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Death is a curious thing. Where does a dead person's spirit go after they die? That kind of question can never be answered. Sometimes, however, how a person dies is overlooked. In the books //Tuesdays with Morrie// by Mitch Albom and //Night// by Elie Wiesel //,// people die in different ways. Tuesdays with Morrie is about an older man's struggle to beat ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. Night is about a young Jewish teenager living during the time of the Holocaust and is taken to Aschwitz concentration camp. Though the books seem very different, both deal with a fight for survival, the role of a family whle dying, and coping with the death of a loved one. ***WHO WROTE THIS???? THIS IS REALLY VERY GOOD, JASON!!!! LUV THE INTRO!! MY ONLY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN YOUR 2ND AND 3RD POINTS...I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY'RE DIFFERENT... WAY TO GO! ; )**

Three Reasons Why The Penguins Will Win The Stanley Cup Finals

How does one team win the Stanley Cup? They win by being the best team in the league. The Ducks were last years "best team" and the Penguins will be this years. To win the Stanley Cup the team must have an aggressive offense, a cautious defense, and a precise penalty kill and power play unit. The 2008 Pittsburgh Penguins have all three.

An aggressive offense is key to winning the Stanley Cup. An aggressive offense is made up of four lines. Usually the first line is the best. The Penguins first line is Crosby at center, Hossa at the left wing, and Dupuis at right wing. They are the top scoring line in the playoffs for the Penguins with a combined total of 52 points.

Even though having an aggressive offense, who scores goals, is outstanding, the second key to winning the Stanley Cup is the cautious defense. Like the offense, the defense has line too. The first line on the defense is made up of Sergei Gonchar and Brooks Orpik (who had the most hits in the regular season two years in a row).

In addition to the offense and defense, the precise penalty kill and power play are game winners. Th top penalty killers on the team currently are Max Talbot (no suprise) and Sergei Gonchar. The penalty kill has an 88% chance of not letting in a goal every time they take the ice. The top power play unit, which has 20% chance of scoring a goal every time they take the ice, consists of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Marian Hossa with a combined total of 65 points in the playoffs. To have a succesful power play and penalty kill a team must consist of both an aggessive offence and cautious defense.

An aggessive offense, a cautious defense, and a percise penatly kill and power play are key to being the top team in the NHL. The Penguins will be this years best team just like the Ducks were last years. The Penguins are currently in the Stanley Cup finals against Detroit, but are losing the series three games to one. Go Pens!

got a 93.3% on my night paper and the major thing I missed points on was what you told me and I was right and you were wrong. So if your reading this before you come, be prepared for some bragging.

As you should pretty much remember, I was at a soccer camp all week. I had so much fun because some of my friends had also signed up for it. The first day seemed to be the longest because we that was the day when we found out what team we were on and who was on our team. Needless to say on both of my teams was one of my friends. Their were two leagues, the world cup league and the champions league.

In the playoffs, which started on Thursday, my world cup team lost in the first round to the top ranked team which means we were the last ranked team. However, since we only lost 0-1, we got the wild card witch ment we had made it to the second round. The bad news is that the team we had just played had to play the wild card, so we had to play them again and we lost again.

My champions league was a much different story. we went undefeted in the regula season, but got the secnod rank. We easily coasted through the round of twelve and the quarter-finals, but we met a very worthy opponent in the semis and the defeted us and went on to win the title.

Why Spain Deserved To Win The Euro 2008 GOOD START, JASON...WATCH WRITING IN 2ND PERSON, THOUGH...TRY TO AVOID THE WORDS LIKE "YOU"*** SORRY IT WASN'T FINISHED BEFORE, I HAD TO GET READY FOR A BASEBALL GAME THAT WAS CANCELED : ( Spain was not a favorite to win the Euro 2008, but they seemed to have pull it off against the favorite, Germany. Spain defeted Germany by commiting less fouls, having greater determanation than the German squad, and they set themselves up for more oppertunites.

In soccer, sometimes commiting a foul could cost you and your team the game. In most cases, a foul iscommited by lifting your elbow into the opposing player, but ocationally it is a slide takle from behind which could result in a red or yellow card. In the final, the Spainards played safe, smart defense. However, having less fouls will not win a game for you, though it helps a great deal, the team needs to have the determination to win.

The Germans got too cocky in the final. Sometimes they weren't even jogging, they were just ball watching and lossing battles to get to the ball. The Spainards knew they were the underdog, but that did not stop them. The Spainards did not come all this way just to lose. The Spainards had determination. Their first and only goal of the game was made up of will power and determination. Fernando Torres made a magnifisent move around the last German defender and lobbed the ball into the back of the net over the keeper. To get the wonderful goal, the Spainards had to firs set them selves up for the oppertunity.

Scoring goals wins games. Everybody knows that. But wait, how do you score a goal? By setting yourself up for one. Going back to the last paragraph, Torres made a run and that set himself up for a great oppertunity to score and he did. To score a goal you have to work for it.