Jerry West‚ one of the great players to ever play in the NBA‚ once talked about Kobe Bryant’s work ethic “What’s most impressive about this young man are his desire‚ his work ethic‚ his competitive nature. [Bryant] comes to the arena at 4:30‚ before anybody is here‚ and works on his game alone. He has incredible skills and the desire to be a great player.” Countless amounts of hours in training‚ preparation‚ and dedication are devoted towards becoming a professional athlete. No matter what sport
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Prof. Ryn Longmaid College Writing October 29‚ 2014 KOBE OR NOT KOBE Red Angus. Hereford. Charolais. Longhorn. Black Angus. Wagyu. And the godfather of them all; Kobe beef. In haute cuisine these words immediately inspire a sense of awe‚ prestige‚ and luxury. Ironically enough‚ prior to 1868‚ Buddhism prohibited the Japanese people from eating any four-legged animals. At the beginning of 1868‚ the Japanese began a movement to become more “modern.” In their attempt to do this‚ the people of Japan
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The Kobe Earthquake‚ also known as The Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred January 17th‚ 1995‚ resulting in the second most deadly and most damaging Japanese earthquake of the 20th century behind The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. The epicenter was 20 km southwest of Kobe‚ with a moment magnitude of 6.9. Figure 1 shows the location of the epicenter with respect to the island of japan. The main ground shaking lasted about 20 seconds as a result of a right lateral strike-slip faulting system. A considerable
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ever approaching event. Public speaker and Public speaker and writer William Cullen Bryant tried to comfort the public in his poem Thanatopsis. He explains in his poem that death is scary but it is not to be feared. William Cullen Bryant uses anastrophe and imagery to illustrate his theme that although death is inevitable and extremely scary it is not to be feared because when in death a person is not alone. Bryant uses anastrophe throughout the poem to illustrate his theme. By inverting the normal
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changing? Companies like Charming Shoppes‚ Inc.‚ parent company to plus-size American retailer Lane Bryant‚ are doing their darnedest to see that it does. Lane Bryant was founded in the 1900s in New York‚ first as a retailer of maternity apparel and later as the first women’s apparel retailer devoted exclusively to plus sizes. Acquired by Charming Shoppes‚ Inc. in 2001 from Limited Brands Inc.‚ Lane Bryant is part of the retail holding company’s strategic plan to pull itself back from the brink of
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Great Hanshin / Kobe earthquake In the early of January 17th in 1995 at 5:46pm‚ while many were still sleeping peacefully‚ the destructive Great Hanshin earthquake‚ which measured 7.2 on the Richter scale‚ struck the Japanese city of Kobe. Kobe has a population of 1.5 million people and is a major port for importing and exporting goods for Japan‚ situated south of the main island‚ Honshu‚ on a narrow strip of land between the ocean and high mountain ranges‚ it lies above the junction of the Philippine
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Students can’t be neglected because the end result of this is them having no ambition and low self-esteem. In the movie we see where Andre Bryant was neglected by his mother because he resembled his father and they were abused by him so his mother had it assumed that he wouldn’t make anything of himself. To make things more difficult for him his brother was facing a prison sentence of 15 years to life. He didn’t have an interest in... kjjhfjkfhdfbb ndbvbvcnmcbkj ayehdckfvvnvndkdnc nbdjkbbdjbsaj
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and the devil gives him the treasure of a pirate‚ but Tom didn’t take care of it and at the end the devil sends him to hell because he sold his soul for money." The devil picked Tom and away he galloped" (Irving) At the same time William Cullen Bryant was also an important writer during this time who had a big interest in nature and this helped to establish a new romantic movement in America. One of his most famous works was " Thenaptosis". This is a beautiful poem because with the characteristic
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bound to encounter. Romanticism was the name of the literary period that followed the Age of Reason in America. American Romanticism is characterized by the use of elements such as nature‚ individualism‚ emotion‚ and imagination. William Cullen Bryant was a literary superstar of his time and the mastermind behind the poem‚ “Thanatopsis”. “Thanatopsis” focused on the concept of death being beautiful and pleasant. The romantic characteristics that are most effective in the poem‚ “Thanatopsis”‚ are
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Thanatopsis Literary Analysis “Thanatopsis” is one of the earliest poems written by nineteenth century poet‚ William C. Bryant. Thanatopsis can translate from the Greek language to mean “View of Death”. The poem tries to calm and console humans‚ and let us know that we will all die eventually. There are multiple themes and symbols that are connected to the poem. The symbols connected to the poem include things such as the sun‚ a couch‚ graves/coffins‚ and nature‚ among other things. The themes
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