The Five Platonic Solids The five platonic solids are the tetrahedron‚ cube‚ octahedron‚ dodecahedron‚ and a icosahedron. They are named for the greek philosopher Plato. Plato wrote about them in the Timaeus (c.360 B.C.) in which he paired each of the four classical elements earth‚ air‚ water‚ and fire with a regular solid. Earth was paired with the cube‚ air with the octahedron‚ water with the icosahedron‚ and fire with the tetrahedron. The fifth Platonic solid‚ the dodecahedron‚ Plato says that
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/ put aside. Brown 2lbs. of ground beef or turkey. / put aside. Boil your noodles for 5-7 mins. or until it reaches it desired texture. Drain water and rinse your noodles./ put aside. Cut your uncooked sausage into dices or desired shape. ( I prefer half-circle shapes) In a big bowl‚ mix all of your meats together. / put aside. Then in a large deep stew pot‚ mix your noodles and spaghetti sauce and bring to a boil. Add your bowl of meats‚ reduce heat to
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called jim crow cars. These rail cars are often rundown and old. They often didn’t even have seats in them. Some states often said “it shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each other in any game of cards or dice‚ dominoes or checkers” (Jim Crow Law). it was even hard for african american kids to go to the park if they even had a colored park. Even though we no longer have the Jim Crow Law african americans still are not treated fairly and we still have
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TARGET KILLING In Pakistan‚ target killings have been a rising form of violence and have contributed to security instability in the country. They have become common and have gained attention especially in Karachi‚ Pakistan’s largest city and economic capital. Police and law enforcement agencies have sometimes come under criticism for their ineffectiveness in locating the perpetrators and their motives. For most of the part‚ target killings in Karachi have been attributed to political‚ religious
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bring about wellbeing to his citizens and so he may achieve liberation by overcoming further desires. Upon performing the Rajsuya Yagna Yudhishtira feels obligated to make decisions as an ideal king should. He is unable to refuse another game of dice as he claims “how can a dutiful king like me refuse to accept such a challenge?” However‚ he fails to recognize that a king does not have one dimensional duties which can be bounded by a code of honor. He leaves decisions and consequences “at the
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Hartford‚ Connecticut. The painting captured my attention with its intricate details‚ such as the trinkets on the unknown persons desk‚ each holding significant representations and deeper meanings. For example‚ the author explained on page 18 how the dice and cards suggest the unpredictability of life‚ and how the flowers symbolize the fleeting nature of life‚ with fallen petals representing the death in our human existence. The angels hand being placed on the last judgment day painting‚ drawing our
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Amphora Hydria Kylix Volute krator Geometric Style EXEKIAS‚ Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (detail from an Athenian black-figure amphora)‚ from Vulci‚ Italy‚ ca. 540–530 BCE. Geometric krater‚ from the Dipylon cemetery‚ Athens‚ Greece‚ ca. 740 BCE. Kroisos‚ from Anavysos‚ Greece‚ ca. 530 BCE. Marble‚ 6’ 4” high. Peplos Kore‚ from the Acropolis‚ Athens‚ Greece‚ ca. 530 BCE. Marble‚ 4’ high. Zeus (or Poseidon?)‚ from the sea off Cape Artemision‚
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American History Section 4-1 •Stamp Act: The Stamp Act required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document‚ license‚ newspaper‚ pamphlet‚ and almanac‚ and imposed special “stamp duties” on packages of playing cards and dice. •Samuel Adams: One of founders of Sons of Liberty was Harvard-educated Samuel Adams‚ who‚ although unsuccessful in business and deeply in debt‚ proved himself to be a powerful and influential political activist. •Townshend Acts: Unlike
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Sanjeet Bhasin Mr. O’Connor World History 9A October 28‚ 2001 SIDDARTHA’S FOLLOWING OF THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS In this paper‚ I will be explaining how Siddhartha had arrived at the Four Noble Truths. The first paragraph contains how Siddhartha’s life was full of suffering‚ pain‚ and sorrow. The second paragraph will be the cause of suffering is the desire for things that are really illusions in Siddhartha’s life. Following‚ in the third paragraph I will be explaining how the only way to
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This passage taken from the memoir‚ The Horizontal World‚ written by Debra Marquart‚ is an excerpt that demonstrates Marquart’s indirect expression of love for the Midwest. Through her development of changing tones‚ which is propelled by diction and an appeal to ethos‚ she is able to advance her message about the unknown yet special qualities of the Midwest. Debra Marquart uses a change of tone from the beginning of the passage to its end in order to juxtapose the two contradictory perspectives
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