“Why do I Deserve This Scholarship” My dad once told me‚ “once you find your passion‚ your whole world will change.” I spent years of my life searching for that passion‚ trying every club in school‚ learning every sport‚ researching every career in existence. It wasn’t until I went on my seventh grade class class trip to Costa Rica‚ that I realized that my dad was right; my world was about to change. On the trip I was exposed to all sorts of reptiles. I was around poisonous frogs‚ lizards‚
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the ground begins jerking and trembling. One minute they were standing on solid ground. The next‚ it feels like the earth is crumbling beneath their feet. Glass shatters to the ground‚ and the road begins to crack. Smoke starts to darken the sky. What is happening? It’s obvious – an earthquake. The highly populated Los Angeles metropolitan area is surrounded by a large complex network of thrust and strike-slip faults. To the northern edge lies the Sierra Madre-Cucamonga thrust fault system. To the
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Notes The Forgotten War President Truman‚ politicians‚ and most Americans believed the Korean police action would be over in a matter of weeks. It could be as simple as the United Nations (UN) passing a resolution to have North Korea return to its territory. No one‚ including the UN‚ Soviet Union‚ Communist China‚ or the United States and its allies‚ wanted an all-out war. However‚ the conflict in Korea became much more than just a police action. Thousands of military personnel and civilians
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Brothers Grimm of The Three Wishes and What of This Goldfish‚ Would You Wish share the similar idea of being granted three wishes‚ they have very different ways of presenting this idea. I found that reading through the lines and paying attention to the sequence of the stories is how I differentiated between the two. In this essay‚ the prime differences and similarities will be addressed. First‚ the main difference between The Three Wishes and What of This Goldfish‚ Would You Wish is that the stories
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America’s culture for one reason: to fit in. But what are the repercussions of assimilation? Are there benefits of it as well? I believe that with assimilation‚ there are benefits‚ but the one who loses most from assimilation is the Immigrant who is the one assimilating. There are some benefits to assimilation. For example‚ someone who wrote an article called “To Assimilate or to Acculturate?” says‚ “After returning to America‚ I entered grade school. At first‚ I felt like an outsider coming from an Indian
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Prompt: Compare and contrast This Boy’s Life and The Odyssey as a journey story. This Boy’s Odyssey As the story of Jack progresses in This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolf‚ general situations of which Jack is dealing with coincides with situations and events also depicted in the epic The Odyssey written by Homer. Both stories are written in a sense of progress. They are strongly alike and in alike in various forms of features and aspects in which the story lines fall into. In This Boy’s Life‚ Jack and his
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predicts a slowing in the growth of world population to about 0.33 percent per year by 2050‚ at which time forecasters are predicting that world population will total 8.9 billion persons (A global demographic…Mueller‚ Paige‚ Ball‚ Asli). The hospitality industry relies heavily on the younger generations to fill front-line and entry level positions therefore the diminishing percentile of youth in certain countries will hold negative consequences in coming years for companies who rely on their skills to function
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physical activity: unused energy stored as fat overweight CVD Social: Socioec status: lowenergy dense diet overweight CVD Transport: Passive transport used (car‚ train)burn less energy obesity‚ CVD Food security: Can’t afford/access appropriate food processedweight gain Swap it‚ don’t stop it: -Federal Gov. program Aim: Raise awareness of healthy
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known as Donald Glover‚ recently released a song and music video called “This is America‚” that expressed his feelings toward what he thinks America has become. The video depicts shootings and uses lyrics such as “Yeah‚ this is America‚ guns in my area. I gotta strap‚ I gotta carry ‘em‚” and an explicit scene in which a black choir group was shot and killed. The music video was supposed to exemplify his point that America is not what
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Google is rolling out a new enhancement to Gmail called Quick Actions‚ letting users act on messages without leaving their inboxes. With Quick Actions‚ a Gmail user will be able to RSVP for events‚ view folders on cloud services and even begin writing a restaurant review with a click. Quick Actions appear as a clickable button to the right of an email’s subject line. The actions can vary — "Add to Queue" and "View Folder" are two we’ve seen so far — but whether or not they appear is controlled
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