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“In 1832, John Ball set out from the East Coast for a new life in the Pacific Northwest. In more than seven months of travel, he and his companions encountered every form of danger and hardship.” (Source 1). Traveling across the country in the early 1800s was very difficult as there were no cities on the plains, or railroads for easy travel. The pioneers’ only guides were the Native Americans, but not all were on friendly terms with the settlers. However, the pioneers still found ways to meet…

There is a mindset you need to have when you're tagging up on third during a fly ball. You know, when the games tied and coach is telling you to get home. You watch until the ball is caught and you take off. You have to keep your head towards home plate. If you look back for one second, if you doubt that you're going to make it home for one second, that outfielder is going to throw you down and you will be out. Life can be like that sometimes; when you just have to focus on the future and let…

love with Sawyer, but he sees how much his sister is and does everything he can to support her. After Jules gets robbed during a delivery, Trey takes over. He also pays his sister $10 a week to drive the family food truck, also referred to as "The Balls" because of the two giant meatballs that decorate the top of the vehicle, to school so he can ride with friends and look cool. Though he is often sarcastic, Trey does his best to keep the peace in the apartment. When Jules comes…

I used to be a ball of clay. I was twisted, sculpted, and made into what those around me wanted me to become. I was morphed into a doubter of faith and stretched into a wavering believer. I was convinced by non-believing teachers and badly chosen friends alike that the Christian religion was not worth my time, and I was not worth Jesus’. The most detrimental part of this was that I believed them. It was not until a conversation with my grandmother that I had heard the verse that changed it all,…

At about 3:00 pm, the Union soldiers were having trouble, the Confederate soldiers were overwhelming them. Lee’s Lieutenant was General Richard S. Ewell. Ewell came from Northern Virginia. He had lost his leg not too long before Gettysburg, in The Second Battle of Bull Run. That battle had occurred August 28th to August 30th, 1862. Ewell was filling in for Lee’s deceased last Lieutenant, Stonewall Jackson who died in battle. He had big shoes to full, he had Union soldiers running from him and…

lacrosse ball. Learning how to throw the lacrosse ball is useful if you are looking to join a lacrosse team. The coach will also be impressed if you already know how to throw the ball after you have joined the team. When playing lacrosse, throwing the ball is also a very important skill that you need to have to play. To begin you will need a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. After you have collected those materials, go out to an open space so that you don’t hit anything or anybody. Place the…

better candidate than the Ball Python. Although it may be hard to believe at first, but Ball Pythons make great pets because they are incredibly docile, require minimal care, and come in a variety…

The following events contributed to the tremendous success of a woman idolized by many, Lucille Désirée Ball. From an early age, it was evident that Lucy had an interest in dramatic arts when she convinced her mother to enroll her in a drama school in New York, at age 15. Unfortunately, these efforts seemed wasted when the school wrote her mother saying that Lucy was too quiet and shy, as well as a waste of time to the school. Ironically, Lucy continued on her path of perseverance and moved to…

Introduction 8 Ball Chicks relates to the manner in which the society expects its members to get money, and the way these members decide to use other dubious means that are easy to follow to get money. American society, there has been an escalating rate of crimes, and the reasons have been given regarding the causes behind these levels of crimes. It is estimated that the major cause is the lack of balance between the cultural valuation of money, and the means of acquiring it (Bernard, et al.…

receive. The project is interesting because the sport of volleyball is enjoyed by many people around the world and hope to have a better understanding of the game after the experiment is over. To be able to understand the physics and movement of the ball in volleyball would make this experiment a great one. There are many factors that go into a volleyball serve. There are also some definitions that might be unfamiliar to a person who does not play volleyball. The first is a float serve which can…