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    African-American to graduate from the institution. He was commissioned as second lieutenant and assigned to the 10th Cavalry. From 1878 until 1880, Lieutenant Flipper served on frontier duty in various installations in the southwest, including Fort Sill, Oklahoma. His duties included scouting, as well as serving as post engineer surveyor and construction supervisor, post adjutant, acting assistant and post quartermaster, and commissary officer. In 1881 Lieutenant Flipper's

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    To what extent is there hope at the end of ‘Lord of the Flies’? There is an imbalance in ending of ‘Lord of the Flies’, there are more indications of no hope of rescue than there are of hope. Before the Second World War, Golding believed that humans can be perfected. He thought that society plays a big role in the nature of humans and by perfecting society, evil can be eradicated. However, after the war, he realised the human potential for destruction. Not simply killing one another, by exterminating

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    Police First Move

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    should always make the first move in a negotiation. Do you agree? Why or why not? I believe this question can be answered both ways given the situation that you are presented with. As a Police Sergeant there are times when I need to act in milli-seconds and make the first move based on information received, training and experience to effectively deal with a stimulus or situation. I also, have to take time, sit back, collect my facts and interpret what I am seeing or dealing with, and then react;

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    left and right, watching my every one of my steps. I check behind me and noticed my friend turning and peddling her blue and white colored bike in the same direction. Turning my head forward once more, I hear an oncoming car in the distance. A few seconds later, the sun beating on my face, I hear a large “BANG!”, and then the tires scrape the ground as the incoming car honks it’s horn, screeching in my ears. Faster than lightning I turned around, and the only image I see was my best friend on the ground

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    Mitchell R. Low Professor Allison Herman ENGL 110-04 9 October 2014 To Fail is to Succeed Chloe, a former US Army officer and graduate of the Georgia Military College, reminisced with me when she was going through officer training. She informed me of a general census that is perpetuated within the army; women don’t belong in the military. Chloe’s instructors would specifically target her and other female cadets. She received tremendous amounts of hazing from some of her so called male teammates

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    21C Technology, Discipline, Unique System of War Finance, Highly Aggressive Military Tradition, and Emphasis on Innovation are the five principles of the Western Way of War. Having a unique system of war finance, emphasis on innovation, and discipline are the aspects of the western way of war that describe warfare in the age of Napoleon (1789-1815). Unique systems of finance such as nation state resources, levee en masse, and alliances provided the means to build, strengthen, and maintain military

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    Robbie Epting Coach Wilder [Class ] [Due date] [Title] It is in the middle of a field, the feel is eerie and unnatural. All you can hear is the sounds of gunshots and mortar shells landing in the distance with the faint scream of wounded soldiers coming from all around. The field is a miserable place to be, it is a hog pin but it's worse than a hog pin because a hog pin doesn't have the horrid stench of death in it. There are trenches dug in the field to house the men and this is where Sgt. Jimmy

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    St. Louis police officer, filed a lawsuit against her former supervisor (Bigelow, 2014). Among other things, she claimed that Sergeant Steven Gori created and posted a mock “wanted” poster of Ross-Paige for having the “baddest body in St. Louis”. He also asked her to take off her bullet proof vest so he could, “See what she was working with”. She filed a complaint but afterwards Gori and a lieutenant put her on bad shifts, wrote different reviews for her than that of other officers, and denied her

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    Lately, the issue of excessive screen time is becoming increasingly important in pediatrics, and it has become a major risk factor for many chronic conditions such as vision impairment, obesity, and altercations to social behavior. While many parents realize that excessive screen time is harmful, children are still spending eight to ten hours on their electronic devices. Not many parents realize that proper regulation is also needed to keep their child safe from health risks. According to the National

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    Modapts Essay

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    Exactness is equivalent to different frameworks, for example, MTM, MSD, and Work Factor, Up to twenty gages in one day are discovered, the ordinary boss can learn MODAPTS and how to figure benchmarks, and the typical laborer can fathom MODAPTS. The examination was driven by the Israel Institute of Technology on the fastness of different work estimation structures. Results show that MODAPTS is twice faster than MTM-1 and Work Factor on errands with process terms of one minute or lower. It is around

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