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the spirit of the ones responsible. Trust and honesty are essential to our society and the truth should be complimentary, not earned. Richard Rodriguez, a writer and public speaker, expertly illustrates his own experience with this type of double life in his autobiography, Hunger of Memory. In the last section of Hunger of Memory “Mr. Secrets”, Rodriguez paints

In today’s sports world, performance enhancing drugs have become more and more of a problem. Famous athletes with prestigious accomplishments do not always play by the rules. Celebrities with countless amounts of fans and admirers turn out to be nothing but a cheater. These athletes earn millions of dollars to simply perform, entertain, and follow the rules of their respected sport. Unfortunately, performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) have changed the way people look at athletes and their legacies.

A lightening rod is a a metal rod that is used to attract lightening. Lightening rods keep dangerous strikes of lightening from hitting other objects or people. The lightening will hit the lightening rod, the electricity from the lightening will then travel down the rod, pass through wires and then disburse into the ground. The purpose of this system is to prevent damage and even death during lightening strikes. As Christians, Why Do We Need A Lightening Rod? Life can be hard. People can hurt

Batter Up My mother, who I will refer to as “The Woman,” was a Walmart employee for 13 years. “Hello, how are you?” she always asked as customers entered the door. Many stared at her as if she was a female alien. Yet, she continued to smile. Many would pat her on the head and spoke to her slowly, because they believed her wheelchair made her intellectually inapt. Yet, she continued to smile. Many yelled at her, accusing her of racial appropriation, for she does not look or act African American

Jose Canseco net worth Jose Canseco Capas, Jr. was born on the 2nd July 1964 in Havana, Cuba. He is best known by the shorter name as Jose Canseco, a former MLB player. During his active career he earned a number of prestigious awards for his achievements that include winning four times Silver Slugger award winner and two times World Series champion. His career as a baseball player of the Major League ended in 2001; however he is still active as a player in the leagues that are not associated with

Michael Jordan, one of the best basketball players to have ever played the game, once said, “there is no such thing as the perfect player and I don’t believe there is only one greatest player either.” As time has taken a toll on professional sports, they are becoming more and more corrupt. Players are not realizing the truth behind Jordan’s statement and more and more players are starting to believe that its necessary to cheat in order to keep them a step ahead of their peers. Fans are also putting

If you have gone fishing at least once in your lifetime, you need no explanation about the importance of a fly rod holder. But those who have just bought their dream boat and after enough of surface business (touring) are planning to deal with the underwater residents (fishes) must prepare well. By preparing I mean carrying the necessary materials like bait, rod and obviously a rod holder. A rod holder is urgent because it's not possible for a person to handle the rod with hands all the time. A rod

“Rodriguez was the top superstar in Major League Baseball for many years, and many expected him to be the “clean” record-holder for home runs by the time his career ended. All those hopes came crashing down in 2009 after Rodriguez admitted that he used performance-enhancing drugs earlier in his career” (“The 15 Biggest Steroid, P.E.D., and Doping Scandals in Sports History. Men's Journal, 10 Jan. 2018, www.mensjournal.com/sports/15-biggest-steroid-ped-and-doping-scandals-sports-history/). Athletes

The “rod of iron”; the rod of discipline; in the bible the rod has symbolized power and authority and yes destructive power, as we shared in the introduction the word rod and staff can apply to one and the same thing. The disciples used rods, or staffs, to assist them as they journeyed from place to place. Jesus, as he sent the disciples out told them in Mark 6:8 to take nothing for their journey, save a staff only, no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse. Do you find that interesting? This

PED in Sports Performance enhancing drugs have been a longstanding problem in sports. It not only deteriorates the honesty of the game, but also can have broader social affects that one may not even realize. The use of performance enhancing drugs is especially apparent in Major League Baseball. This problem can be traced back to the 1980’s when baseball was facing one of its first “dark periods”. During the 1980’s Major League Baseball was experiencing a home run drought. Home run totals were down