Summary: Throwing Down

While reading the article Fourth Down, I found it interesting that the statistics they had based on offensive alignment and the different plays can effect a success rate on a conversion. Sometimes you can see these results in a naked eye, but, when you have the stats to back it up and see the numbers involved in it, it really is eye-opening. What grabbed my attention in the article was the stat where is states, going for it on the fourth-and-short has had a 62.7% success rate over the three years, but, those numbers go up when you have a quarterback like Brady or Brees or if you have Peterson as your running back. What I find interesting is how a high caliber type player does effect the percentage, even though it seems obvious because those players are elite, it cool to see how a player can change his own chances in a play.

In “Throwing Like a Girl”, James Fallows debunks the claim that men are naturally better at throwing a ball than girls are. Throughout this online essay, Fallows provides multiple reasons as to why men and women tend to throw differently¬— from the way they were raised to subconsciously complying to societal norms as it’s “culturally acceptable and politically correct to develop” throwing skills as boys. Fallows tells his audience group, everyone, that although throwing may be innate, a successful throw incorporates the theory of the “kinetic chain”, in which everyone has to learn how to do. Corresponding to the theme of the essay, the title of the work embodies the idea that Fallows is trying to disprove. He states that a shocking amount

The circus is a wonderful and breathtaking experience and most people dream about going to a circus. The circus is full of exciting, fun activities, bright lights and the smell of crackerjack. Although the circus may seem like a fantastic idea, the circus during the Great Depression behind the closed curtains are not. During the Great Depression there was not much regulation which led to the mistreatment of the circus workers and the animals in the menagerie. Since it is during this time period, food and money were incredibly scarce. Workers were often times left unpaid and hungry, and sometimes even red lighted, which is the act of throwing someone off of a moving train which was done in order to save money in the circus. This is seen in the novel, Water for Elephants, and Sara Gruen highlights the imperfections of the circus. There also was not enough caretakers for the exotic animals in the menagerie and the animals were often times mistreated. Because of the Great Depression nothing was regulated or enforced so the money hungry circus owner operated business as he so desired. In Water for Elephants highlights the theme throughout the entire novel how deceiving the really is, but how the audience continues to perceive

The Cirque du Soleil, the arguably most famous circus in the world, has been founded in 1984, in Quebec, Canada. The two initiators of this company, Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier, have always seen circus with a modern eye. Effectively, their power of creativity and their visionary ideas have been the key ingredients to make this circus a global empire. The comparative advantage which makes the Cirque du Soleil so unassailable is its creative inspiration and the perfection of its shows.

Competing amusement parks has upgraded their attractions to attract more consumers and Disney is has recently strategizing this approach to a more concentrated perspective. This can ultimately lower their revenues until the plan is complete.

Falling Down is a film about a man who we know very little about (at

The Circus has been an extremely popular form of entertainment during the 20th century. The circus creates an image of drifters and dreamers in the mind. In the 20th century the emphasis on spectacle continued on 3 ring formats.

Circus performers are people of great courage. They have to make a living out of entertaining people that pay good money to watch them and want to get their money's worth. They have a lot of pressure from that, as well as peer pressure from their fellow performers. Not only do they have pressure from that, they have to worry about the very acts being preformed from playing with swords and fire to hanging from a wire hundreds of feet in the air. If their not focused on what they are doing, they can be killed in a instant.

Think about how we will look back on our cruel forms of entertainment in the future. Will we be proud of the way we treated these great animals, with abuse as neglect? Today we turn our heads away from reality and what happens behind the scenes of animal entertainment. However, we can’t turn our heads forever. Around the world, there is so much more to animal entertainment than what meets the eye. These animals have been torn away from their beautiful, natural homes and brought to a prison of concrete. In these prisons, they are beaten, starved and tortured all for our money and entertainment. These animals lives should not be taken from them for us. Our money and happiness should not be worth these animal’s lives. Circus, theme park and zoo animals all suffer from aggression towards trainers, mental disabilities and physical injuries. These animals should not have to suffer any longer.

According The Wall Street Journal” … Cirque du Soleil, the Canadian company that redefined the dynamics of a declining circus industry in the 1980s. Under conventional strategy analysis, the circus industry was a loser. Star performers had “supplier power” over the company. Alternative forms of entertainment, from sporting events to home entertainment systems, were relatively inexpensive and on the rise. Moreover, animal rights groups were putting increased pressure on circuses for their treatment of animals.” (Murray, 2014) A new era was created transforming the concept of what is a circus today. As the Wall Street Journal described, “Cirque du Soleil eliminated the animals and reduced the importance of individual stars. It created a new form of entertainment that combined dance, music and athletic skill to appeal to an upscale adult audience that had abandoned the traditional circus. (Murray, 2014)

Animals have been a main focus in circus performances around the world for many centuries; however, in recent history, there have been far more regulations put on the use of these creatures, stemming mainly from how they are treated by both their trainers and the circus as a whole. Whether it be on the federal or local and state-level, there has been a definite increase in the questionable legality of America’s circus industry due to the neglect and abuse of the participating animals, courts’ decisions highlighting the true importance of the issue. These rulings make one ask the question: What types of regulations could be put in place in all circuses to ensure that the animals involved are not abused in the process? In the end, many

The life of a circus animal is hard and demanding. It is not an acceptable way of life for an animal. Circuses would quickly lose their appeal if the public were more aware of their mistreatments of these animals. Many circuses do not have much money and as a result the animals suffer from inadequate care. These animals spend most of their time in small cages used for transportation. The Animal Welfare Act provides cage requirements, but many circuses fail to follow this law. Even the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus was cited for 65 violations over a two-year period according to Florence Lambert. When traveling, animals spend hours, even days between sites in confinement..

Circus is a travelling show that is often performed in a tent that includes trained animals, clowns , acrobats and other stunts performers. All of these performers needed to practise hard and as best as they can to make the show run smoothly , safetly and entertaining. As if they make a mistake, it could ruin their performance in any ways.

Joseph Todorovitch’s oil painting of Traveling Circus represents diverse characters of entertainment at the circus. He created this piece in 2017 by using oil paint on a 48 inch by 30 inch panel. It is currently located at Maxwell Alexander Gallery in Los Angeles, California. This large painting is filled with an interesting composition that leads the eye from one entertainer to the next. The sun is setting in the sky and the moon is out. Even though it is a chaotic scene, it is unified, he uses subtle values, and his use of paint application is visually interesting.

The genre of this extract is an autobiography. The writer writes in the first person point of view which shows us the writer’s feelings in the passage. The writer gives a positive mood towards his feelings for the circus, as it is shown by his excitement and eagerness to attend the circus; although the writer gives a negative mood towards the feelings of his brother attending the circus, due to his reluctant to attend the circus and his boredom attitude during the show. The writer’s main purpose to write this extract is to share his memorable experience at the circus and to describe the acts that he watched at the circus, which made the story quite descriptive, to express his enjoyment. Another purpose of the story is to show contrast between his overwhelmingly positive feelings towards the circus and the boredom felt by his brother and his brother’s friends. This contrast is supported by the evidence in the passage by the writer’s excitement and his brother’s reluctant and unpleasing attitude towards the circus visit.