A Response to Sandy By: Marjorie Kirk Subway tunnels flooded; streets flowed with streams of trash; houses that stood for more than fifty years collapsed like top hats in the hands of turbulent children. Sandy left a great mark on this country. This country‚ in exchange‚ proved its ability to stand united in the face of adversity and exhibit the strength it gained since faced with similar scenes of devastation seven-years-ago in New Orleans. “Our investigation revealed that Katrina was a national
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Ahmed Mohammed Dr Agatha Ukata WRI 102 Response Paper Summary The first article by Thomas Frank talks about the introduction of backscatter x-rays‚ a new threat detection technology that cannot visit the inside of a person’s body‚ thus reducing vulnerability to irradiation. Tests conducted show that backscatter x-rays are more efficient that traditional scanners and metal detectors. Joe Sharkey argues that backscatter x-rays will explicit images of travelers. Homeland security justifies the
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BEING ON TIME Being on time and in the right uniform is key in the military. This can range from duty details‚ appointments‚ and especially during a deployment. For duty details it matters for the purpose of getting tasks done on time. Without proper order and discipline such duty tasks would never get done. The Army thrives and stays a well-oiled machine as long as every soldier does what they are tasked out to do. Being on time is probably the most essential item in the military. It
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“Being Old” Being old is something that we all have to face sooner or later. The transition process can be made a smooth one or will take some people going kicking and screaming. In this review I will discuss the cognitive‚ physical‚ and social factors that go into our society’s definition of being “old.” I will explore how older adults are treated in the United States. I will also examine if this treatment suggests a value for older people and how the messages our society sends be it positive
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Billy Johnson Johnson 1 Haferkamp RHT 102-002 9/30/13 The Benefits of Being Physically Fit The human body was made for activity. By exercising regularly and making healthy food choices‚ one can not only look better‚ but feel better as well. There are no negative aspects of being physically fit. In recent years‚ more and more people are starting to exercise‚ and eat smart because of the benefits it has. When someone commits their time to becoming physically fit‚ he/she can achieve
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Being a Teenager To be a teenager today has its positives and its negatives‚ but it’s actually fun. Being a teenager can be stressful and you have to be responsible‚ but it’s also a fun experience. To those who want to remember what it’s like to be a teenager or those who will be in the future‚ this is what it’s going to be like. Stress is a part about being a teenager today. Three reasons why teenagers get stressful are because of sucky teachers‚ siblings‚ and even parents. First of all having
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English 23 September 2013 Being handicapped or disables isn’t always the best lifestyle to have‚ but it isn’t up to you on what “gifts” you get. Nancy Mairs knows a lot about that‚ because she is crippled. In the essay‚ “On Being a Cripple‚ Mairs writes for readers‚ disabled or not‚ about what it’s like to be crippled. She describes it in a sarcastic tone with seriousness and repetition with some very interesting word choice. Mairs suffers from being cripple‚ but uses the word with such
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Summary & Response: How It Feels To Be Colored Me Living in a world where it is foreign to be colored was hard for many people of this nature in the 1920s. For Zora Neale Hurston‚ this was not a challenge at all. This high-spirited girl gives an explanation of how it felt to be‚ “...like a brown paper bag of miscellany propped against a wall” (Hurston 197). Written by Hurston herself‚ “How It Feels To Be Colored” gives us a humorous‚ sarcastic-ridden view of what her childhood was like from her
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In her essay “Being an Other” Melissa Algranati talks about how she didn’t know what race category she belonged to because of her ethnic background. Algranati’s father was born in Alexandria‚ Egypt and her mother was born in Maniti‚ Puerto Rico. She is a product of marriage‚ and her race is a Puerto Rican Egyptian Jew. She explains how her upbringing was different because of her parents’ different racial barriers. Algranati’s supports her issue and also gives emotional appeal about her childhood
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People feel different ways about it; some have experienced things others haven’t. Many people’s opinions on the matter and are all very interesting‚ I’d love to tell you what I think and know about love. I believe love is an emotional all human being yearn for. A feeling so powerful it has more power the do things to a person over any other emotion; even hatred. A mother’s love for their child is so strong it’s unbreakable by anyone. Usually when a mother has a baby she is immediately connected
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