overcome with enthusiasm‚ picked up an old boxing glove and threw it at a nearby Harvard alumni‚ who promptly tried to hit it back with a stick. This gave George Hancock‚ a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade‚ an idea. He suggested a game of indoor baseball. Naturally‚ Hancock’s friends thought he was talking about playing a game outdoors‚ not indoors. Hancock‚ however‚ wasn’t kidding. Using what was available‚ he tied together the laces of a boxing glove for a ball. Using a piece of chalk‚ Hancock
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for their keen observation. What these writers are able to do‚ what makes their work so great‚ is present material on a subject that allows the reader to see things in their mind as clearly as if they were seeing it with their own eyes. In fact‚ a great writer will present a subject so well that a reader may be shown certain details that he or she had never noticed before. But how can a writer develop such talent? One tried and true method is through the writing of observation essays. The following
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Have you ever stood in a baseball park and just used your senses of smell and sound? Fresh grass and dirt that has a light mist of water. Both give off a smell that only a baseball park can provide. As a child‚ I remember playing baseball every day. We practiced all week and played on Saturday. I did not understand‚ see or use my senses to enjoy the game. All I knew was run‚ throw and hit. As I got older‚ about 12 years of age‚ I wanted to wear the best uniform and look good. From my shoes
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Sam Dawson (Sean Penn) works at the local Starbucks‚ not as a coffee server‚ nor as a cash register clerk‚ but as a dining room janitor. You see‚ Sam is an adult with the mind of a 7-year-old who has just experienced the birth of his daughter as the product of a one-night stand with a homeless woman. The baby’s mother exclaims‚ "I only wanted a place to sleep" as she disappears‚ leaving Sam to raise the child himself. Does a mentally disabled individual‚ without the mental capacity to even run a
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As I start my walk at Rogers Hall‚ I notice it truly holds some history. The old antebellum building is erected by bricks that have weathered over time and the windows are accompanied by green plantation shutters. The campus expands in all directions from there. The buildings are laid out so that one cannot simply walk from one building to the next without stopping to notice the landscape he or she is walking on. The buildings are spaced so that there are natural open spaces between them in which
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Kena Viard July 19‚ 2011 Community Based Corrections Professor Savage Field Visit #1 On Thursday‚ 7/14/2011‚ I was afforded the opportunity to visit the Circuit Court of Cook County. This facility temporarily houses inmates awaiting trial. There are a total of thirty-two court rooms‚ which handles adult felony cases. The courts have about 400 cases each day‚ containing around 150 new cases. Judge Evelyn Clay stated that approximately 90% of all the felony cases are resolved by plea bargaining
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On the above date and time I was conducting traffic enforcement in the area of Richey Drive and Wilkins Street. While traveling South on Wilkins Street‚ I observed a black‚ Ford Ranger traveling in the same direction. I was directly behind the vehicle exiting Walmart. As the vehicle approached the stop sign‚ it faled to stop and traveled straight through the traffic control device without attempting to stop. I activated my emergency lights and sirens to conduct a traffic stop. The final rest both
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I am a coffeeholic‚ a lover of coffee. I usually consume four cups of coffee at most- one in the morning‚ one during lunch‚ one in the afternoon‚ and even one during dinner. For me‚ coffee is essential‚ a habit‚ and an item I always need. Without it‚ I noticed that I am unable to focus‚ and is constantly agitated. During my summer break‚ I followed the same routine of visiting Starbucks. Every time I enter Starbucks‚ I am immediately encountered with the smell of roasted coffee‚ the sound of the
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Ms. Thomas‚ As the manager of Aqua‚ a restaurant consistently maintaining high standards‚ I was tasked with completing a preliminary compliance inspection at Canoe due to the upcoming listing by Exit Realty. This compliance grading ordinance is in place so customers are able to eat a meal that is delicious ‚but also made in compliance with state regulations. Although passing this ordinance is no easy task because of all the regulations‚ it is a must that Canoe pass the inspection in order for a
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I took a group of four children to do a painting activity with me at the table. I then went on to ask each child what they would like to paint. All the children suggested they wanted to paint a castle‚ apart from child C who wanted to paint a picture of his family. I then asked each child what colour paper they would like to paint on and they all shouted “Blue” at me. I asked each child to pick the sizes of the paint brush they would like to paint with‚ as I went around all the children took
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