10/3 - Maya after midterm * Leopold Batnes – Teotihuacan * William Sanders - Teotihuacan mapping project * S. Sugiyama and R. Cabrera * Street of the Dead - 15 ½ degrees east of north * Grid oriented – Canalized at the Rio San Juan * Pyramid of the sun – one of the largest mounds in north America * Cave below the pyramid of the sun (Cave of emergence) * Summer Solstice – June 21st it is directly on top of the pyramid * No shadow at noon *
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Espinoza 1 Connie Marie Espinoza English 1302 Ms. Pedraza December 4‚ 2012 “The American Dream Faces a Nightmare” Before the Border Fence was built on August 29‚ 2008‚ America was facing and still is facing one of the gravest threats ever. The lack of security and law enforcement agents‚ has caused so much havac and danger to the citizens of America and Mexican residents. We the citizens of the United States of America
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Based on current trends and statistics‚ scientists at the frontier of artificial intelligence are pretty optimistic that it is not long till the day where we‚ humans‚ will be able to build human-level intelligence machines and even super-intelligence machines. In the book Superintelligence: Paths‚ Dangers and Strategies‚ Nick Bostrom aims to help mankind avoid existential catastrophe by exploring solutions to the challenges that we may face the day we successfully build superintelligence. Even before
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Ross‚ a thane‚ walks outside the castle with an old man. They discuss the strange and ominous happenings of the past few days: it is daytime‚ but dark outside; last Tuesday‚ an owl killed a falcon; and Duncan’s beautiful‚ well-trained horses behaved wildly and ate one another. Macduff emerges from the castle and tells Ross that Macbeth has been made king by the other lords‚ and that he now rides to Scone to be crowned. Macduff adds that the chamberlains seem the most likely murderers‚ and that they
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class and is also available in OWL (https://owl.uwo.ca/portal). Instructors The instructor for each topic is set out on the syllabus. The course co ordinator is Professor Mysty Clapton. There are four Teaching Assistants (TAs): Scott Azzopardi sazzopar@uwo.ca‚ Niloofar Entezari nentezar@uwo.ca‚ Marina Faheim mfaheim2@uwo.ca‚ and Amanda Fiorelli afiorell@uwo.ca. The TAs are available by e mail to help with any problem and will be monitoring the class discussion board in OWL. Evaluation The evaluation
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18．What kind of monkey business has been going on while I’ve been away？ Chicken 19．Come on! Don’t be chicken! 20．Well，she’s certainly no spring chicken． 21．Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched! Owl 22. He is as blind as an owl． 23. He’s a wise old owl． Bear 24．Every time l see my grandfather，he gives me a big bear hug． 25．Her husband is a real bear． Bee 26．She’s always as busy as a bee． Snail 27．He walks at a snail’s pace． Worm 28．He wormed
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“Precaution is better than cure.” The quote above states that we should always take precautionary measures to prevent ourselves from getting into harm’s way. It is better to be well informed about the consequences of your actions‚ than suffer in the future out of ignorance. William Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” warns the audience against the acts they might commit‚ which will backfire. Power is like lust‚ there is no end to it. In the play “Macbeth”‚ Macbeth is not satisfied with the titles
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their pets to school‚ BUT THEY DID NOT ALLOWED MINE. Mine is a small‚ red Chinese dragon. On the first day‚ Miss McGonagall‚ headmistress at Hogwarts‚ told me to send my little dragon back to China. “Please have a look on your handbook‚ we allowed owl‚ cat‚ dog and snake only.” Miss McGonagall said. “Ronald Weasley had a mice for his pet‚ Miss.” “Is your dragon an Animagus?” She asked. “……No‚ Miss.” I looked at Miss McGonagall and continued‚ “This is racial discrimination‚ Miss.” “It isn’t‚ my
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The Lone Ranger B The narrator of the story is a Native American man‚ who works at a high school exchange programme. He lives in solitude among strangers trying to find an identity fitting both the Indian and the white society. His dreams take him back to a battlefield where Indians and whites are fighting and killing each other. But the battle doesn’t stick to his dreams only‚ it continues in the real life as well. One of the things that reflects this is his relationship to his white girlfriend
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Dust in His Dark Materials Essay published by JParry on 25th Jul 2007. There is currently 1 Comment. We ’re interested in hearing yours! Dust is the central concept of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials‚ the purpose of all its action and the great philosophical explanation behind all the mysteries. Most of the main characters are to some extent engaged in the quest to understand Dust‚ either to destroy it or to preserve it. Throughout the trilogy‚ however‚ Dust acquires a bewildering array
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