Eleven Minutes

While sitting, the participants were asked to fidget one leg intermittently, sound one foot for one minute then resting it for four minutes, whereas the opposite leg remained still throughout. On average, the participants captive their feet 250 times per minute. The researchers then measured the blood flow of the hinge joint -- Associate in Nursing artery within the lower leg -- and located that the fidgeting leg had a big increase…

Reflection for Week Eleven During week eleven I had the opportunity to sit in on parent teacher conferences on Tuesday and Thursday. Although the days were very long since we were at school until 6:30pm each night, I gain knew insight from the teacher’s perspective. I learned that it is best to sit beside the parents instead of sitting in the “teacher’s chair” so that parents do not feel intimidated as you share information about their students. You want to make the parents feel comfortable…

children six to eleven, in America, weighed in as obese. The opportunity to go out and play and be active in the middle of a long school day offers young students a release of energy and certain children a time to help them hopefully live a longer healthier life. Schools give and take recess from students but it should be viewed as a necessary part of the day, however, some schools think it is a waste of time during a jam-packed day of learning.…

sisters might of just watched her die.” The five minutes it took for the ambulance to get to my house felt like five years, by the time they got to my house my dad was covered in blood due to my mom almost biting her tongue off and my dad trying to get her mouth open for some type of oxygen to go into her. Two more minutes have gone by and the paramedics rushed inside with the paddles and I couldn’t believe what my eyes have seen within the last eight minutes. My older sister had my four little…

Panopticism, a system that induces in its subjects an eery feeling that one is being surveyed but can’t definitely say from where. We’ve all experienced this feeling, whether it be from a school, a church, or your own home, and that feeling has inevitably influenced our decisions. I have personally experienced this feeling many times, but my most relevant example would probably be working at The Pittsburgh Stop. On the corner Forbes and Bigelow Boulevard right between Hillman Library and the…

have a vote or say. For example, in the story it states “ I’m not trying to change your mind. It’s just that we’re talking about somebody’s life here. I mean, we can’t decide in five minutes. Suppose we’re wrong.”(104) For this reason the author lets everyone have a say. Another piece of evidence “ There were eleven…

look of contemplation, Hannibal Lecter found himself staring at the unblinking eyes of a man lying in a pool of his own blood, throat slashed ear to ear. The need of forced entry was clearly effaced, resistance none, and Hannibal perceived within the minute the man opens his own door for the emissary of death, it's time to say goodbye. His own demise was expected; he had it coming. Or maybe the man had no other choice because he was trapped inside the apartment with no functional fire exits.…

Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte... just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in twelve minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. Thirteen footer. You know, you know that when you're in the water, chief? You tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail. Well, we didn't know. 'Cause our bomb mission had been so secret, no…

Flight 800, Pure Tragic The odds of someone getting in an airplane crash and dying are one in eleven-million. The one plane crash that has been talked about the most the past 22 years is Flight 800 better known as “TWA Flight 800”. This was unluckily one of those one in eleven-millions. However, did the plane just crash? Or was it apart of something or someone´s plan. Was there really a missle that hit the midsection of the plane that caused it to explode. Or a short circuit that ignited a…

September 11, 2001 was just a normal and ordinary Tuesday. The sky was clear, beautiful, and the sun was shining. However, it was not long into the morning when catastrophic events evoked. Fear and panic spread all throughout the country. That day was going to impact our country for years and years to come. When the first plane hit the World Trade Center, people thought it was a mishap and a horrible mistake. When the second plane hit, Americans knew that this was an act of terrorism. America…