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“ I was thinking, if they want to know about your personality, this is a little bit of an impersonal way. Wouldn’t they want to meet me in person?”(Ditson) Kelly Ditson, a waitress and single mother, was on the hunt for a new, better-paying job. What should have been a quick process quickly became Ditson spending hours on a single application. She found herself staying up past 2am filling out applications, only being able to complete four before she was too tired to continue. Summary In…

[Last Name] 1 Keegan Mr. Evans Government Isis Isis is the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). Isis is a militant group, which is led by and composed of Sunni Arabs from Iraq and Syria. They have control over territory occupied by ten million people in Iraq and Syria. It has control over small areas of Libya, Nigeria, and Nangarhar. The group also operates in other parts of the world including South Asia. Isil is posting internet videos of soldiers, civilizations, aid workers, and…

The Shoe Drive January 12, 2010. The day the devastating large-scale earthquake demolished Haiti. Growing up in Los Angeles and being born at the turn of the century, I never saw the amount of destruction the Earth could cause. Of course, as we get older it becomes more difficult to escape reality, but when you’re younger it’s easier to tune it all out. The earthquake in Haiti ignited a fire in me that would never burn out. For a few weeks post-earthquake, an immense feeling of guilt…

Motor Wagon became the first production motor vehicle in the United States. In that same year, Henry Ford demonstrated his first experimental vehicle, the Quadricycle. By 1908, when the Ford Motor Company introduced the Model T, the United States had dozens of automobile manufacturers. The Model T quickly became the standard by which other cars were measured; ten years later, half of all cars on the road were Model Ts. It had a simple four-cylinder, twenty-horsepower engine and a planetary…

Polish Underground during World War II in Warsaw. The German had already taken over Warsaw at the time. Irena was the head of the children's section of Zegota, the Polish Council to Aid Jews which was active from 1942 to 1945. Assisted by some two dozen other Zegota members, Sendler smuggled approximately 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and then provided them with false identity documents and shelter with adoptive Polish families, in orphanages or other care facilities. Saving…

Drones kill thousands of people every year. Source I states, “1,147 people in Yemen and Pakistan, including children, were killed in U.s drone strikes”. Drones shouldn’t be used in warfare because they aren’t reliable, kill innocent people, and can take away privacy. Privacy can be taken away with drones. “We don’t want the government hovering over our cities and towns 24/7 and tracking everywhere that everyone goes” says Jay Stanley from source A. Drones have cameras and microphones that can…

Since highschool, I've always loved running through nature and the various hiking trails around my area. Even when I wasn't running, I would d go through these areas just for the tranquil feeling it gives me. However, the more I explored these existing and new locations, I'd see increasing amounts of trash left from other hikers and runners who traversed these trails. I did what I could to pick up any trash I saw, and one day I decided to take an even bigger step into improving my community. I…

Deep bonding with flights I developed as a toddler. The flights’ landing and takeoff, I watched curiously when I was waiting in the airport launch for boarding Lufthansa flight to India. Fading of sawing noise as the plane disappeared in the sky during takeoff and puffs of smoke from the wheel as they touched the ground on landing captivated me. My level of excitement to watch these scenes never changed a bit even now. The contrail left behind by jets still amuses me. Playing flight…

Even TV shows are featuring more accurate portrayals of bipolar disorder. “In the past, people with bipolar disorder were practically frothing at the mouth,” Fast said. Today, writers and producers make it a point to get it right. Recently, Fast served as one of the advisors on the hit Showtime series “Homeland” and talked with Claire Danes about her character’s bipolar disorder. Fast includes medication and alternative therapies as part of her treatment plan. Still, she cautioned against…

there has been many terrorist threats and many innocent lives ended. This is all do to a terrorist group called isis. Isis is a Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. It was created by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi also known as Abu Du’a. They are known for killing dozens of people and carrying out public executions, and many other acts. Isis wants everyone to follow their traditions. They have a military background, which gives them access to weapons. The leader of Isis Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was detained in…