until the final buzzer sounds. Basketball requires a lot of teamwork and that team is like your family. Working together like a family helps push every player to do their best and make each other proud. In the poem “Slam Dunk & Hook” the author Yusef Komunyakaa uses metaphors‚ allusions‚ and imagery to illustrate basketball which offers escape and triumph for the players. The metaphor “Muscles were a bright motor” is used to accentuate how strongly the basketball players muscles were functioning
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Ms. Yusef Period 8 December 15‚ 2013 High blood pressure High blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. Hypertension risk factors include obesity‚ drinking too much alcohol‚ smoking‚ and family history. What is high blood pressure? High blood pressure‚ also known as hypertension‚ is the most common cardiovascular disease. Blood pressure refers to the force of blood pushing against artery walls as it courses through the body. Like air in a tire or water in a hose
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Conversion of the Jews by Philip Roth In the “Conversion of the Jews” Philip Roth shows how the main character Ozzie believes in his religion. During the story it shows how Ozzie is a truth-speaker and does not deal with factual inconsistencies when it comes to his religion. Also while reading this story one can tell how passionate Ozzie is about Judaism and how he deeply respects the beliefs and rituals of his religion. Another part of Ozzie that is shown is that he has a lot of respect for his
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In the documentary The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ whether they were in Japan or New York‚ 16 or older‚ all of the professors and teachers that spoke fell in love with The Epic of Gilgamesh upon their first encounter‚ drawn in by its mystical pull. A literary concept/point that was highly discussed was the humanization of Enkidu by Shamhat. Azar Nafisi an author‚ says‚ “Enkidu is the natural man‚ like Adam‚ he is innocent and he has to bite the apple through the divine harlot”. Enkidu starts out as a very
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The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural‚ artistic‚ and social period of creation and new modes of thought. Jazz‚ a new type of music swept the streets of New York City in the 1920’s. Every jazz artist has taken the style and made it their own over the years and added onto the legacy of what jazz is. Today‚ jazz is not only still its own popular entity‚ but nearly all modern music can trace some part of itself back to jazz. Ninety percent of the African-American Population lived in the south after
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alone the jury will see Ronald in a different light and will have an impact on the verdict. The same could also be said for all five individuals of the central park five. Prior to the conviction of all five‚ Kevin Richardson‚ 14‚ Raymond Santana‚ 14‚ Yusef Salaam‚ 15‚ Antron McCray‚ 15‚ and Kharey Wise‚ 16‚ also confessed to —“chasing after bicyclists‚ assaulting pedestrians‚ and (in two separate incidents) pummeling two men into unconsciousness with a metal pipe‚ stones‚ punches‚ and kicks to the head
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Antron McCray‚ Kevin Richardson‚ Raymond Santana‚ Korey Wise‚ and Yusef Salaam confessed to her rape after hours of being interrogated by the officers. They served many years in jail after a man named‚ Matias Reyes a serial rapist admitted to the crime‚ and with the DNA result he was a match. The boys lost their childhood
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Bibliography: Ali‚ Abdullah Yusef. The Qur ’an Translation. Tahrike Tarsile Qur ’an‚ 1999. Lane‚ Edward William. Arab Society in the Time of the Thousand and One Nights. New York: Dover‚ 2004. Lane‚ Edward William. The Thousand and One Nights. New York: Harpercollins‚ 1983.
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Since the beginning of time‚ men have strived to educate themselves with knowledge. The purposes of equipping themselves with proper learning ways are no other than to improve day to day living experiences and routine. Names like Plato‚ Aristotle‚ Einstein‚ Kirchhoff and others often springs to our mind. Many had forgotten those Islamic scholars that were once growing like mushrooms. Sadly‚ even Muslim these days are unaware of these people. 1) Ibn Khaldun Given name is Abu Zaid Abdul Rahman
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Police Corruption and court cases are very common and prevalent. A common pleas judge reversed 53 narcotic convictions Friday which is based on investigations of police in drug units (Writer‚ 2013). Judge Shiela Woods- Skipper overturned convictions that were based on the testimony of former Jefferey Walker who was arrested in May as part of an FBI corruption inevestigatgion (Writer‚ 2013). The District Attorney in the case Robin Godfrey requested the reversals in the hearing he said afterward that
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