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    overcome all of life’s hurdles. Physical pain is much like spiritual pain, and in some instances one can cause the other. From a broken heart that manifests as chest pain, or a broken arm that doesn’t allow you to pole vault in the seventh grade (at the time this was crushing for me, I was actually really good at it), pain, left unchecked, creates nothing but more pain. It was the Marines that taught me that no matter what, it will all come to an end eventually. It is in how you handle and deal with a situation that will dictate the outcome. A cross-fitter may say something to the extent of one more rep, one more mile, I’ll run to that pole and stop knowing good and well they will then run to the next post after that and so on. In life it works the same way, once it begins to wear at you simply have to grind forward. It is going to hurt, there is no denying that, but at the end of it all its just one more rep. Nothing is forever except death and believe me I am not there yet. All of this ties into the physical aspect of pain because that is where this portion of my learning has occurred. Carrying a telephone pole around a circuit and thinking you were done when the cadre grabs the biggest guy on the team and says, “He is dead. Someone carry him and everyone else has the pole, neither may touch the ground on your next lap” At that point all that’s going through your mind as you come off the post and pick up your buddy (makes perfect sense to have the smallest guy on the team…

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    and explanation are cognate words that will serve the Spanish-speaking Limited Language Proficient student. Visuals will be provided to aid comprehension, such as the images in the investigation guidelines, and the investigation itself. Visual cues will be implemented. Group interactions will be implemented as comprehension support, and for the students to communicate and practice the new scientific language and symbols. Instructional Plan Teaching Activities The Goal (meet the learning…

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    A broken heart that manifests as chest pain, or a broken arm that does not allow you to pole vault (at the time this was crushing for me, I was actually really good at it), pain left unchecked, creates nothing but more pain. It was the Marines that taught me that no matter what, it will all come to an end eventually. It is in how you handle and deal with a situation that will dictate the outcome. Life works similarly, once it begins to wear at you, you simply have to grind forward. It is going…

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    408) This means that athletics will take advantage to be better than their opponent by preparing themselves which is not bad. Some athletics get punish for using steroid but they take them for a medical reason not for being better. Another example the author mentions is “We do not say it is unfair that one runner is faster than another or wrestler stronger then opponent.” (Fost, 480) This explains that many athletics have the advantage because they are good runners and have the strength and…

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    hogan. When First Man was first created by the Creator and the Holy People (Diyin Diné 'é), he needed a home, which they all worked together to plan. In the construction of the first hogan, the Blessingway ceremony was performed, where the chief hogan songs, one of the two types of hogan songs, were sung. (Wyman 1970, 11-13). In the hogan songs, the five basic foundation poles were built from precious jewels: the east pole (though it was two poles rather than one) was made from white shell, the…

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    Although the indoor trampoline park industry is unregulated, Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park is “safe, healthy, fun” because of its thorough rule system and differentiation from other parks. An indoor trampoline park is a new take on the outdoor “jump centres” that debuted in the 1960s, “located indoors, and have wall to wall trampolines to prevent people falling of the trampolines onto hard surfaces.” (Wikipedia, 2014) Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park first opened in 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada…

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    quality. There is also the perception that if something looks expensive must be good quality even when the item itself was of low price and quality. The locations where each item was placed were carefully selected, from lower to high price items. Store X has two big entrances with two handbags poles all located at each side. The low priced home brand handbags were placed at the four front poles, as they are the store focus point of sale for several reasons. The front poles served as an…

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    have a very simply body (The Pantheon Paris, 2009). However, the tops and bases of the columns is what has all of the design and detail. The part of the columns that connects them to the roof of the Pantheon is what gives is the elegant look that it has. While in the same area of the Lakefront Park in Saint Cloud I came across a set of six yellow poles that immediately reminded me of Donald Judd’s sculpture, Untitled, which consists of ten copper boxes evenly spaced by mathematical premise.…

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    perpetrator conflict with Jews and Poles. Of course, the two works aren’t exactly the same and there are some major thematic differences. Perhaps the most striking difference is the difference in the identity politics narrative that can be seen in both works. To begin with the major comparisons between both works, one should probably start at the key plot elements that drives Son of Saul and Maus: the…

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    family is from and visited family. I know a few Polish words, and hope to learn more. Every year, we have a traditional Polish Christmas time meal on Christmas eve. The meal consists of borscht, a traditional beet soup, pierogi, which are essentially Polish dumplings, a fish, because up until Christmas day they are not allowed to eat red meat. We enjoy watching sports like the Polish do, we like to watch basketball, and swimming. We even do this sports! My family also eats a lot of Polish foods.…

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