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    in a much more advanced way. During middle school lunchtime, it would always be a competition between me and my friends to convince each other that our favorite players were the best in the league. We would toss our elaborate jargon at each other seeing who could outwit whom, saying things like, "Andre Ethier has the highest OPS in the NL!" or "Mike Trout has put up WAR numbers that we've never seen before!" This year long dispute of baseball knowledge could only end one way, the official…

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    Baseball is America’s pastime. Little boys play catch and grow up dreaming of playing in the World Series. Families have picnics on the grass and watch a church baseball game. Friends plan a trip to a Major League game and share in the excitement. Ballplayers travel the country together while playing the game they love, becoming friends and often family. God created humanity for community and fellowship, which is a perfect opportunity for baseball. The characteristics of baseball players often…

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    Water Bath Canning Vs. Pressure Canning Food preservation has become very popular with food costs rising over the years. Even though freezing food is easy, convenient and fast, canning has become popular due to the long shelf life that canning affords. When canning, many decisions need to be made prior to starting the process. When I decided to start canning, I had to choose between the water bathing method or pressure canning method. When water bathing, the filled jars are prepared and…

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    skills; they always have to learn the newest ways they are tested every year, patient safety, direct and indirect care provider, and they are educators. (Corbett, 2012). (WCC, n.d.). What is different in the practice of the wound care nurse as compared to the bedside…

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    Aggression and Violence - due to disorientation, confusion or fear. Mrs X who has dementia related challenging behaviours can become frustrated and non compliant which can often lead to aggressive and violent outbursts. Mrs X lives in a residential care home where she wanders around the building on a daily basis re-enacting her working life as a hotelier, drawing curtains and blinds, moving tables and chairs etc. These behaviours can pose a risk to Mrs X, the residents and carers as well as…

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    those reasons, you deal with it, and keep going out and playing hard like we did and eventually we’ll get back on a nice streak,” Maddon told reporters. Despite the loss, the Cubs did show some life with the wood. Anthony Rizzo had four hits and was a home run away from hitting for the cycle. The effort raised his batting average to .290. Jason Heyward also got involved from the batter’s box with 3 hits. Throughout the last four games he has gone 8 for 17 and has also raised his batting average…

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    fiction is that most of her work is associated with the idea of the American Dream in one way or the other. Her story Two Kinds is an art of high aesthetic value because it is viewed as a bridge connecting two opposing mindsets as represented by Jing-Mei and her mother. There is always a hidden message in a piece of literary writing. From this particular work of literature, one can imagine the contrast in the way these two characters see the American dream from their unique…

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    prepared me for the role of a nurse. I want to become a nurse because ironically it saved my life , it taught me how to love ,filled the emptiness that I felt in my teen years and it allowed me to appreciate life.I feel that my journey was written this way for a reason,being able to struggle in my pursuit has allowed me to thrive and accelerate towards a higher level of enlightenment and human…

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    Do a tenant background check now and be free of all worries afterwards Description: Why should you find out about your tenant at all? Simply because the horrors of finding out after are too grave to handle and you might have a very hard time getting rid of them. The horrors that come with a bad tenant: Tenants come in all shapes and sizes; they have different and sometimes weird living habits. But that is not at all; you never know whether you end up having the wrong tenant who has one or…

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    Babe Ruth: A Short Story

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    It was the bottom of the ninth, and the Yankees are currently up to bat. There are men on second and third base, yet only one out in the inning. One of our best pitches on the Cardinals roster this year, which was 1930. Jesse Haines was closing the game today. We were currently winning by one run, the score is 3-2 and all we have to do is hold them and the game is ours. Nevertheless, with our luck, Babe Ruth steps up to the plate. He is not a force to be looked down on, with his .359…

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