from China. This is my first visit to a foreign country. My flight took off from Beijing Capital International Airport and headed for Chicago to transfer. After 13 hours of flying‚ our airplane finally landed in Chicago. At that moment when my feet tread on the land of America‚ I was excited and a little nervous. Taking a look at this absolutely different country and those strange faces‚ a feeling of uncertainty shrouded me. In my heart‚ I knew a new journey of my life had begun. On a whim‚ I opened
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Hello‚ my name is Gold. Most people call me by my nickname‚ which is Au. My nickname comes from the Latin word for gold‚ “aurum”. I have many uses and some of them you may have never heard of. Humans probably have known me and treasured me since prehistoric times. No one knows who really discovered me but humans do know that they can trace back their use of me back to at least 6300 years ago. My wide spread use over the course of human existence is the very reason that no one knows who discovered
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my involvement in this program. The shoelaces are frayed from the sheep that chew on them while I work in the barns. The leather is marred from the hooves of animals stepping on my feet. If you’re unfortunate enough‚ you may find something in the treads that I accidentally stepped in. 4 The exterior of my shoes can tell you a lot about what I do‚ but they also can provide clues to who I am and where I have been. I have always been an explorer and traveler. My father says that I was born under
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How can people escape poverty and retrieve freedom while being faced by oppression? The disturbing deeds of those who endure and experience the disputes of Haiti prompts the normal lives of an average Haitian. Despite the troubles the characters must go through‚ the novel Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat proposes that sacrifices for freedom allow hope for the next generation‚ but result in brutality and a loss of innocence for the current generation. In the short story “A Wall of Fire Rising”
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From the start of the play‚ Hamlet was always a confused character. Not only did he seem confused‚ but he appeared to suffer from depression as well. As I progressed through the daily readings and contemplated through our in depth discussions of the play‚ I became intrigued by how Hamlet transformed himself from a depressed prince‚ with little to no focus‚ to one with maturity and ambition even as he underwent his depression. In the opening of the play‚ Hamlet is depressed and thinks too much about
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I use to dream about a seemingly endless skyscraper. At the top of the building‚ there would be people who’ve made it. Those who rose beyond judgement of others‚ and learned to appreciate their shortcomings to find the freedom that exist at the top. Getting there isn’t easy; the only way up are stairs as endless as the building. Many people don’t make it‚ but up there‚ there’s a plaque with my name on it. So I open the doors and begin my journey upwards. It’s not long before I feel like giving up
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Chapter-1: Introduction The purpose of a Communication System is to transport an information bearing signal from a source to a user destination via a communication channel. MODEL OF A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM(ANALOG) Information Source and Input Transducer I/P Signal TRANSMITTER CHANNEL Destination and Output Transducer O/P Signal RECEIVER Fig. 1.1: Block diagram of Communication System. The three basic elements of every communication systems are Transmitter‚ Receiver and Channel. The
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Modernity in the Indian sense is‚ in any case‚ a command from the West. India did not get enough time to develop an indigenous idea of modernity because of the intervention of colonialism. At the time of Independence‚ urban India had inherited a rather basic problem: this was a contradiction between imposed modernity and age-old traditional values. There were‚ as a consequence‚ three options for the average Indian urban man: whether to embrace the Western model of modernity; or to go back‚ if possible
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Throughout the novel‚ Hawthorne uses plant imagery to symbolize both the negative and positive character traits and to set the mood of the novel. The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne takes place during the age of Puritanism in Boston where a young and attractive Puritan woman commits adultery with the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale. Chillingworth‚ Hesters’ husband‚ whom everyone thought was captured by Indians comes to town‚ but only Hester knows his true identity. Chillingworth vows to figure out
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Learning to Swim Abstract This research paper is about learning to swim well‚ and it includes some important recommendations and warnings about swimming. Learning how to swim or improving swimming technique can in fact be an enjoyable experience. This research specifies step by step how to swim without any problem. People will learn that by practicing progressive swimming exercises with the proper mindset they can learn each swimming stroke step by step‚ quickly and have fun. The important thing
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