Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision Film Response Brandi This documentary was very moving! I was amazed to learn that Maya Lin’s design was picked from so many! It is amazing that a board of representatives chose her design from all others. A twenty year old student had a vision that was so moving. I’ve been to the memorial many times‚ and it has always brought me to tears. After viewing this documentary‚ I had the opportunity to go see it again. This time‚ it meant so much more to me having
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Greek heroic personality contains characteristics such as excellence (arête)‚ pride (hubris)‚ blind recklessness (ate)‚ and disastrous retribution (nemesis). Though most mythological heroes contain these qualities‚ Sophocles developed his own heroic personality. The sophoclean tragic hero is "one whose rigid and courageous loyalty to particular principles invites a disastrous fate" (Antigone Pg.14). Creon acting a classical tragic as well as Antigone‚ a sophoclean tragic heroes‚ both personify their
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210 THE RETURN OF THE ANTI-HERO English Literature from the 1950s onwards A very definite new trend in English Literature‚ in novels and especially in plays ‚ began to emerge from the 1950s onwards. This was the return of the “anti-hero”‚ and was to become the dominant feature of writing through the 1950s to the 1970s. In order to examine exactly what an “Anti-Hero” is‚ it is necessary to look back on what had gone before. The Hero in World Literature The literature of all countries at all
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Dear the Society for Earthquake Enthusiasts; I feel as a member of the Society for Earthquake Enthusiasts‚ I need to express my opinion on your ideas to move our headquarters to San Francisco. While I am a lover of California and appreciate California from afar‚ I feel as though we should rethink relocating to California. I feel as though this is the best choice to make due to the fact that the earthquake of 1906 was just only a preview of what the San Andreas Fault can do to San Francisco. Due
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BUSRA GUNANA ECON 225001 11/06/2012 “Odds are Against your Breaking that Law of Averages” In this article James Trefil discusses key issues concerning the use of statistics and the study of probability. He gives us historical background on the development of probability studies tied to games of chance; basic ideas of probability that are part of our mental arsenal and can be used in all kinds of unexpected situations; implications on statistics. First of all‚ he talks about that probabilities
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Since physical therapy is a constantly evolving field‚ complacency proves to be disastrous. Certain techniques become outdated and others take their place in order to benefit the patient. Because of this‚ therapists must change their approach accordingly. In order to stay up to date on state-of-the-art techniques‚ therapists must preserve the curiosity they had when first starting a doctor of physical therapy program. What this means
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dating site with users being able to find and chat with people from all over. Although people try to use Facebook for this purpose I personally feel it isn’t effective. Too many people can be friends with the same person you are trying to date and this can be disastrous. It’s too easy to simply like a person’s status or picture and problems to rise out of it. Facebook is probably one of the main causes for breakups. It’s safe to say that it’s your personal preference on what you do with your relationship
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has been failing for many years. The heavily-funded War on Drugs took priority over the pursuit of those individuals involved in white-collar crime‚ and this neglect by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies led to an economic meltdown of disastrous proportions‚ and have revealed “the catastrophic ravages that such crimes and unregulated dealing have already inflicted on American society” (Seiff‚ 2009‚ para.8). Obama’s decision to move law enforcement resources from crackdowns on less harmful
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In the end‚ Japan retreated and abandoned their ambitious plan to conquer Australia. From the start and to the end of the war‚ lots of people were killed‚ causing disastrous results to both countries. From 1941 and 1942‚ there has been a battle between Australia and Japan in Papua New Guinea‚ a country located near Australia. Japan had an ambition to conquer the whole world with other imperialistic nations. As
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article‚ etc. you must acknowledge this in your text. We refer to this as ’citing ’. Citing in the body of the text When you cite a piece of work‚ you must always state the author/editor and the date of publication. If the work has two authors/editors you must cite both names. Only include the names and date‚ do not include the title‚ place of publication‚ etc. Full details of the reference should be written in your bibliography at the end of your essay. Example – 1 Author: The work of Smith (2001)
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