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    If you're a 6-foot tall point guard, opportunities for success in the NBA are limited. Most NBA executives think using a high draft pick on a player of short stature is a losing proposition. The fact that Isaiah Thomas was the 60th overall pick in his own draft says it all, really. Yogi Ferrell is another 6-foot prospect trying to carve out a successful NBA career. He did very well at the 2016 Las Vegas Summer League, averaging 8.8 points, 1.8 assists and 1.5 rebounds in four games with the…

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    Joaquin started to get bigger and stronger El Faro started to get 30 to 35 foot waves by the time the hurricane was category 4 they had lost all type of communication, the coast guard believes the wind could have destroyed the ship’s communications equipment and lost contact with the ship. El Faro had 33 people on board 28 of them were U.S. Citizens and five from Poland. As soon as the hurricane slow down the coast guard went out with planes and helicopters to try and find something. Days passed…

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    the roles as either a prisoner or prison guard. Many people responded to the ad sent out in the local paper looking for volunteers. They “were given diagnostic interviews and personality tests to eliminate candidates with psychological problems, mental disabilities, or a history of crime or drug abuse.” (The Story :) Of the 70 who responded 24 were chosen, all were male, educated, and physically and mentally healthy. To choose who was either a guard or prisoner a coin was flipped. The men…

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    The Stanford Prison Study

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    characteristics between guards and prisoners in the prison system. The author aimed to find out what fueled rage in inmates and what makes them lash out in aggression. Why there are riots, murders, rape and theft. 22 subjects that participated in the experiment were picked out of 75 people who answered a newspaper ad asking for male volunteers to join in a psychological study of “prison life.” Volunteers were offered 15 dollars a day to be randomly selected as either a prison guard or a…

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    PRISON EXPERIMENT CONDUCTED? In order to study psychological effects of prison life a experiment was conducted called “Stanford Prison Experiment”. The psychologists wanted to study what were the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. To do this experiment, a team of researchers led by the famous psychology professor named, “Philip Zimbardo” finally decided to set up a replicated prison so that they can carefully note effects of the behavior of all those within the walls…

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    Color Guard Narrative

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    however, this feeling is heightened by being able to teach the basics of the activity and watching others fall in love the way you did. As I enter my senior year this will be my fourth season as a color guard member and my third season as an assistance coach to the Great Bridge Middle School (GBMS) Color Guard. A few weeks before tryouts for marching band my sophomore year, my coaches, Chris and Donny asked for a few volunteers to travel to the three middle schools that filter into Grassfield…

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    Barbed Wire Monologue

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    feel anything. It's almost like my body has given up. It's like I've had so much pain in my life that my body can no longer take it so it is shutting down. I can hear the dogs getting closer and closer to me. I pull myself up over the fence as the guards approach me. I cannot get caught this time. I cannot go back. Ever. I have a family. A daughter. She's in the system but I can get her back. I'm not sure how but I will get her back. She is 9 years old her name in Sophia. The last time I saw…

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    In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the reader witness numerous accounts of bullying. Some of the numerous accounts of bullying was when Jack punched piggy because he was annoying and when Ralph and Jack always call Piggy fat because he is overweight. The numerous accounts of bullying were name calling, physical violence, and emotional abuse. Being a bully is someone who causes someone else pain whether it be emotional or physical. Bullies want to make someone else feel bad so they can feel…

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    small variety of attire and made our way into the hall where the tributes had been staying after they had been chosen to represent district 12. Pretending to visit Katniss was our ticket through the first set of guards. As we tip-toed through, I…

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    question on everyones mind. Could we win it all this year? Our dream started about five months ago when our team was selected me and my freinds, who had made the team were extremely excited. We had an amazing roster this year complete with a five foot nine center.…

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