...Born to Run By Gordon Mills Settings Plot Characters Theme of the Book This book, Born to Run, is about Debbie Ferguson is a Bahamian sprint athlete of Jamaican decent. She was born on January 16, 1976 and moved to Little London, Jamaica shortly after her birth with her mother where they lived with her grandparents. A few years later, they moved back to The Bahamas where she attended Oakes Field Primary. One of her teachers, Ms. Lockhart, noticed Debbie’s athletic ability and got her a coach by the name of Frank ‘Pancho’ Rahming and she went to track practice regularly at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium. After completing her years at the school and graduating, Debbie then moved up to C. C. Sweeting, where most students from Oakes Field would go to. While in grade 8, Debbie received a scholarship to attend one of the best schools on the island, St. Andrews, but her mother didn’t allow her to move until the 9th grade. After finishing her years of primary, junior high and high school, Debbie chose to attend the University of Georgia where she went to study to become a pediatric doctor and pursue her track career. She graduated in 1994, where she launched her senior athletics career. She has competed in track meets such as the Olympics, World Championships, CARIFTA, Continental Cup, Grand Prix, CAC Junior Championships, NCAA and Commonwealth Games. Main Character Debbie Ferguson is the true definition of what it means to be an athlete. She has a positive attitude...
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...Integer Addition; Range (-9) to (+9) (C) (+7) + (+4) (-9) + (+6) (-2) + (-2) (-3) + (0) (+8) + (+2) (+5) + (+9) (-7) + (+9) (+5) + (-7) (+4) + (+2) (-4) + (+6) (-6) + (-9) (+4) + (+2) (+3) + (+8) (-1) + (-8) (-6) + (+8) (-1) + (+4) (-8) + (+7) (-5) + (0) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = (+2) + (+7) (+1) + (+1) (+9) + (+9) (+8) + (-9) (+7) + (+9) (-4) + (-4) (+9) + (-2) (+5) + (+2) (+3) + (-2) (+7) + (+3) (-1) + (-8) (+3) + (+7) (+4) + (+7) (-7) + (+8) (0) + (-2) (-1) + (-5) (-7) + (+7) (-4) + (-4) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = (-3) + (+5) (0) + (+8) (-4) + (+2) (+1) + (+7) (+3) + (+9) (+1) + (+9) (+1) + (+2) (0) + (+3) (0) + (0) (-1) + (+7) (+8) + (+5) (-3) + (-4) (-9) + (+3) (-8) + (+4) (-7) + (+7) (+5) + (+6) (-8) + (-7) (-4) + (0) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Free Math Worksheets at www.math-drills.com Integer Addition; Range (-9) to (+9) (C) Answers (+7) + (+4) (-9) + (+6) (-2) + (-2) (-3) + (0) (+8) + (+2) (+5) + (+9) (-7) + (+9) (+5) + (-7) (+4) + (+2) (-4) + (+6) (-6) + (-9) (+4) + (+2) (+3) + (+8) (-1) + (-8) (-6) + (+8) (-1) + (+4) (-8) + (+7) (-5) + (0) = (+11) = (-3) = (-4) = (-3) = (+10) = (+14) = (+2) = (-2) = (+6) = (+2) = (-15) = (+6) = (+11) = (-9) = (+2) = (+3) = (-1) = (-5) (+2) + (+7) (+1) + (+1) (+9) + (+9) (+8) + (-9) (+7) + (+9) (-4) + (-4) (+9) + (-2) (+5) + (+2) (+3) + (-2) (+7) + (+3) (-1) + (-8) (+3) + (+7) (+4) + (+7) (-7) + (+8) (0) + (-2) (-1) + (-5) (-7) + (+7) (-4) + (-4) = (+9) = (+2) = (+18) = (-1) = (+16) = (-8) = (+7) =...
