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    The “Earth is flat”. That’s what society & scientists from the early Middle Ages would say. How do you do so? Because they simply came up with a conclusion without any experimentation or research. This is what separated the philosophers and scientists of the Middle Ages from the Renaissance‚ which is how the Scientific Revolution was formed. Overall‚ the Scientific Revolution took the discoveries from the previous generations and reimagined them‚ this time by gathering more evidence rather than making

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    ranches. He went to Stanford University in 1919 and left without earning his degree. He later finished his first novel‚ Cup of Gold which was an adventurous story that was published in 1926. Success came to Steinbeck when he wrote his novel Tortilla Flat which was published in 1935. Most of Steinbeck’s work deals with the journey of the desperately poor California wanders. He wrote three more novels that dealt with the California wanders‚ Dubious Battle in 1936‚

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    The book The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman draws attention to some very good points concerning globalization and the world economy today. Friedman emphasizes the status of America today in relation to the other countries of the world. As I looked at the things in which he warned about or highlighted‚ I realized the importance of this issue. He talks about a few aspects in which need to be kept competitive in order for America to retain their current standing in the world market. First of all

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    Handel: Concerto in B flat: I. Allegro moderato In the video‚ Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) principle Harp Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton performs the initial movement from Handel’s Harp Concerto. The setup is an empty stage at the Harpa Concert hall in Iceland and the harp is the leading role as the melody instrument. Therefore‚ a beautiful and brilliant musical composition which resonates for one to two seconds is registered. Production Heidi is a professional concert harpist and from the harp‚

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    Poker: A Game Theoretical Analysis Mathematics HL Mahmoud Talaat   Introduction I have been playing Texas Hold ‘em Poker since I was 14 years old‚ and since then‚ I had a pact with my friends that we would meet every Friday night and play some Poker. Poker is a group of card games that involve betting‚ strategy‚ and individual play. One of these card games is called Texas Hold ‘em. Texas Hold ‘em Poker consists of two “hole” cards dealt to each player and five “community” cards held face-up by

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    in a block of flats? Let’s analyze some advantages and disadvantages that it may give. Noise is a traditional problem in blocks of flats- habitation of multi-family house links with larger threat of disturbance of quiet (repairs‚ lack of some occupants’ imagination‚ quarrels among neighbour‚ etc.) This seems particularly so for panel blocks and is caused by the low sound insulation and high sound transmission quality of external walls‚ and the thinness of internal walls inside flats and to the stairwell

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    "I am an Outcast" (4). Melinda Sordino is considered an "outcast" in school since the accident. It’s her first year of high school and she’s already failing her classes and at her social life. Melinda fails to speak up for herself several times in the book. A few times she kept quiet was when some girls were kicking her‚ when her parents were yelling and when Heather needed her. The first way Melinda shows lack of courage was at the beginning of the book‚ when Heather made her go to the basketball

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    Stress analysis of tube & flat flange Note: Do not base your design decisions solely on the data presented in this report. Use this information in conjunction with experimental data and practical experience. Field testing is mandatory to validate your final design. Simulation helps you reduce your time-to-market by reducing but not eliminating field tests. Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 List of Figures 2 Description 3 Assumptions 3 Model Information 3 Study Properties 3 Units

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    Menagerie is more than just a moving memory play. An underlying theme is the feeling of being outcast from a society focused on the social life and making a name for oneself‚ but even within this theme is the idea that the choices one makes in life will directly affect the outcome. Within The Glass Menagerie‚ the choices of Mrs. Amanda Wingfield‚ Laura‚ and Tom Wingfield portray how the feeling of being outcast can be directly or indirectly related to the choices one has made or must make in life.

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    In the poem “Frankenstein” it is clearly stated that Outcasts deserve to be treated fairly because they have many marvelous traits that one wishes to have. For starters‚ the monster was thought to be evil by the ignorant villagers due to the fact he was ugly and made of cadavers‚ but he meant no harm to anyone. The blind man saw good in him so he was kind and let him stay in his thatched roof and the monster actually behaved really well. For instance in the poem it said “ He really has no instincts

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