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    Parachute Monologue

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    Shouts fill the air, full of commands. The plane starts to empty as people begin to jump, although some aren’t as brave… no, stupid. You’d have to be stupid to jump from a plane with nothing to arm yourself with but a backpack that they tell you is a parachute. What remains of my hair is whipped around in the wind, blowing a few strands into my face. Those who cluster around the entrance get pushed by others behind them, and I hope for their sake that they remember how to operate their…

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    Jesse Owens In Sports

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    gold medal in running. He won’t be so lucky next time. The long jump requires stability when you leap. And with the tailbone injured, it’s incertain if he can do this. “The crowd stirs today as Gordon Douglas jumps 24 feet and 3 inches. A phenomenal feat that wows the crowd.” “It’s Jesse Owens the star athlete who wowed us earlier in the 100 yard dash event. Weill he be able to live up to the reputation. He’s off to a good start, and leaps. Wow and impressive 26 feet and 8 ¼ inches,…

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    down by one in the last inning and there is a line drive hit right over the center fielder's head, the runner on second scores and the crowd goes ballistic. As a kid most people played sports and experienced something like this. Most of the time kids start out playing recreational sports and then transfer to competitive. Anyone can play sports but it takes a lot of dedication to play competitive sports. According to Merriam- Webster competitive means: relating to, characterized by, or based on…

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    the game grew. There are three primary techniques that are used for the serve; the standing float, the jump float, and the topspin jump serve. A closer look at the proper form for the topspin jump serve will be broken down into four main phases. The joint angles and outcomes of a novice will be compared to those of an expert to analyze this popular serve. Overall Movement Pattern The topspin jump serve makes use of the entire body. Every limb is active in some way or another. Because the focus…

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    Jump Cabling Poem

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    Linda Pastan's "Jump Cabling" is a love story like many. "Jump Cabling" however, is a short poem about jump starting a car as a metaphor for an intimate love story between the two strangers. Pastan's poem uses a peculiar but important structure and form along with alliteration, metaphor, symbol, and allusion to bring the mundane affairs of romance to life. The poem itself is a metaphor for an intimate encounter the speaker has with a stranger. The author uses the woman's car breaking down…

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    Put one leg in front and one back to achieve this posture. Flex the body through the knees and lower the hips as well to put pressure on the hamstrings. Reverse the direction when you have descended to stand back up. Quickly jump again to perform the squats with alternating feet position. Standing Hamstring and Calf Stretch Use a belt or a band and place it around one foot. Now put this foot slightly ahead of the body. Now bend the other leg while keeping the banded leg straight…

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    the night circus there are many examples of feminism to Celia and Isabel. In the beginning of the novel they are treated different from the males but when the males start noticing that they are actually the same and even better at magic they start treating them like the aren't just women who is bad at magic but is a good magician and start treating them right. Feminism appears a lot in the night circus, it appears when celia is going to audition to join the circus. Celia goes against feminism…

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    He rarely would lose his balance and didn’t even think about bucking or running. We were able to create lines and courses of many different jumps for Charlie to go through. It took him a while to figure out how to use his body for the better and do the things I asked him to, but once he did, he was amazing. He would jump a course of cross rails or even fences up to three feet like he had been doing it his whole life. I never would have thought that this crazy underweight thoroughbred…

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    They're both similar but the movie doesn’t show things the book says. The main characters are the greasers but the real main character is Ponyboy. The soces are the west side rich kids who jump the greasers. There are more similarities to go over but it says to list one similarity. Ponyboy Curtis…

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    After the Landlady said the No my dear, only you doorbell rung, she gets up and goes to the door. When the Landlady got to the door she saw nobody there, she slowly looked around then, a person jumps out of nowhere. The Landlady jumps out of fright and starts yelling at the person. “Why would you do that?” the Landlady asked. “Its funny to scare people,” the mystery person said. “No, it's not you could have scared me to death literally.” the Landlady said angrily Since the mystery person…

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