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    The Lafayette Escadrille was a squadron in the French Air Force composed of American volunteer pilots. Early during World War I many Americans were interested in joining the French Air Service. This unique squadron created a way for Americans to fight in the war prior to the entrance of the United States into the war. They would experience multiple victories and suffer a significant amount of casualties, but they would be remembered as one of the elite French Air Force Squadrons during World War

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    immune to this knack of Hollywood, but the film still has some historical accuracy. Much of the historical inaccuracies are seen in the addition of the classical storybook plot and the addition of romance, and even the personnel of the Layfette Escadrille. There are however, some historical accurate aspects that the film used, but were mostly apart of the background rather than a main focal point. The film has many strengths in depicting historical accuracies that happened in World War one, but are

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    Where he is from Eugene Jacques Bullard was born October 9th 1895 in Columbus, Georgia. He was nicknamed “The Black Swallow of Death”. He was one of 10 children. His father was William O, Bullard nicknamed “Big Chief Ox”, and his mother was Josephine Thomas. She was a Creek Indian. He went to school at Twenty-Eight Street School from 1901 to 1906 where he learned to read and write. As a teenager Eugene hid on a ship headed towards Scotland because he was trying to get away from racism. Bullard arrived

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    There was no warning of the immense tragedy that hit southern Louisiana on Friday, August 12, 2016. A rain that came in harder than most hurricanes that have hit Louisiana. This down poor stayed in the same place for several days and did not stop. Social media had a huge effect on how this tragedy played out. Where help was being sent, who was okay and who was not okay. People resorted to using their phones to check on people and letting people know where help was needed with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

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    Our research for RadioShack consisted mainly of studying the RadioShack history, why would it goes bankrupt in 2015, advantages and disadvantages of RadioShack comparing to Amazon, the local RadioShack business in Purdue and how would the new business model go after sprint purchased RadioShack. We found these information and studies for RadioShack are important because they can help audiences to insight RadioShack and understand why would it goes bankrupt. RadioShack Corporation is an American wireless

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    I was lucky enough to be able to work with Lafayette Police Department for the last couple months. The experience has been awesome. I really believe that it has been the best experience I’ve had while at college. Going into my senior year I was not sure it was going to even be able to find any kind of internship before I left school. Once I was told about the internship program I was all for it. Lafayette was my first choice of departments that I wanted to go to for the field work. The other sites

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    I am applying for the UL Lafayette College of Nursing & Allied Health Professions Nursing Scholarship to hopefully earn a scholarship award to assist me with financing my college education. I do not have an on-campus or off-campus job at the time which benefits me by allowing more of my time to be dedicated to my studies. I am a focused and self-motivated student who strives to earn the best grades possible in my college courses. I am a determined student because I want to become an efficient and

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    1. Describe your financial need. I am applying for the UL Lafayette College of Nursing & Allied Health Professions Nursing Scholarship to hopefully earn a scholarship award to assist me with financing my college education. I do not have an on-campus or off-campus job at the time which benefits me by allowing more of my time to be dedicated to my studies. I am a focused and self-motivated student who strives to earn the best grades possible in my college courses. I am a determined student because

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    Motivations Behind Altered Images: Feigned Realities In an increasingly visual society, wherein mediated information and reality are weaved together, making it nearly impossible to distinguish what is real from what is represented, beauty may only seem skin deep. Each day we are constantly bombarded by images and messages from society and the media telling us who, what, and how we should be. Nearly every magazine published boasts various headlines promising fat blasting secrets or how to get flawless

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    the extracurricular activities that are offered by the institution. With this said, I have selected three colleges that have specifically caught my eye based on these factors: Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky; Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana; and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in St. Mary of the Woods, Indiana. Majors Of course, when selecting colleges recently, it was necessary to pick those ones that followed my interest base. Ideally, this would be to obtain a Master’s

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