The Mysterious Maya The Mysterious Maya by George E. Stuart and his brother Gene S. Stuart is a 200-page nonfiction novel. The Maya people mysteriously disappeared from the planet. The only history we know is where they lived and how they lived. Two brothers try to expand the knowledge of the present day people by going on a trip to Mexico to visit Maya villages. This book review includes a summary of the book‚ an as much information on the Maya people‚ and important character analysis. George
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Matea Ferk ENGL 101 – Holt Research Paper – Portfolio Draft May 4‚ 2011 Mysterious Egyptian Pyramids The Great Pyramid is the only construction that remains from the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Egyptian pyramids have always been surrounded by mystery. We know their purpose and who built them‚ but we are still unsure how and when they were built. Ancient Egypt was one of the most powerful‚ richest and advanced civilizations in our history. They showed a magnificent knowledge of astronomy
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The Mysterious Package After a long day of work‚ Robert goes to his house to pack the suitcases for the trip scheduled at that exact same day. He was going to Los Angeles to visit his family‚ because he hasn’t seen them for a long time. When Robert arrives at the JFK airport‚ a stranger accosts him and asks if he can carry a mysterious package onto the plane. Robert is doubtful‚ but soon accepts since he is in need of money. After accepting the stranger’s package‚ he needs to pass through the security
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treaty had been signed‚ costing the British armed forces over 2‚000 lives. Obviously‚ the need for instantaneous and accurate communication was reaching a paramount level with civilizations being spread across such vast distances. The telephone‚ invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876‚ solved this problem by transforming human speech into a series of electrical signals that could be sent very much like a telegraph‚ though on different wires. This invention
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Telephone Conversation‚ by Wole Soyinka is about racism; more specifically‚ it is about the way people both white and black fail to communicate clearly about matters of race. The narrator of the poem describes a telephone conversation in which he reaches a deal with a landlady to rent an apartment. He feels that he must let her know that he is black: Nothing remained But self-confession. "Madam‚" I warned‚"I hate a wasted journey—I am African." This is where the lapses in communication begin.
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If you didn ’t have the telephone then how would you contact people? You wouldn ’t be able to easily. If you wanted to talk to people you would have to go to their house‚ meet them somewhere‚ or write to them. That would be difficult. The world ’s communication has been upgraded by the telephone. The telephone had a large impact‚ it made business more efficient and it saved money from having to travel back and forth from far places‚ and it made transactions able to occur more quickly. It
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Nacirema culture include: Medicine men and women (doctors‚ psychiatrists‚ and pharmacists)‚ a charm-box (medicine cabinet)‚ the mouth-rite ritual (brushing teeth)‚ and a cultural hero known as Notgnihsaw (Washington spelled backwards). [edit]The Mysterious Fall of the Nacirema In 1972 Neil B. Thompson revisited the Nacirema after the fall of their civilization. Thompson’s paper‚ unlike Miner’s‚ primarily offered a social commentary focused on environmental issues. Thompson paid special attention
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that about 39% of the computer utilization hours is far under full utilization. Furthermore‚ the costing approaches seemed not fair to subsidiary company according to its quarterly report. For example‚ the Prestige Data Services paid Prestige Telephone the corporate service based on wages and salaries each month. Those service were done by parent company personnel‚ it should be charged as monthly wages but a per hour expenses. Moreover‚ a charge for custodial service was paid by Data Service which
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Salem Telephone Company ("STC") Question 1 Variable Costs Equipment costs: Power Wages and Salaries: Operations hourly personnel Fixed Costs Space costs: Rent‚ custodial services Equipment costs: Computer leases‚ maintenance‚ depreciation of computer equipment and office equipment / fixtures Wages and Salaries: Operations salaried staff‚ systems development and maintenance‚ administration‚ and sales Sales promotions Corporate services The group actively debated fixed
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How is Prejudice Explored in the Poems ’Still I Rise’ and ’Telephone Conversation’? ’Telephone Conversation’ by Wole Soyinka and ’Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelou tackle the social injustice of discrimination. Both poems lack in similarities‚ the only one being theme‚ yet possess an abundance of differences. Although both poems convey the same theme‚ they differ in their means of conveyance. For instance they both explore prejudice and discrimination but through different types of language‚ imagery
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