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of the fallen weren’t even invited to the remembrance ceremony. Michael Burke, the brother of a firefighter who lost his life on 9/11, was so shocked he wrote about the situation in the Wall Street Journal. Burke titled his article, “No Fireman at Ground Zero This 9/11?”, in which he questions Michael Bloomberg’s decision not to invite the families of the first responders that perished. Burke used countless methods to get his point across, but there were three that especially caught my attention.

Aristotle begins book VIII by setting some ground work on friendship. Aristotle explains that friendship is something that is “ indispensable for life.” Not one person chooses to not have friends, therefore, it something that involves everyone. He later goes in depth on the fact that there are three categories of friendship: useful, pleasure, and goodness. Useful friendship is when each individual has a benefit from the other. In the case of pleasure friendship, each person in the relationship are

Review of Literature Introduction to Caves According to Dictionary.com , a cave is an underground hollow with access from the ground surface or fromthe sea, often found in limestone areas and on rocky coastlines. The way caves develop and form is called speleogenesis. Caves form when weathering of rocks, erosion, pressure, and chemical transactions takes place. Caves can take over thousands of years to form and age back to centuries ago. Most caves are usually found in limestone. Because

One might compare a an active construction site as a peacetime equivalent of a battle ground, minus the bodies of course, although if you do not watch your step you may very well become a casualty of missed-communication. Battles, and ultimately wars, are won or lost in large part through leadership. In similar fashion, construction projects are made successful or become failures in a large part based on the leaders who are guiding the project from start to finish. The right type of leader will

Finding the Middle Ground: Freedom of Expression versus Political Correctness “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances,” (“The Bill of Rights: A Transcription). Arguably one of the most important amendments, the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States

The Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) versus the Future Fighting Vehicle (FFV) Programs MSG Torry Rice United States Army Sergeants Major Academy Class 67 Mr. Madera Introduction In the past 15 years, the battlefield has been in the open desert and urban environments. The geographical locations where the United States have fought their wars have had a demand for armored troop vehicles. The Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) has met and exceeded that demand since 1981. With the possible new threat

In the play Trifles, feminism is portrayed by the female characters in the book as well as the male characters. Feminism is defined as: the advocacy of women 's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men (“Feminism”). The female characters are represented in a way that highlights the best characteristics of females, which in turn gives the reader or viewer a strong sense of feminism. The male characters in the book such as: the police officers and the husband show males

Introduction: Gender inequality is defined as the unequal treatment of individuals on the ground of gender. Gender inequality is the result from the different social construction as well as biological difference. It is the treatment of boys and girls differently at home, school, work, and other situations. From childhood, society develops norms that are expressing a gender role that what type of behavior is acceptable for boys and girls in the society. As, boys are expected to act with those toys

Straight Outta Compton, Universal’s biopic about the early days of ground breaking hip hop group N.W.A., received favourable reviews and was expected to have a healthy opening weekend. But its record breaking $60.2 million domestic debut, which easily captured last weekend’s number one spot at the box office, shocked just about everyone. And it captured some history along the way as well. Compton is the fifth highest grossing August opening ever and the largest opening for a music biopic in history

[3]. This leads to the research of seeking more environmental friendly cements. One of these alternative materials is alkali-activated slag (AAS) cement. Comparing with Ordinary Portland cement (OPC), the AAS has is own advantages. Firstly, it uses ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) as the binder material of concrete, which is a by-product from industry production. Secondly, AAS cement has low energy cost and low GHGs emissions. Finally, AAS concrete has excellent engineering