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...THE LOYALISTS 1. ALL QUESTIONS MUST HAVE AN INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION. 2. STUDENTS MUST REFER TO THE APPROPRIATE SOURCES THAT ARE IN THE COURSEWORK PACKET. Eg. According to source A…OR, Source A states… Use your source as much as possible when answering each question. 3. ALL COUSEWORK QUESTIONS MUST BE TYPED IN SIZE TWELVE FONT, THE FONT STYLE IS TIMES NEW ROMAN. 1 ½ LINE SPACING IS TO BE USED. 4. QUESTIONS MUST BE PLACED IN THE BLACK FOLDER WITH A CLEAR COVER. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUNCHING HOLES AND LINING UP YOUR PAPER NEATLY. 5. WHEN ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS, EACH ANSWER MUST BE TYPED ON A SEPARATE PAGE. FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER COMPLETING QUESTION ONE, BEGIN QUESTION TWO ON A SEPERATE PAGE, AS WELL AS QUESTIONS 3 & 4. 6. YOU MUST SHOW EVIDENCE THAT RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED, HENCE, THE ANSWERS PROVIDED MUST EXTEND BEYOND THE INFORMATION GIVEN IN CLASS. 7. ANSWERS MUST BE WRITTEN IN ESSAY FORM THEREFORE, IF YOU SUBMITS TWO PARAGRAPHS IT CAN NOT BE ACCEPTED. POORLY COMPLETED COURSEWORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. STUDENTS MUST FOLLOW INSTURCTION AND MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF BAHAMAS ACADEMY AND THE MINISTRY OF EDUCAITON IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A GOOD GRADE. THE COURSEWORK WILL ALSO BE MARKED FOR GRAMMAR AND SPELLING, PLEASE PROOF READ YOUR WORK. 8. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRINTING YOUR COURSEWORK, DO NOT BRING A USB DRIVE TO THE TEACHER AND EXPECT THE TEACHER TO PRINT IT. 9. *****ANY FORM OF PLAGARISM WHETHER BIG OR SMALL WILL AFFECT...
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...Patrick Cain Craft of Language: Poetry Professor Lewis THUNDER ROAD by Bruce Springsteen Thunder Road is widely regarded as one of the greatest rock and roll songs ever written. The song is a ballad that tells the story of the main character, Mary, her boyfriend, and their one shot to get out of their “town for losers.” Springsteen’s use of rhyme scheme, imagery, and personification, and simile among other elements add to the song’s theme of youths in love, restlessness, and willing to get to where they want to be. The song incorporates a very simple rhyme scheme of AA BB CC DD. Springsteen used this simple rhyme scheme to make the song sound young and simple. The simple rhyme scheme makes it as if the song is written by a young person who is not trying to be too complex and is just trying to get convey his point to Mary, the girl he is singing to. There is obvious meter to the song as well, as it follows a simple rhythm, which also accentuates the simplicity of the song as if it were written by a kid. Throughout the song, Springsteen repeats the phrase, “Oh thunder road, oh thunder road, oh thunder road.” The phrase could be used in a literal sense to describe where Mary and her boyfriend are driving, or even the road that they are using to escape from all of their problems. Thunder road is the place that they want to get. Springsteen writes, “Riding out tonight to case the promise land.” It is almost as if thunder road is their promise land, and if they don’t...
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...Oddballs in the Woods During the fourteenth chapter of Born to Run, the author writes about the integrity of ultrarunners. Dr. Vigil is smart for looking to these runners for answers. They are honest. They have nothing to gain, unlike runners competing for fame, wealth, and medals. They do not win prizes, no matter what place they finish in. However, no one seems to care. Vigil can find out what everyone is capable of from these runners. These runners are not full of envy. They only want to compete for the fun of it. The real running people enjoy what they do, and they spend all their time running. They are strange to others, but running is what they are born to do. 15. Natural Born Runners During the fifteenth chapter of Born to Run, the author writes about how humans are natural runners. History shows it is how humans survived. They ran to eat and to avoid being eaten. The reason the Tarahumara are so quick and astonishing to others is because they know how it feels to love running. Americans were fast some forty years ago, before running was about money. Vigil’s mission is to find a natural born runner and study how they live, train, and think. Vigil wants to know the relationship between character and running because of Emil Zatopek. The author concludes people cannot be alive without...
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...runners new to natural running, with the cushioning and support of a traditional shoe. Low-profile cushioning and a rounded heel encourage a natural footstrike.” Can you believe what they’re saying? This is the year 2016, and Nike is still advertising this junk on their website! On average, these shoes cost over $100, and expensive shoes are not the only detriment to runners—injuries. Injuries that are commonly associated with these fancy shoes promise only more trouble for running performance. Christopher McDougall is a novice runner who has experienced injuries related to cushioned shoes, but as an established journalist, he adventures into an unknown part of the world to discover the secrets of running. In his non-fictional narrative, Born to Run, McDougall maintains the premise that big running companies, such as Nike—eliminated athletic competition in America, with the adoption of cushioning our shoes. McDougall effectively provides authentic and appreciable evidence to corroborate his main point regarding the decline in athletic competition in America because of big shoe companies, by utilizing rhetorical strategies to allow readers to assess the numbers for themselves and the credibility that merits his work. First, McDougall successfully implements logical evidence; by providing a quantitative study executed by a highly educated expert specialized in the discipline of preventative medicine. This study that was done by Dr. Bernard Marti, M.D., at Switzerland’s University...
