they do through the handle of a shield.” Rules? Athletes jumped into a pit approximately 50 feet long and landed with their feet together. Officials measured a jump from the bater‚ a fixed point on the side of the jumping pit and used a kanon‚ a wooden rod‚ to measure the distance of each athlete’s jumps. How is it so different to Modern Athletics? In the Modern Olympics‚ if you did Long-Jump‚ you would definitely not jump naked! Also weights would not be used in the Modern Olympics.
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“Long Live the Career Smoker” In a study conducted through the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids‚ it was found that between the years of 1998-2006‚ fifty percent of American children were exposed to second hand smoke on a daily basis. Dave Eggers‚ having experienced this statistic first-hand‚ tends to have a very biased but yet unique opinion as to why smokers continue with their habit-- even though they are all well aware of the possible outcomes of their choices. In 1998‚ Eggers wrote an essay
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“An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experiences” - (James Baldwin). One’s identity can be shaped by many things including people and experiences. In A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah‚ Ishmael’s identity was also shaped by the people around him and his experiences. Ishmael lost his family and was forced to become a ruthless killer at a young age. He was also forced to leave the country he loved because he was too afraid to rejoin the fight. In
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of personal weakness in being a self-motivated and engaged student. Two areas of personal strength: First is discovering self-motivation‚ finding purpose in their lives by discovering personally meaningful goals and dreams. Second is adopting life-long learning‚ Finding valuable lesson and wisdom in nearly every experience. As for personal weakness in being a self-motivated and engaged student. First is doubting their competence and personal value‚ feeling inadequate
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In the book A Long Way Gone I found three myths that related to cultural. One myth was on page 181 where Ishmael’s aunt served him some chicken as to welcome him‚ and chicken is not simply chicken to the Sierra Leone people‚ they represent honor and special. On pages 12‚ 172 and 157‚ it tells how the cultural in Sierra Leone does not allow men to cry. Men represent strong and are the whole in the family. If the men are weak‚ then the whole family wills collapse. Cheng 3 Lastly‚ on page 16‚
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Generation Z would have no qualms with crowning the iPhone the most influential invention in the history of communications. Seasoned historians‚ however‚ might argue that a bundle of cables in combination with an electrical current‚ called the telegraph‚ should take the prize for the most influential invention. The mid-19th Century implementation of the telegraph‚ single-handedly‚ brought about enormous change to the once asymmetric relationship between the tempo of domestic politics and the speed
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“Long gone are the days of blatant racism‚ racial segregation‚ and overwhelming prejudice.” While‚ it is true that while racism is no longer at the forefront of society‚ racism on Long Island still persists in 2016. While not every person of color you meet can say that they have personally felt that they have experienced actual racism‚ it is still somewhat prevalent in our society. Underlying racism through microaggressions still carries on to this day. A microaggression is a comment that may seem
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№ 9 J.Webster “Daddy-Long-Legs”(letter 1) The text under analysis is a passage from an epistolary novel written by a well-known American writer Jean Webster. She was active politically and socially‚ and often included issues of interest in her books. This book is written in belles-lettres style. The story has a narrative presentation and the subject of the extract is drown from life. The author places herself in the position of the main character. The main character is a Judy. The novel episode
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Unexplained infertility Some women get pregnant quickly‚ while for others it may take much longer. The question is that how long is normal? If couples cannot conceive after 1 year of regular unprotected intercourse‚ they may have a fertility problem which is defined as infertility. Infertility can be caused by many conditions such as lack of ovulation‚ blocked fallopian tubes‚ PCOS‚ endometriosis etc in female or low sperm counts‚ poor sperm quality‚ varicose veins etc in male. However in 30% of
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THE LONG SEXUAL REVOLUTION Sexuality was redefined in France through what Historians and Sociologist considered then “The Sexual Revolution.” In recent years‚ historians have begun to emphasize the gradual nature of the sexual revolution that took place in the West from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Deeming it the “long sexual revolution‚” they deemphasize the significance of any single event or moment in favor of a longer view that recognizes a slow and steady process of change. The Long Sexual
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