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    Why cutting weight can be good and bad for you In high school‚ he wrestled varsity at 98 pounds his freshman year and at 105 pounds as a sophomore. He didn’t have to cut weight either year. In his junior year‚ he weighed 140 pounds before the start of the season. Although he was determined to wrestle varsity again‚ he couldn’t beat any of the number one wrestlers within 20 pounds of his weight. he thought my only alternative was to drop to 112 pounds. He decided to go for it. His days of carefree

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    Jamaica Kincaid’s short story “Girl” is of a complicated relationship with her mother that comes out in the mother-daughter dynamic in the story. The mother‚ obviously a dominant figure in the young girl’s upbringing‚ informs the young girl of various duties associated with being a young‚ dignified lady. Her mother gives the daughter advice to make her the "proper" woman she should in fact be‚ and this advice gets more and more firm as the story continues. “Girl” is a very well suitable title

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    Health Effects of Weight Cutting on an Athlete A Class Paper Submitted for SAD 356 Sports Nutrition Professor: Wirt Edwards by: Nikhil Vashist Daphne‚ Alabama May‚ 2013 Weight cutting is an old and traditional practice many athletes and coaches implement as part of a pre-competition regime‚ making weight for a competition‚ or simply trying to attempt to lose weight for a variety of personal reasons. Weight cutting would be defined as an athlete

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    My friend Milton sat in the back of our fifth grade class with a pack of Marlboros bulging out the chest pocket of his T-shirt. Carol had an abortion over the summer and is beginning her freshman year all smiles. Rob learned to hide vodka in his thermos at nine and Tammy’s parents kicked her out last night after 13 years of hell. As for me‚ I only had to watch two people I care about destroy 12 years of Brady Bunch love and family values with one signature and a lawyer’s bill for $5‚000. My parents

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    Clear Cutting and Ethical Environmental Issues Doug Royston Soc.120 Intro. To Ethics & Social Responsibility Instructor: Barbara Carter March‚ 15 2010 Clear cutting has been a common practice since the 1800’s and has changed significantly in order to become friendlier to the environment. Clear cutting started as the need of transporting goods increased‚ and railways and roadways needed constructing‚ as well as the need for agricultural purposes. The lumber was then used for the building

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    9 that’s how young someone could start the terrible addiction of cutting or self mutilation. It can happen anywhere. From any background such as the rich the poor black‚white‚ asian it can happen to anybody. Locations from China all the way to a little town in Colorado. Imagine waking up and thinking you’re nothing and showing no emotion. They Hide away in their rooms wishing They could just disappear. Friends stop hanging around friends Family around family and They lock Themselves away thinking

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    Falling Down Urban areas of the world have always been a crucial element in spatial organization and the evolution of societies. Towns and cities are centers of cultural innovation social transformation and political change. They can also be engines of economic development. The gross domestic product of large cities like Los Angeles is roughly equivalent to that of entire countries like Australia and Sweden. Towns and cities are essential elements in human economic and social organization

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    Having a Down syndrome is such a difficult situation for an individual to have. They have slow physical and mental capabilities that lead them to discrimination. Physical features of having a Down syndrome. Including flattening of the head; slanting of the eyelids; a gap between the first and the second toes; a depressed nasal bridge; relatively small ears‚ mouth‚ hands and feet; short stature; decreased muscle tone and loose ligaments among others. Not every child with Down syndrome has all

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    Down Syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality and probably the most common genetic condition‚ occurs in approximately one in every eight hundred to one thousand live births or accounts for approximately 5-6 per cent of intellectual retardation. Although‚ most students with Down’s Syndrome are between the mild to moderate range of mental retardation. Initially‚ Down’s Syndrome was given the label of Mongolism due to the physical characteristics of the disorder. A student with Down’s Syndrome is usually

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    DOWN SYNDROME TRISOMY 21 BY: CYNTHIA AGUILAR 11/05/2012 Down syndrome affects many people in this world. Not only does it affect the person diagnosed as Downs‚ but it also affects their family and everyone around them. There are physical characteristics that help you identify somebody with Downs. There are also some health concerns that you need to worry about. Down’s Syndrome‚ it is one of the most frequently occurring chromosomal

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