The Physics of Fly-fishin’ What does it take to launch an ultra-light fishing line over 200 feet? A little physics and a lot of feel for the fishing rod‚ that’s what. The trick to doing good is to have the thinner‚ end of the line‚ land on the water first then the fly. The end of the line cushions the fly‚ having the effect that a fly is landing on the water‚ not a piece of nylon string. This may sound easy‚ but it’s a lot harder than it seems. Just getting it to go that far
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Symbolism in The Novel Lord of the Flies The novel Lord of the flies by William Goulding‚ Is about a plane load of British school boys that crash land on an uninhabited island‚ with no adults‚ in 1954 while being sent to safety from an atomic bomb threat. They elected one of the older boys‚ Ralph as the leader. They begin their society on the island with some order‚ over time‚ many of the boys’‚ Jack especially‚ rebel‚ Jack forms his own tribe of savages‚ who light the island on fire causing total
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Psychological Insights Psychological Insights about Lord of the Flies Psychological Insights Abstract Sigmund Freud’s personality structure is used throughout William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies. Each character has the personality trait of Freud’s Id‚ Ego and Superego structure. Their personalities are challenged in the story due to the theme of a deserted tropical island. The 3 main characters minds are challenged the most in the story because Ralph and Jack are supposed to be
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How the city hurts your brain The city life affects and hurts the human brain in many ways‚ and more than 50% of the world’s population‚ now lives in the cities. In the British newspaper Boston Globe‚ Jonah Lehrer poses these topics in his article “How the city hurts your brain.” Jonah Lehrer’s newspaper article is based on a scientific investigation on how the city hurts the brain‚ and also what experts think the solution is. Psychologists claim‚ according to Jonah Lehrer‚ the solution to the
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a sudden he started to get really into the game. My friend started to mutter loudly every time I killed him. When I killed him for the tenth time‚ he was so outraged he began to start yelling. I was astounded by this new side of him and froze. I could not believe that my kind friend would act like this. He would yell‚ and when he finally managed to kill me‚ he leaped up and exclaimed to me that he would not let me win. At the end of the game‚ where I beat him quite badly‚ he said that he hated me
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sounds and the long shot establishing the evacuation of the UN building. This chaos is further emphasised by the shaky camera and the stressed voice tones in the dialogue of Sanborn and Eldridge. The audience’s tension is then released by James’ sigh as he puts out the burning car fire. The chaotic tension between the team members and their interrelationships is highlighted by the quick‚ hasty shots between the three as they attempt to access the bomb. The audience is further involved in this scene
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attempt to get it right? Have you ever seen a baby go from crawling to walking without ever falling down in the process? Falling down is part of learning to walk because there’s a learning curve. “You got to learn how to fall‚ before you learn to fly” -Paul Simon This means that most successes will be preceded by a series attempts that didn’t quite produce the results we were hoping for. With that in mind‚ it seems like the course of wisdom is to develop a healthy respect for whole learning process
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Does Zara incur disadvantages from its ’fast-fashion’ distribution system? Are these disadvantages offset by the advantages? Zare have some disadvantages from its ‘fast-fashion’ distribution system but this does not incur disadvantages from its system. Zara produces smaller batches of items‚ this means that popular items can appear and disappear within a week. When items sell out‚ they are not restocked with another shipment. Instead‚ the next Zara shipment contains something new‚ something different
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September 11th 2001‚ a day that began as any other Tuesday‚ soon became a day no one would ever forget. As a freshman in high school‚ that day was just an ordinary weekday for me and my peers. As I would for any other school day‚ I woke up‚ took a quick shower‚ brushed my teeth and walked to the bus stop with my sister. My sister and I sat at the corner playing cards until the bus came‚ like we would every morning. The bus came and we sat in our usual seats. When I arrived to school I said goodbye
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Lord of the Flies – Teaching Resource from Guardian Teacher News Lord of the Flies William Golding is published by Faber and Faber Ltd; ISBN (current paperback edition) 0571191479 Lord of the Flies is faithful to the concept of a novel as given in the following definition: fictitious prose narrative or tale presenting a picture of real life‚ especially of the emotional crises in the life-history of the men and women portrayed. It is a daunting challenge but a rewarding experience to understand
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