Michael Kerrigan is a student in a High School East Scranton. He is one of the best in his class‚ good student‚ dedicated athlete‚ captain of the track team and teachers favourite. He works at the Scranton Observer as an editorial assistant‚ composing obituaries for writing experience. This year is ‚ as he said ‚ the most important track season of his life. He had been working hard and it is the time to see the results. All he wants is to win the race and go to collage so he could finally get out
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Punch biopsy results and side effects By Jonas Wilson‚ Ing. Med. Punch biopsies require puncturing the skin to obtain tissue for microscopic and histo-pathological examination. A tube-shaped sharp cutting tool is rotated through the skin to the subcutaneous fat to obtain a cylindrically shaped specimen. This sample undergoes tissue fixation‚ preparation of slides and staining for microscopy or storage in solution for bacterial or viral culturing. Primary indications for punch biopsy are suspicious
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Hawaiian folk music is a traditional music in Hawaii which includes several varieties of chanting‚ called mele‚ and the music meant for highly-ritualized dance‚ called hula. It was functional‚ used to express praise‚ communicate genealogy and mythology and accompany games‚ festivals and other secular events. Language and text meaning are important determinants of Hawaiian music. Mele or chanting was the poetry that could be brought into existence only through music. It is simple in melody and rhythms
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The first missionaries arrived to the Hawaiian Islands in 1820 and made a lot of changes to Hawaii when they arrived‚ both good and bad. When the missionaries arrived to the islands they thought of the natives as savages. They all needed to become converts to followers of Christ‚ drop their own beliefs and pick up new ones. They also sought out to “civilize” the natives‚ by teaching them how to read and write‚ sing and Christianize them. Hiram Bingham and Asa Thurston were the first of many missionaries
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HAWAIIAN CULTURE HISTORY On January 18‚ 1778 Captain James Cook and his crew‚ while attempting to discover the Northwest Passage between Alaska and Asia‚ were surprised to find the Hawaiian Islands so far north in the Pacific. He named them the "Sandwich Islands". After the discovery by Cook‚ other Europeans and Americans came to the Sandwich Islands. The earliest settlements in the Hawaiian Islands were made by Polynesians who traveled to Hawaii using large double-hulled canoes. They brought
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Is Hawaiian Sovereignty Something That Can Be Afforded? "If all of this seems long ago and far away‚ it is worth remembering that the past is never past." (Faulkner cited in Ellison‚ P.274) Many different groups today are seeking the sovereignty of Hawaii. The reason being that these mostly Native Hawaiian groups feel that they suffered a severe injustice when they were annexed into the United States against their own free will. They feel that since they were treated like objects rather
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Main Point 1: Marriage 1. Marriage is a very important factor in the Hawaiian culture‚ today I will tell you about the traditional clothing‚ the superstitions in marriage‚ and other key traditions in a wedding ceremony. A. The Hawaiian traditional attire is a very important element in the wedding. 1. Flowers are a big cultural tradition with Hawaiians. a. The bride and groom both wear beautiful leis which are necklaces made of flowers‚ nuts‚ seeds‚ and other plant material
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Sucker Punch is the story of a tragically beautiful and vulnerable young woman‚ who is assigned to an institutional asylum after her intent to save her younger sister inadvertently leads to a horrible conclusion. The chiaroscuro lighting underlines an appropriately sinister backdrop of grief and loss in charting the bleak trajectory of this character. The light in Sucker Punch‚ becomes it’s own sinister character. From the incessant lightening outside‚ to the very specific 50’s style recessed
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The Hawaiian centipede has a unique physical structure‚ dwells in a wet/dark habitat‚ and has a caring yet volatile reproductive cycle. This creature is an introduced species to Hawaii but has propapated itself here for about 79 years. Our environment is an ideal home for its physical‚ physiological‚ and reproductive needs. Though they are not the cuddliest animals around they are vivacious survivors with astounding characteristics. The centipede’s body is well suited for its home. Its 21-23 pairs
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Mark Twain once described the Hawaiian Islands as “The loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored in any ocean”. Hawaii is the most unique of the states of America. To further understand the geography of Hawaii‚ one must understand how Hawaii was formed‚ how Hawaii was populated‚ and understand what Hawaii came to be today. To begin‚ Hawaii is the longest chain of islands in the world. It was originally formed by a fissure more than 1600 miles long that lies along the floor of the Pacific Ocean
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