In his essay "The Lovely Stones‚" Christopher Hitchens elucidates the tumultuous history of the Parthenon‚ emphasizing its enduring significance amidst centuries of abuse and plunder. Hitchens quotes the esteemed classicist A. W. Lawrence‚ who lauds the Parthenon as "the one building in the world which may be assessed as absolutely right‚" highlighting its unparalleled architectural and aesthetic perfection. However‚ despite its intrinsic beauty‚ the Parthenon has suffered egregious acts of desecration
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Antonishka Deveaux Language April 4‚ 2014 Directed Writing Speeches Welcome to Diamond city. As your tour guide‚ I will be giving you the basic knowledge about diamonds; the process‚ careers‚ methods to promote the sales of diamonds and etc. at a diamond mine‚ you usually find small dirty gray stones that are so dense that they show the speed of light but you can also find rough diamonds that are cold to the touch but are drawing heat right from your fingers. Diamonds can be used as jewellery
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City of Bones Made My Bones Rot (CONTAINS SPOILERS!) by: Eeshma Narula No. Just no. The well-known fantasy film‚ The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is a total disappointment. Harald Zwart took an incredible book filled with emotion‚ adventure‚ and mystery and transformed it into 130 minutes of nothing. Cassandra Clare’s amazing writing and characterization was demolished by the horrible directing and simply not good enough acting. I’m sure Clare went home in tears. The story revolves around
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boy‚ Chinese boy‚ Filipino boy‚ Egyptian boy‚ Arabian boy‚ I’ve been hearing those comments all my life‚ and I believe that our true nationality is mankind and color doesn’t make the difference between people. Toastmaster‚ members‚ and guests welcome and good evening‚ tonight I’m going to introduce myself by talking about my crazy way of thinking. My name is hareth alsaadi‚ my father is Syrian and my mother is Filipino‚ and I carry a Filipino passport and for me it’s just papers made by men and
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A Miraculous City Istanbul is a dream city where lies down from Asia to Europe. Every corner has its own speciality in Istanbul. There are many parts that you can be fascinated. Let me show you some authentic‚traditional‚ ancient‚ charming‚ and unique places. So‚ open the gates and enjoy your travel. Firstly‚ we are at the Bosphorus. I think‚ this is the only place in the world where makes you fall in love at the first sight. Just the view of the bridge is enough to make your heart beats faster
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Hong Kong is an international city. Many people are busy men having many work and long working hours. However‚ each person has only twenty-four hours‚ leading that people can only work‚ eat and sleep without relaxing. As a result‚ many Hong Kong people feel moody and have emotional problems. Even worse‚ some are troubled by depression and even more serious mental problems. The reasons why people having the emotional or mental problems are of the pressure they are suffering from‚ especially the
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Pràctica 2: Organització de la producció. Carles Ramírez Estrada Marcel Subirana Florats Curs 2011-2012 G23 22/03/2012 4.47 City Cycles has just started selling the new Z-10 mountain bike‚ with monthly sales as show in the table. First‚ co-owner Amit wants to forecast by exponential smoothing by initially setting February’s forecast equal to January’s sales with α=1. Co-owner Barbara wants to use a three-period moving average. 1. Is there a strong lineal trend in sales over time
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The book FORBIDDEN CITY by William Bell is a historical themed book. The time and place that this book is set is the Spring of 1989 in Beijing‚ China. This book follows Alexander Jackson who narrates the story about the biggest occurrence of his life. Alexander was a teenager who loved to create or amuse himself with things that has to do with the army or anything that pertains to China’s Army. His favorite part of learning about history is learning the different battle tactics and plans of
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campus‚ Pham Ngoc Thach campus and Sai Gon South campus.. RMIT Vietnam has approximately 6000 students and they come from many countries such as South Korea‚ Japan‚ Canada‚… Sai Gon South campus (SGS campus) is approximately 7 km from Ho Chi Minh City. To satisfy the demands of SGS campus students‚ canteen is located in the middle of the campus with green view‚ fresh air and friendly environment. There are many international cuisines at SGS canteen such as Thai noodle‚ Pho or Italian pastas that
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I will demonstrate that Taylor’s critique of the Dark & Lovely hair care brand is flawed for multiple reasons (105-106). First‚ Dark & Lovely products provide black women with the opportunity to indulge in personal aesthetics. The brand offers an array of stylistic options for black women‚ including products suited for damaged hair‚ dry hair‚ breaking hair‚ braided hair‚ and natural hair. With an exceedingly wide variety of products‚ and an abundance of options‚ black women have an increased flexibility
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