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Katelyn spent the remainder of her childhood in jail, with an occasional trip to the mental institution for medicine readjustment. On her last visit, the doctors fought to keep her longer, knowing her condition was unstable. The board of managers annulled the doctor's conclusion, forcing her to be released. Wanting to do what was best for their patient, the doctor refused to sign the proper forms. The board threatened to fire all of the staff if she wasn't returned to the jail immediately. Left with

Steve Prefontaine-Running Legend “Some People create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make people stop and say, ‘I’ve never seen anyone run like that before.’ Its more than a race, it’s a style, its doing something better than anyone else. It’s being creative.” (Steve Prefontaine Quotes). Every time Prefontaine stepped on the track, his fans would just go crazy. Pre, (as fans would call him) only had one thing on his mind, and that was to win. Some say he’s the best

Alex, or Lexi as I called her to differentiate from anyone else who might need her, was a careless person. She was the type to walk right past the thing she was desperately searching for ten times before noticing and then swear it wasn’t there before. Don’t get me wrong, she meant well, her mind was just always flapping in the breeze like forgotten laundry that had long since dried. So, as we walked up to the mall it was no surprise to me that she strutted right through the doors without a second

I grew up in the St. Louis suburb of Eureka, where I still live today. If you ever look at me and wonder where that scar on my forehead came from, well it happened when I was roughly 12 months old when I fell out of a moving car. My parents raised me as a Methodist at the Eureka United Methodist Church. During my years attending Geggie Elementary School, every Sunday my parents would force me to get out of bed and go to Church with them. During church, all the children would go to Sunday school

“It’s not important to win, it’s important to make the other guy lose!” -Anonymous, To some, life is boring without winning And competitiveness. This is also the what life is like for my sister, Kendi. Kendi is my young but competitive little sister. She is seven years old and loves participating in competition. Competitive is 40 percent of her personality. My little sister Kendi is as competitive as little girls get. I know this because she loves to challenge me to basketball games, she calls herself

Imagine struggling to afford the ‘mandatory’ three meals you’re supposed to consume a day. It would be hard and stressful right? I met over one hundred hungry people that have to feel this emotion every day of their life, struggling to provide enough food to make a meal, fulfill their hunger, and stay healthy. On October 17th my senior year of high school I volunteered at a place called “Broad Street Ministry” a Christian based community church. They have many community service opportunities that

The Four Agreements The Four Agreements After reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz I realized I’ve been living dreams of other people in my life and not my own. It was decided early on what I should do, what’s possible and what’s not. Starting at birth we are told what to think by our parents, schools, and church. Subconsciously, we have made agreements with them to live our life according to their rules. Don Miguel believes that these agreements are self-limiting and shares four

Spartan billing department is a department that processes and bills invoices to customers. In current process, a supervisor audits around 10% billing account. Commercial accounts with special contracts will be handled through another process. For other accounts, the department just bills in regular process and no special process is required. The current process contains necessary steps but runs inefficiently. As an administrator of Spartan billing department, I will investigate the current process

Fifteen years have passed since the day I was born, and I have three life alternating moments to represent the most important events I’ve been through. At the age of eight, life was a bright star. My younger sister, Aria, was born. During my mother’s pregnancy I was a conceited, narcissistic little brat.The responsibility of being someone’s older sibling is huge. The thoughts running through my mind at the time were all a bit depressing. I was thinking about how hard it’ll be and how much work will

Excuse me, Brian? - What do you want, Shawn? Do not you see I am deep in my thoughts? - Did not see that. You know, someone in the neighbourhood has high debt for the electricity provision and the whole building is threatened with the blackout if the debt is not returned. I am on my walkaround and would be happy if you could show me your electricity bills. - Are you accusing me of not paying the bills? And how are you to me to share with you such private information? - No, you have got me all wrong