Steven Pressfield’s The Gates of Fire is set in the fifth century B.C. in Greece. The story revolves around the famous battle of Thermopylae where three hundred Spartans held off hundreds of thousands of Persians‚ saving Greece. Pressfield creates a fictional story around the battle where one man‚ a squire named Xeones‚ survives to tell the Spartan story of the battle and the events preceding it. Xeones‚ who is the protagonist‚ tells his life story to the royal Persian historian while in captivity
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DISCOVERY OF FIRE The largest technological breakthrough in prehistory was the discovery of fire. The discovery of the technology to make and sustain fire. The discovery of fire‚ or‚ more precisely‚ the controlled use of fire was‚ of necessity‚ one of the earliest of human discoveries. Fire ’s purposes are multiple‚ some of which are to add light and heat‚ to cook plants and animals‚ to clear forests for planting‚ to heat-treat stone for making stone tools‚ to burn clay for ceramic objects. Until
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I chose exercise 14.3 II. In this exercise we had to watch the local news‚ national news‚ and the local paper and answer the following questions‚ how many stories are apparently intended to appeal to our emotions and our sympathies‚ which stories seem to have been intended to grab attention by appealing to our curiosity or love of scandal‚ which seemed to be selected for their entertainment value‚ and how many stories seem intended to make us fearful for our safety or grateful for our security?
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POLICY AND CONCERN: MANILA FIRE DISTRICT I. INTRODUCTION: In the early decades of the 20th century‚ The Philippine government adopted a policy of aggressive fire suppression. Professional firefighters were trained to detect and fight fires‚ and fire stations were built in strategic areas throughout our country. The aim of fire suppression is‚ first‚ to stop or slow down the rate of a fire ’s spread‚ and secondly‚ to put it out. There are three components to any fire — fuel‚ temperature‚ and
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Self-centered Teen or Thought-invoking Speaker : "Hanging Fire" by Audre Lorde The speaker in Audre Lord’s poem "Hanging Fire" is extremely self-centered. Does this limit the poem’s ability to say anything of general value? A simple read of "Hanging Fire" by Audre Lorde might lead one to conclude that there is no real value in this self-centered poem. However‚ upon critical analysis‚ one can obtain valuable insights from the poem. The 14-year-old speaker deals with major issues that plague the adolescent
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The History of the Fire Service Did you know that the earliest form of firefighting took place in Rome in 24 B.C? After almost being destroyed by unruly conflagrations‚ Rome created a fire department consisting of about 7‚000 paid firefighters. Their fire crews responded to and fought fires‚ and also patrolled the streets with the authority to fine anyone who disobeyed the fire prevention codes (Hashgan). The major piece of firefighting equipment the Roman’s used was the bucket‚ which was passed
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fielding drills and batting practice suddenly became meaningful as we outplayed every team that we faced. The monotonous fielding drills and batting practice suddenly became meaningful as we outplayed every team that we faced. The monotonous fielding drills and batting practice suddenly became meaningful as we outplayed every team that we faced. The monotonous fielding drills and batting practice suddenly became meaningful as we outplayed every team that we faced. The monotonous fielding drills and
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PRACTICE SET 1 1. Your first task is to determine the structure of the DEPARTMENTS and EMPLOYEES tables and its contents. 2. The HR department wants a query to display the last name‚ job code‚ hire date‚ and employee number for each employee‚ with employee number appearing first. Provide an alias STARTDATE for the HIRE_DATE column. 3. The HR department needs a query to display all unique job codes from the EMPLOYEES table. 4. The HR department wants more descriptive column headings
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a hero is their favorite actor or celebrity‚ but to some‚ they are as simple and as ordinary as their family member. A hero doesn’t have to jump in front of a bullet to save another or perform something extraordinary to be a hero. In the story‚ “Evacuation Order N.19”‚ the protagonist‚ Mrs.Hayashi became a leader and controlled the entire situation. By displaying both these acts of heroism‚ it is enough to prove Mrs. Hayashi a Hero. Stepping up and taking charge‚ simply leadership‚ is a display
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