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Lakers for all the marbles. You could tell early in this series that the Pistons had their eyes set on the prize. Not only did they win the NBA finals, they dominated it by a final score of four games to zero and winning their first ever NBA title. Jumping ahead to a year later in the 89-90 season, Detroit would win their second title in as many years. All of this happened because of the tireless hustle and physicality the Pistons played with. It struck fear into opponents eyes when they had to…

Thank you for providing me the space to explain why I want to pursue my PhD in Political Science. In this brief statement I will explain my major research interests, why I believe those areas are both academically and politically significant, and why I would like to attend your program. In my graduate studies I would like to pursue research on the role and influence of ancient political thought on early modern political thought and how that has shaped our contemporary political context. I am…

I as of late read a book called The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly. There are packs of chapters in it. One of the sections was about how later on we won't generally own quite a bit of anything, yet we'll have admittance to everything. We'll simply approach our loft for what we need in the morning (garments, and possibly a George Foreman Grill), use it amid the day, and drop it down a chute end of the day. An existence of adaptability, assortment, and the absence of encumbrance! That is somewhat…

Stay in sync Out of the 12 items listed in “The Thinking Person’s Checklist” by Alan Jacobs, I chose number 1 - When faced with provocation to respond to what someone has said, give it five minutes. Take a walk, or weed the garden, or chop some vegetables. Get your body involved: your body knows the rhythms to live by, and if your mind falls into your body’s rhythm, you’ll have a better chance of thinking. I feel this is something that everyone can do when faced with a conversation/situation…

Since the creation of the United States Marine Corps on 10, November 1775 men and women have sought to earn the title of Marine. There are only two places in the world where Marine recruits are trained. Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California and Paris Island, South Carolina. For women there is only one place to receive training to become a Marine and the location is Paris Island South Carolina. However unlike other branches of the military Marine recruits training is not integrated…

The first statement of the speech 'Of the Joys and Passions'('My brothers, if you have a virtue and that virtue is your own virtue, you have it in common with no one') seemingly values a virtue by its originality; not its actual merit. This is to be expected, as this book is contrasting to the merely content 'Ultimate Man', of whom shares virtues with other people, such as compassion - one of the virtues that Zarathustra despised, as it took the focus away from the individual and the distant man…

life. One day, we’ll fix that.” “But I’m guessing you’re not here to thank me,” I growl. “You’re not as dumb as you look,” he states. “I’m here asking why you were there.” “Oh, just looking over last night’s footage where I was wandering around, jumping from cliff to cliff and…oh yeah overhearing some very interesting conversions,” I answer, telling the truth. There’s no point in lying. I flash a smile up at him as I stand up, catching the ball in mid-air. “If you are going to threaten to kill…

Curiosity has always been the leading factor in division making among humanity, traveling, discovering and learning from our experiences to advance our species. If you were to live on a secluded island in the middle of the ocean, unaware of what awaits, if anything, beyond the horizon. Sooner or later your curiosity would get the best of you and eventually you will leave to explore, learn, develop and widen your knowledge of the area around you. The same can be said with Earth’s closest neighbor…

The Nineteenth Century was a time for revolution. The nonstop wars and thirst for expansion drove the nations to fight for dominance. A burgeoning global network of influence, money, invention, and thought developed prompting America’s placement upon the world stage. These new changes brought forth a new self-awareness, a better understanding, of one’s place in the rapidly changing world. Perceptions altered as notions of self changed. Embracing these changes, novel writers encouraged a more…

The British Military uses a variety of teaching techniques to its soldiers but predominately teaches in an explicit or direct instruction manner similar to its autocratic leadership stance. In contrast distance learning packages favour the use of problem based learning (Savin-Baden 2003, 92). Therefore just like the direct instruction teacher becomes a tutor in problem based learning, the military student in a WBDL package needs to adapt by developing skills for self-directed learning in order…