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    trained in Moody’s headquarters in New York. Wow! The first day I realized things were different and people made me feel the distance, the cold world is real! I was not competent there… I went there to get trained, but I was treated as a competitor… and there was no mercy. I lost my confidence. By the end of the first week, my dream of working in NYC became a nightmare and I just wanted to come back. Nothing made sense and I was starting to realize this was not my career. One day I joined a random group playing soccer in Battery Park. Apparently I played well because I caused a positive reaction and I got a formal invitation to play at Chelsea Piers League. I was accepted by this people who saw no competition on me, but an ally to help their team to succeed. A couple of weeks later I was playing almost every night with different teams in Chelsea Piers and my self-confidence came back: I was competitive again! My team happened tom play against a couple of “bullies” from work and I gained their respect as a soccer player. I brought that confidence to work and, with the help of those “ex bullies”, sooner than later I could overcome the ugly beginning at Moody’s and felt as one more of the team. The talent I was gifted to play soccer was not abandoned when I was fifteen, it was only left on the side to teach me a lesson in the future by helping me feeling competitive again in the worst professional moment in my life. My twins just turned one year old last August… parenthood has…

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    ENG 103 First Draft Instructor Michael Dusek The Millennials: A Response Essay Much has been written about millennials in recent times by different people with different views. But of all the comments about the millennials, those of experts Joel Stein, Jean Twenge and Chelsea Clinton stand out. While Jean Twenge labeled millennials as lazy, selfish, self-absorbed, selfish, entitled, narcissistic, fame-obsessed, and mobile maniacs, Joel…

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    Presenting Situation and Offender Behaviors: Bradley (Bradley) was walking his dog in the park when he encountered another person walking their dog without a leash. Bradley verbally informed them their dog is required to be on a leash. At this point the person ignored him. There were some words were exchanged between Bradley and the other man prior to Bradley walking away, as Bradley was leaving the park he turned around asking the other person if this was their car. The other person replied…

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    Embroidery Lens

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    From summer camps to just wanting something to do while you’re stuck in a boring study hall. To having something to do with your hands while you watch a movie, or if someone drags to a sports game and you have no interest in sports. Friendship bracelets are a fun activity for any age. This essay will cover four basic styles of bracelet. The type of string that is the easiest to use for friendship bracelet making is embroidery floss. It’s thin and while it will fray a little, you just have to…

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    (premier league), and consumer (football fans), is mandated for fixing an already stagnated relationship. One can pinpoint a timeline that directly coincides with the mood our esteemed experts (Messrs Brown et al) note when discussing community in football. The direct result of a stagnated relationship appeared during the early years of the new millennium. The first division of the football league was almost nearing a decade since it rebranded itself as the more familiar premier league.…

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    Hillary Clinton Problems

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    semi-automatic weapons, and have stronger background checks on gun buyers. Hillary Clinton has experience of holding a gun. In April 2008, Hillary Clinton said, “My dad taught me how to shoot when I was a little girl” (Time). Through her experience of shooting a gun at a young age, she knows how lethal it is. America needs a president with experience, recognizes the danger of guns, and how many deaths rate can be lower from banning guns. Aside from America’s unsolved problems, Hillary Clinton…

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    In the modern period, with the growing influence on rationale views of the world the term myth has come to represent stories that are false more and more as years pass. Myth storytellers both past and present, on the other hand have assumed reality is to complex to grasp, so they have begun to rely on stories to provide at least a glimpse on complexity. Folklore, Courtly, and bourgeois are all closely related in the mythic world. All three originate in ancient myths. Each one of them have…

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    Santa Barbara History

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    Background Info. Santa barbara is a city on the central California coast. The population in Santa Barbara from 2013 was 90,412. Santa Barbara is known for many things, but one in particular is its arts, and how it has aspired artist for generations. It all started approximately 13,000 years ago, when the first native americans arrived. With this there were many impacted events of Santa Barbara, the Mission period, The rancho period, The victorian period (SARC), The Earthquake of 1925, and the…

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    In the Holy Bible, there is verse that reads “Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws, and his commands always” (The Holy Bible, Deu. 11.1). The meaning of this is that if God’s children obey him and remain steadfast in their faith, God will bless them in ways that they could never have imagined. In the Book of Job, this promise is exemplified when Job, who is perfect in all ways, is cursed twice by Satan (with God’s permission), only to later be rewarded for his…

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    Shindig Photo Booths Adventure HOME PAGE Welcome to Shindig Photo Booths, your new favorite location for outstanding celebration fun. The recent uptake in the popularity of photo booths turns an ordinary gathering into an outstanding celebration. With advanced photographic technology and high speed, sharp clarity printers, a Shindig Photo Booth hire is the perfect way to capture all the fun and all the faces that contributed to your special occasion. We have the photo booth styles, complete…

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