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    "You shouldn’t have even come to this competition!" I had to get up very early that morning, because we had to be at the competition at 6:30 AM. The high school where the competition was held was extremely small. My studio's dressing room was the band room, which was way too small for 85 people. The room was grey with instruments everywhere. There were no windows, which made it very stuffy and hot, so it was very hard to change in and out of costumes. The stage was a little too slippery,…

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    Why Is Sentry Important

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    In many strong and detailed writing pieces there is a sentry: someone or something that is protecting a person, thing, or idea. With every sentry there is also the valuable that they are protecting and the danger that causes them to protect it. Sentries are very important because they protect the things that are precious to us. Whether it’s a vault safeguarding jewelry and money or a police officer around our community, it still serves as protection. When most people hear the word valuable…

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    "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson talks about the strong relationship people have with tradition. The sound of a lottery brings light and hope, it is fair. Everyone as equal chances, and the winner is usually awarded. Though that is not quite the case, in this story. In fact there is hope for the ones that are not chosen, so the odds are better. Every year the townspeople hold a lottery, and the winner is stoned to death. In their town they believe that they need to kill someone in order for…

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    Her husband, Bill Hutchinson, draws the lottery slip with a black mark on it. This means each person in the Hutchinson household is eligible to win the lottery. However, it soon becomes clear that this lottery is one where no-one wants to be the winner. The situation quickly changes and Tessie begins arguing that the drawing was unfair. Things progress quickly after that. All five of members of the Hutchinson family, aside from their eldest daughter, Eva, who had married and was therefore…

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    Self-awareness is the most human of all characteristics, allowing for discernment and true individuality. Ralph Ellison, in his novel Invisible Man, details the trials and tribulations of a young African-American man who names himself the “invisible man”, a title stemming from his lack of self-awareness, a fatal flaw that a volatile and divided American society takes advantage of. This invisibility manifests itself in the ceaseless manipulation and distortion of the protagonist’s own belief…

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    information presented to me like a sponge. That was the semester I decided to drop mass communications as a major and switch to biological sciences. The next semester, I was required to take evolutionary biology. Thinking back to those pink permission slips, I was curious to know how the theory of evolution would be handled in a college setting. I realized that no one is concerned about parents or religious beliefs when you’re in college, but rather what you sign up to take is a personal…

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    Essay On Medication Errors

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    The Prevention of Medication Errors: A Collaborative Approach Medication administration errors are continuously increasing in acute care settings, resulting in severe injury and in some cases, even patient death. According to Seibert, Maddox, Flynn and Williams (2014), at least one medication administration error (MAE) occurs per day per hospitalized patient. But who is really responsible for these errors? Since the nurse is considered the last link in the drug therapy chain prior to…

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    Coursework 1- Carbon Fibre composites compared to traditional metallic properties Introduction Carbon fibre is a material made up of thin strips of crystalline filaments of carbon woven together to create a cloth or combined with a resin or ceramics to strengthen the material. Carbon fibre is now overtaking traditional metals in where it is being used and the reasons why will be discussed further on in the report (Happian-Smith 2001: 1). Carbon fibre composites have become the leading material…

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    combined to make a comedy. One of these includes Oberon, king of the faries, has a jester named Puck. First introduced in Act 2, Scene 1, Puck loves to play tricks on people for laughter and fun. ”Sometime for three-foot stool mistaketh me; Then slip I from her bum, down topples she”(II.52-3). Puck turns into a stool and when she is sitting on it, he moves away and she falls. Later, Nick Bottom’s head was changed into a asses head because Puck tricked him. Puck lovesto pull all type of tricks…

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    The differences between the style of writing that I do to friends and family and the style of writing to instructors are quite distinct. When writing to family and friends, it’s much more informal and not nearly as structured as it would be if I were to write to instructors. It would be similar to how I would talk to them in person and I would use words that would be deemed informal to more professional type people. When I ever do have to write to professionals such as instructors, it would be…

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