...Although, you may be good in high school or even college but getting into professional sports is one in a million.According to Tony Manfred, he says that “there's almost no way they are going to go pro” ( 2). The only sport that has more than 2 percent of getting into professional is baseball.The numbers get even lower when they have an amount of players in mind.To prove this, he also said “These numbers are artificially low since they only count players who go pro in the US. But either way, the chances are really, really small”(Manfred, 2). They are only looking for a certain amount and they are looking for the best so when they have all the players that they...
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...16-18 1. Understand the Problem of Pain (We do not lose heart)... Pain makes you look at something other than what you should be focusing on. 2. The pressure of pain (For our LIGHT affliction) … Paul categories affliction as LIGHT, the pressure really isn’t that heavy, in the scheme of things, it isn’t nothing. You must compare it to someone who is really carrying a heavy load…Jesus, comparing to what he had to go through!!! Line your stuff up compared with Jesus!! If you can take it, you can make it!! 3. Look beyond the present to see how momentary it really it (The Period/Time)… Line up with present stress with eternity is a long time. We do not look at current circumstance but eternity which is promised to us. The hope I have that comes with death that keeps me living. Just one moment in paradise will make it worth everything we are going through now. 4. The Plan of Pain (My pain is something for me that I cannot do for myself), it’s working for me. My pain can earn glory for me. (is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory) 5. Understand the Power of Pain (For the things which are not seen are temporary, but the tings which are not seen are eternal). We are not looking at the pain; we are looking at what can happen after we go through the pain. The things that mean the most to Christian experience are the things that invisible. I’m encouraged to see that is the invisible. Faith will make you see the invisible. Faith is the only thing I know...
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...good mother, I feed my children as healthy as possible. I don’t do drugs. I pay my taxes. It is time for a change in welfare. I deserve my share right? 109,631,000 Americans lived in households that received benefits from one or more federally funded program. I am not one of them, but my neighbor “Sam” does. What does she do all day? Nothing. Yells at her kids when they are not at my house eating all of my kid’s food. She doesn’t work. She is currently not looking for work either. I am actively looking. It is time for a change don’t you think? Time to get those off of welfare that choose to do nothing in life. I want to see a reform before I retire. After all it is Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF ) is federally funded - state administered - financial assistance program for low income families with dependent children and for pregnant women in their last three months of pregnancy. TANF provides temporary financial assistance while also helping recipients find jobs that will allow them to support themselves. What are these people buying with their food stamps they get? I bet just candy probably soda as well. It’s a shame, really. They get hundreds of dollars a month in food stamps and I bet most of them do not even buy a canned vegetable. I wonder if “Sam” my neighbor even cooks a good meal. I love to cook, but with not being able to spend more than three hundred dollars a month on food, I can’t even by hamburger. Chicken, what is that? Oh the perfect meal, meatloaf...
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...In American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis, the main character Patrick Bateman plans both roles of antagonist and protagonist. Patrick Bateman and his Group of insanely wealthy Wall Street colleagues live a life of utter excess, purchasing nothing but the finest things, wearing the best clothes money can buy, eating only at luxurious restaurants, and looking down on those who don’t meet their standard. This along with many other aspects of the novel contribute to the theme of these characters being exaggerated stereotypes of the 1980s “yuppie” class. Ellis’s assessment of this stereotype contributed to satire in this novel. Ellis tries not to make an attempt at realism, but instead tries to increase the characters’ obsession with materiality...
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...Columbus day has been celebrated for hundreds of years without dispute. Columbus is responsible for the world we know today, but is it really worth the millions of lives that were lost? Numerous islands were depopulated and their fertile land wasted, and all this because of our so called “Hero”, Christopher Columbus. All across America people are starting to realize that Columbus was not such a great man and those people want Columbus day dropped as a holiday or the name changed. It should be dropped altogether. rename it to something like “Indigenous peoples day” or even “Exploration day. His exploration was responsible for the lives of millions of indigenous people being lost. But while many lives were lost when the indigenous peoples were taken back to Europe, Horses, written language, and religion were brought to The natives.(Text 2 Paragraph 2) These things allowed the natives to not only survive but to thrive.These things are the reason that the natives were so powerful. With the horses and guns the natives could chase much larger game and not only could they catch it, they...
