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    Jackson’s story‚ it is quite the opposite. You wouldn’t think anything was wrong at the beginning of the story. It takes place in a small village. Everyone seems to be excited about the lottery‚ because everyone is present for the lottery. All the characters in the story seem to get along well. Everyone in the town gathers for the lottery. All the children are gathering rocks. This rock collecting didn’t seem to make sense until later. The lottery takes place by having each man or head of household

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    Robert Deiz AS 201 MW 5:30 – 7:20 4/14/10 The movie I chose for my presentation is Hoop Dreams. This movie was produced in 1994 by Steve James‚ Fred Marx and Peter Gilbert. Hoop Dreams is an excellent three hour documentary about two black boys growing up in the inner city of Chicago‚ Illinois with aspirations of playing basketball in the NBA. The movie starts out when William Gates and Arthur Agee are going to enter high school. William and Arthur both are recruited by Earl Smith a talent scout

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    Hoop Dreams When I first arrived at Rotunda D I thought to myself great I get to stand the whole time because there is not one open seat. Dean Nickels started the event off by introducing Scott Naggy‚ head boys basketball coach. Naggy then talked a little about how they recruit players for South Dakota State University. He then introduced two of his players. The first was from the West side of Chicago‚ he talked about how he would play basketball to escape from the hardships of growing up in West

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    Not most people knows his name but they might be familiar to one of his invention called the Super Soaker water gun ‚ his name was Lonnie George Johnson ‚ an African American inventor and engineer born in October 6 1949 ‚ Mobile Alabama ‚ who also holds more than 80 patent. During his early life he attended an all black high school called Williamson High School in Mobile ‚ Alabama which during those time Alabama was segregated state but he still managed to represent his high school in the

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    From the outset‚ it is difficult to impart sympathy upon the reader for the loss of Benjamin Edwards without first understanding who he was‚ and why he would be so dearly missed by the townspeople of this little hamlet in New York. Benjamin Jackson Edwards was seventeen years of age‚ and was only month from taking the final step across the bridge into adulthood. He was a senior at the local high school but did not take part in any of the local cliques‚ nor did he seem to belong to any one particular

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    The book titled Sacred Hoops by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty is about a coach by the name of Phil Jackson who coached the Chicago Bulls and was able to guide them to win six championships. He uses Zen principles and ideals of the Lakota Sioux warrior‚ to educate his players how to communicate better with one another and most importantly work as a team to accomplish their goals. Jackson coaching is formed around Zen principles. Zen principles make your aware of your thoughts. He practices meditation

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    Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was born on January 21‚ 1824 in Clarksburg‚ Virginia. His father and younger sibling had died of typhoid fever when Jackson was very young. This left himself‚ his mother and a younger sister. His mother remarried and fell into debt with her more current husband. Because of the immense financial struggles distressing the family‚ Jackson was forced to go live with an uncle. Jackson’s uncle paid little to no attention to him‚ even when young Jackson showed an interest in learning

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    Jacqueline Litz 9/1/12 Day 2 Block A “History cannot give us a program for the future‚ but it can give us a fuller understanding of ourselves‚ and of our common humanity‚ so that we can better face the future” -Robert Penn Warren. History is the analysis and interpretation of the human past that enables us to study continuity and change over time. If it wasn’t for the study of our nation’s past there would be no way to identify the American identity. The study of the world’s history shows the

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    CRASH TEST DUMMIES Practical 1 Inertia and seat belts PLEASE ADD THIS PAGE INTO YOUR ’MOTION’ ONE-NOTE NOTEBOOK ON YOUR COMPUTER Part A - Effects of Inertia TEACHER DEMONSTRATION[page 118 Science World 3] • Set up the ramp as shown in the photo –but without the barrier. • In your group -DISCUSS the 6 questions of the Part A discussion • Write a sentence to outline what the experiment has shown. Part B – Inertia and speed. this part will be written up as a formal

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    It’s normal to follow what’s familiar but once familiarity turns on a person’s perspectives tend to change. In Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” Mrs. Hutchinson or Tessie is quite friendly and happy with her community. At the beginning of the lottery‚ Tessie is very lively by chatting with Mrs. Delacroix about forgetting about the lottery. She continues to be cheerful when she joins her husband but when her family then herself is selected‚ she panics and pleas to be saved. Tessie follows

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