A Few Things That Went Wrong in the Patriot Presented to: Barry Reynolds By: Simon Lamy On April 10th 2006 Roland Emmerich’s ’The Patriot’ is a romanced story taking place during the Independence war and depicting the impact of the militia on the United States victory over England; but there are a couple of things wrong with this movie; notably some misconceptions in the main themes and some flagrant historical discrepancies. The theme of patriotism in this movie is spectacularly
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When I was asked to give a talk‚ I was very excited. I was very excited‚ until I remembered that I had five minutes to talk about two subjects that were very important to the standards of the church. That is: how I am preparing myself for a mission and getting married in the temple. Then while writing the talk‚ I realized that in preparing for a mission‚ I am in essence‚ also preparing to marry in the temple. In this recent general conference talk‚ Elder Quentin L. Cook took the time to share a
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I was walking by myself on Grandview Avenue and found a wallet with $250 cash. No one saw me. The wallet had a lot of credit cards in it. I thought I had better take it to its owner. I looked at the license ID‚ and the person in the picture was of someone named Patty Schwab. I have never heard of someone named Patty Schwab. I asked a few people walking by if they knew any Patty’s‚ but no one did. The owner of a SHOP across the street must have heard me asking about Patty‚ because he told me that
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“I heard a fly buzz—when I died” What would one think of while they die? One of Emily Dickinson’s most famous poems‚ "I heard a Fly buzz" describes the mental distraction caused by irrelevant details at even the most crucial moments--even at the moment of death. The poem then becomes even weirder and more ghoulish by transforming the tiny‚ insignificant‚ normally overlooked fly into the embodiment of death itself. Eventually‚ the fly’s wing cuts the speaker off from the light until she cannot
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This morning is a typical Tuesday morning as I make my daily commute to work. The blue sky is bright with sun‚ but it is a brisk New England winter morning. As I drive down the highway drinking my coffee‚ I scan through the radio stations looking for my favorite songs desperately trying to get motivated for the day ahead. Instead of finding my favorite tunes‚ I find weather bulletins galore warning of an impending storm due to hit land by Friday. From station to station the forecast varies from modest
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I am a very optimistic and determined person. We’ve all heard about the girl raped‚ abused‚ or even in foster care right? Luckily‚ I was neither of the those. Although just because I have never been that girl doesn’t mean I haven’t had my own struggles and obstacles I have had to overcome. Obstacles that made me who I am. The ones that gave me my identity. My obstacles started as a baby. I was conceived when my mother was only thirteen years old. She lost custody of me and my older three siblings
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Essay Emily Dickinson’s ‘I heard a fly buzz when I died’ describes the speakers moment of during death with is ruined by a fly impairing her vision of the moment of death or the ‘light’. The speaker is with their family in a room for the preparation of the moment when the speaker passes away. The tone of the poem is dreamy‚ languid and almost completely relaxed. It is almost as if the speaker a ghost in the dreamy relaxed manner the speaker conveys their thoughts and recollections. This complete
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I had heard talk of a mother’s love for her child before the day I had my own. I’d heard stories of a mother that gives her life to save her child’s. I’d seen that kind love expressed by my own mother everyday. I guess‚ I never thought it to be much different then the love a person feels for any other immediate family member. Boy‚ was I wrong. It’s not that I don’t love my other family unconditionally and entirely‚ but a mother’s love is undoubtably incomparable to any other. October‚ 20‚
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What Went Wrong at Cisco in 2001 http://www.cio.com/article/print/30413 Print Article Close Window From: www.cio.com What Went Wrong at Cisco in 2001 – Scott Berinato‚ CIO August 01‚ 2001 There’s Cisco Before and Cisco After‚ and the two crossed paths‚ awkwardly‚ this past April. Cisco Before was CFO Larry Carter writing in April’s Harvard Business Review about the San Jose‚ Calif.-based company’s "virtual close" software. "We can literally close our books within hours‚" Carter boasted
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WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE Ron Young Bryant and Stratton College Phil 250 Ms. Obradovich February 8‚ 2013 In August 2005 there was a massive storm brewing and growing into a storm like no other storm‚ Hurricane Katrina. In the days before the storm hit‚ there were many agencies gathering information and trying to give a good guess on when‚ where‚ and how bad this storm was going to be. Some people listened and prepared and some did not. Why? Why didn’t some people even
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