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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Quais Du Seine by Gurinder Chadha is a unique story with definitive sections that fall into a classic three act structure. The short opens on three teenagers sitting on the banks of the Seine river in Paris. Two of the boys spend the first minute of the film catcalling women and laughing amongst themselves. The fact that the third character chooses to not stoop to the level of his peers signifies that he will play an important role in the film. We are then shown that sitting beside the boys within
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In the poems ‘Welfare baby’‚ written by Cheryl Albury and ‘Barefoot Baby’‚ written by J.L.Mayson the poets arouse sympathy for the characters in them. The use of many techniques depicts the sympathetic theme throughout the poems. Both poems are about young children and the titles of each portray a sense of negativity to the readers. In ‘Welfare baby’ albury starts off by describing the baby as ‘defenseless’‚ which shows how he is unable to help or defend himself. This may give the reader a sad
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Mt. Iriga or also known as Mt. Asog‚ a 1‚470 meters high volcano is one of the major mountains in the Bicol Region. Lying near the City of Iriga in Camarines Sur‚ this inactive volcano offers a breath-taking view of the southern mountains including Mt Isarog on the northern side of the mountain‚ Mt. Mayon ‚ Mt. Malinao and Mt. Masaraga on the southern side. And if the weather is clear‚ you can also see Catanduanes and the Lagonoy Gulf farther south. The well renowned Buhi Lake is also located at
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His fear of humiliation drives Balram to imitate the appearance of Mr.Ashok‚ a wealthy man‚ although he does not appreciate the clothes’ aesthetic. In “The Fourth night‚” Balram has arrived at New Delhi and became the main driver for Mr.Ashok after Mukesh left to Dhanbad. Balram‚ who was a countryman‚ is amazed at all the things in the city like New Delhi. On a regular day‚ while waiting for Pinky Madam and Mr. Ashok to shop in the mall‚ Balram observes a servant who wants to enter the mall‚ “he
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Poem - Battle Within. Battle Within. Each day gloomy as the last‚ with the dimmest light shining through. Everyday an invisible battle‚ fighting to keep on going‚ to not let the demons win. The smallest light of hope helps you to find your way. Trying to break free from its hold‚ this is the dark battle of depression‚ we can never give up this fight‚ no matter how many times it tries to control us‚ for we are stronger than this demon‚ we can make it through no matter how tough it gets. We just need
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Recent Results in DU and JNU Polls Recently the students’ union polls were held in Delhi’s two prestigious central varsities —Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University — amidst high security. While the polling at Delhi University started at 8.30 am and continued till 12.30 pm‚ in JNU it started at 9.30 am and continued till 6 pm. The students casted their votes through the Electronic Voting Machines whose counting took place the next day. In Delhi University‚ twelve candidates fought for
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Committee‚ I am writing to happily nominate Émilie du Châtelet for the National Award Celebrating Historical Outstanding-ness (NACHO). Émilie du Châtelet is very worthy of the NACHO because her input to the science community during the Enlightenment was very influential. She influenced the way women in fields of science were viewed‚ the acceptance of science along with religion and what we learn in physics today. Women’s role in the Enlightenment and du Châtelet During the Enlightenment‚ women were
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Case study (DuPont case) Applied Research for international Business Management 1) Marketing research involves the identification‚ collection‚ analysis and dissemination of information. Explain how each of these phases of marketing research applies to DuPont’s problem. 2) One of the objectives of problem identification is formulating the marketing research problem and determining the information that is needed to solve it. First DuPont has to identify the target market which
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Lecture 8 Edmond Spenser (1552 – 1599) Edmund Spenser’s ‘‘Sonnet 75’’ was published in 1595 as part of the larger work‚ Amoretti and Epithalamion. Amoretti are small love poems‚ in this case‚ sonnets‚ and an epithalamion is a wedding song. The work as a whole was written by Spenser to his second wife‚ Elizabeth Boyle‚ whom he arried in 1594. In ‘‘Sonnet 75‚’’ the speaker is a poetic version of Spenser and the Lover to and about whom he is writing is Elizabeth. The subject of ‘‘Sonnet 75’’ is the
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