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...December 25, 2013 .Present Obama declared immigration reform in 2014.This reform arouse a hot debate. Immigration in recent decades has significantly increased the presence of foreign-born workers in the United States. Some stories in the popular press suggest that immigrants lower wage and diminish the job opportunities of workers born in the United States. Others portray immigrants as filling essential jobs that are shunned by other workers and expand job opportunities. Immigration effects on employment, income, and productivity vary by occupation, job, and industry. One recent research by Peri (2009) and Peri and Sparber (2009) examining the impact of immigrants on the broader U.S. economy. These studies systematically analyze how immigrants affect total output, income per worker, and employment in the short and long run. Consistent with previous research. According to study, immigrants help to create new jobs, stabilize or strengthen the housing market, increase income per U.S.-born worker ,and make once-declining areas more attractive Immigrants create jobs. Research on how immigration impacts U.S. workers often focuses on how immigration affects the wages of native-born workers. Equally important, however, is how immigration affects employment opportunities for the native born. Research shows that increased immigration does not displace U.S. workers for many of the same reasons that there are not negative wage effects. Another reason that immigrants do not displace...
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...Children born with birth defects or “slower” than others are usually criticized more. Children who are disabled have to be treated with a lot of care and can’t do the things normal kids can do. In James Hurst’s “The Scarlet Ibis,” Doodle is born different from other people. All his brother ,the narrator, wanted was a brother to run and fight with. Doodle was a disappointment for his brother. Doodle spent his whole day laying in a room since he couldn’t walk or talk. The narrator set out to teach him to walk because he was ashamed of him. The Narrator is guilty for Doodles death because he pushed him to his limit, knowing he could only do certain things. The Narrator was ashamed of his little brother because he had been born different....
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...claimed, “In that State of the Union, President Obama didn’t so much as mention the 10 sailors that had been captured by Iran…” clearly disapproving our current president’s performance. What struck me quite repulsive were Trump’s attacks on Cruz’s qualifications to run for the presidency. As stated in the Constitution, a presidential candidate must be 35 years of age, a resident in the United States for 14 years, and a natural born citizen. Presidential candidate Ted Cruz clears all 3 of these benchmarks, but a dispute was raised concerning his birth; if he was considered a naturalized citizen. As he was born in Canada, he was criticized for not being a natural-born citizen. As classified by CRS, “… the term ‘natural born citizen’ citizen would mean a person who is entitled to U.S. citizenship 'by birth' or 'at birth,' either by being born 'in' the United States and under its jurisdiction, even those born to alien parents; by being born abroad to U.S. citizen-parents; or by being born in other situations meeting legal requirements for U.S. citizenship 'at birth." This would classify Cruz eligible to run for president as his father was from Cuba, but earned his citizenship in the United States. His mother was born in Delaware, simplifying that side of the family. Given the chance, Trump would take extreme measures to secure his victory in the Republican race; even it means slandering the people running against him. Just like in 1844 - which included Whig Party leader, Thurlow...
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...Who are the Citizens of the Philippines? A Filipino citizen may be considered natural-born or naturalized citizen. Both statuses bestow upon the individual certain privileges and exclusive rights such as the rights to vote, to run for public, etc. which may be denied the foreigner. NATURAL-BORN FILIPINO Art. IV, sec. 2 of the 1987 Constitution defines the NATURAL-BORN Filipino citizens as: 1. “Those who are citizens of the Philippines at the time of the adoption of this (1987) Constitution” 2. “those whose fathers OR mothers are citizens of the Philippines” and 3. “those born before January 7, 1973, of Filipino mothers, who elect Philippine citizenship upon reaching the age of majority. Even if the child is born to an alien father and a Filipino mother, the Filipino citizenship of the mother will bestow natural-born Philippine citizenship upon the child PROVIDED his birth occurred on or after January 17, 1973 (date of ratification of the 1973 Constitution), otherwise he followed the citizenship of the alien father and acquired at best only an inchoate Philippine citizenship which he could perfect by election upon attaining majority age. EXCEPT if he is born out of lawful wedlock, in which case, he will be considered a Filipino by virtue of his mother’s citizenship. In addition, only natural-born citizens are allowed to hold constitutional offices such as the office of the President; Senators; Members of the House of Representatives;...
