The Day You Were Born I was forty-one weeks and one day pregnant‚ lying in an uncomfortable hospital bed‚ wearing a hideous pink gown‚ and counting the minutes until my next contraction. Apparently‚ you were very comfortable in my tummy because there was no sign of you making your appearance any time soon. I was having plenty of contractions but was not dilating; our doctor was looking for a count of at least 60 on the room monitor‚ but I was only in the mid-20s. Before long she ordered that
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Riddance (Time of Your Life)” by Green Day. Almost anyone who has contemplated the length and depth of life can relate to this gentle song with its slow‚ almost yearning tone and deep lyrics. To me‚ “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” is a timeless ballad that never fails to comfort me in times of change and confusion. This song should be included in the “History of Popular Music‚ 1950-Present” course‚ not only because its deviation from normal punk rock epitomizes the struggle that Green Day faced in order
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Have you ever heard of this famous sentence by Confucius: “Choose a job you love‚ and you will never have to work a day in your life”? I have been wondering whether it applies to current trends of choosing job among the youth nowadays or not. Presently‚ there’s a sad fact that many young people have no idea about what they are going to do in the future. Doing what they want has never been much of a factor. It’s more like what they’re expected to do.The first criteria for picking a position is
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Solve a Problem PHL/458 March 29‚ 2014 Daryl Korinek Solve a Problem To solve a problem it takes a creative way to solve that problem. There is a process to solving any problem in a creative manner and the creative process has four stages: 1) searching for the challenge‚ 2) expressing the problem‚ 3) investigating the problem‚ and 4) producing the idea (Ruggiero‚ 2009). The first stage in the creative process is to search for a possible challenge and this entails either an obvious problem
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Max Vasquez February 25‚ 2014 Tough Guys/Tough Towns Elements of a “Tough Guy” Novel Being a tough guy is not an easy job. There are unique and brute characteristics that are expected to come with any “tough guy” image. A tough guy needs to be daring and adventurous‚ have a mysterious persona‚ and of course have the ability to not only start fights‚ but also finish them. Aside from the tough guy’s visceral features‚ not all of them are heroes‚ or even good people at all. However‚ there is one
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years from now‚ your alarm goes off at 7:30 AM‚ pulling you out of a dead sleep. You roll over‚ grumbling a command‚ and the alarm obediently shuts up. You drift off again‚ but ten minutes later the alarm returns‚ more insistent. It won’t be so easily pacified this time; the loose sensory netting inside your pillow will keep the noise going until it detects alpha waves in drastically higher numbers than theta waves. Or until it gets the automated password from the shower. Sighing‚ you roll out of bed
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It was quite a gloomy day to be walking‚ but here I was walking home. Today was not the best day of my life. I know for sure that today is the worse day of my life‚ and there is no way that any other day can be worse. Yesterday my parents told me that I was a huge disappointment and they wanted me to go off into the world unprepared and die. Then today I had to face a horrible person. I was already extremely depressed and suicidal‚ yet I did not want to tell anyone around me. For some reason‚ I decided
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A Day in the Life of a Project Manager 1. How effectively do you think Rachel spent her day? Project is a complex‚ non-routine‚ one time effort that is limited by time‚ budget‚ resources and performance specifications and it’s implemented to meet the customer requirements. The following activities performed by Rachel are project related: a. Review project reports and prepare for the weekly status meeting – 25 min b. Participate in the progress review meeting – 45 min c. Reviewing
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for us -to put off / delaying things we’ve always wanted to do. I would like to savor every moment I have left. First‚ it’s time for forgiving. I would forgive those who have done something wrong to me. I’d treat them as we’ve never met before. Secondly‚ I’d apologize to my parents: let them know that I know I haven’t been a good son. I’ve just been focusing on my work without taking care of them / I’ve neglected them. I would say/tell them that I love them so much. Next‚ I have to be brave and
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The majority of your philosophy was learned by the time you were seven years old. As you passed through your teenage years and young adulthood in your twenties‚ you had another period of influence. After this‚ most people are set in their ways until they are middle aged‚ around 40 or 50. As they mature‚ they reconsider past beliefs and make changes for the future if necessary. This philosophy controls everything you do in your life. It is your destiny and determines how everything will turn out
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