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- 5981: Wakeboarding
- ... seen before, a wakeboard. In the past I had tried water-skiing and kneeboarding, but until then I had never heard of wakeboarding, I haven't picked up a water- ski or kneeboard since that day. A wakeboard is shaped a lot like a snowboard. It is 150 cm long and about 60 cm wide. Riding a wakeboard has been compared to surfing, skateboarding, waterskiing, and snowboarding. At first I was ... almost every time on the first pull. One of the reasons this sport is so great is that once you get up you can learn and excel very quickly. By the end of that same day I was almost able to jump over the wake. I have friends who are able to do backflips, so this gives me a goal. But for now I have to be content with jumping the ...
- 5982: Labor Unions
- ... strikes. It is this sort of support unions hope for, because the more people they get the stronger they are. But some people, especially small business owners, who do not see much profit in a day-to-day operation, are very critical of unions. Some union demands have driven small business owners out of business, simply because they could not afford to do what the union wanted. The major formation of national labor ...
- 5983: Chernobyl
- ... in two species of mice that were “probably thousands of times greater” than normal. "It was the worst civilian disaster in the history of nuclear power-and it could be repeated."(Nagorski ) To this very day, two of the four Chernobyl reactors still remain in use. It has been proven that radiation is not safe to be around, nevermind work in it everyday, so why don't they just shut the ... reason is simple, they cannot afford to. Severe cracks have been reported in the concrete sarcophagus that surrounds the reactor number four. Despite this constant danger, thousands of people still live and work there every day. About 500 people have moved back to their old homes inside the effected area also called the “Zone”. The Ukrainian government says that it cannot afford to close down the plant and permanently seal the ...
- 5984: Personal Writing: Evil
- ... is looking, he will take something. I can never leave any valuables in my car when in his presence because surely it will be taken. While I was driving with him in the car one day, he stole my parking permit from right under my nose and I didn’t notice it. He has told me several stories how he has stolen from stores in the past. Those who know him ... was lurks in our midst. Some of the things that run through his mind scare me. I suspect that he has had childhood problems that make him this way. I can only hope that one day he will change.
- 5985: Trench Warfare on the Western Front
- ... 000 British soldiers were treated with Trench Foot. By the end of 1915, British soldiers had to have three pairs of socks with them and were under order to change them at least twice a day. Apart from frequent sock changing the only other prevention was to cover one's feet with a grease made from whale's oil. It was estimated that a front-line battalion would use 10 gallons of the whale-oil every day. These ailments struck the British more unrelentingly because of their more primitive trenches compared to the advanced Germans' who had wooden planks to walk on, keeping them out of mud and water. “Dug-outs” were ...
- 5986: Hitler, Nazis, and The National Socialist German Workers' Party
- ... from finished. At about 11 o'clock on the morning of November 9--the anniversary of the founding of the German Republic in 1919--3,000 Hitler partisans again gathered outside the Bürgerbräukeller. To this day, no one knows who fired the first shot. But a shot rang out, and it was followed by fusillades from both sides. Hermann Gö ring fell wounded in the thigh and both legs. Hitler flattened ... were practiced--by massive X-ray, by irritants and drugs, by surgery without benefit of anesthetic. As techniques were perfected, it was determined that a doctor with 10 assistants could sterilize 1,000 women per day. The "experimental people" were also used by Nazi doctors who needed practice performing various operations. One doctor at Auschwitz perfected his amputation technique on live prisoners. After he had finished, his maimed patients were sent ...
- 5987: Character Study: Local Residents
- ... houses hug the road and at night trucks speed through the village because the traffic is light. My fear is that one of these trucks could veer off the road into our homes. During the day when traffic is stationary drivers stare into the house through the window. Quite a lot of the time the front room can be in darkness because the trucks are so large that when in standing ... car on the road since drivers have been known to hit stationary vehicles. The amount of air pollution means that I can’t open the windows because the house fills with fumes. On a dry day the house and windows are covered in dust, and if the windows are open the whole house becomes covered in dust. Wet days bring mud splattered doors and dirt speckled windows. Home improvements are very ...
- 5988: Creative Writing: Life in Sumitville
- ... place were you can live a great life, also your children receive a great education. In conclusion Sumitville a place were any person can come a live a life they always wanted to live. A day in the life of 4 person family in Sumitville The Father A father would wake up in the morning and then got to work via an electric trolley. The father is a business owner, when ... the Internet and looks at his mail he then fills the orders. After making the packages he loads them onto his his business truck. He then goes and delivers them to all his clients. His day at work is over and he goes home. The Mother This is a housewife who does not work. She wakes up in the morning and then makes breakfast for the children and father. She then ...
- 5989: The Nazis and Their Rise to Power and Downfall
- ... from finished. At about 11 o'clock on the morning of November 9--the anniversary of the founding of the German Republic in 1919--3,000 Hitler partisans again gathered outside the Bürgerbräukeller. To this day, no one knows who fired the first shot. But a shot rang out, and it was followed by fusillades from both sides. Hermann Gö ring fell wounded in the thigh and both legs. Hitler flattened ... were practiced--by massive X-ray, by irritants and drugs, by surgery without benefit of anesthetic. As techniques were perfected, it was determined that a doctor with 10 assistants could sterilize 1,000 women per day. The "experimental people" were also used by Nazi doctors who needed practice performing various operations. One doctor at Auschwitz perfected his amputation technique on live prisoners. After he had finished, his maimed patients were sent ...
- 5990: A Sense Of Community By Ritual
- ... definite. In our society, women are especially pressured to wear their beauty on the surface. Lucy found hers within as she accepted her obvious disfigurement. After this revelation she experienced a moment of freedom: "I'd had [freedom] behind my Halloween mask all those years. As a child I expected my liberation to come from getting a new face put on, but now I saw it came from shedding my image ... definite. In our society, women are especially pressured to wear their beauty on the surface. Lucy found hers within as she accepted her obvious disfigurement. After this revelation she experienced a moment of freedom: "I'd had [freedom] behind my Halloween mask all those years. As a child I expected my liberation to come from getting a new face put on, but now I saw it came from shedding my image ...
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