year in high school I was told several stories about a certain family member of mine and how he was a firefighter. Neleigh Parks (my Great-Grandfather), a man I looked up to, was a volunteer firefighter. So that inspired me to become one. One day out of the blue I decided to approach my mother about it. She was very supportive of my decision to become a firefighter. It took a couple of months for me to gain the courage to actually go to the firehouse and talk to the people. I was curius to find
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Langston has become like another home to me. It provides food, the location is easy to remember, and it has people that I feel comfortable around. Yet, my heart will always have a deep love for the city that I was born and raised in. Oklahoma City is a city I am proud to call home. Now that I am distant from home, every weekend trip to return home is always filled with emotions. Last weekend even, was an exciting time for me, because not only was I able to go see a movie I have been looking forward
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Sleep Disorders and the MInd Related: Sleep Disorders, insomnia, sleep apnea, More Tags> 2 Florence Cardinal 1355 Monday, May 17, 2010 View All of Florence Cardinal's Posts You may not think of sleep disorders as a mental problem, but nothing can mess up the mind like a few sleepless nights. The fact is, not nearly enough is known about what goes on in our minds when we are asleep. Where do dreams come from? How about nightmares? Let's look at a few sleep disorders. Perhaps the
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Marvell Conner III English Composition Professor Lahmon January 19, 2015 Words of Wisdom It was a typical dulI Monday as I walked into class that day, I grabbed a seat next to the class clown and waited for him to begin his daily routine of joking. The class was pretty much boring, until he began to joke,but he did not begin to joke until the substitute would come around to check to see if we were doing our work. As she roamed around the room to make sure we were on task in doing the
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We all care about what others think of us and want to be liked (despite what rebellious 15-year-old you might have said). The basics of getting people to like you are obvious--be nice, be considerate, be a decent human being. Those things are all true. However, there are also many smaller, more discreet things you can do that can have a huge effect on how others perceive you. Most of these tips are little techniques you can implement every day. They may seem insignificant or even silly, but give
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When I was in kindergarten I had my life seemingly planned out. I was going to be a teacher Monday through Friday, work at a pizzeria on weekends, and work at a local jewelry shop, Lu’s, during the summer. Now that I’ve grown up a bit, I’ve realized how incredibly impractical this employment path would be. My dream job has changed exactly twice in my life. Once in middle school, where it went from teacher to lawyer, and once this year from lawyer to linguist. I don’t have an idea of where exactly
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_____ name is Robert. a) Me b) I c) My 2 They _____ from Spain. a) is b) are c) do 3 _____ are you from? a) What b) Who c) Where 4 What do you do? I’m _____ student. a) the b) a c) the 5 Peter _____ at seven o’clock. a) goes up b) gets c) gets up 6 _____ you like this DVD? a) Are b) Have c) Do 7 We _____ live in a flat. a) don’t b) hasn’t c) doesn’t 8 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, _____ a) Saturday b) Tuesday c) Monday 9 _____ he play tennis?
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seat) Visitors, always visitors, nothing but visitors all day long. I'm beginning to feel like a society matron. (opens door) Mrs. M: Tony! I thought you were on the province. Tony: Is that you Aling Atang? Mrs. M: of course it's me, foolish boy. Why? Tony: You don't look like Aling Atang.Mrs. M: I had a haircut. Think it's horrible? Tony: Oh, no, no. You look just wonderful. Aling Atang for a moment, I thought you were Kikay. Mrs. M: Oh, you are so palikero as ever, Tony. But come in. Here
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chief of Missouri. Social media was booming during and after the event had happened. Someone tweeted “the police just shot someone dead in front of my crib yo”, and someone with the handle @theepharaoh tweeted “Dude was running and cops just shot him. I saw him die bruh.” This all was collected and published by the St. Louis post-dispatch. His mom and his step father were there after the incident had happened holding a sign and screaming there child was
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3-DAY Exercise Analysis Derrick Murphy SCI/241 Clayton Wilson November 2, 2012 3-Day Exercise Analysis What are your current exercise habits? I would have to stay my current exercise habits is going to the game at least four to five times and week for at least an hour in a half. My primary is weight lifting and strength training all most every day because they help me keep my body in great shape. Keeping in shape is need at my job because that is a very physical place to work and every part of your
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