Memorial Day was first celebrated in the years following the Civil War and was officially labelled a federal holiday in 1971. Memorial Day is celebrated on the last Monday of May‚ and it is celebrated to honor our veterans and remember past wars and the brave men and women that serve in the military today. Many people‚ young and old‚ visit cemeteries or memorials to honor a lost family member‚ or a friend. On memorial day‚ everyone is affected‚ even if they don’t know a veteran. This memorial
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Informative Essay: Is outsourcing your IT help desk a viable option? Krista M. Belveal College Composition I: Informative Essay Professor MacLeod July 24‚ 2010 Informative Essay: Is outsourcing your IT help desk a viable option? In today’s economy everyone is always thinking about how to make every penny count and businesses are no exception. Everywhere you turn people are searching for some before unseen answer to their financial issues‚ but when it comes to the business environment
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Alpha Dog Have you ever been driving down the road in your town and you noticed a Police cruiser with a K9 sticker on it? Well that obviously means that the Police Officer is riding around with a Canine partner‚ a 75 lbs.‚ black and tan‚ gorgeous German Shepard. He is equipped with a nose that can track a man for miles and 42 razor sharp teeth ready to tear up anything that gets in his way. If you have ever wondered what type of training that K9 has been through‚ to be able to be part of one of
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The Informative and Surprising Essay: Low-Fare Airlines Are Bad Business for Air Travelers Javier Lopez Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Author Note English 123‚ English Composition Submitted to Professor Linda Silva November 16th‚ 2014 The Informative and Surprising Essay: Low-Fare Airlines Are Bad Business for Air Travelers At the newsstand‚ an aviation magazine headline read “Airbus A380 the Future of Aviation.” Although‚ from a forgotten source‚ it was a bold statement to which
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Informative Essay “We are not going in circles‚ we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.” from Herman Hesse’s “Siddhartha” I believe the reason Hesse is so successful because his abilities to: Write about what he truly believes in‚ Write about content that he knows his customers/readers will be able to relate to and the ways he is able to transform his thoughts to words in a book perfectly. The way Hesse is able to write from his heart is so admirable and
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Benjamin Lifto’s Informative and Surprising Essay Most people believe that we originated on Earth millions of years ago‚ but I believe this is our second home. I know it may sound a little crazy‚ but I have put together a few points that some find interesting. First‚ recently NASA has been conducting several missions to get a better look at Mars. On these missions they have found evidence suggesting that the planet was once rich in water‚ but no longer. This shows one fact that it had the
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Messenger Informative Essay Selflessness is a word to describe Spider-Man‚ a superhero. He is selfless because he helps people despite how big the situation is‚ or how massive his opponent is. In the book Messenger‚ by Lois Lowry‚ talks about how Matty‚ the main character in Messenger is selfless to his village and his friend. Matty showed his selflessness by sacrificing his life to save others in the village. He also asked to heal Kira’s leg‚ although she said no‚ he would have sacrificed
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. Saint Valentine‚ officially known as Saint Valentine of Rome‚ is a third-century Roman saint widely celebrated on February 14 and commonly associated with "courtly love."Although not much of St. Valentine’s life is reliably known‚ and whether or not the stories involve two different saints by the same name is also not officially decided‚ it is highly agreed that St. Valentine was martyred and then buried on the Via Flaminia to the north of Rome.In 1969‚ the Roman Catholic
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Informative Speech Objective: to inform your audience. You may explain something‚ how to do something‚ how something occurs‚ or show us how to do it. As you can imagine‚ the list of topics is endless! This speech should be on any topic that you are comfortable with but should not tell us what we already know! Course: Public Speaking Type of Speech: Informative Length: 4-6 Minutes Audio/Visual Aids: required Cited Research Sources: minimum of 2 sources cited in speech Formal outline: Required
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Madison C Dreamland Informative Essay “As soon as my fingers brushed his sleeve‚ his fist was in motion‚ springing out at me and catching my jaw‚ knocking me backward so hard the door handle dug into my right side‚ twisting the skin” (Dessen 155). Caitlin experiences a good and bad relationship with Rogerson. In Dreamland Caitlin tries not to follow in her sister’s footsteps‚ but when her sister leaves her entire life changes for both the better and the worse. At the beginning of the novel
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