Slam dunk

Michael Jordan once said “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” The sport of basketball is not easy; it takes pride, awareness, practice, and confidence. How far of an impact has basketball made into the world of sports? Basketball holds a lot under its belt. In the beginning it was small, but now, the sport of basketball has overcame the impossible. The sport of basketball is now one of the biggest sports in the U.S and all around the world today,…

DISCUSSION OF THE CAUSES OF HUMAN SKIN COLOR VARIATIONS The variation of human skin color is a complex phenomenon which have not yet been researched and studied conclusively. However, various researchers and academicians have given insight about the possible causes of this important trait. Different researches using people from different parts of the world, evaluation of their environments and diet and to some extent DNA analysis have given a variety of possible causes of human skin color…

Death Penalty The death penalty or Capital punishment is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a capital crime. However, since this punishment is established people are still wondering if the death penalty is a fair verdict. The first death penalty laws are established as far back as the Eighteenth Century B.C. in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon (in modern-day Iraq). The code implies that there are twenty-five crimes punishable by death in these…

the right moment to strike and the blows that Michael dealt were fatal (Strauss, Ethan Sherwood). Jordan changed how the game was played forever, he was known as “air Jordan” and the dunking king but dunking wasn't what he did best actually he didn't dunk very often he brought a certain style and flashiness to the game doing athletic reverse layups or interoffice circus shots. And ever since the game has been rewritten more and more small players have made a name for themselves since then and…

The Interracial Adoption of Black Children in the United States One morning during the winter of 1994, Jan and Wayne Coombs excitedly drove to their court hearing that would determine the future of a young foster child named Adam. Jan and Wayne, a white, Christian couple were hoping to become legal and permanent guardians of Adam that day. The Coombses did not expect there to be any complications or problems. They had raised Adam, a half black child, since he was six months old, and cared for…

killed. To back it up he also has a witness, Asia McClain. “When I first heard about the long-lost Asia letters and the lawyer's mistake, I thought, well, their fight is over, right? They've got an alibi witness who was never heard from. It's such a slam dunk. They're done” (Sarah Koenig-Episode 1-Serial) that’s what you would think when you heard that Adnan had an alibi, but what’s an alibi if your lawyer doesn’t use it. Christina Gutierrez, Adnan’s original lawyer, knew that there was this big…

Double consciousness encompasses more than just one group of people. The process of partitioning someone’s mind causes a huge strain on any individual. I believe that always focusing on one side causes them not to accept themselves as who they are. We see double consciousness in Asian American culture through “The Woman Warrior” and we see it in Dominican American culture through ‘Oscar Wao” Double consciousness is a term first coined by W.E.B DuBois in In “The Souls of Black Folk”. The term is…

The Flawed Man and Identity in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Humans have always encountered the idea of the ‘flawed man’ because we see it in ourselves, and in the people around us. The flawed man is never finished and continuously pushes and strives to improve himself or compensate for faults. Diaz’s fascination with the ‘flawed man’ is apparent in all three of his major novels, Drown, This is How You Lose Her, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. The majority of his characters…

nose when I woke up from a sleep. It was absolutely terrifying to see a small black insect chirping some sort of weird language in my half awake face. I freaked out at the sight of this hideous intruder and jumped out of my bed high enough to do a slam dunk if a basketball hoop were in my vicinity. Any memories beyond that were erased as I forced myself to not remember and relive that moment. Still, to this day, I remember every bit of detail of that foul creature who crept up to my face like a…

CAFS Assessment Task Module 3: Parenting and caring 2015 Department Of Community Services Name: Aseel Esttaifan Due: 18/06/2015 Content page Department Of Community Services A) Name and definition of the service? The New South Wales Department of Community Services (DoCS) is the largest child protection agency in Australia. DoCS main work is to protect children such us neglect and abuse. In order to maintain their vision and aim, DoCS…