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    hours. First in addition to other Air Force decoration has been awarded the legion of Merit Cheney award. In 1998 he was awarded the americanism award, Air Force Sergeants Association, in 1998 he was also awarded the Freedom award from the city of Provo. The distinguished Humanitarian award from institute of German American Relations in 1999. On the way home to Texas he flew two place p-51 Mustang a lifelong dream, commemorating the 40th anniversary to the airlift which ended the Soviet…

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    I would like to apply for this scholarship to help me progress past high school and seek out my career goals in college. I have a very special experience that has impacted my life and future decisions in a pretty hefty way. It began with a very interesting story my dad told me which took place awhile back. It was a story about how he attained his job and how going on his mission trip, helped him complete the interview process of his current job and step up to where he is now. This has influenced…

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    So how does it affect us personally? As we live in these situations, the people directly inhale the bad air and our health is affected in a negative way. PM 2.5 pose a threat to our health because they can pass through are nose and throat, and they lodge deep in our lungs into our cardiovascular system. PM 2.5 aggravate diseases like asthma and bronchitis, and increasing coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath (SLC, 2015). PM 2.5 also can aggravate heart problems, like congestive heart…

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    Mr. Dummer has been a consulting actuary for over 30 years and is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and has been on the board of several insurance companies including Beneficial Life. The first ever partnership of scouting with the Food Bank, a program which has spread across the country, was believed to be started by Mr. Dummer and the late Lowell Bennion. He has worked on various boards with the Boy Scouts of America and is heavily involved in the local community. Mr. Dummer has…

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    A Jensen: A Short Story

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    I knew it wasn’t right, that I never had the same family more than 4-5 months. I, Ella Jensen live in Provo, Utah. My parents supposedly live in Nevada, sadly I never see them, because they left me as a child, but I’m not sure why. I am now 20 and I’m in college learning to do what I do best. I never saw my parents except for a couple of days when I was born, but now I am gonna travel the world to find them! I am going to find them I told myself. My plan is to find them in the first three days…

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    The relationship between my faith and my work as a therapist is very interesting to me. I was born and raised a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) also known as Mormons. When I was two my family moved to a home in Provo, Utah where my father became a professor at Brigham Young University which is owned and run by the LDS Church. The area where I lived was about 99% Mormon. In fourth grade there was only one student in my entire grade-level who was not a member of the…

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    Thomas knew that it would take forever to find the exit to a maze the size of New York City, but he still had hope. Thomas was a boy that had just woken up, with no memory, and no idea where he was. There were unknown boys surrounding him when he first opened his eyes. He soon realized that everyone had gone through the same process; waking up with no memory in a place you have never been to. The area where he was, looked like an old mill town, except it was surrounded by a maze that stretched…

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    In 1965, the Heaton family was a typical family in Provo, Utah. Howard was a new professor at Brigham Young University. He, his wife Carolyn, and three children and just moved into their new home. The Grandparents lived an hour away in Salt Lake City and Ogden Utah. In fact, the following quote well describes this family. The idealized, nostalgic portrait of the American nuclear family depicts a carefree, white family with a suburban residence, sole-provider father in a 9 – 5 job, and a…

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    Youth Subculture Essay

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    Final Exam 1. Identify several purposes served by a youth subculture. Eights purposes provided by subcultures are common values and norms, unique lingo, distinct form of mass media, common styles and fads, a sense of belonging, unique or distinctive status criteria, social support and gratification of specific needs. 2. Discuss police discretion in handling juveniles and what variables seem to impact officers the most. Whether or not a juvenile is processed into the system is dependent on their…

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    The theory of pro: An Italian perspective Introduction Universal Grammar (UG) is a linguistics theory which supports the idea that all human languages, although different in the surface, share some fundamental principles. These principles are generally true across languages, while parameters, on the other hand, are settings that allow for variation from language to language (White, 2003, p.2). The Extended Projection Principle (EPP) is a principle common to all languages which states that a…

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