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I aspire to make a career from nursing and above all to make a very good nurse. My volunteering work at Bridgwater hospital has taught me a lot about myself and others; mainly it’s taught me that nursing is the career path for me. I have always looked upon the profession with great admiration and my interest to study in this field stems from love of science, the human body and how it works in the organised way that it does. Mostly, I want to do something which I’m proud of and will make a true…

The Life and Significance of Henry Hudson The exploration of a majority of North Atlantic exploration is thanked to Henry Hudson, who tried to find a northern passage. Europeans did not know of ice in the north, as the Arctic was unexplored. Geographers thus believed that you could travel to the Indies by any northern path. Henry was born in England approximately in 1565. Most of his life prior to 1607 is unknown, however, it is believed that he learned seafaring first hand from sailors or…

Introduction Cathay Pacific is the largest airline of Hong Kong. The airline flies passenger and cargo to 200 destinations in 52 countries worldwide. Including: Los Angeles, London, France, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Beijing, Dubai, Frankfurt, Mexico City and Miami. The airline was founded on 24 September 1946 by Australian Sydney H. de Kantzow and American Roy C. Farrell. Cathay Pacific is known for making the first ever non stop transpolar flight over the north pole. The company is the third…

Amber Rosales Marco Avalos Lab Section 2011. 21 1 October 2015 Diffusion and Osmosis There are many processes and systems that help maintain our body’s homeostasis and ability to function. These processes can be traced right down to a cellular level. However, if a process at this level were to be disrupted, it can create a ripple affect that can target major life functions or cause a long-term illness. It is processes such as Osmosis and Diffusion that contribute to our state of being and…

Anne Frank was a young girl born in June 12 of 1929 in Fankfurt, Germany. She had a a sister Margot Frank, a father Otto Frank and a mother Edith Frank they were all jews. They lived Germany until one day ther had to escape and they went to Amsterdam on 1933, the year the nazis gained control over Germany. Most of the jews that lived in Germany had to escape and the one who couldn't escape had to hide and most of them were found by the nazis and taken to concentration camps. Adolf Hitler the…

The KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ad from 1952 published by the New Yorker shows two tourists being wheeled around by an Asian worker in the "Far East" ("Ad Access"). Surrounding them are drawings of Asian objects, architecture, and people. A paragraph lists the opportunities that the consumer can experience. The airline boast about their "smooth KLM skyway," which will get travelers from point a to point b in "no time," and the various destinations they offer anywhere from Europe to the Far East…

A Bit of Both The ironic tale of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein shows that the miserable and tragic fate of the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, is the product of his nature. In his relentless quest to instill life upon inanimate objects, Frankenstein “deprived [himself] of rest and health” (Shelley 45), and “lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit” (Shelley 42). After his own invention murdered his closest family and friends, Victor vowed to revenge their deaths. He persistently…

The Fault In Our Stars, by John Green, is a fascinating book that chronicles the hardships of two teenagers battling cancer and how they find meaning in their lives despite their disease. The book is about Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters. Both are fighting cancer and together they learn to cope with their circumstances and support each other through difficult times. In the end, Augustus dies from osteosarcoma, but not without leaving a very positive impact on the people who knew him.…

country. She was forced to hide in a secret annex hoping no German soldier would catch her. Anne Frank once said, “The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damped and lopsided, but there's probably not more comfortable hiding place in all of Amsterdam. No, in all of Holland.” Being a young child and having to deal with that is such a tragedy. Anne Frank came from a country called Germany. She was born on June 12, 1929 and later died in a concentration camp on March 12, 1945. Anne Frank…

to capture New Netherland. Their governor surrendered and by 1674 England was in full control. The king of England at the time, gave the land of New Netherland to his brother the Duke of York. From then on it became known as New York, and New Amsterdam also became New York. The Duke of York gave some of his land to his friends George Carteret and John Berkeley. That land would later become the colony of New Jersey. Both the colonies of New York and New Jersey had a very diverse mixture of…