Terrible Towel

What you are about to read is a personal description of a place I called home during the summer of 2014 while to deployed to Panjwai District of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Combat Out Post (COP) Masum Ghar was once a Canadian Forward Operating Base (FOB) established during Operation Enduring Freedom. After the Canadian forces had pulled out of the country, the United States Army took their place. COP Masum Ghar, situated in a bowl at the top of a mountain range, called Masum. Ghar is Pashtun for…

Response to Question 1 Flood in Maryland Disasters of any kind (natural or man-made, domestic or international) remain great concern for humankind. Disaster comes in different forms such as: floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, storm surges, tornadoes, wildfires or terrorist attacks and so forth. Any forms of disaster serve as threat and can result in loss of lives, property damage and destruction of infrastructure. This was the case in Ellicott City, Maryland where two people were dead, several…

sexuality is a counterpart of Gatsby’s romantic passion for Daisy” (Strba 43) Tom physically abused her, using his power to take complete control. “Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with an open hand. Then there were bloody towels upon the bathroom floor, and women’s voices scolding, and high over the confusion a long broken wail of pain.” (Fizgerald…

intrigued by the different callers and their car dilemmas, but mostly the way these brothers could familiarize the listeners with the caller and their situation. They personalize the show and caller with ease and always turn the victims’ seemingly terrible situations into a laugh and quick fix. The brothers taught me that making a genuine connection with your audience and staying positive is a great way to help the listener better understand the writer. They also expressed the importance of…

Throughout pieces of literature, whether novels or short stories, imagery is an important literary device. Without the addition of imagery, readers would not be able to have emotional or sensational responses. In the interesting story of “The Road”, by Cormac McCarthy, readers encounter several situations where imagery is a prominent element which helps paint a better overall understand of the setting, plot and characters. Early on in “The Road”, readers are faced with a father and son looking…

Ever heard of Nikola Tesla? You probably haven't heard of him: Have you ever heard of the Tesla? Probably haven't heard of it either. Have you been living under a rock ?? (No disrespect). Nikola Tesla was a better inventor than Thomas Edison, in this essay I will be telling you why he as a better inventor and about Nikola Tesla life. First of all, let's setup the setting and the scene as if it was an actual movie. Nikola Tesla was born on July 10, 1856, in Smiljan, Lika, which was then…

It is human instinct to protect one’s self in the event of being threatened, just as it is natural for animals to fight over their territories and mates. Now fighting isn’t often seen as beneficial, humane, or mature, but in a life or death situation, one must know how to survive. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, the art of being able to control one’s opponent with simple techniques involving holds, chokes, joint locks, and leverage to subdue an attacker, has been proven countless times to show dominance…

It was a very cold but normal December day, everyone in town was doing what they usually do, take kids to school, go to work, get coffee and visit one another. Henry Dunkin was an ordinary 13 year old boy who was tall with dark brown hair and blue eyes. He was very liked by the citizens in the town so you wouldn’t expect anyone to harm him, right? Two weeks ago on a Tuesday, this was a day like any other, the sun was shining and there was a chilly breeze just off the east coast. In the bakery up…

At the point when your feline takes to urinating outside the litter box, the scent can be hard to dispose of and almost difficult to veil. Regardless of whether the feline pees on a cover, a household item, bed materials, or your garments, it's essential to kill the scent both to stay away from shame and to keep the feline from turning into a rehash guilty party, as they'll frequently come back to a spot where they have beforehand urinated if the smell isn't dispensed with. Consider this your…

Susan Glaspell 's wrote her first play, “Trifles”, before the start of the Women 's Suffrage Movement, about a woman who allegedly murders her husband by tying a rope around his neck in reciprocation for murdering her beloved canary in a similar fashion. While the audience continues to read the play, the moral becomes much deeper and even the sheriff 's wife, Mrs. Peters, begins to notice the dark and cold house the men are investigating. After years of abuse and misery, the once attractive and…