I feel the scratchy fabric of the airplane seat and hear the shuffle of feet as people board the plane. The humming of an engine fills my ear as I place my bag under my seat. I’m about to go home for the first time since my deployment to Kandahar. I’m about to see my son and husband for the first time in eight months. Letters have been the only thing connecting me to my family and it has been hard at times. The hardest thing I have ever had to do. It’s easy to forget that soldiers have families back
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Title Here Have you ever wanted to be the person behind the x-ray machine? How about being the person that reads and interprets the pictures? After enduring the many vigorous years of college‚ medical school‚ and getting all the certifications‚ you are ready to become a radiologist. When they are not sitting in the office reading the scans‚ they are doing minor procedures and speaking with patients. Becoming a radiologist is not one of the easiest tasks to achieve‚ you have to endure and succeed
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“Words can be x-rays‚ if you use them properly- they’ll go through anything. You read them and you’re pierced” (Aldous Huxley). Words come from acquiring education‚ life would be impossible without education‚ unless he/she ends up winning the lottery. But one in a million chances‚ it’s impossible. Education matters to those who are planning to pursue or pursuing a career. Given the privilege to obtain enlightenment will be a requisite for a radiologist. Radiologists are known as physicians who specialize
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events EVENTS LEADING TO QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT 1. Government of India act of 1935 was passed by the British Government. 2. Elections of 1937 3. Resignation of the congress ministries- which led to Deliverance Day-Dec 22 1939 4. Jinnah’s Two Nation Theory- January 1940 5. August offer – Lord Linglithgow- August 1940. 6. Failure of Cripps Mission- 1942 7. Japans threat of attacking India. QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT. This movement was organized under the leadership
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In the text Twenty Questions by G Lee Bowie‚ I chose the chapter “Why Shouldn’t I Be Selfish”? In that chapter the two selections that were chosen were The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins and The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand. The two discuss and give examples of how selfishness is simply for survival and how being selfish can benefit that individual. The term selfishness stated by Ayn Rand is defined as “concern with one’s own interest” (525). In both selections of the chapter both philosophers
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For men and women who want to quit smoking. AWARENESS: THE SLOWER WAY TO QUIT SMOKING. We live in a culture that values immediacy. We want it‚ and we want it now‚ whatever it is. So it’s no wonder we have a society in which drug problems are epidemic. Nicotine is one of those drug problems. Most of the common approaches to quitting nicotine are the quick fixes‚ hypnosis‚ nicotine replacements‚ and pharmaceuticals like Chantix. If they work for you then by
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learning how to engage students as a Group Leader‚ I turned on my phone from a full day with no service. I received a text message saying "So sorry B". I was so lost. After numerous Google searches and trying to confirm the information‚ but hoping it was not true. I learned that my best friend‚ my supporter‚ my 22 year old brother‚ an AO2 Officer in the U.S. Navy‚ life was taken at his base in Seattle‚ Washington. Everything else from that day was a blur. I was now back in NY from traveling to the U.S
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I would re-enlist after my 9-month term‚ because I first think that since I survived the very harsh and cold winter that I owe it to my fellow 1‚800 to 2‚500 dead soldiers‚ who died during encampment (Found in document A)‚ to fight for what they died for and to try and win the war alongside with George Washington and my other fellow living soldiers who bore and survived the horrible winter with me. I also would re-enlist because the government I’m working for‚ and possibly dying for‚ has came to
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CORNELIUS D. GRIGGS 1 page paper on why I choose construction manaement Construction has been in my background since 1988‚ when my father purchased his first piece of property. My brother and I wanted our room designed a certain way so we begged our father to fulfill our wants. In my father words‚ he said if you and your brother want your room other then the way im designing it‚ then you two have to help build it. And that started my life in construction. As I furthered my education and my experience
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pretty young age I discovered what I wanted to do for a career‚ I decided joining the fire explorer program would be beneficial for me to learn all I could to become a firefighter. In the sixth grade my mom had to call the fire department because there was a small fire in my kitchen‚ I remember being so fascinated and inspired that I knew I would become a firefighter. While still in high-school I was able to take my first college class which was a class preparing me for the fire academy‚ I was determined
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