George Newman finished reading the telegram that had been sent to him by the War Department‚ in early 1861. He was to report to the War Department to serve in the Supply Department. He sighed softly as he had hoped for a field commission. He was at the top of his class in West Point‚ and had served at Camp Cooper‚ Texas‚ in a cavalry outfit that had fought the Comanche. George was quite a marksman‚ and also an expert horseman and crack shot with both a pistol and rifle. His military career had been
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An Abundance of Katherines Relationships are very high maintenance. John Green shows this is can be very true in life by telling a realistic story of Chicago prodigy (and wannabee genius)‚ Colin Singleton who just lost yet another girlfriend named Katherine‚ the 19th in fact‚ hence the title An Abundance of Katherines. Colin struggles to be liked by others and notices this is most likely the reason why he has been dumped so many times. Green makes the story interesting by adding lots dry humor and
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An Abundance of Katherines by John Green An Abundance of Katherines is a book about a guy named Colin who was dumped by 19 girls named Katherine. He went on a road trip with his friend Hassan to take his mind off the last Katherine and to prove a mathematical theorem he thinks that will predict the future of relationships (also help him to finally get a girl and stable relationship). The book is published in 2006‚ and in 2007 it won Michael L. Printz Award and received recognition as one of American
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Beethoven and Katherine. The reasoning behind these parallels‚ however‚ is not revealed until Katherine delivers her final lecture. As Katherine begins her lecture‚ she starts by explaining the purpose of a hypothesis before then providing the audience with her own. “My hypothesis was that Beethoven wanted to use Diabelli’s waltz to show Vienna what a great masterwork he could create out of a grain of sand‚” (Kaufman 101) in many ways this same hypothesis can be applied to Katherine. As a matter of
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Who are these odd fellows and what is their deal with parks? As I later found out‚ the Odd Fellows not only own the park but the history of Three Links Campus itself is linked to the Odd Fellows. Historically‚ the Old Fellows or Odd Fellowship is a religiously and politically independent fraternity in London‚ United Kingdom during the 1700’s. They advocate for civil liberties and reliefs. Then a split in the fraternity led to the spread of odd fellows overseas and the U.S. chapter
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APPLIED EPIDEMIOLOGY 1. Discuss odds ratio. An odds ratio (OR) is a measure of association between an exposure and an outcome. The OR represents the odds that an outcome will occur given a particular exposure‚ compared to the odds of the outcome occurring in the absence of that exposure. Odds ratios are most commonly used in case-control studies‚ however they can also be used in cross-sectional and cohort study designs as well (with some modifications and/or assumptions). In statistics‚
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Abundance of Katherines by John Green‚ Colin Singleton experiences many emotional and mental changes. In his recent song‚ “Sign of the Times‚” Harry Styles sings about how one must not dwell on the past: “We gotta get away from here.” (Styles L18.) The message that Styles works to deliver is that while it can be tough to take something special off of one’s mind‚ they must try to forget about the past. The quote from “Sign of the Times” relates to the quote from An Abundance of Katherines because in
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“Lyddie” by Katherine Paterson‚ thirteen year old Lyddie Worthen was a farm girl from Vermont in the 1840s. Since her father left‚ she has been working hard to support her family. Her family consists of siblings Agnes‚ Charlie‚ and Rachel. She has to take care of them‚ and her mother‚ due to the fact that her mother had “...gone somewhat queer in the head after their [Lyddie’s father] had left.” [5] Lyddie’s mother had decided to go to her sister Clarissa and Clarissa’s husband Judah. The family was unable
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In the section of John Henry Newman from Knowledge Its Own End‚ Newman gives compelling arguments that Liberal Education is the heart of all extensions of knowledge. He takes in his life and religious experience to prove to others how important this form of education is‚ compared to practical education. The difference between these two educations is practical‚ or useful knowledge‚ is for everyday application. As for liberal education‚ it is pursued “for its own sake” with continuous learning. When
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awakening‚ nonetheless‚ would be much preferred for children living in the circumstances of Michael Oher in I Beat the Odds. In their augmenting years‚ values of work and determination were deeply instilled. Not particularly those of schoolwork‚ unfortunately‚ because many had absent parents not too concerned with the upbringing of their children. Rather‚ life on the streets grew values of dedication to oneself and their intended destination in
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