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In one of the greatest Olympic performances of all time, Owens won gold in four events; the 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 4 x 100 meter relay, and long jump. This defining moment in history shattered the Nazi idea of “Aryan superiority.” Enraged by this, Adolf Hitler refused to hand out the medals. Baker does a great job making it a point that amidst the rising tension in the Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens was not there to create a scene promoting human rights but rather just to race and enjoy himself. He was not trying to make a statement; he simply wanted to be an athlete and take the games for what they…

1.0 Company / Band Overview Metrical Systems (“MetS” for short) is a Toronto-based indie rock band. Similar in sound to the well-known Metric and close in popularity to The Beaches (“METRIC”; ”The Beaches”), MetS have just released their first full album and are beginning their first national tour in the next six months. Their current fanbase is mostly based in Toronto, but is diverse in range and expanding quickly. This tour is an opportunity for the group to build their brand, grow their…

“St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” by Karen Russell is a story about a group of girls that suffer from lycanthropic culture shock. This causes the girls to believe they are wolves because they are raised by wolves. The girls are sent to a school, St. Lucy’s Home for Girls, where nuns will teach the group of girls how to be human. They would be taught human traits, the human culture, and human habits in an attempt to eradicate any wolf culture in them. Out of the first three stages of…

Trying to adapt to a new culture can be troubling, stressful, and a lot of other things. St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell is a story about a pack of girls that are sent to St. Lucy’s to rehabilitate and to eradicate their wolf identity. Claudette is the main character of the story and the story and the narrator. The story talks about how Claudette, along with other members of the pack, develops their human characteristics. The story also talks about how Claudette’s…

Core 1 Quantitative Assignment 1 Background: When wanting to find the mass of a massive object, the following is needed, Newton’s gravitational law (F = ma = mv2/r). Newton’s gravitational law can be used to calculate the mass which is represented by (M). This can be calculated if the velocity represented by (v), at orbital radius represented by (r), is known for the equation. When these two laws are put together they create the formula M = v2 r / G what G represents is the…

season had been going great, we were four seconds away from breaking the school record in the 3200 meter relay and we had a feeling today would be the day. I was placed in the top two in both the 800 and 400 meter runs. My coaches had a good feeling about my runs today. They thought my practices leading up to this were as good as they could be. So, as you can tell my heart was racing since we had arrived at the track. When we settled camp my 3200 relay team decided we were going to go run a…

It strangled me, taking my breath and courage with it. I was shaking like a leaf, almost about to be blown far, far away. My dad’s voice brought me back to the real world, making me feel even worse. Sitting up in the grand stands was a nightmare. Seeing the best athletes from around the state made me feel scared and frightened. Of failure. In that instant, I realized that my fear was going to chase me onto the track and all the way to the end. Starting the 100 metre heat was one of the scariest…

Ryan Lochte has won a total of 89 medals in major international swimming competitions. Eleven of those were Olympic Medals. One might wonder, what would lead a man to such incredible success in swimming? There are as many reasons for athletics success as there are athletes, but Ryan Lochte has had at least three significant advantages. Ryan Lochte is one of the most prominent swimmers today because of the positive influences his dad, who served first as a swim coach, the lifelong molding and…

Whitney Houston, the women who inspired others, the women who made breathtaking music, and the women who was loved by many. She was born on August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey. Houston had an amazing childhood and grew extremely close with her family through music. Whitney grew up in a musically inclined background, so she learned to sing at a very young age, and even by the age of 11 she was preforming and focusing on her music career. When Whitney was young her mother taught her to sing…

providence in that moment. "For King and Country" was the battle cry of English soldiers willing to lay down their lives for their king and their country. And now it has become our mission, to lay down our lives for our King and our country." (Tony Cummins, 2012) In 2011, For KING & COUNTRY began with For King & Country: The EP. their song “Busted Heart” was the fastest-rising single of 2011 in their genre, climbing the Top 10 for weeks and peaking at #3 on Billboard’s Christian Songs chart.…