Superintendent Prebles‚ community residents‚ and members of the Forest Hills school board: For the past eleven years‚ I have attended this lovely school district‚ starting as a kindergartener at Sherwood Elementary‚ becoming a middle schooler at Nagel‚ and finally joining Turpin to complete my final four years. You have all worked tirelessly to create a fun‚ welcoming‚ and informative environment where all students can finally achieve success. However‚ even though you have accomplished much‚ there
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In this moment Fitzgerald explains that Gatsby believes he has accomplished his dream and has stabilized his relationship with Daisy. The significance of the green light has now been forgotten by Gatsby because his life can now be the way it was before he left for the war. In this stage of the novel‚ Fitzgerald takes time to express even further the impossible dream that Gatsby is chasing. While for an instant one might think that Fitzgerald allows Gatsby to achieve this superficial dream‚ he later
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Rationing systems were a key component of most of the combatant powers’ answers to the hunger question. Some rationing systems—like those of the United States and Great Britain—relied heavily on the reduction of consumer choice. Germany had a rationing system‚ but relied much more on the idea of exporting hunger. The Soviet Union’s rationing system was disorganized‚ and so was Japan’s. Both nations reduced quality and choice for the consumer. The basis of the American rationing system was to make
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“Empiricism‚ Semantics and Ontology” by Rudolf Carnap I. The Problem of Abstract Entities Empiricists attempt to limit themselves to nominalistic language‚ a language not containing references to abstract entities such as properties‚ classes‚ relations‚ numbers‚ propositions‚ etc. They treat mathematics as a mere calculus wherein no interpretation is given or can be given. However‚ abstract entities are impossible to avoid for some scientific contexts. The theory of meaning and truth is the problem
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sharing of the power between the federal government and the state governments is consequential part of the United States system. The equilibrium of power in the United States has shifted from individual states to a more authoritative federal government (Nagel). Based on the need of the American people and the reserved powers of the states‚ the issue of poverty
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From the earliest civilizations arose an innate desire to survive in any given environment. Those that chose to fight death’s henchmen‚ famine and war‚ developed more advanced agricultural techniques and created complex social structures. The primal instinct to exist drove humanity to proliferate across the world‚ as many populations boomed‚ seemingly without bound. Throughout history‚ this fervent yearning for life was shared by the predominant masses‚ but the inevitable befell every person on earth
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Ernest Hemingway’s famously wrote in a style likened to an iceberg. Like an iceberg that is 1/8 above water and 7/8 below the surface‚ Hemingway embedded the deeper meanings in his works through the silent or unaddressed issues. He stated that “the dignity of an iceberg is due to 1/8 of it being above water” and that the most dangerous and important 7/8‚ the part that sinks ships‚ lies below the surface. (“Art of Fiction”) (Onderdonk 75). In using Hemingway’s iceberg theory to examine his work The
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References: [1] Nagel K‚ Schreckenberg M. A cellular automaton model for freeway traffic[J]. Journal de Physique I‚ 1992‚ 2(12): 2221-2229. [3] Mathematical Models[M]. HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS‚ 1993. Matter and Complex Systems‚ 1998‚ 5(3): 793-800. [8] Wolfram S. Theory and applications of cellular automata[J]. 1986. [11] Nagel K‚ Wolf D E‚ Wagner P‚ et al. Two-lane traffic rules for cellular automata: A systematic approach[J]
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Mental Duality Everyone is familiar with the famous Rubin face-vase drawing‚ a black and white print in which one can simultaneously perceive faces by focusing on the black ink or a vase by focusing on the white. If I announce that this is a picture of a vase‚ am I right? However you announce you see a picture of two faces‚ are you right? Who’s right? Are we both right? Or are we both wrong? Is it right and wrong; good and evil? I believe neurobiological research‚ as well as personal anecdotal
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The changing concepts of sex‚ love and family Love‚ sexuality and family are three interrelated concepts that have had dramatic changes over the millennia. From the bestial‚ yet necessary act of sexual intercourse‚ through the complicated and often not understood feeling of love we end up with the smallest social unit that comprises society – the family. The interpretations of love‚ sex and the structure of family have always varied through the centuries‚ but no matter how‚ they have always
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