The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed‚ strength‚ and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point. This event has been an Olympic medal event since the first modern Olympics in 1896 At the elite level‚ competitors run down a runway and jump as far as they can from a wooden board 20 cm or 8 inches wide that is built flush with the runway into a pit filled with finely ground gravel or sand.Each competitor has three attempts.The competitor
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His gum comes in a pink and silver box. Half light‚ half dark blue orbit box that has various shades of pink. When he pulls out the rectangular piece‚ the wrapper is white like snow. Printed on the wrapper a light grey logo flows across the wax paper. As the piece comes out of the box the smell of cheap Pepto-Bismol spills out with it. On the gum is a fine white dust almost like cocaine. The dust fills every crack of his fingerprints. On it‚ fine lines are etched. The wrapper sounds like paper being
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During World War II‚ in the European Theater War‚ one battle has stood out most. The Battle of Stalingrad (July 17‚ 1942-Feb. 2‚ 1943)‚ was one of the bloodiest and said to be greatest battles between Russia and Germany. This battle started when Germany became more powerful and wanted to conquer more territories. Germans saw Stalingrad‚ now called‚ Volgograd‚ an important and mandate city to conquer because Hitler realized the symbolic meaning behind it since it was named after the U.S.S.R leader
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The purpose of this essay is to connect a discourse community I am a part of and finding a genre that focus on reading and writing. Every human being is a part of discourse community. A discourse community for me is where I am working at. I have been part of this discourse community for three years now. I work at Valle Optical it is an eye care clinic. It is located in Southwest Detroit. I am an assistant. Being an assistant means having to assist patients with any questions they have in regards
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What is clinical psychology? What do clinical psychologists do? How much do they make a year? What stress is put on them daily? Clinical psychology is a professional specialty concerned with diagnosing and treating diseases of the brain‚ emotional disturbance‚ and behavior problems. Basically‚ what clinical psychologists do is hold sessions‚ usually weekly‚ with patients‚ or clients to diagnose and treat their emotional or mental illness via interviews and tests. On a daily basis‚ they take part
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Skeletal System Skeletal system is the biological system providing support in living organisms. Skin‚ muscle and bones allow movement. Skin - pliable covering. Muscles do actual moving. Bones give anchor to move against. The skeleton functions not only as the support for the body but also in haematopoiesis‚ the manufacture of blood cells that takes place in bone marrow. This is why people who have cancer of the bone marrow almost always die. It is also necessary for protection of vital organs
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Jaguar‚ More Than Just a Car The first time I laid my eyes on her‚ I knew it was love at first sight. The way she glimmered in the sunlight when she was cleaned up and the way she looked so beautiful with all of those curves of hers. I knew that this was going to be a great relationship before she was even mine and that it could blossom into that lasting thing that I had been looking for. This 1982 Jaguar was just the car I had been looking for. The car company‚ Jaguar‚ came out with a car that
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The floor is pale and yet full of texture. A rug covers the floor in need of a stretching. In an array of gloss and semi-gloss‚ shades of pale blue cover three of the four walls and their baseboards speckled only by an occasional paint chip or faded fingerprint. Entire sections are hidden by photographs of varying sizes and of varying content‚ most expressing various political ideas‚ or taste in music. Shelves protrude from a wall adjacent to the door‚ topped by a number of knickknacks and decorative
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Fungus eating plastic Pestalotiopsis microspora Pestalotiopsis microspora is a species of endophytic fungus capable of breaking down and digesting polyurethane. The fungus basically eats the plastic and breaks it down into carbon. An endophyte is an endosymbiont‚ often a bacterium or fungus‚ that lives within a plant for at least part of its life without causing apparent disease. Researchers have found the first endophytic fungus that eats plastic‚ and can use it as its sole food source
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Probation compliance is strict rule that one must follow if he or she is on probation. Some of the rules you have to comply with‚ is your probation officer will have you report to them on a certain day as often as requested by your probation officer. If you have some kind of illness that you cant make it or any kind of emergency‚ you still have to get a hold of them‚ and immediately schedule a new appointment. When you come see you PO officer for the fist time you will need to bring with you an ID
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