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Marching Band Officer Essay I am interested in becoming a Drill Tech Captain or Brass Captain for the 2018-2019 Marching Band season. Ever since I started marching with the Mahwah Marching Thunderbirds, I have found myself amazed and interested in the culmination of expression through music and movement. Never before have I participated in an activity with such structure, passion, pride, and strong relationships between members. As a freshman, I was inspired by professional leaders of the…

Mr. Jones walks down the street of New York city in deep and depressing thought as the two words that he never imagined would refer to him repeat continuously in his mind: “laid off.” For weeks, he has been trying to find a job with little to no success, and has nowhere to turn. All he can think about are his 3 children, and how he will break the news to them about his unemployment. Mr. Jones feels as if all hope is gone, and with the little energy he has left walks up the final steps to his…

(electron-doped) semiconductor material. When electric current through this junction is present, the electrons participating in the electric current are of an elevated energy state and propagate in the conduction energy band. The conduction energy band exists at a higher energy than the valence band, which is where electrons occupy the valence states of an atom. In an electric current, it could also be interpreted that a flow of electron-holes (vacancies where electrons could occupy, having…

nanocrystals (NC) characterized by the core radius R and the shell width H, we use effective mass approximation. We assume the existence of single energy bands for both electrons and holes. This assumption represents simplification compared to multi-band models that explicitly take into account mixing between, e.g., different valence sub-bands.1 However, this simplified approach still allows us to capture essential trends of core- and shell-size dependences…

"Thus, Holmes is a drug-using manic-depressive with a superiority complex and a long list of other symptoms that can be cataloged as mental illnesses" (Faktorovich, 183). For the 19th century detective genre, Sherlock Holmes was the ideal of a flawed protagonist – imperfect in character but exceptional in his capacity for detective work. Arthur Conan Doyle’s Holmes is "a new and unique hero figure” (Faktorovich, 175 and an eccentric in the truest sense of the word. Rather than detracting from…

In the late 1880’s of Victorian England, one of the most iconic and well-known duo’s was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Throughout his book, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson can be seen as two complete opposites. Their differences are revealed through the roles they play in the book, how they think, and how they change from the beginning to the end of the novel. Even through their hardships and disagreements, Watson and Holmes use their differences to make up the…

The Forever Lasting Dream Warsan Shire once quoted, “No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.” This quote refers to refugees, as they are forced out of their homeland by foreigners because their lives are endangered. In the novel De Niro’s Game by Rawi Hage and the article “ ‘Torture, murder, fighting': Syrian refugee in Oswestry talks about the life they left behind,” the protagonist and the Syrian refugee both wanted to leave their own…

the Speckled Band” Sherlock Holmes once again uses his mystery solving talents in “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”. This brilliant literary work was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes is an incredible detective who has solved plenty of mysteries. His loyal sidekick is Dr. Watson, who was a medical doctor. The client was Helen Stoner, a young woman who lived alone with her stepfather. Helen’s stepfather, Dr. Grimsby Roylott, had a medical degree and an extremely violent past.…

“The Adventure of the Speckled Band” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about the enigmatic death of a young woman in the foul play, “The Adventure of the Speckled Band.” The mystery takes place in April of 1883, at the Roylott Stoke Moran Manor. The story began when Helen Stoner arrived at the home of the acclaimed detective and medical doctor, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson early in the morning. Helen is distraught; as she was in tremendous angst that she too would meet the dreaded fate that her…

In “The Adventure of the Speckled Band” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote an Intriguing foul play mystery. This story takes place in early April of 1883 in England at Stoke Moran. Helen Stoner and Julia stoner lived with their stepfather, Dr. Grimsby Roylott. In this story Helen stoner’s sister, Julia Stoner, mysteriously died. Two years later, Helen was seeking assistance from Sherlock Holmes and, his trusty assistant, Dr.Watson. Helen had heard the low whistle her sister had described to her.…