Born circa 470 BC in Athens‚ Greece‚ Socrates’s life is chronicled through only a few sources—the dialogues of Plato and Xenophon and the plays of Aristophanes. Because these writings had other purposes than reporting his life‚ it is likely none present a completely accurate picture. However‚ collectively‚ they provide a unique and vivid portrayal of Socrates’s philosophy and personality. Socrates was the son of Sophroniscus‚ an Athenian stone mason and sculptor‚ and Phaenarete‚ a midwife. Because
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Let’s talk dirty. A few years ago‚ oddly enough‚ I needed the bathroom‚ and I found one‚ a public bathroom‚ and I went into the stall‚ life: use instead‚ I and it was‚ where does this stuff go? And with that question‚ I found myself plunged into the world of sanitation -- there’s more coming -- (Laughter) —sanitation‚ toilets and poop‚ and I have yet to emerge. And that’s because it’s such an enraging‚ yet engaging place to be. To go back to that toilet‚ it wasn’t a particularly fancy toilet‚ one
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Close Reading Exercise (Assignment 1) The Artist (2011) Section 1 A) Sound Uses the conventions of the 1920’s silent film era using live orchestral music that reflects‚ reacts and contributes to the atmosphere on screen. This is expressed through Valentin and Miller’s tap dance in which the music becomes diegetic and synchronous. No dialogue and the use of silence gives homage to silent cinema‚ which its unexpected success was grounded on the idea that the silence made emotions on screen
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galaxy. He collided with another comet near a black hole. The explosion was so the black hole exploded and made many planets. The planets were scattered throughout the galaxy. Then the being that was inside named Atlas came out and headed towards earth since he was near the planets. Atlas then started pulling things out a small bag that he contained around his waist. He pulled out things that looked like little mountains. Atlas then threw the mini mountains to the floor and Poof Mountains
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Let’s love sport As we know playing sport is a good habit that most of the people love it. What is the meaning of the sport? The answer is clear; sport means the regular movement of the limbs of the body in a proper manner. Every day we can encounter with people who play sport but how many percent of those people know the real effect of doing exercise in their body? Absolutely many of them seem not to know the effects. Actually many people don’t realize the benefits and importance of sport. Sport
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It’s amazing how our social lives revolve around food. Picnics‚ pot luck dinners‚ or eating out on special occasions. Most people take these social occasions for granted. But as a child‚ our family didn’t have a lot. We were always on a budget‚ but my parents had a few creative ways to allow us to do what other families did. One thing that we enjoyed was eating out - at a restaurant‚ of course. But‚ we rarely got to eat at one. It was for a special treat only ~ like high school
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2.0 WAVELET THEORY 2.1 INTRODUCTION: The transform of a signal is just another form of representing the signal. It does not change the information content present in the signal. The Wavelet Transform provides a time-frequency representation of the signal. It was developed to overcome the short coming of the Short Time Fourier Transform (STFT)‚ which can also be used to analyze non-stationary signals. While STFT gives a constant resolution at all frequencies‚ the Wavelet Transform uses multi-resolution
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Dwight D Eisenhower‚ the 34th President of the United States from 1953-1960‚ is revered as a statesman and great military leader. Born in Texas in 1890 and raised in Kansas to a family that valued education‚ Eisenhower began a long career as a leader and military officer upon his graduation in 1915 from West Point. Eisenhower is recognized for his leadership and oratorical skills which he applied to both military endeavors and managing the nation. He was fortunate to be mentored by General Fox Conner
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Is The Earth Still Green? In the book of Genesis‚ the Lord has created the Earth likened to be a paradise. Beautiful sunrises‚ breath-taking sunsets‚ fresh air‚ mountains lush with tall trees and abundant sources of food are just some of the faces that qualify Eden as bliss. Then God has commanded Adam and Eve‚ to go forth and be many; and so they went. As the population did bloom‚ did the blessings of paradise remain as ample as they were at first? The question still applies today for we are the
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Peace‚ War and Lamentation Imagine a child living in a closed society that separates them from the rest of their community and country. Does that child feel isolated or alienated from their homeland? Picture a 10 minute commute to work turning into a two hour commute overnight. Imagine a society that requires check-points and permanent resident permits in order to move freely from one destination to the other? Unfortunately‚ this is a way of life for some Palestinians families living in the
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