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    Earvin “Magic” Johnson gave the announcement in 1991 that he had attained the HIV disease. In the months to follow‚ he was constantly being judged. People didn’t want to be near him‚ thinking they would catch the disease by merely a hand shake.  During an exhibition game in 1992‚ which was the L.A. Lakers vs. The Cleveland Cavaliers‚ Magic got a small cut which spiked controversy from many. If I were a basketball player given the option to play with Magic on the court for a game or opt out‚ I

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    Nicholas Farrell Year 11 Modern History Miss Campbell James Naismith The invention of Basketball was a complete change to sport and how sports can be played. James Naismith was a Canadian man who moved down to the United States seeking a job. James came across a job at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield‚ Massachusetts. He was given 14 days to create an indoor game that would provide an "athletic distraction". Naismith’s game of Basketball is now played by over 300 million people

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    Texas vs Johnson The U.S code does state that the burning of the flag is illegal‚ however the United States Supreme Court has upheld‚ several times‚ that the burning of the the flag is a protected form of speech. This causes much controversy‚ and is still being argued to modern day. When one sees the flag burning‚ they believe it to be a representation of the American country and it’s values. Those who support the flag believe that the symbol is sacrosanct and that there is never a justification

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    John T. Montague 11 December‚ 2012 Jack Johnson Synopsis To try and attempt to classify Jack Johnson’s style and genre of music to one type is nearly impossible. This singer-songwriter has a multitude mixes different influences in a manageable way in order to make a style of music his very own. His style is a mixture of acoustic-folk‚ blues‚ reggae‚ pop‚ and sometimes even a hip hop type of sound. In the year 2000 Jack Johnson’s sound became popular and widely listened

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    Lennie James

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    audience‚ how and why might it differ?” My question: “If this text was an open letter in a Los Angeles or Salvadorian newspaper aimed at MS-13‚ how and why might it be different?” Title of the text for analysis: “This is No Way to be a Man” – Lennie James Part of the course to which the task refers: Part 3 – Literature: Text and Context My critical response will: • Comment on the way the letters begins and explain the reason the author has chosen this type of introduction to attract his target audience

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    Many experiments are conducted to try to learn more about the brain. Within the Bransford & Johnson experiment‚ their experiment focusing on the memory aspect of the brain. They focus on schema theory which was proposed by J. Piaget. Schema is the mental framework that helps interpret information by comparing new information to pre-existing knowledge. This study was conducted in 1972 by Bransford and Johnson. The aim of the study was to investigate the role of context‚ a picture‚ in recall a passage

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    "I watch Jordan more than anybody‚ for sure‚" James told ESPN’s Chris Broussard for a story in the upcoming issue of ESPN The Magazine. "But I’ll watch tapes of AI‚ too. I don’t take anything from AI. Well‚ I do -- his will. They say he was 6 feet‚ but AI was like 5-10½. Do we even want to say 160? 170 [pounds]? Do we even want to give him that much weight? And he played like a 6-8 2-guard. He was one of the greatest finishers we’ve ever seen. You could never question his heart. Ever. He gave it

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    Samuel Johnson once declared‚ “Great works are performed not by strength‚ but by perseverance.” Oddly if one were to come across the definition of perseverance they would unfortunately see a chaotic cluster of enormous synonyms that lack very little purpose for a compelling indication. Despite the realization that the definition prevails‚ Samuel Johnson’s statement exhibits my existential behavior during my college career. For it only helped me understand that by maintaining my feelings of assiduity

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    What went wrong in Japan

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    is due to the fact that there is a global safety standard and there are several precautionary measures in place to minimize the damage and potential for fail. If there are so many precautions and safety nets‚ this gives rise to the question: “What went wrong in Japan then?” There are several aspects to why the disaster happened in Japan. One of the most prominent one is the fact that the reactors that failed in Japan were Mark 1 boiling water reactors designed by General Electric in the 1960’s

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    Book of James

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    Book of James I read the book of James and was astounded at how much I learned in such a short period of time. James encourages us to rejoice in Christ and to persevere. The main themes prevalent in this book which are wisdom‚ faith‚ trials‚ speech and wealth‚ all pertain to us today and we can use the information this book gives us to benefit from it. The book’s structure‚ purpose‚ characteristics‚ and history really helped teach me how to deal with the trails and temptations we as Christians

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