Joshua Deck Mrs. Smith Pre IB English 9 2B 7 May 2012 The Colosseum and Gladiators While the Colosseum is a major tourist attraction today‚ back when the Roman Empire ruled it was a place of fighting‚ blood‚ and death. The colosseum was a source of entertainment for the people of Rome‚ as they witnessed the famed gladiators fighting to the death. The architectural design of the colosseum is an ingenious design‚ as well as the purpose and roles of it. The gladiators had an interesting history
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan was an exciting book from start to finish. This fiction book takes you on the adventures of the twelve year old Percy Jackson as he discovers who he really is. Being a demigod‚ a child of a Greek god and a mortal woman‚ Percy is in for the ride of his life. Percy Jackson is not what you would consider to be normal; aside from having ADHD and dyslexia strange things just seem to happen to him and no one seems to understand. His
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WHAT IS THIN STATION Thinstation is opensource thin client operating system that allows you to connect to servers via network with the use use of some programs Thinstation is mainly use for office‚ company or department use and it is based on Linux.Thinstation also supports a MS Windows-only environment and requires no unix or linux understanding. INSTALLING A THIN STATION 1)First download Thinstation from thinstation.sourceforge.net as shown in Figure 1 2)Unpack Thinstation 3)Copy all
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The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Salt) was two rounds of conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union in the Cold War on the issue of missiles. The two rounds of talks and agreements were SALT I and SALT II. Negotiations began in Helsinki‚ Finland‚ in November 1969. SALT I led to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and an agreement between the two countries. Although SALT II resulted in an agreement in 1979‚ the United States chose not to
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someone asks him why he carries a winnowing-fan. The sheriff in the movie that wanted to catch him can be related to Poseidon in the story of the Odyssey. In addition to that when Ulysses mentions that Satan carries "a giant hay fork" also known as a trident both figures are often described with just such an instrument. In addition to that‚ the women‚ who lured the heroes with their singing‚ and treat him to corn liquor until he passes out where the sirens who did the same to Odysseus. The sirens also
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Zeus Zeus‚ ruler of the sky‚ is the son of Rhea and Cronus. He was the youngest out of the 6 children. His father was threatened by the fact he knew he would be overthrown one day by his son that he tried to swallow him. The thunderbolt is his weapon and symbol. He can use this thunderbolt to throw at anything or anyone. Other symbols for him include the eagle‚ bull and the oak tree. He later married his sister‚ Hera. It is said he has the ability to shapeshift‚ this may be why he has been able to
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started gaining recognition worldwide‚ it was laid low by a double whammy. The first being the global credit crisis and the second‚ the recent terror attacks on the iconic hospitality landmarks; the ‘Taj Mahal Palace and Oberoi Hotel’ and the ‘Oberoi Trident’. Nearly 40% of the annual revenues are expected to be lost on account of the recent crisis. During 1HFY09‚ lower corporate spending‚ fluctuating dollar and opening of credit crisis did impact occupancy rates in some cities like Bangalore‚ Pune
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TRIDENT UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL Module 2 Session Long Project BHS365 – Ethics in Health Care 1. Identify and clarify an ethical dilemma facing your chosen discipline (i.e.‚ public health‚ health care management). To achieve this‚ you will be expected to gather and evaluate relevant information (e.g.‚ peer reviewed and credible sources) pertaining to the dilemma you’ve chosen to make the focus of your case assignment. 2. Identify and briefly discuss the competing ethical positions that accompany
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Today was Sunday‚ and like any other normal Sunday I went to church‚ and like most teenagers I don’t like going to church. I mean‚ I should at least pay attention in church‚ but I don’t and I feel kind of bad for that‚ but that’s just me. “Today‚ on this third Sunday of Ordinary time‚ our lord Jesus Christ…” the priest said in a monotone voice. I sit there‚ on the pew‚ half asleep. My friend‚ Peter‚ flicked my forehead and whispered‚ “Yo sleepyhead‚ you know you’re not supposed to be falling asleep
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Police officers write traffic tickets‚ keep the community safe‚ deal with drug dealers‚ domestic battery‚ murder‚ and help out with emergency issues in the community. The police departments in our community have joined up and formed a team called trident which is the war on drugs in our community. There are a lot of requirements in order to join this team of officers they must be physical fit‚ attend more schooling‚ and attend training camps in order to deal with different types of atmospheres.
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