Phileas Fogg is the main character in the 1873 Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days. Fogg attempts to circumnavigate the late Victorian world in 80 days or less‚ for a wager of £20‚000 with members of London’s Reform Club. He takes the wager and leaves with servant Passepartout‚ vowing to return by 8:45 pm on Saturday 21 December 1872. Under suspicion of robbing the Bank of England‚ he is followed by a detective named Fix. Fogg has no idea about Fix’s true intentions and Fix‚ in order
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Tin Shui Wai has been developed by the Hong Kong government as one of the satellite towns since the 1990s. In order to accommodate the booming population‚ the Housing Department decided to construct 7000 public rental housing units additionally in the original layout plan of Tin Shui Wai after the Hong Kong Reunification. In a few years‚ the new town has been densely populated. However‚ due to the acute shortage of public facilities and the remote geographic location‚ Tin Shui Wai seems to be isolated
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The Fog of War Eleven Lessons by Robert S. McNamara was in so much as a great representation of the life of Robert S. McNamara. It showed his life to be dramatic and traumatic in many different ways. The lessons he learned and shared during the documentary movie were truly astounding to me. I personally thought the movie was a tad bit on the boring side‚ but it was a documentary after all. The Fog of War was a very informative piece of work. During Errol Morris ’s documentary‚ The Fog of War‚ Eleven
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Harley HaffordJan Foster I have to agree to disagree with the article “An Electronic Fog Has Settled over America." The article states that television makes children "dumber.” In my opinion this statement can be true or false. If children watch educational shows or movies instead of the non-educational I think that they would not get dumb. If you think about it‚ it’s not the children’s fault that they are watching the "dumb" shows; it’s the parents fault because they should put on something educational
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The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara Outline Introduction Robert McNamara was an exemplary manager or leader The successes and failings in his career Conclusion References Introduction The Fog of War: Eleven lessons from the life of Robert S. McNamara is a documentary that features the life and the role played by the then US secretary
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Coradella Collegiate Bookshelf Editions. Around the World in 80 Days. Jules Verne. Open Contents Jules Verne. Around the World in 80 Days. About the author Jules Verne (February 8‚ 1828 March 24‚ 1905) was a French writer and a pioneer of the science fiction (scientific romance) genre. Verne was born in Nantes to attorney Pierre Verne and his wife Sophie. The oldest of the family’s five children‚ he spent his early years at home with his parents‚ on a nearby island in the Loire River
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Around the world in 80 days The book is: Around the world in 80 days by Jules Verne. The book has 111 pages and the publisher is Vince. We read the book because the teacher told us to and also because we saw the movie‚ so we thought it was very interesting. The main characters are: Phileas Fogg who is the central character of the book; afterwards comes Jean Passpartout who is Phileas Fogg manservant and‚ finally‚ Mrs. Aouda who is the woman Fogg saves from burning alive.
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English AOS: Journeys Composers focus on the importance of the journey rather than the destination alone. Journeys provide valuable learning experiences which enable self-discovery and help develop our understanding of the other people we meet throughout our journey. Every new self-discovery made leads to growth and maturity which provides new insights and experiences. The aspect of a journey providing valuable experiences are evident in Robert Cormier’s novel “After the First Death”(1979) and “Around
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Among the most realistic of Verne’s "imaginary voyages"‚ this novel describes how Phileas Fogg‚ a reclusive‚ eccentric‚ British bachelor‚ wagers some members of his club that he can travel completely around the globe in just eighty days‚ based on rail and steamer schedules available to this very punctual man. So off he goes‚ on what should have been a fun-filled‚ adventure-packed journey. Unfortunately‚ this precursor to the science fiction novel has not held up well over the years‚ and it’s really
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Experiment 2: Skeletal Muscle ABSTRACT Frog skeletal muscle is used as an animal model to study muscle contraction. The objectives of this experiment is to demonstrate the physiological responses of skeletal muscle to electrical stimuli using frog gastrocnemius‚ to understand twitch‚ summation‚ tetanus and fatigue‚ to investigate the relationship between initial tension and force of contraction‚ to explore the differences between human and frog skeletal muscle. The threshold voltage is 0.4V. The
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