mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability (Merriam-Webster). There are two types of heroes‚ epic heroes and modern heroes. Odysseus‚ one of the most famous epic heroes ever‚ will be compared to Mahatma Gandhi‚ a modern day hero‚ to see if there really is a large gap separating the two types. However‚ one thing is certain‚ modern heroes can be identical to epic heroes if they are larger than life‚ embody the ideals of their culture‚ embark on a perilous
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Part 1 – Buoyancy http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/buoyancy 1. Open the web browser and enter the link above into the address bar. 2. When the simulation page opens click “Run Now!” 3. Click the “Buoyancy Playground” tab at the top of the window. 4. Look in the yellow data box in the top left corner of the window. Record the mass (m)‚ volume (V)‚ and density (ρ) of the wood block. 5. In the middle of the screen there is a container of water. Record the volume of the water. 6. Drop
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New foldI believe that they should be replaced. I’m in school‚ I take the exams. They are horrible‚ people will keep saying that exams are the reasons teacher know what students need to re-learn and what they still need to go over. But in reality‚ if the students fail‚ the teachers don’t really care. They don’t. It will just drop your grade and the teacher will keep teaching new things‚ while your falling behind because a major grade in the book is a 50. Exams don’t help the teachers or the students
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ also known as Mahatma‚ “The great-souled one”‚ was an Indian nationalist leader and architect of one of the most famous forms of civil disobedience‚ Satyagraha or more commonly known as non-violent passive resistance. Satyagraha had a large impact on the world and still remains as one of the most potent philosophies in freedom struggles throughout the world today. Gandhi spent some time as an Indian immigrant in South Africa and eventually moved back to India in the early
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1 PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE RESEARCH SERIES VOL. 5 NOVEMBER 2013 NO. 2 RESOLVED: THE BENEFITS OF DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE BY THE NSA OUTWEIGH THE HARMS. The choice of this topic was undoubtedly influenced by the international controversy surrounding the disclosures by former NSA contractor‚ Edward Snowden. Snowden‚ a 29-year-old high school dropout‚ was a contract worker at Booz Allen Hamilton – a company hired to provide security for the databases used by the federal government’s National
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The plan of care for a patient with esophagogastric balloon tamponade tubes is formulated around the primary nursing diagnosis of ineffective airway clearance related to aspiration of blood (Ackley‚ B.‚ Ladwig‚ G.‚ 2011) Bleeding often stop spontaneously‚ but if it does not‚ a Sengstaken-Blakemore or Minnesota tube is inserted to provide constant pressure at the source of bleeding of the varices by using a balloon tamponade. For continued bleeding‚ a nasogastric tube may be inserted
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Debate I disagree‚ because if your friends and or other people are trying to encourage you to do something good then it really isn’t peer preasure. That is called giving good advice‚ or friendly encouragement. Peer pressure is when people try to encourage you or pressure you into doing something that is against your better judgement‚ which in most cases tends to be over something that is usually and or potencially harmful.. | | | Angria picked Disagree:It’s important to prepare a child for
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Indira Gandhi‚ the first women prime minister of India inspires me. When I read her life story I started to venerate her. It is a truth that I adopted her single actions in my life. She was called the “child of revolution” by her grand father when she was born. She has proved it by changing the face of India. I got influenced by her actions‚ life styles and her way of behavior. To my surprise‚ I have adopted her qualities like being a voracious reader‚ brave and friendly. Her aspect was to do right
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Mohandas “Mahatma” Karamchand Gandhi. A shudder of nervous anticipation shook him as he lowered his hand into the sloshing sea. Digging his hands into the ground‚ his hand hit something lumpy. Hands trembling‚ Gandhi lifted a lump of salty mud from the depths of the sea. The crowd gasped silently. Gandhi then forced himself to lower the lump into the water. The mud slipped away from the grains of white‚ causing the water to grow murkier. A few minutes later‚ the mud cleared‚ and Gandhi held up his
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Erica Del Vigna Coms 2 Negative Outline Proposition: The state of California should legalize marijuana. I. Introduction Thesis: Though I agree that marijuana should be put into a controlled environment‚ I believe it should not be legalized due to its poor health attributes‚ and its negative influence towards the youth and drug users. Preview: I will be explaining today why the affirmatives plan does will not work as a sufficient plan in California. I will start by refuting his claims
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