Fireworks on the Fourth of July is a tradition since 1777‚ where every year 247‚550‚000 pounds of fireworks are bought giving the fireworks industry a yearly revenue that reaches up to a billion dollars‚ a statistic that should not be risen further (statisticbrain.com). People light the fuse‚ and watch them fly up into the air‚ ready to see the magic happen; With all these fireworks thrown up into the night sky only to explode in a brief flash of light‚ there isn’t much danger‚ since so many people
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APL102: Materials Science and Engineering Minor Test I 28th. Aug. 2014 Maximum Marks 60 1 Why do we not have an end-centred tetragonal lattice? Consider both the cases of end centring: (a) centring of opposite square faces of the unit cell and (b) centring of opposite rectangular faces of the unit cell. 12 2 Draw a plane in a BCC unit cell . Show your choice of origin and axes. Include in your drawing all the close packed directions lying in this plane and give their Miller indices
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The film‚ Valkyrie‚ directed by Bryan Singer‚ was released in 2008. It deals with events in Germany from 1943-44. Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg was introduced as the main conspirator in the Valkyrie plot to kill Adolf Hitler. The film’s exploration of von Stauffenberg’s character and his motives were limited and substantially inaccurate‚ mostly altered to make him appear more noble than he really was. The depictions of the short-term impacts of the plot were largely accurate‚ including the executions
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I was given the opportunity to read Tim O’Brien’s novel The Things They Carried and relate it to the movie Platoon. Both the novel and the movie demonstrated how the men behaved and reacted to the gruesome effects of war and even when the war was over how those emotions and memories stayed with them for the rest of their lives. Both the author and director used methods of interpreting a story by fusing universal truths and sorrow together to bring about a better understanding of the characters and
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In Vietnam veteran and author Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried the reader is given a list of both the physical and mental items that a soldier has to carry during war. The way O’Brien incorporates these lists into his writing indisputably makes the events and stories conceivable for the reader because each item defines the nature of the men in alpha platoon. O’Brien’s depiction of the men in alpha platoon does more than define each man’s personality but it enables a reader with no knowledge
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The Vietnam war was a war that was fought without a reason. With 58‚200 Americans killed in the war and 300‚000 wounded‚ many people were affected and changed after seeing their friends die right before their eyes. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a narrative about the Vietnam war and the people who fought for their lives. The main character‚ being the author‚ is Tim O’Brien and the short stories in the novel are from before‚ during‚ and after the war. These first hand accounts describe
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I am going to write this assignment by referring to the points generated from the online tests‚ some academic journals and something I know about myself. Before I start‚ let me tell you some of my background. I am 27 years old now. I am working in a bank as a relationship manager in the personal finance department. I setup my own restaurant last year in Vietnam. I worked for 6 years since graduation‚ which it may seem not so experienced when comparing to other students studying this MBA program.
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Although Douglass was speaking to a diverse audience‚ it was more to show slave owners the life of being a slave by using rhetorical strategies. In Douglass’ story “What to a Slave is the Fourth of July”‚ he was trying to give all slaves a voice. Obviously‚ this did not end slavery entirely but it did help the fight. What Douglass achieved in this story was giving a voice for slaves without physically protesting. Throughout the story‚ he told stories of his fellow slaves being burned alive and
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Aquino Rising‚ Change Underway? MIDYEAR 2010: Midyear Briefing‚ July 15 and 16‚ 2010 UP Balay Internasyonal‚ UP Diliman Quezon City IBON Foundation is an independent development institution established in 1978 2 IBON Economic and Political Briefing 15-16 July 2010 Aquino Rising‚ Change Underway? he start of a new administration after the May 10‚ 2010 national elections has raised public hopes of a break from the past. Various crises marked the last decade under the Arroyo
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The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien Plot: 1. RISING ACTION • In the summer of 1968‚ Tim O’Brien receives a draft notice. Despite a desire to follow his convictions and flee to Canada‚ he feels he would be embarrassed to refuse to fulfill his patriotic duty and so concedes to fight in Vietnam. CLIMAX • During their tour of duty‚ the men of the Alpha Company must cope with the loss of their own men and the guilt that comes from killing and watching others die. FALLING ACTION • After he returns
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