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    However, I am currently in the process of being hired by the District of Columbia Fire Department but this is only a step in the right direction. I strongly believe that with my education further opportunities will arise for me, than just being a firefight / emt. Although, I have had my eyes on being a professional firefighter for many years, I wish to use my education in the behind the scenes work. My love for the fire department started at a very young age. Growing up my grandmother became very ill

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    Servicemen Memorial There are many ways to remember and honor the fallen and brave servicemen for all to see, such as outdoor artwork. The Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial and The Three Soldiers are two of the masterpieces that are located at Washington D.C. Though both made by different authors, they are connected to the Vietnam war and have a strong impact of remembering the war. The Three Soldiers was created by Frederick Hart two years after the Memorial Wall in 1982. Although it is very

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    Utilization Of Drones

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    Drones minimize the need for ground soldiers, and airplane pilots. Sending a ground crew can raise the danger of a firefight, and sending in an aircraft pulls the risk of anti-aircraft missiles. Drones, of course, are still subject to these defense mechanisms, but if there’s no one acting as a live pilot, there is no way for it to be any danger for our military. Other

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    “You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, ‘That's the bad guy.’ So... what that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie” (Scarface). Tony Montana, the main character of Scarface, questions a restaurant full of patrons silently judging him about their skewed sensed of morality and their own hypocritical views of heroes and villains. The most mesmerizing aspect of Scarface is how Tony Montana exudes the characteristics

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    They are the leaders and lead their owners up or down the stairs, crossing the streets and elevators. Hearing alert dogs alert the dogs owners that either the doorbell’s ringing or maybe the baby crying, the phone, etc. As you may have noticed, firefights usually have a dog with them, not cats. Dogs can be easily trained for clearing and leading a path to the people and fires. If firefighters had cats instead of dogs it would be harder for them to rescue people from fires. This is another reason

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    beats him up, but Amity has rules against violence so they inject her with peace serum until they can evaluate the situation. After the peace serum wears off, Euridite and Dauntless traitors arrive looking for Tris and the survivors. A firefight breaks out and in all the confusion Tris and some of the other survivors escape. They hop

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    Lord Of The Flies Dbq

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    stiff,” (Doc C). This suggests that Golding was writing the book with the violence and destruction of war engraved in his mind. Additionally, when Sam and Eric see the “sign from the world of grown-ups,” (Doc D) Which is the airman killed in the firefight. This also represents the “beast” as war. Golding, the author of the book, fought with the Royal Navy in World War II. He has seen and experienced the horror and destruction of war, this experience is most likely the source of the deceased

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    In December 2010, Barack Obama put an end to the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy with the signing of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010. His speech, given prior to his signature, recognized the past and present homosexual members of the United States Military, and the sacrifices they have made in order to serve. As a result of this Repeal Act, the he said that the thousands of males and females in uniform would no longer be asked to live with a lie, or look over their shoulder, in order

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    As I was reading the novel FireFight, Kate wild (the person who wrote the book) made me feel as if I had lived in a Phoenix HQ for a very long time. This is a good book towards teenagers because it explores the world of imagination and without that source it would be boring and lack character. This book is about Freedom Smith (the main character of the story) who was just a daredevil gypsy boy with extraordinary strength and agility. Now he works for Phoenix, a special police operation. A sinister

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    The Virginia is a five-act play written by Winston Hunter Brady in iambic pentameter. The play is a retelling of a Civil war battle between two ships in the Bay of Hampton Roads, beginning with the chorus introducing us to the USS Congress and her men at rest. On the USS Congress, three seamen look to the night sky. Seeing the constellation of Draco, they are reminded of the wrath of Heaven, and begin to debate. Has their suffering arisen from God as a form of punishment or testing, or does their

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