In Marble champ‚ By Gary soto‚ Lupe is a super shy girl who only is good at academic things and is not good at sports. Then she finds the sport marbles and now trains to be the best to win the marbles championship. She literally speaks in whispers as in she is very shy and does not really connect with people. But one thing Lupe really does good is believing in herself. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” Theodore roosevelt said. By believing in herself‚ Lupe practices‚ and she has tons of
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Jacques Dei English 4 Mr.. Greshes January 8. 2012. Dear my fellow MVHS students: Alcoholism is a predisposed disease and is rapidly growing to become a very domineering issue in our society. While paying attention to various news broadcasts and newspapers‚ I have found that different domestic abuse cases and murders have been under the influence of alcohol. It really pains me to see teens in my own society fall victim to the influence. Alcohol can cause males to abuse females physically
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In the film Grave of the Fireflies‚ the director tugs at people’s heartstrings and forces them to look at World War II in a different light – too often‚ we forgot that the civilian casualty numbers are real‚ live people‚ and we tend to just look at them as a figure. In addition‚ a good part of this film takes place after the war has ended‚ which is a period that goes vastly un-talked about. People like to think that after the war officially ended‚ it was a time of joy for everyone‚ but sadly this
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the Parthenon Marbles‚ also known as the Elgin Marbles‚ from Lord Elgin on July 11‚ 1816 through an Act of Parliament (1). The Parthenon marbles consist of 115 panels of frieze and 92 mesotopes of which the British Museum owns 56 panels of the frieze and 15 mesotopes. The museum also owns 17 pedimental figures‚ and thus houses about half of surviving sculptures of the Parthenon while the other half is in Athens (2). The legal circumstances surrounding Lord Elgin’s removal of the marbles is questionable
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with minor modifications to take the general theory of relativity into account. My experiment is labeled The Marble Dropping experiment and has been done in many different ways using different methods and equipment. The marble I’m talking about is different to the Marble used in flooring or other things. Marble: a small ball of colored glass or similar material used as a toy. Marble is more specifically classified as a Metamorphic Rock. A Metamorphic Rock: a type of rock which has been changed
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If you have marble flooring and you want your marble flooring to look great‚ you need to take proper care of your flooring. A large part of taking care of marble flooring involves waxing‚ stripping and polishing your floors. Over time‚ the wax used to make your marble floors shine tends to start to build up and makes your floors look foggy instead of shiny. When this happens‚ you need to remove the wax on your marble floors through a process called stripping. Necessary Supplies You will not need
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- 2 Marbles of different mass‚ one steel and one nylon - Dropping Mechanism with a lever to hold the marble and pull for drop - Bee Spi (measures velocity in kilometers per hour.) - Box to catch the marble on the way down Procedure The dropping mechanism was set up‚ with the BeeSpi attached to it at 26.5” from the lever that drops it so that the marble would fall through it‚ therefore recording the velocity in km/h. There was also a box at the bottom of the mechanism to catch the marble every
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in developing countries the economy is poor and they don’t have the resources to maintain the originality of these artefacts. The Elgin Marbles‚ a significant denominator of Greek History‚ are a present concern under the debate‚ ‘Who owns the past?’ generally between curators and the Greek government. Initially‚ the Greeks held possession of the Elgin Marbles‚ in Athens but they were removed by the British Lord
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Marble Female Figure Cycladic Final Neolithic‚ ca. 4500-4000 BC Bequest of Walter C. Baker‚ 1971 (1972.118.104) “The figure represents a rare type known as steatopygous characterized by particularly full legs and buttocks‚ and is undoubtedly indicative of fertility. “ RACHELLE DARDEN Rachelle Darden Art History 11 Short writing Assignment 2
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From the Cradle to the Grave Every year‚ one-third of people over the age of 65 falls‚ and of those people‚ 20-30% sustains injuries that effect mobility and independence (Rural Institute‚ 2009). Because of these injuries‚ it would be a difficult adjustment for one to not be able to move as they once did. Daily tasks such as cleaning‚ checking the mailbox‚ or moving from one room to another could become a tedious task. Visitability is define as a home in which a home can be easily visited or
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