People hope Kevin Durant will someday win an NBA title‚ but they don’t really demand it. And as long as LeBron James is the league’s undisputed king‚ that isn’t going to change. For the six seasons Durant has been in the league‚ he’s managed to skate by without having to face the burdensome expectations that James shoulders on a yearly basis. Until he won his first ring‚ James started every campaign with questions about when he’d finally get over the top. And once he finally got there‚ the pressure
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Golman‚ the author of Emotional Intelligence‚ once stated‚" Imagine placing a plank of wood on the ground and walking it’s length a few times. It is easy enough. But suppose you placed it a hundred feet in the air between two buildings. You know you can walk the plank. You did it over and over again. Yet now the emotion kicks in. The what-ifs and unconcience mind supercede the concrete knowedge of your ability to walk the plank. At the end‚ you don’t walk." Emotion has the ability to overcome reasoning
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Planking Planking is considered as a sport. It started from Australia‚ passed down to Singapore through the social network world. Singaporeans now often plank during their free time. Some of the plankers plank in public areas‚ high places‚ highways and train tracks. A Meadow Heights man named Acton Beale who claims to have started the ’planking’ phenomenon in Australia says what started off as a joke between friends has exploded out of control since going viral. But the inventor’s stunt “planking”
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with the Pirates of the Caribbean movie series and his brown tanned skin. Behavior speaks louder than appearance in most cases. The skipper’s behavior was unmerciful. He gave no mercy to the loser’s of fights and immediately made them walk the plank. In Chaucer’s words‚ he ignored the nicer rules of conscience. In spite of this‚ the skipper is very smart and a great navigator‚ which gives the reader the sense that he is also a leader. Johnny Depp has a history of playing roles that blend toughness
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through time branch of metaphysics. The problem goes like this: the ship of Thesius was being stored and preserved in Athens and one day a plank got rotten and began to crumble away the plank was then replaced with a new stronger plank. At this point there is no doubt that the ship even with the new plank is still the ship of Thesius. However‚ over time more planks rot away and are replaced until some years later there are only the new plan ks and none of the old are left. Is this still the ship of
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Three observations of child development. This is an assignment consisting of three observations pertaining to a child’s development in three core areas‚ specifically‚ a young person’s social‚ emotional and physical maturity. Firstly it contemplates the social development of a four year old boy in an educational nursery setting‚ via an observation utilizing the narrative technique. Secondly the intellectual (cognitive) development of a five year old girl is reflected upon in a home setting‚ using
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Dianne Estrada Management Strategy Kucinski September 9‚ 2010 THE SCAFFOLD PLANK INCIDENT OVERVIEW Bob Hopkins‚ a previous banker‚ accepted a “trader” position with White Lumber‚ who was one of the bank’s best accounts. John White‚ the owner of White Lumber‚ was a director at the bank Bob previously worked for and a leading citizen in the community. The “trader” position Bob accepted involved buying and selling lumber. Bob’s compensation was incentive-based without a salary cap. The ethical
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exhaust-pipe nostrils. That first ride on one of these fantastic beasts gave me an instant rush of adrenaline. As the death-defying ride started‚ a lump in my throat pulsed like a dislodged heart as I embarked on an adventure similar to walking the plank. As the ride gained speed‚ the resistance to gravity built up against my body until I was pinned to the back wall of my cage. An almost imperceptible pause as the wheel reached the top of its climb lulled my body into a false sense of security.
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intimidation: the zip line. Throughout the day‚ I stared in awe at all of the girls being consumed into the tunnel of leaves that sat under the sky. They climbed a fifty foot tree with the assistance of metal rings protruding from the bark‚ sat on a wooden plank when they reached the top‚ and slid off to glide across the thick wire that stretched almost 150 feet from tree to tree. I jolted down the rocky trail to reach the Ropes Course shed‚ a wooden hut filled with carabiners‚ harnesses‚ and helmets. I looked
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dragon with smoke spewing from its exhaust-pipe nostrils. The first ride on one of these fantastic beasts gave me an instant rush of adrenaline. As the death-defying ride started‚ a lump in my throat pulsed like a dislodged heart ready to walk the plank. As the ride gained speed‚ the resistance to gravity built up against my body until I was unable to move. An almost imperceptible pause as the wheel reached the top of its climb allowed my body to relax in a brief state of normalcy. Then there was
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