Personal Essay February 14‚ 2014 My First Pregnancy I never knew the power of my own strength and what my mind and body is capable of going through until I experienced my first pregnancy. In January of 2010‚ one month after my twenty first birthday‚ I had found out news that would change my life forever. Feeling nauseated and not myself‚ I decided to take a pregnancy test at the doctors and discovered I was about three to four weeks pregnant. It was extremely difficult for me to even accept
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The melodies written for the second and fourth songs in Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen became the basis for themes Mahler later used in his First Symphony‚ composed during his time as the conductor of the Leipzig Opera in Germany. The original piece premiered in Budapest with the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra‚ conducted by Mahler himself‚ and was received very negatively overall. In fact‚ an additional movement titled “Blumine‚” the original second movement of the piece‚ received so much harsh
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The Housing First Initiative 1 The Housing First Initiative: A Plan to End Homelessness Lissa Sellew Introduction to Human Services‚ BSHS302 Therez Moya June 16‚ 2008 The Housing First Initiative 2 Abstract The Housing First Initiative is a systematic method to end and prevent the reoccurrence of homelessness. The ideology behind Housing First is that homeless participants focus on obtaining permanent housing as a first step and work towards achieving goals towards
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July 8‚ 2013 The First Africans in America America is a country that is rich with history and tradition. However‚ there are some blemishes in the United States history that many people may like to forget. America’s early history is forever tainted and scarred with atrocities that befell a certain demographic of the population. African Americans were hugely discriminated against early on in our countries history; they faced discrimination‚ racism‚ and even enslavement. The first Africans to come
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“Wake up‚ today is your first day at college‚ do not be late‚” yelled my mom. I did not really want to go‚ because my heart has lingering memories of high school. Every single moment when I think about college‚ learning in a new environment‚ I am scared and nervous. However‚ the school is not hard like I thought‚ but kind of interesting. From my first week of college‚ I have learned lots of great knowledge such as how I read and understand an article‚ how to write an essay‚ and what mistakes to avoid
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My First Triathlon Have you ever watched or attempted to complete an Olympic triathlon? They are exciting to watch; difficult to take part in‚ and extremely rewarding once you have finished. The race consists of three parts; the swim of 1500 meters‚ the biking of 40 kilometers‚ and the run of 10 kilometers. I did my first triathlon last summer and here is how it went. The swim is first. Fifteen hundred meters is not easy to visualize but if you can think of sixteen football fields in line
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Most people might say that the first day of high school is a huge crossing‚ or maybe the one in college. However for me it wasn’t a physical crossing that has had the most impact on me‚ it was more of a mental jump for me with several experiences leading to a realization. I wouldn’t say I’ve had a hard life because I have no right to say something like that. However when I became a junior I came into the year a little low I had seen people doing unspeakable things to others. I mean just look at the
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INDENT It was my first race of the season on the no-cut cross country team and when I crossed the finish line‚ I nearly collapsed. By the next race‚ I knew that I wanted to improve. After the second race‚ I looked at my time and as usual‚ I came in last place. Having the least athletic experience on the team‚ it did not surprise me. However‚ what came as a shock to me was that it would be a personal win. INDENT The starting gun fired and it felt as if everything was in slow motion. The clatter of
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Lukacs. In 1991‚ he wrote The Duel: 10 May–31 July 1940: The Eighty-Day Struggle between Churchill and Hitler (Ticknor and Fields). Eight years later‚ he published Five Days in London‚ May 1940 (Yale University Press‚ 1999). His latest offering focuses on then–prime minister Winston Churchill’s “Blood‚ Toil‚ Tears and Sweat” speech‚ delivered in the House of Commons‚ or‚ as the author puts it even more narrowly‚ “the subject of this book is one particular sentence said by one particular
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good-looking I’d be so pissed off with him. However‚ since I find him attractive‚ I just let it pass. When I took up the stairs from the basement up to the ground floor‚ I took a second look at him and he just smiled the same gorgeous smile he had when I first saw him. I can’t help but smile back at him and yet it got me thinking‚ “Did he really actually laughed at me? Or am I just making my own assumptions and conclusions?” “Now‚ what? Why are you smiling at me that way again‚ huh? You
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