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    Alejandro Lopez Mrs. Gray Math II Honors 14 September 2016 Annie Jump Cannon Annie Jump Cannon was born on December 11, 1863 in Dover, Delaware. Annie Jump Cannon was an astronomer, she had studied physics, mathematics, and astronomy at Wellesley College, she was a good student in mathematics, she went and worked at Harvard Observatory. She became a path that strong women want to follow in science, she discovered 300 variable stars and invented her own system of classification, which became the…

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    Jump scares are useful tool designed to provoke fear based on our instinctive reflexes to respond to surprise sudden movements. Sound and musical changes are often accompanied with jump scares to create a spooky mood and atmosphere. Below are ten of the most effective jump scares used in some of the scariest horror movies of all time! 1. Psycho (1960) - The old classics are often the scariest, absent of CGI and modern technology that leaves the filmmaker to rely on other devices, such as…

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    people to jump off a decently high tower. It’s here where I met Kiera. A forty-foot jump is what separated Kiera from conquering her fear of heights and a soft landing onto the blob. Several times she made her way to the blob tower to watch her friends take the jump and make conversation with me, but she never wanted to make the jump herself. The conversations ranged from snippets of her home life to who had the best Chaco tan line between the two of us. Claims of having taken the jump before…

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    optimal training technique required to enhance power, and in particular vertical jump height, in football players. Mainly the use of bounding and jumping involved in plyometric training has been an effective way of increasing power output in particular relation to vertical jump height. This was identified by Markovic (2007), in the meta-analysis of studies looking into the effect of plyometric training on vertical jump height, he concluded that height gains were made over relatively short…

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    Tarra Kooker Essay 5 Within both “Who Invented the Jump Shot” by John Edgar Wideman and “Television” by Lydia Davis, the readers were presented with two narrators having obsessions. In “Television” the narrator is identified through being obsessed with tv shows. While in “Who Invented the Jump Shot”, presents a narrator that appeared to be more obsessed with racism, prejudice, and how the “white man” acts towards minorities. However, both narrators captivate themselves in other issues other…

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    The cheapest way to garner a scream is that of the “jump scare”, which is the sudden change in either audio or visuals usually through a loud noise to elicit fear, yet the Norman Bates reveal takes an opposite approach. Rather than using a “jump scare”, the reveal of Norma Bate’s corpse and Norman Bates himself are all forewarned early through audio cues or the slow movements. When Lila enters the basement and sees Norma Bates sitting on the chair, the audience senses that something is off due…

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    A team. This year I had to make sure this was different. I was practicing as I had been for the previous couple weeks, working on my jump shot, my contested layups, and free throws. I had a strict schedule where I would practice for at least 2 hours a day. I knew there was a good chance I would make the team, but the previous year I didn’t score at all, my jump shot was not great and I couldn’t make a layup to save my life. I knew I really needed to practice if I wanted to make the team.…

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    “Chemistry’s the one with the shapes and stuff right?” Channing Tatum asks Jonah Hill in the movie 21 Jump Street. Obviously Channing Tatum was exaggerating in the movie to be funny, but education is not something to joke about. If education was merely a hobby for those who are interested in it, the world would definitely not be where it is today. Society flourishes the most when everyone works collectively to get better. Social responsibility is the idea that everyone acts out of obligation to…

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    Annie Jump Cannon was an American astronomer and physicist who was born on December 11, 1863, in Dover, Delaware. Although she became deaf early on in life, her mother encouraged Cannon to pursue her passion for astronomy. Cannon attended Wellesley College and eventually graduated as a valedictorian during a time when there were limited opportunities for women in the field of academics, mainly science. She continued her post-graduate studies at Radcliffe College, which allowed her to gain access…

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    Title: Horse Racing Types—Flat & Jump Racing Description: Flat racing and jump racing are two of the most recognized forms of horse racing in the world of betting. Get to know what these two races are all about. Keyword: flat racing A large number of people may think that all horse racing events are the same; however, most are still unaware that it is actually a sporting event that possesses outstanding diversity. It goes back hundreds of years and it has branched out significantly throughout…

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