An Astrologer’s Day is a story of an astrologer who conducts his business near a court. He starts his work almost at midday . He spreads his professional equipment‚ which consist of a dozen cowrie shells ‚ a square piece of cloth with obscure mystic charts on it‚ a notebook and a bundle of Palmyra writing . He’s a fine get-up of an astrologer‚ with his forehead shinning with sacred ash and vermilion. He has dark whiskers and sparkling eyes. To crown the effect‚ he wears a saffron-colored turban
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In the short stories “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury and “The Fun They Had” by Isaac Asimov‚ the theme demonstrated is that advanced technology can make social interaction less important. In “The Pedestrian” the protagonist Leonard Mead enjoys going for walks‚ while everyone else is occupied with their technology. “In the ten years of walking by night or day‚ for thousands of miles‚ [Leonard] had never met another person walking‚ not one in all that time.” Nobody feels the need to leave their
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Fun home‚ what an excellent name to to give a story. without reading the story one will assume that the tale is about a cheerful household where everyone are in unison. Fun home is about a young lady who seems to lose connection with her parents. A young lady who’s name is Alison Bechdel discover that her father who was still marry to her mother was an uncover homosexual . As she was growing up‚ she did not understand the reason she was shown little attention. Alison’s mother pay more attention to
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sample of size 64 is to be selected from a population having [pic] and standard deviation 5. (a) What are the mean and standard deviation of the [pic] sampling distribution? Can we say that the shape of the distribution is approximately normal? Why or why not? (10 points) (b) What is the probability that [pic] will be within 0.5 of the population mean? (5 points) (c) What is the probability that [pic] will differ from the population mean by more than 0.7? (5 points)
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american history. N. Scott Momaday’s grandmother lived closely after that time‚ so she knew both times of her people’s lives‚ but was not broken by the change. Momaday wrote his essay‚ The Way to Rainy Mountain to remember his heritage and to remind his audience of a dying culture. Momaday’s essay begins with a description of Rainy Mountain‚ home to his tribe‚ the Kiowas‚ followed by a short history about how they were driven from their land. While the average american child had already learned about
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10 April 2004 Selling Drugs for Fun and Profit The War on Drugs is an unmitigated waste of time money and manpower. While the United States has increased the mandatory minimums‚ it has done nothing to stem the need for a good buzz. The only thing better than a blunt is a nice piece of chunky monkey all lubed up and ready to go. You can say that drug dealers are evil people‚ but in reality they are no more than just businessmen. They see a need and they fill it. Prostitutes and drug dealers
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Enjoyable and Fun Learning Process Teachers are an important link in the chain of development of young people. They make a big difference in the lives of youth through education. To make the learning process is more successful they should make the learning process enjoyable and fun. Teachers should have characteristics that support enjoyable and fun learning process. First‚ teachers should have varieties. Good teachers are practical. They can not only deal with situation quickly but also make
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In‚ Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel‚ the relationship between Alison and her father‚ Bruce Bechdel‚ is something Bechdel made stand out right from the beginning of the graphic novel. Right on the first two pages‚ Bechdel brings up the Greek character Icarus. She relates Icarus to her father. Throughout the graphic novel‚ the relationship between Alison and Bruce fluctuate. Understanding the term character‚ In the story of Icarus‚ Icarus’s father‚ Daedalus‚ made a pair of wax
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Concept: Fun Home‚ by Jeanie Tesori and Lisa Kron based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel‚ is strife with discord. Throughout Fun Home‚ we get a glimpse of Alison’s childhood as she understands it in adulthood. We are voyeurs in her relationship with her parents‚ particularly her relationship with her father‚ Bruce Bechdel. As Alison grows‚ we witness the transformation of her relationship with Bruce and how her relationship with her father shapes Alison’s identity. Each of the characters is
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“It’s more fun in the Philippines” Department of Tourism just released recently its new tourism campaign slogan‚ “It’s more fun in the Philippines”. It gained both positive and negative remarks. It was even said that it was just a copycat of the promotional tagline of Switzerland 60 years ago. But it seems this doesn’t affect much the increasing popularity of the slogan especially in the social media sites. I just thought why some Filipinos choose to criticize and find faults in this tourism
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