Being one of my high school’s student leaders‚ both on and off the court‚ both inside and outside the classroom and both inside and outside my immediate community‚ has taught me that family is first‚ consistency is key‚ and consensus on the one common goal ensures success. As the captain of my Freshman Basketball team and now as the Head Manager of my Varsity Women’s Basketball team‚ this lesson has been learned over and over again in the past four years. I carry this with me everywhere I go. In
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terrible disorder that affects many people around the world. Arguably the most famous person with schizophrenia is Nobel Prize (1994) and American Mathematicians Society ’s Leroy P. Steel Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research (1999) winner‚ John Nash. Paranoid Schizophrenia can be a crippling illness. Its sufferers may not be able to determine what is real and what is not. According to Dr. Paul Ballas (2006: Internet) of the Department of Psychiatry at Thomas Jefferson University‚ the individual
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Teach Basketball If you ever played basketball you have to have your mind set to ten percent heart and ninety percent determination. I can remember growing up playing basketball with my dad because he taught me how to play. We would play all day and night. There were always rivalries in our house because we liked different teams. For example‚ he liked the Celtics and I liked the Miami Heat. I love to play basketball and I think that the little kids would love to learn how to play basketball. Basketball
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One of my favorite books is Point Guard‚ by Mike Lupica. This book is about a girl named Cassie who has been the best at sports her whole life. She played softball and girl’s basketball‚ but her team always won. Eventually she got tired of everything being easy‚ so she decided that she was going to play on the boy’s basketball team this year. Her friend Gus Morales doesn’t know what to think of this. He doesn’t know if or why he is against a girl playing with boys. Throughout the season Gus has to
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Ambria Miller Dr. Davidson English 3-4-15 Steve Biko Who was Steve Biko? I had never even heard of him. So why is he famous? It turns out he made a difference and was a huge Icon in South Africa. He led many organizations for the coloreds’ rights in South Africa and was an inspiration to all. Bantu Stephen Biko was born on December 18th‚ 1946‚ in King William’s Town‚ South Africa. Which is now known as The Eastern Cape Province. He was involved in politics at a young age‚ which led to
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A Bautiful Mind © 2002 by Raymond Weschler Major Characters John Nash……………………………………………………………….Russell Crowe One of the greatest mathematical geniuses of the 20th century‚ who won the Nobel Prize in 1994‚ studied and taught at Princeton University‚ and suffered from the mental disease of schizophrenia for most of his adult life (See note on schizophrenia below). Alicia…………………………………………………………….…………….Jennifer Connelly John’s beautiful‚ intelligent and loving wife who stayed with him through
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Learning How to Dunk a Basketball Dunking has been the highlight for the National Basketball Association (NBA). Dunking is not as easy as it looks‚ it takes time and practice. Dunking isn’t just a physical game but a mental one as well. To start off‚ feet placement and technique are a basic role in dunking. The player needs to gain speed rather than lose it‚ if he or she stutter steps‚ they lose speed or it may even mess up their technique. So it would be a good idea for the player to pace out steps or
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in pain. My teammates rushed over to help me. Next thing I knew‚ I was on crutches for a week. {flash forward} “Grace and Sammy‚ you’re up!” My coach yelled over our small conversations. I got in the small grid‚ Grace smiled at me.I didn’t smile back because I didn’t want to show her how nervous I was. I knew what we were doing‚ with the two soccer nets at each out of bounds line. It was one on one. The one thing was that I was going against the strongest‚ oldest and most skilled player on the team
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Food item 1 – Cranberry cheesecake. EGGS CHEMICAL- Eggs are a self- contained food that provides many nutrients such as protein. They are low in saturated fats‚ and provide vitamin b12. PHYSICAL AND SENSORY- Egg whites are clear liquid with a slimy texture and egg yolks is a dense yellow color and is slightly more viscous. FUNCTIONAL: Eggs are a protein that provides many nutrients. When eggs are put into the cheesecake mixture‚ they add richness to the texture and help hold the structure of
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Basketball Unlike most sports that were formed gradually over time or from a combination of other sports. If basketball wasn’t created in that way‚ then how was basketball created? It all started in 1891 when Dr. James Naismith was given the task of creating a safe indoor game to keep track and field runners in shape over the winter. Naismith created basketball from a game he used to play in his childhood called Duck on a Rock. The goal of Duck on a Rock was to throw stones to hit a target
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