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Discontinue the Celebration of Columbus Day in America
Topic: To discontinue the celebration of “Columbus Day General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To enlighten the unaware of the malicious acts committed by Christopher Columbus in hopes of putting an end to the celebration of Columbus Day. Thesis Statement: Celebrating “Columbus Day” is a horrendous tradition commemorating an evil man who is not worthy of such a prestigious honor, canceling the holiday in the remaining 33 active states would be a step in the
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Relation Databases Are the Standard of the Day
But for implementing a relational database from one of the industry standard companies like Oracle or Microsoft, it becomes a costly affair. Thus to eradicate this problem, there are many companies which offer free RDBMS packages. Some of these packages are MySQL and PostgreSQL These packages provide a very solid relational database system with almost the same set of features as the big ones but the main difference comes in performance and scalability. Any free
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Applying Psychological Thinking to Sports
"Sports is by far one of the fastest growing pass times in the United States" (Rainer 1987). Even if people don't take it to the professional level, sporting events are happening in our backyards, and at all of our local schools around the country. With the growing popularity and the increasing competitiveness of the sports, it will take more than just a physical advantage to compete at the highest level. This is where the psychology
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Celebrating Religious Holidays in Public
It is unconstitutional for local, state or federal governments to favor one religion over another? Government can show favoritism toward religion by displaying religious symbols in public places at taxpayer expense, by sponsoring events like Christmas concerts, caroling, or by supporting the teaching of religious ideas. It appears the United States government has had a history of favoring Christianity. The United States government's favoritism of Christianity is a clear violation of the First Amendment. This
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Tommy's Day
U.S., Kuwait ask why bombing went terribly wrong WASHINGTON-- A team of Kuwaiti and U.S. investigators sorted through evidence on Tuesday trying to learn how and why a U.S. Navy jet dropped a 500-pound bomb near observers at a training range, killing six of them. The F/A-18 Hornet was taking part in a twice-yearly training flight on Monday when the accident happened. The training flights have been a regularly scheduled part of the Persian
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D-Day - the Invasion of Normandy
D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy When on D-Day-June 6, 1944-Allied armies landed in Normandy on the North-western coast of France, one of the most important events of World War II happened; the fate of Europe hung on the results of the invasion. If the invasion failed, the United States might turn its full attention to the enemy in the Pacific-Japan-leaving Britain alone, with most of its resources spent in mounting the invasion. That would enable
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Economic Impact of a Sports Facility
Feasibility Study Before a facility's economic impact can be determined, a feasibility study should be done to excite the community members about the facility. The purpose of a feasibility study is to "provide research information about the community, special interest groups, and its use as a decision making tool in the community" (Farmer, Montgomery, Ammon, Jr. 12). In essence, this study is done to assure the community that building a sports facility is right for
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D-Day
D-day One of the most important days during World War II was D-day, it became a "day" so important it changed a continent. Don't be mistaken by the word D-day it did not all happens in just one day but many days. D-day was just a code name for the day that Operation Overload started. D-day is very well known for the beginning of the end of the war in Europe and Hitler's rule over
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Crazed Sports Fans
Crazed Sports Fans Football has been around for a very long time. It evolved from rugby in the 12th century. Lets take a minute to think about this, what else has been around since the 12th century? That's right fans, fans of the game. I believe that there are three different types of fans, team supporter, team fan, and team fanatic. A typical Oklahoma State University or OSU football supporter is someone who goes to
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Sports Psychology: Team Psychology: The Body
Team Psychology and Its Effects and Causes Introduction Sports psychology is a field of psychology which emphasizes on “performance enhancement through the use of psychological skills training”, “Issues that are specific to the psychological well-being of athletes”, “working with the organizations and systems that are present in sport settings”, and “social and developmental factors that influence sport participation.” Sport psychology is recognized as a field of study within the kinesiology and physical education departments. Sports
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Groundhog Day and Religion
Groundhog Day is a very interesting and entertaining movie about a meteorologist who becomes trapped in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. It stars the hysterical Bill Murray as Phil Connors, a sarcastic Philadelphia weatherman who is far too full of himself. He travels with the entourage of cameraman Larry, Chris Elliott, and his lust interest Rita, played by Andie MacDowell. Phil lives through the same day, Groundhog’s day, repeatedly with no consequences. Each time around he does things
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The Sport of Powerlifting
In any sport, many things are needed to achieve. The sport that asks a person to literally go beyond what they can do is powerlifting. To do this, a person has to know the sport called powerlifting. He or she must learn to adapt a new way of physical and mental training, breathing, and way of life. Since the first professional competition in 1964, powerlifting has shown great feats of strength, power, legends and dreams
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D-Day
