At Thermopylae‚ the allied Greek nations deployed a small force of between four and seven thousand Greek heavy infantry against the invading Persian army of two million. Leading the Greeks was a force of three hundred Spartans‚ chosen because they were all "sires" — men who had to have sons who could preserve their blood line‚ should they fall in battle. Thermopylae was the only way into Greece for the Persian army‚ and presented the perfect choke point — a narrow pass bordered by a sheer mountain
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Essay 1 Discuss the subjects in which you excel or have excelled. To what factors do you attribute your success Essay 2 Discuss the subjects in which you have had difficulty. What factors do you believe contributed to your difficulties? How have you dealt with them so they will not cause problems for you again? In what areas have you experienced the greatest improvement? What problem areas remain? Essay 3 Briefly describe a situation in which you felt that you or others were treated unfairly
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Department: Communication Design Course: Contemporary Art in Context Artist: Anish Kapoor Title: Cloud Gate Year: Built 2004-2006 Location: Millennium Park‚ Chicago‚ Illinois‚ United States Dimensions: 10 m × 13 m × 20 m (33 ft × 42 ft × 66 ft) Medium: Stainless steel About the artist: Anish Kapoor‚ one of the world’s most distinguished and significant contemporary artists‚ was born in Mumbai to a Punjabi-Hindu father and an Iraqi-Jewish mother. He has studied art at the Hornsey College
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the topic I chose in Week 3 assignment on the Bill Clinton Thoughts on Obama’s Re-Election; first and foremost I will need to knowledge and use all 4 different stages of creative process. By starting out start out with using the first stage of the creative process‚ I will search for more information on other candidates running for this particle election‚ chances of winning‚ and the peoples feeling for each candidate. The second and third creative process stages can be used at the same time. So‚ I
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4.4 MarkingScheme For 1mark multiple-choice questions‚ 1/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. Likewise‚for 2 marks multiple-choice questions‚ 2/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. However‚for the linked answer question pair‚ where each question carries 2 marks‚ 2/3 mark will bededucted for a wrong answer to the first question only. There is no negative marking for wronganswer to the second question of the linked answer question pair. If the first question in thelinked pair is wrongly
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Gate Control Theory | Date of last revision July 26‚ 2011 | Introductionwww.currentnursing.com * Gate control theory was described by Melzack and Wall in 1965. * This theory explains about a pain-modulating system in which a neural gate present in the spinal cord can open and close thereby modulating the perception of pain. * The gate control theory suggested that psychological factors play a role in the perception of pain. Terms * Pain - an unpleasant sensory and emotional
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Topic: Heavens Gate Mass Suicides Problem/question: Why would seemingly normal individuals decide to join cults such as ‘Heaven’s Gate’? I believe that the topic of cults (such as Heaven’s Gate) is a clear example of Collective Behaviour because the group displays abnormal behaviour and beliefs‚ which are inconsistent with the norms of society. This is coherent with Locher’s definition (Locher‚ 2002‚ pp. 1-2). Schwartz‚ L. L.‚ & Kaslow‚ F. W. (1979). Religious Cults‚ the Individual and the Family
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Steve Jobs Biography Book By Walter Isaacson. JFK Biography Book By Michael O’Brien 2005. Albert Einstein Biography Book By Albrecht Folsing and Ewald Osers (May 1‚ 1998). Eisenhower Soldier and President‚ by Stephen E. Ambrose (Feb 5‚ 2007) Who is Bill Gates…Who Was He? By Patricia Brennan Demuth‚ Ted Hammond and Nancy Harrison (Mar 21‚ 2013)
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Listening Skills Bill Fuller‚ the postman‚ whistled cheerfully as he pushed his bicycle up the hill towards old Mrs. Dunley’s house. His work for the day was almost finished. His bag‚ usually heavy when he set out for a round‚ was empty this time except the letter that he had to deliver to Mrs. Dunley. She lived a mile away from the village on a hill‚ so that‚ when Bill had a letter to deliver to Mrs. Dunley‚ he always finished his day’s work much later. He never minded this‚ however‚ because she
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AUTOMATED TOLL GATES INTRODUCTION : The automated toll gates are the application of both the concepts of road pricing and intelligent transport system.Earlier motorists used to wait at a toll booth or a plaza to pay a machine or a collector for using a particular toll road.But it is not so in the case of a automated toll gate.Here the motorists need not stop or even reduce the speed of their vehicle.The whole process is completely automated.Road pricing is a type of tax sought by
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