The date is January 3rd‚ 2010 and I am on a bus headed for basic training‚ a four-month long process. I have a million thoughts rolling through my head. I have no idea what to expect. All I know is that I’m not in Texas anymore. I look out my window and see snow everywhere and soldiers walking in formation. The bus starts to take off toward the barracks‚ which I will call home for the next few months. Out of nowhere‚ three drill sergeants stand up and start talking to us about what we’re going to
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mistakes failures‚ he learned from them‚ and continued to try other combinations until he finally succeeded. People fail‚ just like Thomas Edison‚ but they can make the choice to learn from their mistakes. William Zinsser‚ the author of “College Pressures” discusses the importance and value failure can have in people’s lives by relating it to the experiences students face while in college. The significance of failure is very critical in people’s lives because it can help them to learn from their
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The True Side of William Carlos Williams This is Just to Say I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold William Carlos Williams’ poem‚ This is Just to Say‚ is a cleverly written poem apologizing for eating someone’s plums. Because of the way the note is written‚ it seems as if the recipient of this note is possibly a girlfriend. He tries to tell her that he is very
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Sunita Williams (born September 19‚ 1965) is a United States Naval officer and a NASA astronaut.[1] She was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and then joined Expedition 15. She holds the record of the longest spaceflight (195 days) for female space travelers. She was born in Euclid‚ Ohio to Dr. Deepak Pandya and Bonnie Pandya. Her parents now reside in Falmouth‚ Massachusetts. Deepak Pandya is a famous neuroanatomist. Williams’ roots on her father’s side go
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1. The body needs six basic nutrients: carbohydrates‚ proteins‚ fats‚ vitamins‚ minerals‚ and water. Each one helps the body carry out different functions. To start off‚ carbohydrates are a group of compounds that includes starches‚ celluloses‚ and sugars. Carbohydrates provide the body with calories along with ample sources of vitamins and minerals. Cereals‚ rice‚ pasta‚ fruits‚ vegetables‚ and milk are only some of the foods carbohydrates are found in. Next up is proteins‚ which are complex nitrogen
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Strategic-Management/Planning No matter how you coat it‚ Sherwin-Williams is one of the largest paint manufacturers in the US and worldwide. Sherwin-Williams has rose to his level of success by excelling in the their strategic management process and Sherwin-Williams implements its strategy with its mission statement: "For over 140 years‚ manufacturers have trusted Sherwin-Williams for innovative coatings and exceptional service. And you can count on us for the expertise and the support you need
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chapters listed: five titled Robin Hood Turns Butcher‚ six titled Little John Goes to Nottingham Fair‚ seven titled How Little John Lived at the Sheriff’s‚ and eight titled Little John and the Tanner of Blyth. The summaries will contain the main events that happen in each chapter. Starting off with chapter five‚ it begins with Robin Hood wanting to get revenge on the Sheriff of Nottingham. The reason for this revenge is the Sheriff has been attempting to arrest Robin Hood for many different things
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The Basic Purpose of Education One of the basic purposes of education is to pass on the knowledge of the past in order to have a framework with which to evaluate the present and to make proper decisions for the future. I agree with that statement one-hundred percent. Without a proper education the students of today would not know how or what to teach the students of the future. So it would eventually become a cycle‚ that would progressively get worse and worse. So with that being said I think education
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Basic principles of conservatism: Conservatism a political and social philosophy that encourages retaining traditional social institutions. This political ideology disposed to preserve existing conditions‚ institutions and to restore traditional ones and limits change. Conservatism emphasizes on three principles; resistance to change‚ appreciation of the traditions and institutions of our culture and society and a preference of the security and comfort of the actual world ever the insecurities and
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BASIC NUMERACY SKILLS – A REVISION BODMAS B Brackets first O Orders (ie Powers and Square Roots‚ etc.) DM Division and Multiplication (left-to-right) AS Addition and Subtraction (left-to-right) Do things in Brackets First. [pic] | |6 × (5 + 3) |= |6 × 8 |= |48 | | |[pic] | |6 × (5 + 3) |= |30 + 3 |= |33 |(wrong) | |Example: (Powers‚ Roots) before Multiply‚ Divide‚ Add or Subtract. [pic] | |5 × 22 |= |5 × 4 |= |20 | | |[pic] | |5 × 22 |= |102 |= |100 |(wrong) | | | |
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