D-day One of the most important days during World War II was D-day, it became a "day" so important it changed a continent. Don't be mistaken by the word D-day it did not all happens in just one day but many days. D-day was just a code name for the day that Operation Overload started. D-day is very well known for the beginning of the end of the war in Europe and Hitler's rule over
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A View of Sports
A View of Sports What are sports? They basically consist of doing some physical activity that is completely useless except for increasing our strength; improve our fitness and providing "fun." While I consider the former to be the major real value of sports. As I said, sports increase strength, and that was pretty much the purpose of them to begin with. This actually has positive real-life side effects, like increased life-span, being able to work
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Celebrities from the Ghetto
Why do Television Documentaries always do packages on African American celebrities that come from the ghetto? There are three theories behind the question of television packages being done primarily on African Americans who are from the ghetto. 1) The “pull yourself up by your bootstraps concept in embedded in conservative ideology. Most conservatives believe that the reason so many African Americans live in poverty is primarily due to a lack of motivation and a willingness
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The Day Jimmy Hoffa Didn't Come Home
The day Jimmy Hoffa didn't come home By Pat Zacharias / The Detroit News On July 30, 19, James Riddle Hoffa left his Lake Orion home for a meeting. Paroled from federal prison three years earlier, the former Teamster president had recently announced plans to try to wrestle back control of the union he had built with his bare knuckles from his protege -- now adversary -- Frank Fitzsimmons. Anthony Giacalone, a reputed captain of
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Sports, Politics, and Advancements in Science in 1979
Sports, Politics, and Advancements in Science in 1979 The year 1979 was an important year for many reasons. One reason was because of the world of sports. This helped keep the world entertained during the year 1979. Another important area in 1979 was the area of politics. This area caused both happiness and grief, especially in the United States. The third area that was influential in 1979 was the area of science. There were many
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Doggy Day Care
To: David Hemlock, Building Facilities Manager From: Frank Shumier Date: March 29th 2008 Subject: Dog care service needed The Need We are in desperate need of a new service; the service of an dog care facility in our building. The reasons for needing this facility are as follows; 1) Many coworkers, including myself, are in need of dog care. 2) Due to long hours that we work we do not have the required time needed
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Commentary one Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Suzanne de Ridder English A1 May 11, 2005 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Commentary on pages 69-70 During Soviet times, it was common use for the government to censor writers on what they wrote in order to restrict them from expressing opinions that might hurt the sovereignty of the Soviet State. Sometimes, this close scrutiny even resulted in imprisonment, which when one remembers the cruel nature of the Soviet labour camps, meant
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Three Days to See by Helen Kellar
"Three Days to See" Helen Kellar (1880-1968) Helen Kellar has proved to be one of the greatest role models of not just disabled people, but also people striving towards a goal. Helen Keller (1880-1968) was born in Alabama, USA. When she grew to be 19 months old, her body was taken from sight and hearing. Through this rough time in her life, she still had hope thanks to the gracious teacher, Anne Sullivan. Through Anne
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Hockey Is the Greatest Sport
Hockey and its modern roots date back to the late nineteenth century. Interestingly, one of the considered fathers of hockey, Lord Stanley, came to Canada and showed great interest in the amazing sport. He then donated a steel mug of his to the sport which was to become The Stanley Cup. It is the oldest trophy in all of sports. Hockey is the sport of all sports and there is not a quality of another
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Leading Change: Good Sport
Leading Change: Good Sport University of Phoenix Leading Change: Good Sport In the Good Sport simulation, the use of power and politics demonstrated the effectiveness of transformational leadership. While Good Sport is an organization with the common mission of providing a superior exercise product, unique cultural and structural characteristics that could easily hinder their future success. This is not an uncommon finding within an organization, and is naturally occurring as organizations divide tasks into distinct
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The First 90 Days
The First 90 Days is written by Michael D. Watkins who was a professor in Harvard Business School. He is also founding partner of Genesis Advisers, a leadership strategy consultancy. This book is a career map for the manager or employee who gets a new job or promotion in an unfamiliar working environment. Watkins provides an essential guide for leader make a transition from one role into new role in 90 days. The First 90
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Thirteen Days: The Cuban Missile Crisis
For thirteen days, the United States held its breath, fearing the ultimate destruction of the nation by nuclear weapons. This was the Cuban missile crisis, a struggle fought between the world’s two largest superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, which nearly provoked a nuclear catastrophe on both sides from October 16, to October 28, in 1962. This crisis had been brewing for many years and was sparked by previous issues between the two
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Sports Tourism
How many times have you been in a Subway restaurant in Minot or a local gas station and you see a group of kids in the same sports uniform? How many times have you asked yourself, “What are these kids doing in town?”? Well, if you’re anything like me, then this has happened to you several times. Did you ever think that there may be more questions to ask yourself than just “What are
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