The El Paso community can be said to be peaceful in terms of violence and drugs. In certain aspects however‚ our community suffers. I live on the Far East side of El Paso which is now currently growing at a huge rate. Because of this‚ streets as well as restaurants and stores are getting more and more populated. Along with this is the fact that since we are growing so fast‚ construction is taking place in order to allow a “better” flow of traffic. The result from this is catastrophic. Instead of
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In seventh grade I made the basketball team‚ I had worked persistently to reach this goal and was in a daze for the first few months of the season. It was winter break and the coaches had warned us about kids who did not practice during breaks‚ to prevent a lack of improvement I was in my driveway practicing my shots. Somehow‚ I ended up dislocating my kneecap. It was excruciatingly painful however‚ with a trip to the hospital‚ countless hours of physical therapy and loads of prescription pain pills;
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situation much either. Ever since my entrance into the room all I could ever think about was the outcome. As time slowly passed‚ my frame slouched forward‚ every step taking its toll. I could feel my heart in my throat as the coach rolled the basketballs down the wood floor. Few dents and scuff marks left from shoes being showed proudly like an old soldier showing off his battle scars. We were running full court simulation games. Each time I ran up and down the court I grew more and more
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The Necessity of Community Food Banks Section One: Evaluation of Service and Learning Cheryl Oberholser and Cynthia Tuttle‚ authors of “Assessment of Household Food Security Among Food Stamp Recipient Families in Maryland‚” assessed the relationship between food security status and various sociodemographic characteristics among households that include children and that receive food stamps. Based on the survey they conducted‚ the authors found 34% of respondents reported they "sometimes did not have
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CRITICAL THINKING IN THE HISTORY OF BASKETBALL Critical Thinking in the History of Basketball Andrew T. Brough Colorado Tech University Online Abstract The Socratic Method helps Leaders use critical thinking to their advantage to Influence and persuade other people. Using the Socratic Method one can lead an Opponent to draw a conclusion that contradicts his own viewpoint according to Tucker‚ A. (2007) Leadership by the Socratic Method: Air
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The novel‚ The Grapes of Wrath‚ by John Steinbeck was published in 1939 and seemingly took place in the time during the great depression. After reading the book‚ I can think that the main point of the novel would be to show the impact of a community. In the novel‚ we see all of the hardship the people go through; however‚ in the sections when the people of kin come together as one‚ it seems that things turn up. Without one‚ they seem at the mercy of the others around them. It just would seem that
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strong biographical evidence that suggests that the author worked on The Prince and The Discourses at the same time‚ writing the former’s first draft in 1513 and starting to write the latter during the same year. It is obvious then that in order to understand the essence of The Prince we cannot restrict ourselves only to its lines‚ but we must look beyond into Machiavelli’s other writings‚ such as The Discourses‚ to achieve a general understanding of his philosophy‚ and to better appreciate the full
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Apart of a Community? What is a community? A community is a group of people who have similar characteristics in common. They provide is with a sense of stability‚ they serve our needs‚ and they also accept us for who we are. When most people think of a community they automatically think about the neighborhood‚ town or city they live in‚ or the religious group they are apart of. No one really thinks about the people who are involved in high-risk behaviors as being apart of a community. Groups engaging
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Abstract: This chapter deals with the German-speaking Community in Belgium that consists of around 72.000. Having belonged to Germany for several years‚ the Community is attached to Belgium after the Second World War in 1945. In 1983‚ the Community is officially acknowledged as the German-speaking Community. Nowadays‚ the German-speaking Community consists of the nine municipalities Kelmis‚ Lontzen‚ Raeren‚ Eupen‚ Bütgenbach‚ Büllingen‚ Amel‚ Sankt Vith and Burg-Reuland. Being situated in the French-speaking
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The Church as Forgiving Community: An Initial Model Michael Page Liberty University Summary The topic covered by this article is about the power of forgiveness and the Church posing as the initial model of a forgiving community. Forgiveness interventions have shown to decrease anxiety‚ depression and anger while increasing self-esteem and hope. (Magnuson & Enright‚ 2008) The article focuses on the process of forgiving as a learned action that must be practiced and
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