and unlike any other
photograph or painting of a historical war scene.
Historical photographs show scenes and capture
moments in time, but when viewing them an
intangible "wall" exists between the viewer and
the photograph. The difference between photographs
and original paintings is that the painting allows
the viewer to break through the "wall" and
actually experience the feelings and emotions
expressed in the painting. "We only see what we
look at and to look is a...
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Social Structures Three Times
1,082 words
... ial restrictions on his love affair, and the
subsequent limitations on Porphyria's love for
him. Therefore, the speaker's distance from the
world outside becomes also an inability to respond
to Porphyria upon her entrance; he sits in the
cottage wanting only her love, without need of
explanation, so that when he is spoken to, "no
voice replied" (15). Soon, Porphyria's gift of
comforting warmth within the storm exacerbates his
obsession to the point of insanity-driven
violence. This is a very...
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Parallel Between For And Gawain The Green
431 words
Gawain stays in Lord Bercilak's castle and
Bercilak decides to go hunting for three days.
Bercilak made a bargain with Gawain and so
everything Bercilak kills on the hunt will be
given to Gawain. In return, Gawain would give to
Lord Bercilak everything that he gets from Lady
Bercilak. Whatever I earn in the woods will be
yours, whatever you win will be mine in exchange.
Shall we swap our days work, Gawain? They make
this bargain for the following three days and what
happens on both sides of the ...
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Good Leader Give Back
1,238 words
Beowulf displays the qualities of a good leader
that were mentioned in the speech given by
Hrothgar. The speech speaking of the vices and
virtues of great political leaders contains many
of the same qualities that Beowulf embodies. His
boastfulness, generosity and kindness are evidence
that he is a good leader and provides for his
people. Although the qualities he posses may not
be the best-fit qualities of a common man, they
are admirable qualities of a strong leader.
Beowulf's high self-regard...
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Form Of Tongue Thrust Creates A Problem Retraction
565 words
There are four problems that may occur in
individuals with sever disabilities when feeding
is taking place. These four problems, chin
retraction, tongue retraction, chin thrust, and
tongue thrust, all take place in the dental region
of the face, and they all involve the muscles of
that same region. Each one presents its own
difficulties; however, sometimes the may occur
simultaneously. The basis for the inner feeding
team is the jaw, or chin. It controls and
regulates the movements of the other ...
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Death Penalty Death Row
827 words
There has been a total of 374 executions within
the United States between 1976 through 1999. The
methods of the executions have been
electrocutions, lethal injections, gas chambers,
firing squads and hangings. Electrocution: An
alternating current of about 2000 volts of
electricity passes through the body. The criminal
is strapped into a specially constructed electric
chair. One electrode is applied to the scalp, the
other to the calf of one leg. The electrodes are
moistened with a salt solution...
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Lean Body Mass Urine Samples
1,131 words
... n. We conducted a non blinded study that was
divided in three experiments to investigate the
objectives set (figure 1). Experiment 1: Total
body composition and anthropometry. Experiment 1
was designed to investigate changes of body
composition and anthropometric measurements in
strength athletes induced by self-administered
AAS. Body composition and dimensions were assessed
by taking seinfeld thicknesses and circumferences,
respectively. Measurements were taken before the
start of AAS use (...
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Fathers Warnings Walked Slowly Man
1,431 words
I arrived at my fathers house before nightfall and
was let in by one of his illustrious maids. Her
name was Margaret'. She had been tending to my
father for many years now. A tall, young lady yet
always bleak and deteriorating. She led me strait
to his chamber which was filled with the aroma of
medicines and ails. The physician was also present
as were a few maids. Upon seeing my arrival the
old man made a weak attempt to sit up, coughing as
though his lungs were filled with smoke from a
thousan...
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Amenhotep Iii Sun Disk
1,220 words
The cult of Aten did develop before his rule,
perhaps as early as 1411 B. C. It paid homage to
the sun, its central idea was 'living on ma " at,
' that is, variously translated as
'righteousness', 'justice', and 'truth. ' The
doctrine of this religion failed to win the
approval or support of any but Akhenaten's
followers. It is said that cult of Aten did not
have an ethical code. It centered around gratitude
towards life the sun for life and warmth. Ankh was
life the force that the sun-disk (Ate...
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Emergency Occurs First Aid Victim
528 words
outdoor first kit When someone is injured or
suddenly becomes ill, there is usually a critical
period before you can get medical treatment and it
is this period that is of the utmost importance to
the victim. What you do, or what you dont do, in
that interval can mean the difference between life
and death. You owe it to yourself, your family and
your neighbors to know and to understand
procedures that you can apply quickly and
intelligently in an emergency. Every household
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Method Of Execution Methods Of Execution
804 words
There are different kinds of executions for those
that are guilty of murder. In the United States
the death penalty is authorized by hanging,
electrocution, gas chamber, firing squad, or
lethal injection. Most other nations use hanging,
firing squad and stoning. These executions have
been done to those that are on death row.
Executions are costly; therefore, there are many
guilty people on death row awaiting their
execution. Hundreds of women and men are on death.
They are all waiting for their ...
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George And Lennie Curly Wife
660 words
Of Mice and Men George and Lennie are travelling
workers who travel around ranches looking for
work. Lennie is a big, coarse man yet he is
mentally undeveloped and George is small yet is
smarter, and therefore leads and takes care of
Lennie. Lennie has a fetish for soft things and
when he pets mice and small animals he,
unknowingly kills them by squeezing too hard. The
men s plan is to make enough money to settle on a
nice, small place of their own and live off the
fatta the land. The come to a ...
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Theory Of Evolution Planet Earth
365 words
Origin Of Humanity We live on a planet believed to
be 4. 5 billion years of age with millions of
people covering all parts of it. Where did they
come from? Did the whole human population
originate from one people or were we placed here
and then improved or changed by an intervention? I
believe that humanity on planet earth was created
by evolution. Both the creationist and
interventionist theories seem today fetched to be
accountable theories for the creation of humanity
on planet earth. There a...
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Track And Field Left Arm
1,261 words
Physics is everywhere in the world of sports. It
can be found when a boxer punches a guy, or when a
person is stabbing something. The shot put is an
event which has many practical applications to
physics. From the time the thrower begins moving,
to the time the shot hits the ground, physics can
be applied. The first track and field events began
over two thousands years ago in Greece. People
participated in sprints, endurance races, shot
put, and discus. Track and Field events were held
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