English II Spring 2013 Character Analysis: Hotspur Hotspur is seen as a one-dimensional character‚ a bloodthirsty warmonger. His Loyalty to his brother-in-law and the Percy namesake outweighs his loyalty he should have for his King (commander and Chief). This will be his ultimate downfall such as a man who would attempt a coup. He is a formidable warrior such as Sgt York & John F. Kennedy. These young warriors gained respect and notoriety because of courage under
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damage along the Mississippi Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River‚ which flows along its western boundary‚ which namesake is from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi... coastline and the Florida Panhandle. The Florida Panhandle‚ an informal‚ unofficial term for the northwestern part of Florida‚ is a strip of land roughly 200 miles long and 50 to 100 miles wide ‚ lying between
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In the midst of mourning and healing after the death of two beloved band members‚ The Allman Brothers Band released the album ‘Brothers and Sisters’ on August 1st in 1973. During the recording of the band’s previous album ‘Eat a Peach’ in 1971 Duane Allman‚ the lead guitarist and co-founder of the band‚ died tragically in a motorcyle accident. Heartbreakingly‚ the band had to endure the death of another bandmate‚ Berry Oakley at the age of 24. Much like the death of Duane Allman‚ Berry died mid-recording
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Case Study Report McDonald ’s BACKGROUND: Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald founders of McDonald ’s Corporation grew from a single drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino‚ California in 1948 to the largest food service organization in the world. In 1955 Ray Kroc opened firs McDonald ’s in Des Plaines‚ Illinois and became exclusive franchising agent for the company. By 1991 McDonald ’s owned $13 billion of fast-food industry‚ operating 12‚400 restaurants in 59 countries (Ezine). The company
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The Epic of Manas: An Epic Still Alive The epic Manas is one of the most precious expression the Kyrgyz national heritage. Composed in oral form and rhyme‚ Manas has preserved its significance as the magnum opus of the Kyrgyz epic tradition for centuries past. Despite being relatively unknown‚ Manas is an epic that constitutes a role as large as those of the Homeric epics. Moreover‚ Manas is still not entirely recorded and Turkologists from all over the world continue an ambitious project to get
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At the beginning of this story‚ a mother and her daughter Maggie are awaiting the arrival of the mother’s other daughter‚ Dee‚ and Dee’s possible new husband‚ who are coming for a visit. Maggie is described as a homely black woman who has burn scars all over her arms and legs. Maggie is self-conscious of her scars and tries to hide them and herself from people. Maggie views her sister Dee with both awe and envy‚ believing Dee has always had life go her way. The mother and daughter wait for Dee in
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Abstract An individual is typically referred by numerous name aliases on the web. Accurate identification of aliases of a given person name is useful in various web related tasks such as information retrieval‚ sentiment analysis‚ personal name disambiguation‚ and relation extraction. We propose a method to extract aliases of a given personal name from the web. Given a personal name‚ the proposed method first extracts a set of candidate aliases. Second‚ we rank the extracted candidates
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When I was young‚ my father enrolled me in the Cub Scouts. Being in Cub Scouts--and later Boy Scouts--really shaped who I am today. It has taught me skills for survival and taught me about people. Some of it was taught to me‚ some of it I learned for myself. It was in June of 2008‚ I think‚ that my Cub Scout pack went on a weekend campout. I should mention that my father was at this point the Cubmaster of the pack. The campground stretched across a small peninsula that jutted out into Island Lake
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Juan Seguín Juan Nepomuceno Seguín Born 27 October 1806 San Antonio‚ Texas Died August 27‚ 1890 ( age 83) Nuevo Laredo‚ Mexico Allegiance Republic of Texas Service/branch Texan Army‚ Republic of Texas Militia‚ Republic of Texas Army Years of service 1835–1836‚ 1836–1842 Rank Colonel Unit Texan volunteer and regular army Battles/wars Battle of Concepcion Siege of Bexar Siege of the Alamo Runaway Scrape Battle of San Jacinto Texas-Indian Wars Juan Nepomuceno Seguin – Was
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Franklin was a part of (pg 119). While serving nearly no other purpose in the book‚ Doctor Baird in this quote describes the one quality or Benjamin’‚ eagerness to succeed‚ that turned him into who we known his as today. Benjamin Franklin‚ formally the namesake of his Uncle Benjamin due to the fond relationship of he and his father‚ grew up in Boston attending grammar school to become a member of clergy. His schooling was short lived for his father did not have much money so he could no longer afford to
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