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...countries could be run. The city-state of Athens was strong and had a very strong military and naval reinforcements to keep it safe. A democracy is defined as; “a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections”(Merriam Webster). The development of the Athenian democracy saved the people of Athens from the rule of emperors and military leaders. Even though Athenian Democracy was the most developed political process of running a government, it was still not as efficient and exact as the United States model which more clearly established the rights of the governed because it set up trial by jury, benefits of being a US born citizen and equality for all. Trial by jury is essential to they way of life in America. To be eligible for jury duty in the United States a person has to be at least 18 years of age and cannot have been convicted of a felony. Jurors are interviewed to make...
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...James Wolfe was born in England into a military family. Both his father and grandfather were officers in the army. From an early age he was determined to have a military career. Wolfe joined his father’s regiment at age 14. He transferred to the army the next year and saw service in Germany, the Netherlands, and Scotland. By 23, Wolfe was a colonel. He earned a reputation as a leader and trainer of soldiers. He was a superb battleground commander. After his heroism at Louisbourg, Prime Minister Pitt made the young ambitious Wolfe the commander of the Québec expedition. Born January 2, 1727 (Westham, Kent, England) Died September 13th, 1759 (Quebec) (Aged 32) Rank: Major General Years of Service: 1740- 13th, September 1759 Allegiance: Great Britain Service/Branch: British Army Commands held: 20th Regiment of foot Battles/Wars: War of Austrian Succession 1740-1748 - Battle of Dettingen (1743) - Battle of Lauffield (1747) Jacobite uprising 1688-1746 - Battle of Falkirk (1746) - Battle of Culloden (1746) Seven Year War 1756-1763 - Raid on Rochefort (1757) - Siege of Louisbourg (1758) - Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759) As Wolfe lay dying on the Battlefield of the Plains of Abraham, it said that he heard a messenger cry, “They run. They run”. “Who runs?” The General whispered. “The enemy runs away”, came the...
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...living in this building, where they do everything the same way everyday. Everything in this building, which they live in, is a very sterile environment. Everything is white. Everything is placed in a special order, and everything is normal for these people. What they don’t know is, that they are actually clones. They’ve been captured, to participate in a huge experiment, made by some rich men – including a man called Dr. Merrick. From the moment they were picked, till they were ‘’born as a clone’’ they have been laid in a building with lots of clones next to each other. Every clone sees the same ‘’show’’ about how great this ‘’Island’’ is. They have been hypnotised into wanting something, they didn’t even know existed, before they were coming to this place. When they are born as clones, they all wants to go to The Island, because this should be the dream place to be. Dr. Merrick is the man who rules everything in this isolated building. He knows every little detail of the persons who are cloned. He runs their life, and he has giving them all a name, or a number to keep them separated. He knows what he is doing is illegal, but he is doing it anyway, and he makes money on other peoples life. There are lots of buildings. And in every building they do different things. A clone called Lincoln Six Echo has been in the safe building for many years. He...
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...Background MacArthur Douglas MacArthur was born on January 26, 1880 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1903. He was commissioned a second lieutenant of engineers and served in the Philippines from 1903 '' 1904, he was promoted to first lieutenant April 1904. He was an engineer officer and aide to the commander of the Pacific Division. He was promoted to captain on February 1911, then promoted to major December 1915, and colonel August 1917. He married Lousie Cromwell Brooks in 1922 and then divorced in 1929. He then married Jean Marie Faircloth in 1937. In December 1937 he retired from active service but continued as adviser to the Philippine government. July 1941 he was recalled to active duty as lieutenant generaland named commander. He received the Medal of Honor for Philippine defense preparations and operations. In April 1951 he was relieved of his command by President Truman. He died in Washington D.C. on April 5, 1951. Truman Henry Truman was born on may 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri. He attended public schools in Independence and in 1901 he graduated from high school. After high school he worked briefly as a timekeeper for a railroad construction contractor. In 1906 he returned to Grandview to help his father run the family farm. He continued to work as a farmer for more than ten years. From 1905 to 1911 he served in the Missouri National Guard. As the US entered WWI he helped organize the 2nd regiment of Missouri Field...
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...Do you know who Joe DiMaggio was? Joe DiMaggio was a famous baseball player who first played on the San Francisco Seals. Then, and lastly played on the New York Yankees. His full name was Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio. Joe DiMaggio was born on November 25, 1914 in Martinez, California. He died on March 8, 1999 in Hollywood, Florida (1). He married Dorothy Arnold in 1939 (1). He married Marilyn Monroe also (1). His marriage with Marilyn Monroe was not Healthy (1). They married on January 14, 1954 (1). This was known as the “Marriage of The Century” (1). His siblings were Vince DiMaggio and Dom DiMaggio (1). He played centerfielder (1). He bats right and throws right (1). He was 6 feet tall and 2 inches. He weighed 193 pounds (1). He was born in a small fishing enclave just north of the...
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