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    They casually went up to the body and shook it’s decapitated hand. The uncomfortable thing about it was that they were so comfortable to go up to the body and do that. Death has a certain formality to it that causes comfort. The soldiers treated the man like he was alive. O’Brien reflects that the soldiers, “grabbed the old man’s hand and offered a few words.” The imagery of these burly, young men walking up to a dead body and shaking its hand is very eerie, and the fact that they were talking…

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    After they put the casket on the cart then all the pallbearers had to put one hand on the casket handle and pull the casket out of the room. We wheeled the casket out of the room and to the car where they put the casket when we go to the graveyard. We loaded the casket into the car and closed the doors. Then everyone got into there…

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    Stackhouse English 8 3 December 2014 Sandra Slutz, a staff scientist at Ohio University, found out that if a person is crossed hand eye dominant then they will shoot better because their dominant eye is not blocked by the basketball she also writes, “coaches need to coach from the eyes down”, since the eyes play a very important part in basketball shooting. Although, crossed hand eye dominance provides the best basketball shooting percentages, dominance-altering activities will improve same-side…

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    in the smell of mist and damp seaweed.I glanced around the boat everywhere I looked there was was white paint and drops of water sparkling like crystals.The floor was like slippery ice as I walked across it over to my dad by a railing.I placed my hands on the cool shiny metal wrapping my fingers around it.The boat let out a humming sound and started vibrating, we were about to leave the docks! The boat lurched forward and we started moving towards the falls mist and wind spraying more…

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    the left. Because of her very limited range of motion, this design relies fundamentally on electronics to be actuated. The prosthetic hand that this arm design is based off of is the InMoov hand which can be voice activated. The following will describe the mechanical design, the electronics, and the software of this arm. The forearm shield, the components in the hand, and the bicep box will all be 3D printed…

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    The Baton: A Short Story

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    only 100 meters long so it would only be 11 seconds until the gun goes off until I get the baton handed to me. After the 11 seconds passed and Ian ran in the handoff zone, I began to take off and took the baton. It was like butter; it went right in my hand. I didn’t have to look and Ian did such a good job putting the baton right in the center of my palm. My 11 seconds passed and we were…

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    Body Stereotypes

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    him with a sword. This type of hand gesture has evolved over the years and we now use it in America as positive and negative signs when something is good or bad. Body gestures and hand gestures have been used all over the world to communicate with out using words instead of shouting across a sports field during a game or a room so no one knows what you and the other person is talking about. These gestures can represent secretes for example on sports teams using hand signals to send messages to…

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    Death-Personal Narrative

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    thought death would be quick and painless. I always figured I would fall asleep one night and not wake up. I did not expect death to be so polite, or easy going. He had showed up at my doorstep yesterday, introduced himself while vigorously shaking my hand (and apparently his middle name is William). He took off his shoes, a pair of biker boots with red spikes scattered about, and then promptly threw himself down on my couch. Instead of the standard long cloak and scythe, he had a thick leather…

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    Does crossed hand/eye dominance affect basketball shooting percentage? The goal is to collect a variety of samples of people shooting with and without crossed hand/eye dominances to see if it affects a shooting percentage. Different factors such as hand dominance and eye dominances are included in in testing crossed hand/eye dominances. The idea of testing crossed hand/eye dominance is based on a 2007 California State Science Fair entry. Keith Hines and Robert Thurman, winners of the Science…

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    “What is this?” Said the small girl clinging to her mother’s thin leg, “ Well, this piece of pottery is called the the Ancient Greece Drinking Vessel.” Her hands swinging around while trying to explain the artwork to this little girl and her family. The little girl looking confused as ever. The docent gave a little smile and a laugh, “ Maybe a little to complicated for you huh?” The little girl nodded her small head in response. “Well I think I can make this a little bit easier to understand…

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