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    Snowmobiling trip We left New Year’s Eve to go snowmobiling in the hills for the weekend. I was exuberant and ready to go. We loaded the snowmobiles on to the trailer so we could leave early in the morning then we wouldn't have to do it in the morning. I went to bed so then I could get up early to make sure I had everything. I got a text from my mom and said I had to go over to grandparents to get my snow pants. I went outside to start my car so it would warm up. I let my car warm up for a couple

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    The topic for my essay was a filtering of my thoughts for most of this past summer—how can we as humans harmonize with our environment for a net, positive outcome? Water and dams provided the backdrop for most of those thoughts and not without a bit of hypocrisy since a lot of them came while floating down a beautiful trout river in Tennessee created by a hydroelectric dam. I tried to be explicit in my paper that not all dams are bad (again, see the image of that pretty river), but that the overzealous

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    The elements of a thesis are generally stated in a single sentence. A topic is not covered in a thesis, but opinions are expressed. A thesis indicates that there is support to follow, and often organizes supporting material. Effective thesis statements are precisely worded to draw in the audience. The location of a thesis is very important because if it appears at the opening of the essay, it starts the essay off with a strong statement providing clear direction and an outline of the supporting evidence

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    For leaders to perform his or her duties at an optimum level, there has to be a balance of peace at home. So what happens when the family and personal life is out of balance? Can it be linked to unethical behaviors at the workplace in leaders? Personal and family stresses can have an effect on leadership decision and critical thinking. If leadership or employees are dealing with family and personal issues outside of work, it can be difficult to manage workplace problems in sound and efficient

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    In one incident, a minister was fleeced for all of his cash while his ship was docked at Natchez, MS, a popular gambling destination. Obviously, a man of the cloth was compelling victim for the ship’s captain, John Russell. Russell, along with his crew, confronted the grifters, but they initially refused to return the money. However, the card cheats decided to return the money to the minister after Russell threatened to tear down the gambling hall by dragging it into the river attached to his boat

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    The hypothesized Finnish population bottleneck is supported by archaeological evidence that shows the number of artifacts significantly decreased at roughly the same time as hypothesized. When taken together, the genetic and archaeological records suggest that there may have been a population bottleneck. The hypothesized population bottleneck circa 4000 BP (2000 BCE) has been increasingly researched over the past few decades, as genetic evidence has come to support the existing archaeological evidence

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    intoxicated patients and rarely are we given the opportunity to see them heal outside of the hospital. The group that was chosen was an Alcoholics Anonymous group in Rapid City, SD. The group experience took place on June 15, 2016 at 5:30 pm at their 325 Deadwood Ave. location. AA is a private organization that focuses solely on recovering alcoholics they are member ran groups that do not accept any outside funding and stay un-opinionated about any outside events. The main focus in AA is to make all alcoholics

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    A metaphor, as defined in our glossary, is a figure of speech in which an implied comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something important in common. The word metaphoritself is a metaphor, coming from a Greek word meaning to "transfer" or "carry across." Metaphors "carry" meaning from one word, image, or idea to another. When Dr. Gregory House (in the TV series House, M.D.) says, "I'm a night owl, Wilson's an early bird. We're different species," he's speaking metaphorically

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    John Henry Holiday, presently recognized as Doc, was born on August 14, 1851 in Griffin. Doc’s parents were Alice Jane McKey and Henry Burroughs Holiday. They offered a high-quality education for Doc, although his main concern was the vast outdoors. He was more interested in horseback riding and fishing. In 1861, his father Henry Burroughs Holliday acknowledged a presidential engagement from Davis Jefferson in order to serve like a Quartermaster within 27th Ga. Infantry. After Manassas Battle, he

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    How do businesses grow? The objectives, which a company wants to achieve, can be varied. They can range from sales revenue maximization, increasing market share to growth. Growth is one of the most common and sought after corporate objectives because of its relative advantages. This is so because many perks come with the expansion of a business, which appease almost everyone. When a company grows it achieves economies of scale, it increases its market shares and thus wipes out competition

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