football: which is the true American pastime? In today's world of big time professional sports there are the two major sports and they are football represented by the National Football League (NFL) and baseball represented by Major League Baseball (MLB). Of course there are many other sports that the American public enjoys watching, however the argument always boils down to which sport is the true favorite of the American people: baseball or football. The goal of this paper will be to show once and for all, which sport is the true American favorite and can be called the "American Pastime".
Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral. Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle. Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park. The baseball park! Football is played on a GRIDIRON, in a STADIUM, sometimes called SOLDIER FIELD or WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM. Baseball begins in the spring, the season of love and new life. Football begins in the fall, when everything is dying. In football you wear a helmet. In baseball you wear a cute little cap. Football is concerned with downs. "What down is it?" Baseball is concerned with ups. "Who's up? Are you up? I"m not up! He's up!" Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting, and unnecessary roughness. Baseball has the sacrifice. Football is played on any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog, no matter what the field conditions are, the struggle will continue! In baseball if it rains, we don't go out to play. "I can't go out! It's raining out!" Baseball has no time limit: "We don't know when it's going to end!" Football is rigidly timed, and it will end "even if we have to go to sudden death." In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling. Emotions may run high or low, but there's not much unpleasantness. But in football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least 25 times you were perfectly capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.
Pearl is a real and constant reminder of Hester's sins, she proves as much more evidence than the "A" that Hester wore, for she is a real living breathing person who will always remain a part Hester. ... Although Hester had so much trouble with Pearl, she still felt that Pearl was her treasure. ...
Title: Breathing At Night Topic: Sleep Apnea Disorder Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the serious problems of sleep apnea and how you can recognize it as well as treat it. ... Despite the airflow blockage, the person still tries to breath, but no air passes through. ...
Even if that was true, I would still want to know what happened. ... Finally, she said that Jane was in the hospital and she wasn't breathing. ... Things like slavery and not allowing African Americans to vote or own land is history but, amazingly, there is still the occasional ignorant bigot out there who feels that minorities should be oppressed and given no rights. People whose race is not of the norm are still being rejected for employment and education, and I don't think that's right at all. ...
Upon arrival to the house of mine I felt better, but stayed on the couch and tried to control my breathing. ... I was having so much fiun until my breathing started to halt again. ... I tried to sleep, but my breathing was still incorrect. For about four days my breathing would not become normal. ... After the days were up, my breathing was normal again, I was able to return to my home. ...
The ABC's simply stand for airway, breathing, and circulation. ... Move the chin up until the teeth are almost together, but the mouth is still slightly open. Once this is done, you have to check for breathing again. Look at and feel the victim's chest for breathing while placing your head near his face to listen for breathing. If the victim still isn't breathing you need to provide mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. ...
(Louret, p11) "Buddhadharma, the Teaching of Awakening, is the practice of sitting, walking, breathing, working and speaking with mindfulness and insight. ... It consists of two characters: za, "to sit (cross-legged),"" and zen, from the Sanskrit dhyana, meaning concentration, dynamic stillness, and contemplation. The means toward the realization of one's original nature as well as the realization itself, Zazen is both something one does "sitting cross-legged, with proper posture and correct breathing "and something one essentially is. ... Once you have seized its heart, you are...
A Airway, B Breathing, and C Circulation. ... Steps for B Breathing: Position your cheek close to the victims nose and mouth, look toward victims chest and look listen and feel for breathing. (five seconds) If not breathing, pinch victim's nose closed and give two full breaths into victim's mouth. ... If still blocked, perform abdominal thrusts (heimlich maneuver). ... Victim should cough and show signs of breathing. ...
These three components are the use of a prayer word, the body's posture, and breathing. ... Keating illustrates that getting upset would be detrimental to the inner stillness and silence that meditation provides for us. ... He emphasizes the point that "physical stillness facilitates interior stillness " (Laird 2006 33). ... The last essential element of achieving divine union with God is the role of breathing. ... Both Jaegar and Laird agree that the process of exhalation is the most important aspect of breathing during contemplation. ...
