Kirk’s decision vehemently and when Kirk is still insistent on direction to load he nuclear warheads on the Enterprise‚ Scotty aggressively but half-heartedly offers up his resignation. In a surprising instant‚ Captain Kirk accepts his resignation which shocks Scotty. Though the Captain values Scotty’s opinion and expertise‚ he needed to move the mission forward and that was one of the conditions for it to do so. The back and forth between them is curbed instantly with Kirks acceptance of Scotty’s
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The first ever documented arrival of an explorer to Hawaii from Europe was in 1778 by Captain James Cook. He was a British explorer who‚ throughout his many voyages‚ explored the Southern part of the globe‚ along with New Zealand‚ parts of Australia‚ and some Pacific Islands. The captain sailed to many places including Tahiti and parts of North America. On January 18‚ 1778‚ Cook sighted O’ahu as well as Kauai. The Hawaiians treated Cook and his crew well and made trades‚ forming bigger bonds and
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Dear Selection Board‚ My name is ________ and I am excited to apply for the position of Sport Captain and Sport-Spirit Prefect. A key attribute of these positions is representation; the act of speaking and acting on behalf of someone. I feel that to adequately represent something‚ you have to have a good understanding of it. Firstly‚ a Sport Captain/Prefect represents the school. I have been fortunate to have been a member of the community for close to 11 years and during this course of time
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As the Soldier’s Creed says ¨ I am A Guardian of Freedom and The American way of Life.¨ Saying that soldiers are here to protect the freedom that so many people fought for and given their lives for. To preserve the American way of life that has been established so for long. Have you ever thought about the future? Your plans after high school? Your job‚ your life? I have a lot already‚ I decided what I am going to do‚ to join the military and get all the benefit I can such as Health‚ B.A.H‚ and
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“Compelled to become instruments of war‚ to kill and be killed‚ child soldiers are forced to give violent expression to the hatreds of adults” (“Child Soldiers” 1). This quotation by Olara Otunnu explains that children are forced into becoming weapons of war. Since 2000‚ the participation of child soldiers has been reported in most armed conflicts in almost every region in the world. They may fight on the front lines‚ participate in suicide missions‚ and act as spies‚ messengers or lookouts. Girls
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Part I: Today it is estimated 250‚000 children are being used as child soldiers. Some of these child soldiers have volunteered to escape the streets for food and protection‚ but many of these soldiers have been kidnapped and forced to be soldiers. Villages are sometimes forced to sacrifice children to rebel groups in order to not be attacked. About 60% of these children are men and 40% are women; They are used as infantry‚ cooks‚ messengers‚ spies‚ porters‚ and occasionally suiciders because
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The deposition describes the nature of the “plague among our blacks”—physical diseases‚ madness‚ and thirst arising from “sweltering” conditions—and a shipwreck. The lasciviousness and immorality of the “Crew and Captain” are indirectly introduced as a “curse” upon the captured Africans: “the negroes howling and their chains entangled with the flames‚” The horrible conditions of the Middle Passage are hard to overstate. Captive Africans were packed together in cargo
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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a practice utilized throughout the world to memorialize soldiers who have died in modern wars without being identified. The first monument of this kind was the Tomb of Unknown Soldiers in Frederica‚ Denmark (1858)‚ which memorialized unknown soldiers who died in the First War of Schleswig. Another such Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is found in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania and was erected in 1866 to honor those soldiers who died during the American Civil War. The history
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The Tattooed Soldier uses the story to captivate the reader to know the hardship Guatemala and other members of the latino community goin through American manipulation of communities. Basic human rights struggles are very real to the people who are at the center of conflict with the military and political repression. The period in which was portrait was very specific‚ during the 1990’s of the LA riots when tension were at its climax. The chaotic riots taking place in Los Angeles during the time that
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On March 5‚ 1770‚ British soldiers were badgered to the point of outrage by a small group of boys (Wheeler and Becker‚ 75). The soldiers eventually retaliated at the group and the church bells started ringing alarming the town that a fire had broken out only leading the numbers in the crowd to increase (Wheeler and Becker‚ 75). Captain Thomas Preston and his sentry were called to the scene to assist. However‚ their attempts to redirect the crowd were unsuccessful. It is at this point that a
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