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...something worth celebrating for and worth more than anything we could imagine this is something to be proud of, having said that im very much proud of you and of what you have achieve as an individual, this would be a start of something new; a journey to another realm of life, a street to another new beginning, alot of doors will open for you and opportunities would come knocking up your door. I know this is kind of unusual for me and to be honest this would be the first time na gagawa ako ng sulat para sa isang espesyal na tao sa buhay ko. Well i did alot of first for you and will be willing to do more and more in the near future. I am sitting all day in front of the table thinking of what to say, then i started going back to how i met you it was December we’ve known each other for so long, i never had imagine the turns of event that lead me to this very moment. I met the most amazing girl, a girl worth dying for, a girl worth sacrifing everything! Ewan ko kung destiny bay un o leap of faith o isang malaking accidente lang pero isa lang ang alam ko yung araw na yun Masaya ako! At bawat araw matapos ang araw na magkakilala tayo ay walang sing saya, I was blessed, very much blessed di ko alam paano ako magpapasalamat noon kay God everytime I pray I end up crying, before I go to bed I end up thanking God for such a wonderful blessing. Ang daming nangyari ambilis ng mga bagay bagay next thing I knew I was sitting beside you looking at your eyes, looking at your lips, looking at every...
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...Books, Worth less or Priceless? In Fahrenheit 451 books are illegal, therefore there are fireman in charge of burning them. The main character, Montag, is a fireman. First everything was alright, until his conscience gets in the way. He has a secret that nobody knows, yet… As I mentioned earlier, books are illegal, it’s as if they were a weapon. The reason this is, is because they reveal information that the ‘government’ doesn’t want them to know. They are said to reveal information about the past, things that would cause controversy, thing that would make the people unhappy. “ A book is a loaded gun”, “People want to be happy”, “Burn the book. Serenity,Montag. Peace, Montag”- Beatty, pg.57.** “So now do you see why books are hated and feared?...
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...Can a Picture Be Worth a Thousand Words? The Smile Train: Changing The World One Smile at a Time advertisement and photo is a sure way to tug at the emotions and empathy of the reader; forcing them to contribute to their cause. The photo alone makes your heart ache for the little girl who is in need of cleft surgery. The little girl appears to be no older than 2 years old and of a Hispanic or Middle Eastern decent. Her small face and the area around her mouth is all you see. Big brown eyes staring back at you pleading for help. The use of her handicap in the photo makes the reader feel sorry for the child. There is nothing in the background to indicate her location or where she could be from. The area behind the little girl is fuzzy or clouded proving to be non-important. The photo is only her face, large enough to get the full effect of her handicap. The lower section of the ad is set aside for donation information and statistics of cleft and palate defects. The advertisement was published in the January 23, 2012 issue of News Week. In choosing an audience, Smile Train chose a well-known magazine that is typically read by educated, middle to upper class people. The audience is one that would have the means or funds to make a contribution. Most of the folks who read News Week are concerned with current events and what is going on in the world around us. Seeing this photo and advertisement informs the audience of the growing need for cleft lip and palate surgery...
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...managing a household that’s anything but submissive. The three women have developed very different personalities, and all are pursuing different careers in the industry – the only time that they will all come together is during the Sunday ritual dinner wherein their father will prepare several dishes for them to share. During the first half of the movie, Chu was portrayed to have lost his sense of taste, thus resulting in very bad-tasting dishes. This event may be significant of his loss of zest for life, possibly because everything that he has been and still is doing has already fallen into a boring cycle that, for him, doesn’t offer much for him anymore. What he does has become a mere routine that he has to go through everyday, but nothing he does really mean anything to him anymore. It’s not that he has...
