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    MARRIAGE AND FAMILY The word “love” is derived from Germanic forms of the of Sanskrit lubh (desire). Eros (Greek erasthai) Is used to refer to the part of love constituting a passionate‚ intense desire for something: especially sexual desire. Nature of love means the common‚ normal attributes and outcomes of love. One of the elements of love might be that "it is blind." A person in love is often "blind" to the bad or negative things about the person they love‚ meaning they just don’t realize the

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    One of the first life lessons a child is taught growing up is that lying can only ever make a situation worse. This claim can easily be proven through Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The story follows the people of Salem‚ Massachusetts as their lives turn to chaos as a result of the Salem Witch Trials. No matter how farfetched the accusations were‚ the copious amount of lies told within the small town made it nearly impossible for anyone to know what really happened. These gaps in knowledge made people’s

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    Religious differences have been a cause for war and a source of turmoil for thousands of years. It is easy to find differences among religions different from your own and immediately dismiss the religion as wrong. However when analyzing certain aspects of religious texts‚ it is clear some striking similarities exist. For instance Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam all have unique perspectives on the Day of Judgement‚ but have some commonalities. One common thread between the texts is the emotional

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    Foreign Policy has been exaggerated.” Evaluate this statement with reference to the literature on China’s Rise. China’s foreign policy since the end of the Cold War has been characterised by an embracement of the international system. It is my reckoning that the success of this new foreign policy has indeed been exaggerated‚ but in order to give weight to this assumption‚ it is necessary to look at the key elements in shaping the foreign policy of the Beijing Government‚ and to discuss in turn the

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    Cited: Andrews‚ Peter. "The Neanderthal extinction." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19.10 (2004): 511-512. Print. Davis‚ Kenneth. "Dead Reckoning or Reckoning with the Dead: Hispanic Catholic Funeral Customs." Liturgy 21.1 (2006): 21-27. Print. James‚ J. "Book Review: 15 Weddings and 17 Funerals." The Expository Times 116.10 (2005): 348-349. Print. Leamy‚ Elisabeth. "Funerals: How to Beat the High

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    Abigail Williams is a dominant figure in The Crucible. She is both malicious and manipulative. She is astute and knows how to use power to her own advantage. She is a marvellous antagonist with vengeful desires and she is ruthless for the mass hysteria and death which happens later in the play. Throughout the first act‚ we learn that Abigail is dominant and has authority over other characters within the play. “(Betty doesn’t move. She shakes her.) Now stop this! Betty! Sit up now!” The use of the

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    Sensors for Robots An overview Václav Hlaváč Czech Technical University in Prague Faculty of Electrical Engineering Department of Cybernetics Czech Republic http://cmp.felk.cvut.cz/~hlavac Courtesy to several authors of presentations on the web. Lecture outline 2 Note: students graduated from the bachelor KyR studied sensors in the course Sensors and Measurement. This subject was not specialized to robotics.     Motivation‚ why robots need sensors? Robotic sensor

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    Act I 1. What does the “spareness” of the Puritan setting reveal about the lives of the townspeople of Salem? The setting mirrors the Puritans’ beliefs. The lack of ornamentation demonstrates the Puritan aversion to vanity and frivolous pursuits. 2. Explain the significance of the forest to the Puritans. It was the epitome of evil. As far as the Puritans were concerned‚ the Native Americans were murderous heathens. The animals periodically attacked. There was no wilderness in England‚ so the

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    interest come due‚ future taxpayers will face a difficult choice. They can pay higher taxes; enjoy less government spending‚ or both‚ in order to make resources available to pay off the debt and accumulated interest. Or they can delay the day of reckoning and put the government into even deeper debt by borrowing once again to pay off the old debt and interest. In essence‚ when the government runs a budget deficit and issues government debt‚ it allows current taxpayers to pass the bill for some of

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    Throughout the play‚ persecution proves to be a direct consequence of fear. Parris wants Proctor to confess and wants everyone to convince him to confess because he fears the town and what they’ll think of him. The obsession Parris had about how the village thought of him overcame and that’s when he started pressuring the people to convince Proctor. Another character that falls into the trap of fear is the Abigail Williams. Abigail‚ a former servant to the Proctors‚ was kicked out because of the

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