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    What is “The Lost Ways 2”? The Lost Ways 2‚ is a 300 page survival guide book‚ authored by Claude Davis. The author‚ Claude Davis gives you strategies that seek to bring back lost survival skills of our ancestors by giving you ancient tips to survive world disasters including war‚ terror attacks‚ diseases‚ famine‚ natural disasters‚ economic crises. Technology and modernization has seen governments taking over the responsibility of providing essential services like water and electricity. This

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    Spartans could not do when it came to war. From the time that Spartan men were born‚ they were evaluated for their future services to the Spartan society. Each baby was sent to have the ten‚ ten‚ one test done on them as explained in the novel‚ The Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. This test was to check and make sure that there were no deformities. If there were the children were killed because they could not help the military‚ therefore had no purpose in their society as a whole. Sparta was a militarist

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    Throughout the years‚ Claude Monet’s Impression‚ Sunrise has been celebrated as the quintessential symbol of the Impressionist Movement.  This renowned work of art which illustrates a view of the port of Le Havre in north-western France is considered to be one of Monet’s “most poetic expressions” of his engagement with France’s revitalization efforts after the Franco-Prussian War.[1] Unlike other artworks of the time‚ the subject matter and specific painting techniques evident in Impression‚ Sunrise seek

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    Mystery Play‚ written by Jean-Claude van Itallie was first produced at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City on January 3‚ 1973. Jacques Levy was the director. Peaslee wrote the song “We Want a King” for the play. The song is included with the play book. Words were written by van Itallie and Peaslee wrote the melody and basic harmonization. The music came from the previous collaboration‚ The King of the United States‚ that Peaslee wrote for van Itallie. Troilus and Cressida opened November 10

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    This source was written and published in 2014‚ The Lion’s Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War‚ by best selling author‚ Steven Pressfield. Pressfield was a 24 year old secular American Jew in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve during the June 1967 Six Day War. The impressive military victory by Israeli made a lasting impression on the young man‚ which later inspired his book reflecting upon the war. The purpose of this book is to reflect upon and tell the story of one of the most astonishing military

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    use of key phrases and metaphor‚ in the poem ¨If We Must Die” by Claude McKay‚ the author shows that African American people wanted to show pride for at least trying to express themselves to be equal because if they must die‚ their lives should show the whites that they didn´t die meaninglessly‚ they wanted the whites to show some respect for other African American in the future for the honor. In the poem ¨ If We Must Die” by Claude McKay‚ the author uses key phrases to show that African American

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    Bill Gates Speech at Harvard President Bok‚ former President Rudenstine‚ incoming President Faust‚ members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers‚ members of the faculty‚ parents‚ and especially‚ the graduates: I’ve been waiting more than 30 years to say this: "Dad‚ I always told you I’d come back and get my degree." I want to thank Harvard for this honour. I’ll be changing my job next year ... and it will be nice to finally have a college degree on my resume. I applaud the graduates

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    The captivating true words of writers Claude McKay‚ James Weldon‚ and Jean Toomer resemble the atrocious events of the past couple months of the multiple homicidal murders and brutality by law enforcement against African Americans. Nothing is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and stupidity. The year of 1619 was the beginning of slavery in our country by the Europeans and did not end until 1865 ‚ and it wasn’t until almost fifty years later in 1913 that a white man was finally persecuted and

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    This should be posted in every school or kid’s bedroom. Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about eleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school. Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it! Rule 2 : The world doesn’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60‚000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn

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    Gates of Fire‚ Steven Pressfield Western Civilization I Class 1) Describe the general story line of this book. 2) How does Pressfield present the Spartans and their society? What attributes (characteristics) does he claim that the Spartan exhibited? How did the other Greeks perceive the Spartans? Pressfield sees something in the Spartans‚ there is something that he touches upon in chapter 4 when Tripod is being beaten. He dies for no reason‚ he should have just taken the right of passage

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