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...the buyer but how do you know just what to look out for? For those of you looking to console gaming on a budget, then older systems are definitely worth considering. PlayStation 2s are becoming more common on the second hand market as more and more are upgrading to the vastly superior PlayStation 3, as is the original XBox with owners again upgrading. Don't always expect a lot of games as many sellers will keep a lot of their games to use on their newer consoles but you...
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...the Ferguson’s career guide. Being in this spot that upholds many responsibilities, such as calming irate patients that are over worked due to the trauma and stress they may have, but today’s RNs are relied upon for their critical thinking and problem solving skills, and are expected to possess a much broader base of knowledge other than just the training they received. To get into this field you firstly have to graduate from an accredited school of nursing, there are 3 paths to nursing, a associates degree in nursing, the bachelor of science, and a diploma in the A.D.N. program, other than that there is one more degree that one may earn but it takes up to five years more to obtain, as stated in the Ferguson’s career guide. There are not really any particular set of skills needed for this but just to be friendly with others as you would want to be treated, be a leader, follow orders,...
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...Richie sitting in his kitchen, night after passing night, just waiting for nothing, not even wanting anything. That is death, even if his heart is beating, if he is breathing, he would be better off dead for all the impact he is having on people’s lives. Milla is no different, she waits around for a dead man, eating alone at every time of the day and trying to read. The passage doesn’t mean anything up until the end of the book, when the gunman from the beginning of the book shows up once again. He climbs into Ed’s cab and tell him to drive to every place he has had a message in. He talks to Ed and makes him realize that he is not dead anymore. “You said that every time I look in the mirror, I should remember I’m looking at a dead man’..., He says, ‘Are you looking at a dead man now?’..., I say, ‘No,’” (p.350) This conversation might as well be the moment of enlightenment for Ed, he finally realizes he has a purpose in life, that he out of everyone made his own life worth living only by helping others. The cards did have a purpose and yes Ed might have helped others, but he mostly helped himself. That is why the...
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...are a number of things that people can do to avoid being broke and penniless after paying their bill. Here are five ways to reduce your monthly cell phone bill. Eliminate unnecessary services Just as people make unnecessary purchases at the grocery store or mall, they can do the same with their cell phone services. When looking for ways to reduce your bill, sit down and closely examine...
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...The country I know and love is gone. The land of the free and the home of the brave has become a seething cesspool of underpaid, uncaring, Godless, inconsiderate bastard children. Our commander-in-chief has become nothing more than a slumlord, demanding higher and higher taxes in various forms from his subjects, while the infrastructure of the nation crumbles beneath his feet. How long will it take before the infrastructure of our nation crumbles to the point of total disaster? How long can the government provided, prescription happy pill fed citizens of this once great nation support the burdens which are being placed on them? How long will it be before the demands of the rich can no longer be met? Demands such as ever-increasing safety ratings, ever-increasing profits, ever-increasing greed, ever-increasing cost of living and ever-increasing fees that are continually handed down to the poor, reaches a point that the poor can no longer afford to be poor? The day IS coming. Our once great nation will crumble under its own weight when the infrastructure gives way. The poor will scatter out of the way, and the rich will have the farthest to fall, and the hardest time adjusting. The poor (not including the government supported) have been trained for so long at surviving with a mere fraction of what is necessary for survival, that they will band together, and live off the land as they must. The rich, on the other hand will suddenly find that their wealth now holds no...
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...Feet in Smoke: A Story about Electrified Near-Death by John Jeremiah Sullivan describes the immediate after events of the death and then resurrection of Sullivan’s brother, Worth, after being electrocuted by a faulty microphone while practicing with his band for an upcoming concert. Sullivan and his family lost the man they all knew during the first month of his recovery before returning to his usual self. Replaced by someone almost entirely different from the one they all knew before the accident. Although it takes on a serious tone in most parts I found the entire reading to be amusing. I find two things to be the funniest, when others do something dumb enough to hurt themselves or others and most things morbid. So when this starts off cutting...
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