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No matter what industry you're in, you need to be able to power through your day without worrying about your footwear keeping up. When shopping for work boots, think about what's most important to you. Do you need all-day comfort? Do you prefer lightweight work boots? Does your job require special safety boots? When you're asking yourself these questions, consider your work environment to help you decide on the right pair. While work conditions are unique to each industry, here is a quick look…

The thought of going to boot camp scares many people off from military service. To me it was just another part of the journey I was about to undertake in a long career of military service. I showed up to the Columbus, Ohio Military Entry Process Station on a cold November morning at 430 am before the sun started to peek about the horizon. I was very tired due to the fact I was not used to waking up before 7 am before that point. I walked off the bus into the station to be greeted by the desk…

Colleen Carroll Mr. Henley English Composition 1113, Section 1 5 April 2017 Boots, Bullets, and Bad Blood Citizens cower and scream in terror as a torrent of bullets and shrapnel violently rip through human flesh and tissue, leaving gaping holes that pour blood while exposing decimated insides. The simple shacks and array of other objects lining the narrow street provide little protection for the innocent civilians. Then, to make the circumstances even worse, a rebel group of insurgents,…

Entertainment workers Bambi Boots and Randy Rogers filed a complaint against their employer High Class Entertainment under the Fair Labor Standards Act, “It is a federal law applicable to employees engaged in interstate commerce or employed by an enterprise engaged in interstate commerce; sets minimum wages and overtime and regulates youth employment (Employment Law p. 480).” Fair Labor Standards Act has two requirements in order to file a complaint under this law. One is the employer and…

DNA Boot Camp What is DNA First, let’s define DNA. DNA is short for deoxyribonucleic acid. It is the molecule that contains the genetic code of all organisms. DNA is in each cell of an organism and instructs the cells what proteins to make. A cell's proteins determine its function. DNA is inherited by children from their parents. The DNA in a person is a combination of the DNA from each of their parents. DNA has a double helix shape, which is like a ladder twisted into a spiral. Each step of…

Sometimes known as shock incarceration, boot camp programs use a military-style approach and were hoped to be “well-planned alternatives to imprisonment for offenders who appear to represent little or no continued threat to the community” (Schmalleger 313). Conceived during the decade of the…

Kinky Boots is a musical directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell, music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and written by Harvey Fierstein. It is based on a true story. The medium in this music would be the performers, the chorus/music and stage. Kinky Boots musical was first premiered in Chicago in 2012. While we saw it in London, it was first premiered in London on September 15th, 2015. The musical is about a man who just lost his father and he is trying to save his father’s shoe business. He…

“Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp,” by Harry Gracey describes the conformity of schooling 5 and 6 year olds will go through. Throughout the article, many themes were present of influences that society has on children. The young kindergarteners knew that helicopters were for army men, and that the flag is sacred, as well as learned from the Bible. The three major theoretical perspectives all were incorporated throughout this article. Such as functionalist which is an institution, conflict as…

certainty to avoid unwanted crime and violence. The act of telling a story not only creates insight and construction of knowledge about the present, but also gives many a certainty about how to act within Latin America. “When I Wear My Alligator Boots”, written by Shaylih Muehlmann, “The Land of Open Graves”, written by Jason De León, and “El Salvador in the Aftermath of Peace: Crime,…

officers at all hours. We were woken up around 0400 and we began running by 0430. The day usually consisted of many educational ship practices, endless marching in the summer heat, and peanut butter sandwiches. It was awful. To most people’s surprise, the Boot Camp experience was honestly the most enjoyable part for me, as awful as it…