ABOUT THIS BOOK In most accounts of the revolt‚ the greased cartridge has been referred to as the spark and tinder that lit the flames of rebellion. .The greased cartridge - what was it all about? The army so far had been quipped with the smooth-barrelled musket‚ which had a protracted loading procedure and was not accurate over long ranges. The new Enfield rifles‚ which were now being issued‚ had grooved or rifled barrels. This made them more accurate and gave them a longer range. The powder and
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Evaluation for “the Flight from Conversation” Time flows; things change. The development of technology enables people to both access the world and people more rapidly. We immediately know the news that happen all over the world because of the Internet; we make friends with people thousands miles away through social networks; and we can have artificial intelligence or applications like SimSimi to accompany us when we are lonely. With time‚ these connections can start to replace real face-to-face
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The story "Flight Patterns" by Sherman Alexie begins as the main character‚ William‚ wakes up to the sound of his alarm and prepares for his day of travels. It is in the first few paragraphs of this short story that I initially question why this literary work is entitled "Flight Patterns". As I turned the page‚ my question is later answered. Although‚ it was not answered before reading seemingly pointless information about Williams life‚ such as: his taste in music‚ his weekly exercise regimen‚ he
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Every day‚ thousands of planes take to the skies‚ transporting people all over the world. In the process though‚ these huge planes use massive amounts of fuel and greatly add to global warming and pollution. Discouraging non-essential flights is a good idea‚ but not at the expense of limiting the use of cars. Surely we can cut back on both. Travelling by plans has truly made our world feel a lot smaller‚ but not all travel is necessary. For example‚ already‚ technology and the Internet in
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I woke up on the cold morning of September 9‚ 2001 I had to get ready for a flight to San Francisco for a chorus competition. I took a shower the night before‚ so I got dressed in a blue polo shirt with the chorus symbol on the top right‚ jet black dress pants ‚and black little flats with a black bow on the front top. I went downstairs to have breakfast I cooked eggs‚toast‚and beacon as I waited for my dad to wake up so he can take me to the Atlanta airport‚ I watch some YouTube on our 74inch TV
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1. What is the old man doing in the opening paragraph? In the opening paragraph‚ we can find out that the old man does three main activities: catching the homing pigeon‚ resting with the bird and looking at the granddaughter’s movement. In the first activity‚ we know he stands under the dovecote through the preposition ‘above’ in “Above the old man’s head was the dovecote” and the action of watching pigeons are described by a series of phrases such as “full of strutting (walk proudly with head
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“Forest Gump” (June 3‚ 2011). “Flight” stars a well-rounded acting veteran Denzel Washington. Washington plays a flight captain‚ Whip Whittaker‚ who is at the difficult time in his life battling drug and alcohol addiction as a flight captain. He becomes a hero and has to make a decision that can change his life. After reviewing the movie we can determine the reason for him becoming a hero‚ the "real" Whip‚ and my final review of the film. In the movie “Flight”‚ the major character Denzel Washington
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Hewlett-Packard: The Flight of the Kittyhawk (A) The first hard drive‚ a magnetic information storage and retrieval device for computers and other electronic products‚ was developed by IBM engineers in 1956 in San Jose‚ California. This hard drive was the size of two side by side refrigerators and could store 5 MB of information. Incredible technological progress ensued‚ and by the early 1990’s‚ disk drives had decreased from their original bulky configuration to 2.5 square inches
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In the novel Flight by Sherman Alexie‚ the narrator Zits says‚ “Yes‚ I am Irish and Indian‚ which would be the coolest blend in the world if my parents were around to teach me how to be Irish and Indian. But they’re not here and haven’t been for years‚ so I’m not really Irish and Indian. I’m a blank sky‚ a human solar eclipse” (Alexie 5). In my opinion this quote could mean‚ since his parents died or left there is no one to help him learn his background or his culture. He is a sky without clouds
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bare‚ shining brown stems among patterns of pale blossoms. She was gazing past the pink flowers‚ past the railway cottage where they lived‚ along the road to the village. His mood shifted. He deliberately held out his wrist for the bird to take flight‚ and caught it again at the moment it spread its wings. He felt the plump shape strive and strain under his fingers; and‚ in a sudden access of troubled spite‚ shut the bird into a small box and fastened the bolt. "Now you stay there‚" he muttered
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