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    Nazi Thieves , Allied Heroes, and the Greatest Treasure search in History to tell the amazing true story of the seven museum curators and art historians who went behind enemy lines during the second World War on a mission to take back some of the world's greatest art work. With war going on in Europe, the Nazis have managed to sneak out some of the huge art collections on the continent. While the Third Reich begins to fall, the German army gets demanding orders that in the event of Adolf…

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    In this week’s discussion we are talking about the benefits of having or obtaining muscular strength and endurance. As stated in my previous discussion’s my fitness goals include building strength and maintaining general health. In regards to my fitness goals and my overall outlook on muscular strength and endurance I would rank the benefits as follows: 1. Improved performance of physical activities 2. Improved Muscle and Bone Health with Aging 3. Metabolic and Heart Health 4. Enhanced…

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    purification.” Men must not kill, I thought as I walked into the woods at the end of the block. As I looked through the trees, I remembered the one day we entered a village after an artillery attack cleared the area for us. A VC sniper shot three of our platoon before we killed him, but my memory of all the dead in the village lack the details that a dog tearing the guts out of a chicken made. When he heard us, he lifted his head to look at us. Beads of blood fell from a piece of meat. It…

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    After reviewing the previously discussed crime measurements, I am mainly concerned with the rapid increase in street robberies that have increased almost 25% since 2012. This crime has a devastating effect on the community. Street robbery may generate a significant amount of fear among the public because victims are often confronted with an immediate threat to life, a loss of control and incursion of personal space (Gale & Coupe, 2005). The fear caused by such a violent and pervasive…

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    "-U.L.K., still following target. Presumably 45 beltas from Mipedim. The decrease of hiding spots has interfered. Don't worry, shouldn't be a problem." I close the communicator, not waiting for a response to be heard through the speakers. It was not in my allowance or interest to compromise the mission, after all. My toes are steadied carefully in the hot sand. I had to be as quiet as possible, naturally. I couldn't fail. As a Mandiblor, you are already the lowest of the low. It is your duty to…

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    Start with Why Analysis In today’s age and society, it is all too easy to get caught up with what you have or what you do. It is also easy to see how you do what you do. Simon Sinek challenges that in his book, Start with Why, to show how leaders don’t just do what they do, or know how to do it, they start with WHY. The book is a few years old, being first published in 2009, and primarily takes views from a business perspective. Despite those two circumstances, this book relates to the way…

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    Trey Baus Mrs. DeFelice English 11 5 May 2016 Hero of the First World War Would you be brave enough to sacrifice your life to protect your country? During World War 1, many men were drafted into the war without a choice. Whether or not they had experience in war, the U.S drafted any man at random. These men usually had to be over 18 years old and could not have any disabilities. Alvin C. York was a humble American soldier who was drafted and fought in WW1, but also impacted the war greatly by…

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    were not Dwellers; rather, they were veteran Underground members acting as the perpetrators behind the Hans Head-in-Air Coalescence. Namely, the Underground leaders Benedict and Scholastica McGee, with each of the two siblings maintaining a separate platoons of IDA commandos in two different Catholic high schools. Both of them maintained communications with each other using experimental field radios possibly taken from the RGA in a…

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    I have been employed and retired from the Army. During my career I have held numerous positions, gaining executive-level experience within this organization. Most recently I served as a Faculty Instructor and Course Director at the US Army War College. This institution prepares selected military, civilian, and international leaders for the responsibilities of strategic leadership, educates current and future leaders on the development and employment of land-power in a joint, multinational and…

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    The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a book about soldiers during the Vietnam War. The Things They Carried is a work of fiction, although O’Brien himself did serve in the Vietnam War (McMechan, n.d.). Kiowa was a Native American Baptist, as described in the first chapter of the book: The Things They Carried. Kiowa witnessed the death of Ted Lavender and constantly repeated the phrase, “Boom-down.” Kiowa also used his grandfather’s hatchet to separate a thumb from a dead boy in the same…

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