To Be a Professional Soldier When I enlisted in December of 2012‚ I had no idea that I would feel the way I do today about myself. I was at another dead end job and could barely support my new family. I never felt like much of a father or a husband. I left on a plane from Atlanta completely oblivious as to what I would encounter when I arrived at Fort Leonard Wood‚ Missouri. Little did I know that within a matter of hours‚ my world would be abruptly‚ not subtly‚ flipped upside down. I also had
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Famous blues singer‚ Etta James‚ known from songs such as At Last and Something’s Got A Hold On Me died in southern California. According to Lupe De Leon‚ James died early Friday‚ at Riverside Community Hospital in Los Angeles. The cause of her death was complications of leukemia. She had been undergoing treatment for leukemia and dementia. She would have turned 74 Wednesday. Etta James‚ born Jamesetta Hawkins‚ started singing in her church choir and on the radio at the age of 5 in Los Angeles
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As the Soldier’s Creed says ¨ I am A Guardian of Freedom and The American way of Life.¨ Saying that soldiers are here to protect the freedom that so many people fought for and given their lives for. To preserve the American way of life that has been established so for long. Have you ever thought about the future? Your plans after high school? Your job‚ your life? I have a lot already‚ I decided what I am going to do‚ to join the military and get all the benefit I can such as Health‚ B.A.H‚ and
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“Thousands entered the war‚ got just a taste of it‚ and then stepped out again permanently” (Clemens 149). Based on this‚ one can infer that many people signed up for war‚ underestimating the amount of fatigue and torment they would endure both mentally and physically‚ on and off the battlefield with their comrades. It seems as if the ones who signed up for the war only envision the glorious and prideful exterior‚ not putting into perspective the hardships that will unexpectedly come their way‚ and
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resistance movement. As it goes on‚ we learn Farmer is becoming more reckless in his life. For example‚ once soldiers stopped him in his car and order him to say‚ “Long live the Haitian army.” Farmer refuses at first‚ but eventually gives in when the soldiers point their guns at his head. We can see that Farmer is fearless and idealistic‚ but also practical. He gives into the Haitian soldier because he knows he’s too valuable to others to allow himself to be shot. This represents themes of saintliness
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Corporate Governance HIH; What Went Wrong? During 2000 at the Institute of Actuaries annual seminar on general insurance‚ two senior actuaries‚ Peter McCarthy and Geoff Trahair‚ presented a paper that rang alarm bells for HIH Insurance. Even though HIH was not mentioned in the paper [entitled “Lack of industry profitability and other stories”] the insurance industry was accused of under pricing policies‚ pressuring actuaries to reduce the projected level of outstanding claims liabilities and
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outcome is always the same of course‚ no one has ever won war and no one ever will. Well‚ except for me. I have always been feared and loathed‚ but I am a necessary part of life. It’s only natural for everyone to die. It doesn’t matter how‚ when or where‚ I’m not particular on details. I’m inevitable. I was waiting on one last soul‚ a young man‚ by the name of James Sinclair. It was difficult to find him through the mass of panicked soldiers. I had met with his brother not too long ago under similar
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everyone must face in due time. In his poem‚ “The Soldier of Mictlán‚” Rigoberto Gonzalez describes the life of a soldier in the afterlife in a place called Mictlán‚ where most of the dead come according to Aztec mythology. His poetic techniques portray the fervent desire of an exhausted soldier to experience life again and leave behind the emptiness of the underworld. In the poem the rhyme is constant and in it is narrated as a true soldier asks for “bread for his hand‚” “a piece of cheese”
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William James: Father of Psychology The father of psychology is a topic of great debate as there have been several individuals who have had a large influence on psychology. One of these individuals who made a large contribution to psychology and how we study it today is William James. He lived from 1842 to 1910 and in his life he accomplished a lot in the field of psychology and he dominated American psychology with his functionalist theories. James’ (1890) biggest influence in psychology leading
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LeBron Raymone James (/ləˈbrɒn/; born December 30‚ 1984)‚ nicknamed "King James"‚ is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) small forward who has also played as a power forward‚ he has been an NBA champion‚ the NBA Finals MVP‚ a three-time NBA MVP‚ and the NBA Rookie of the Year. James is a nine-time NBA All-Star‚ and has been named to eight All-NBA teams and four All-Defensive teams. He is also the Cleveland
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