Sometimes the scariest things in life can be your surroundings because you never know when something can go wrong. I learned to value everything I have these days because you never know when you might lose something or somebody‚ that’s irreplaceable. It was mid June of 1996 and I was living in an eight story building in Harlem in New York City. It was one of the sunniest days of the summertime. It was from this day at age nine when I realized that life is not a dream it is reality. Beautiful and
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In a sharp contrast to these are prescribed burns which are fires that are purposefully set and controlled. They help to prevent‚ and limit wildfires in places where they cause damage‚ and to replace wildfires in habitats which rely on the regular occurrence of fire. Prescribed burns are fires which are purposefully set in order to eliminate some of the problems which arise from uncontrolled wildfires. Back burning is one variety of a prescribed burn. The method of action in back burning is to light
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In English class we read Edith Hamilton’s synopsis of the Trojan War‚ and after reading‚ we watched the Warner Brothers 2004 Production of Troy. The movie and the myth were both based on the Trojan War. They were both very interesting‚ and captivating. It was stimulating to see it in 2 different points of views. Both the movie and the myth of Troy were great. They had similarities‚ but there were also some very strong differences. In Edith Hamilton’s Synopsis of the Trojan War‚ it focused on many
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never once faltered from duty To play on the "up and up." "Sal" told me this tale on the evening Before she was turned out "free‚" And I’ll do my best to relate it Just as she told it to me: I was born on a ranch in Wyoming; Not treated like Helen of Troy; I was taught that "rods were rulers" And "ranked" as a greasy cowboy." Then I left my old home for the city To play in its mad dizzy whirl‚ Not knowing how little of pity It holds for a country girl. There I fell for "the line" of a
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watchman discovers the beacon and tells Agamemnon’s wife‚ Clytemnestra‚ the good news. The chorus enters relating the story of Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus. When Menelaus’ wife‚ Helen‚ ran away to Troy with Paris‚ the prince of Troy‚ Menelaus gathered an army‚ led by Agamemnon‚ to attack Troy and retrieve Helen. Most important about the chorus’s speech is their mention of Agamemnon sacrificing his daughter‚ Iphigenia‚ in order to be able to wage war on Troy. They tell how she was sacrificed
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BURNS AND MCDONNEL INTRODUCTION Burns and McDonnell ranks 26th in Fortune’s 2012 list of 100 best companies. Burns & McDonnell‚ headquartered in Kansas City‚ is a full-service engineering‚ architecture‚ construction‚ environmental and consulting solutions firm. Our multidiscipline staff of more than 3‚600 employee-owners includes engineers‚ architects‚ construction experts‚ planners‚ estimators‚ economists‚ technicians and scientists‚ representing
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The story of Agamemnon has been told three times throughout our readings‚ twice in the Odyssey and in the play Agamemnon. Each recounting of the tale differs slightly from the last and while the outcome is always the same‚ the characters are portrayed in vastly different lights between the poem and the play. Where the Odyssey portrays Agamemnon as a hero murdered by his lecherous wife Clytemnestra and his cowardly cousin Aegisthus‚ Agamemnon portrays him as cold and arrogant while his wife is a more
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of the drive behind male heroism. In Book three of the Iliad Paris stepped out of the Trojan ranks‚ an obvious ‘pretty-boy’ challenging any Greek to fight against him. It was not until he saw Menelaus‚ the legendary king of Sparta‚ the husband of Helen who Paris abducted which started the Trojan War‚ did “Paris’ blood / Turn milky when he saw him coming on‚ / And he faded back into the Trojan troops” (Book 3 lines 36-37). Hector‚ contrary to his ‘pretty-boy’ brother did not believe in shame and dishonor
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W. B. Yeats‚ a somewhat eclectic poet‚ explores‚ throughout his work‚ a wide range of themes and ideas. He reflects on his nation’s politics‚ Irish mysticism‚ the afterlife‚ love‚ and his own past. While each set of his poems share many recurring images‚ however‚ it is Yeats’ examination and opinions of the gyres of time and history that crop up in all forms of his poetry. While references to this great spiraling metaphor for the fabric of the universe can be found in some of Yeats’ most famous works
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The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon is an intimate memoir about the recovery from depression and a horrific suicide attempt. Brent Runyon was born in 1977 in Falls Church‚ Virginia. Runyon was a normal public school student until his depression got out of control and he resorted to suicide. He had several attempts that never would work. Although his suicide was not successful there was one final attempt that would take years of recovery. His last attempt was influenced by a book of matches and will
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