from San Francisco when I reluctantly play back the voicemail message. “We’re gonna do some camping‚ and climbing‚ maybe Half Dome. Call me back!” I haven’t visited Yosemite National Park since senior year of high school‚ but I’ve wanted to hike to the top of Half Dome ever since a girl‚ whom I secretly wanted to date after working with her in Los Angeles‚ described her Half Dome hike to me one day. When she then showed me
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Pythagoras once said‚ “Choices are the hinges of destiny.” The decisions that people make will ultimately lead them to their future. Ray Bradbury and Ayn Rand illustrate this idea in Fahrenheit 451 and Anthem‚ respectively. Both authors portray this idea with the characters decisions in each novel. In Fahrenheit 451‚ Guy Montag lives in a dystopian-futuristic society where people burn books. In his society‚ it is illegal to own and read a book‚ ask questions and drive slow on the highway. Montag
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flip of the pennies? About Half c. How many parent isotopes remained after the second flip of the pennies? About a quarter d. How well does each flip (or half-life) actually eliminate half of the remaining parent isotopes? Decently well e. Would d.) be improved by making the sample population smaller or larger? Why? D would be improved by making it larger because larger numbers represent more general populations. Likelihood of eliminating half would be greater. 2.) Sometimes
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Essay on “Honesty and Deception” after Dr. Naim F. ERDEM The question of honesty has become very popular during last several years. It has been raised as a more ethical than political issue in social sphere. Honesty as itself can not be defined as a confirmed conception. The reason for it s its versatility‚ the thing that keeps us from judging everything from just one point of view. From Theodor’s Roosevelt point of view honesty is “not so much a credit as an absolute prerequisite to efficient
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Endymions dogs are watching at his feet. Diana‚ Endymion and one of his dogs are in the center of the painting. It seems most of the focus is on Endymion because his whole body is visible and in the light. Diana’s upper body can be seen but her lower half is faded out to black. The other dog is in the bottom left corner. It is very dark so you can only see his head‚ mostly his eyes and nose. The lines of Endymions staff‚ left forearm right leg and Diana’s right forearm all lead the viewer from various
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Jason Schaeffer English Comp 1 Fridays 1230 11/03/06 Classification and Division The video game industry is a multibillion dollar a year industry‚ so it isn’t hard to understand why they go through great strides to protect their image. They provide entertainment to all ages‚ genders‚ nationalities‚ and ethnicities. Contrary to the opinions of the industries opponents‚ video games are not destroying our youth‚ they challenge‚ educate‚ and provide an escape from an oppressive world. There
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Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman are two poets that helped shape the way we think about poetry. While their backgrounds and writing styles were quite different‚ both Dickinson and Whitman challenged accepted forms of writing and are regarded today as important poets. Dickinson and Whitman had very different upbringings. Dickinson was raised in Amherst‚ Massachusetts‚ and had two siblings. She was always put in the best schools and even received a college education at Mount Holyoke. Her family
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strength score is 18‚ you do not add 18 to damage‚ you add the modifier for 18 which is +4‚ and so on and so forth. Table of Contents Section 1: Races and Ability Scores Dwarf Elf Halfling Human Dragonborn Gnome Half Elf Half Orc Tiefling Section 2: Background and Proficiencies Section 3: Core Monk Features Section 4: Monk Subclasses Way of the Open Hand Way of the Shadow Way of the Four Elements Section 5: Multiclassing Section 6: Feats‚ Tips‚ Tricks‚ and Strategies
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world we have both pessimists and optimists‚ no one will argue that they don’t see things differently‚ after all‚ that is how those two terms came about. Possibly everyone has heard of the half-filled glass "experiment" — a pessimist will see the glass as being half empty while an optimist would see it as half full. A prime example of different people having different perspectives. However‚ humans also happen to display this seemingly intrinsic ability to have common thoughts and feelings about
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motivate others. According to almost every motivational book I have read‚ motivation starts with positive thinking. I believe that my cup is half-full‚ I keep an open mind about most things‚ and I believe that out of every bad situation something good comes of it. I guess you could say that I am an optimist. Pessimists on the other hand believe that their glass is half-empty and automatically expect the worst outcome when situations arise. Your attitude towards life can greatly affect the reality you create
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