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- 911: Florence D. Griffith
- By: Tatyana Florence D. Griffith nicknamed Dee Dee, Was born on December 21 195. She grew up in a project in Watts, a poor section in Los Angeles California. Florence had 11 brothers and sisters. She would often ask ...
- 912: The Remains Of The Day - Digni
- ... This theme is stated and restated throughout the novel. Define dignity and then consider the author’s intention and conclude with your own explanation of the quality of dignity. Portfolio Essay: The Remains of the Day Dignity, according to the Oxford Dictionary, is "a composed and serious manner/style, the state of being worthy of honour or respect". In the novel, dignity is exoterically found in the form of proper gentlemen ...
- 913: Law Enforcement
- ... They must pursue the peace, prevent criminal acts and arrest those who break the law. Their jobs are dangerous and they are trained to carry and use weapons(76). Police officers go to work each day not knowing what to expect. Each day is different and new and different things are occurring all the time. One day a police officer may be having a shoot out with an armed bank robber, the next day the police officer may be looking for a possum in the bushes outside the local post office, ...
- 914: A Day At The Beach
- A Day At The Beach I run down the boardwalk, not worrying about getting splinters in my tender feet. Every ten or fifteen feet I stop, sometimes to smell the salty sea air, but mostly to wait ...
- 915: The Effects of Creatine
- ... time, although meat eaters have considerably more creatine in muscle tissue than vegetarians (Sahelian 43-45). A 1979 study by Walker showed that the average sedentary person uses up about 2 grams of creatine per day. This amount varies with the person’s exercise intensity level and muscle mass. Most of this creatine is converted into creatinine and is normally excreted in the urine. The average person also consumes about 1 gram of creatine per day. Creatine is found in the skeletal muscle of foods like meat and fish. Good sources of creatine include tuna, cod, salmon, beef, and pork. Small amounts are found in milk and cranberries. There is no ... experienced an average body-weight gain of 2.4 pounds. A study in by Volek (1997) in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association tested the effect of ingestion of 25 grams of creatine per day on power output in the jump squat exercise and on total repetitions of bench press. Other measures included assessment of diet, body mass, skinfold thickness, and pre-exercise and 5-minute post-exercise lactate ...
- 916: Heroes
- ... of a "hero" as one to whom I can look up. It is said that there are no heroes left in the world. In all due respect to the cynics and the pessimists of the day, I only have only one thing to say: open your eyes! Today, I would like to introduce you to a "real life hero." To make this introduction, it will be necessary to go back a ... used regularly. Every night, to be exact! His meals consisted mainly a soup made from a boiled pumpkin type vegetable called manyok, with only the liquid portion given to him, most times, only once a day! He estimates, in The Passing of the Night, his account of his time while in prison, the amount of each feeding at 8-12 ounces of this delicious gourmet's delight. His medical care: making ... he was still elevated. Just before going unconscious due to the pain, he was plunged to the floor, only to be taken back to that apex of pain again and again in a single session. Day in and day out, this was all that he had to look forward to as he lay on that concrete slab with his legs bleeding, locked in stocks, and a world away from anyone ...
- 917: Cuban Missle Crisis
- ... look, however, showed six much larger SS-4 nuclear missiles; each 60 to 65 feet long. They now knew they had a big problem. President Kennedy was informed of the missiles during breakfast the next day. It was now clear to him that the Soviets had been purposefully deceiving him for months. Kennedy immediately scheduled two meetings for that morning. At the first one, he looked over the photos. The missiles ... an attempt to keep something unwanted out of a particular area. In this way, the US could have its blockade, but the international community would not consider it an act of war. Later in the day, another U-2 flight revealed bombers and MiGs being assembled and cruise missile sites being built on Cuba’s northern shore. (Brugioni 315) On Monday, October 22, within minutes of Kennedy’s address to the ... see the writing on the side of the missiles, then you really know what you’ve got." That evening, Kennedy, backed by the Western Hemisphere, signed the Proclamation of Interdiction. By the end of the day, the US ships had taken up position along the quarantine line, 800 miles from Cuba. The quarantine was to take effect at 10:00 a.m., on October 24. At 10:25 a.m. ...
- 918: If Only They’d Listened To Pig
- If Only They’d Listened to Piggy Throughout the novel Piggy’s character is used to represent the intellectual side of man and act almost like an adult figure to the boys. There are many things that he does ...
- 919: Beloved 2
- ... life, yet Sethe refuses to acknowledge that her show of mercy is also murder. Throughout Beloved, Sethe's character consistently displays the duplistic nature of her actions. Not long after Sethe's reunion with Paul D. she describes her reaction to School Teacher's arrival: "Oh, no. I wasn't going back there[Sweet Home]. I went to jail instead"(Morrison 42). Sethe's words suggest that she has made a ... was based upon the murder of her child. By not even approaching the subject of her daughter's death, it is also made clear that Sethe has detached herself from the act. Even when Paul D. learns of what Sethe has done and confronts her with it, Sethe still skirts the reality of her past. Sethe describes her reasoning to Paul D., "... So when I got here, even before they let me get out of bed, I stitched her a little something from a piece of cloth Baby Suggs had. Well, all I'm saying is ...
- 920: Hamlet: Second Grave Digger
- Hamlet: Second Grave Digger Today was not just another day of digging graves. This certain grave that my partner and I were digging was one for the Ophelia herself. There was one question that put me to a test, which was set forth by my ... of 6 I was out on the streets offering my services to any whom would need them. I can still remember my first job cleaning up after horses. I would stay in the stables all day long digging up the foul-smelling mess of the animals. Oh, how the days went by. After many years of the same cleaning I decided it was time to move on. Now at 11 I ... written my own name down on paper. Bye this time I had saved up a little bit of money to be able to go to school. Still I can recall how it felt that very day walking into my very first day of class. Such grace and ease I underwent, walking through the doors of the school, but then realizing they made a mistake by thinking I was younger than ...
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