another mysterious plague wiping out millions of 12th Century Europe. As this fatal force grew‚ fear grew‚ and as fear grew‚ panic spread; from panic came abandonment‚ and from abandonment‚ came separation‚ isolation and even discrimination. As the death toll increased daily‚ no friend‚ no family‚ and almost no region of Europe was left untouched or unaffected by this force. Wiping out a large portion of European population‚ the Black Death isolated and separated
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willing to help Frodo and Sam in their quest. Their course leads them to Mount Doom‚ where just as they arrive they find Gollum claiming the Ring for himself. The Dark Lord Sauron then becomes aware of them‚ and leaves the Dark Tower to come forth and destroy them; but just them Frodo and Sam rush Gollum and force him backwards into the Cracks of Doom. The Ring is destroyed‚ and without it Sauron
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writer that was a part of his own writing class and had to go through many phases and years to create his most famous novel. He worked on many different books and used different literary devices‚ but his unique writing in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings created his literary reputation. J.R.R. Tolkien’s goal
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The “ring of Gyges” refers to a story told by Glaucon found in Plato’s Republic. In Book II‚ Glaucon uses this story to challenge Socrates’ idea that people are just by nature and argues that many people would rather prefer to act unjust over just. The story he tells talks about a man who stumbles upon a magical ring that makes him invisible whenever he wants‚ thus giving him the power to do whatever he desired‚ while not getting caught and still maintaining a good reputation. He ends up seducing
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Ethernet vs. Token Ring Topology Ethernet and Token Ring LAN technologies operate in different ways and both systems have their inherent advantages and disadvantages. The decision on which topology to use can be influenced by a number of factors. The most common factors to consider are cost‚ reliability‚ speed‚ size‚ administration‚ security and growth. Ethernet is a frame-based computer networking technology for local area networks (LANs). It defines wiring and signaling for the physical
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INTRODUCTION: The Ring of fire (figure 1) is a horse shoe shaped fault line. This fault line is prone to Earth quakes and volcanic eruptions. The ring of fire Is home to 452 volcanoes and 75% of the worlds dormant and active volcanoes live on the Ring. PLATE TECTONICS Plate tectonics is a theory that the earth is split up in to different areas of the world. They glide on the mantle of the earth the plates act like a hard ridged shell (fig 2 plate tectonics) Some of the plate tectonics move very
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9/13/10 In David Sedaris’ “Plague of Tics” readers learn quickly about Sedaris’ OCD behaviors and how they affect not only himself but also the others around him. I have certain compassion towards Sedaris as I learned through the “Plague of Tics” we shared a connection relating between our views and past events. His family is clearly used to the odd behaviors but rather than being worried they tease him and think the tics are voluntarily practiced. Due to his unique routines annually his teachers
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Introduction I have been many years training in the Way of strategy‚ called Ni Ten Ichi Ryu‚ and now I think I will explain it in writing for the first time. It is now during the first ten days of the tenth month in the twentieth year of Kanei (1645). I have climbed mountain Iwato of Higo in Kyushu to pay homage to heaven‚ pray to Kwannon‚ [God(dess) of mercy in Buddhism. - Slaegr] and kneel before Buddha. I am a warrior of Harima province‚ Shinmen Musashi No Kami Fujiwara No Genshin‚ age sixty
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poster featuring Rosie the Riveter highlights the inequality women experienced during World War II. This poster stressed women’s empowerment and symbolized a major gender revolution during the 1940’s that would forever change how our country viewed women and their war effort. It also often times boosted worker morale and motivated women’s attempted involvement with the war effort. Although many Americans were against women participating in the war‚ through propaganda like the Rosie poster they proved
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In the book‚ Tolkien depicts the idea that the more technology you have‚ the more powerful you are. The One Ring is the greatest source of technology and control all throughout Middle Earth‚ given that it was made to control the less powerful rings that exist. After Sauron’s foiled plot against taking control the elves‚ three rings were hidden for the Elven-kings‚ seven were given to the Dwarf-lords‚ and nine were left for human men‚ who later turned into the Dark Riders. This particular example
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