Timothy 20140221 Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae In the novel “Gates of Fire”‚ by Steven Pressfield‚ the author describes a battle between 300 Spartans and the Persian Army who threatens to invade and take Sparta. A Greek‚ who goes by the name Xeones‚ gives his story to a scribe who works for the Persian King Xerxes. One main theme that presents itself very well is the act of Patriotism. Something that one would learn from this novel is very similar to the basics of what
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I believe most of us known about the California fires‚ which was noticed on many networks a week ago. According to a report from bbc.com‚ it said‚ “17 wildfires in nine counties have burned more than 115‚000 acres in just the past 12 hours.” The data is reported in the past 12 hours‚ which means the damage is going to be larger‚ and there is no signal to show the fire will stop spreading out. By just looking at the cost it has created‚ I suddenly wonder did we actually consider the wildfires as a
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“Pale Fire‚ a poem in heroic couplets‚ of nine hundred ninety-nine lines‚ divided into four cantos‚ was composed by John Francis Shade (born July 5‚ 1898‚ died July 21‚ 1959) during the last twenty days of his life‚ at his residence in New Wye‚ Appalachia‚ U.S.A. The manuscript‚ mostly a Fair Copy‚ from which the present text has been faithfully printed‚ consists of eighty medium-sized index cards‚ on each of which Shade reserved the pink upper line for headings (canto number‚ date) and used the
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First of all‚ in “Trail by fire”‚ the primary evidence for Cameron’s execution was the result of the police’s investigations after the fire‚ which determined that the fire had been started by using sort of accelerant. This included a finding a patterns on the floor in the shape of puddles. All of this considered to indicate that the fire has been started by the help of an accelerant. However‚ there was a new evidence to prove that Cameron was innocent‚ which is the phenomena of “Flash over”. Flash
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Basics of Fire Prevention On board Ships The best way to deal with fires on board ships is to prevent them rather than letting them occur. Breaking out of fire in a place where no fire exist is called “ignition”‚ whereas “flash” is a term used for fire eruption in a new place as a result of flames from an existing fire in a nearby place (the ignition source). Fires on board ships can be prevented by finding and rectifying leakages of fuel oil‚ lubricating oil‚ and exhaust gases. In a ship’s generator
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people are not being fair. In the cases of To Kill a Mockingbird‚ The Scottsboro Boys and The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Injustice was a part of the verdict. In To kill a Mockingbird Tom Robinson was accused of raping Mayella Ewell. In the Scottsboro boys case the nine boys that were found on the train were accused by the two women that they raped the two women. In the shirtwaist fire the women were suing the owners of the building because they locked the women in and there were no exits. The women
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Introduction The issue today’s fire service is how to justify fire departments operating budgets when the rate of actual calls for structured fires are on the decline. Post 9/11 the federal government set aside millions of dollars in grant money for apparatus equipment and training supplementing operational costs of fire departments across America. With the depletion of those federal monies‚ local governments are scrutinizing their budgets overall in attempts to cut corners and keep the cost within
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The Great Fire of London‚ which occurred in September of 1666‚ completely devastated the city of London‚ leaving one-sixth of its population homeless and destroying a large swath of the city‚ including St. Paul’s Cathedral. In Adrian Tinniswood’s novel‚ By Permission of Heaven: The True Story of the Great Fire of London‚ he argued that the majority of Londoners saw the fire as either an act of terrorism or as an act of God. Those who believed the act of terrorism theory blamed the fire on England’s
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The history of the fire service has been very interesting and informative. I hope that after this essay that you will farther understand the history behind the service of fire fighting. The activity of fire fighting can be dated back to Ancient Rome 6AD. Rome was the first to have a paid fire brigade of seven thousand fire fighters. The fire brigades would also patrol the streets in order to check for fire code violations‚ when not responding to fire calls. In Rome around the time of the second
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2007 San Diego Fire Season: The Witch Creek and Guejito Fires The Witch Creek Fire (WCF) took place in San Diego County on October 21st 2007 ("Witch Creek Investigation Report"). The exact location of the fire within the county was the witch creek area‚ just east of the Southern California town of Ramona ("Witch Creek Investigation Report"). This fire was believed to have been started around noon of that day ("Witch Creek Investigation Report"). The Guejito fire was discovered near Guejito bridge
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