Why do people call the cops “pigs” in the form of an insult? “Taken up by protestors‚ the term ‘pig’ had been used early as the mid-1500s to refer to a person who is heartily disliked.” A staff member of Straight Dope Science Advisory answers this question stating that the name runs back to the early police force‚ Bow Street Runner. The characters that pigs or snakes typically symbolizes are considered human’s unacceptable behavior. Pigs are often depicted as a character who’s unclean‚ greedy‚ and
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When reading Hamlet some people may wonder‚ what’s keeping him from doing the things he needs to do? Why is he taking a long time to avenge his father? There are many factors that affect our decision or hold us back‚ some that we may not be aware of. In the play‚ we see Hamlet struggle to execute revenge against his uncle for his father’s sake‚ so what’s holding him back? “A dull and muddy-mettled rascal‚ peak like John-a-dreams‚ unpregnant of my cause‚ and can say nothing! No‚ not for a king‚ upon
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reality. The pastoral romances of Cervantes ’s time were generally about knights embarking on quests to save chaste maidens‚ fight evil doers‚ and be greatly rewarded with valor. Don Quixote creates these characters with normal people he encounters along the way. In his mind‚ the prostitutes that he encounters at the inn become fair maidens‚ the windmills become giants‚ the sheep become armies‚ and he becomes a true knight. Don Quixote does not question his reality‚ but does not understand when people
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Argumentative Essay Is now the time to have a national conversation on the questions around abortion? There is an elephant in the Canadian living room. Everyone knows it is there‚ but nobody is willing to mention it‚ except for those on the far edges of the issue. The elephant is named “Abortion”‚ and except for those radical believers on each side‚ almost everyone wishes the elephant would simply walk out of the room. But it hasn’t‚ despite the wishes of many people. And it won’t‚ despite our
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of a S-Chip CEO (unabridged) |[pic] |[pic] | | |Written by S-chip CEO | |Saturday‚ 25 April 2009 | | | |A fascinating email circulated around yesterday purportedly from the CEO of a S-chip
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disability. Despite an unhappy family setting and the deafness that struck soon after‚ the man appeared to rise from his misfortunes and follow his passion. Mr. Beethoven created some of the most wonderful music and is considered one of the greatest musicians of all time. Ludwig‚ at a very young age‚ began his career as a marvelous piano player and composer of piano music. Beethoven continued his work expanding to string quartets and other kinds of chamber music‚ songs‚ two masses‚ an opera‚ and nine symphonies
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hard work and effort in the English dialect that Milton carried. A very devout protestant who showed no fear of showing the world and everyone around him just how much he was dedicated to what he (Milton) believed when it came to his (Milton) civil rights as well as his religion‚ he (Milton) did this even if he had to cast or show the world a different way of viewing religion all together. But here in the society that we live in today many can believe that Milton changed the language of English and
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mean by “rooted within yourself”? It means to inhabit your body fully. To always have some of your attention in the inner energy field of your body. To feel the body from within‚ so to speak. Body awareness keeps you present. It anchors you in the Now Already for most humans‚ the only respite they find from their own minds is to occasionally revert to a level of consciousness below thought. Everyone does that every night during sleep. But this also happens to some extent through sex‚ alcohol
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Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh Happy Making $36‚000 A Year Working For Amazon Posted Sep 10‚ 2010 12:48pm EDT by Henry Blodget in Investing‚ Tales of the Valley Related: AMZN One of the most striking Internet success stories in recent years is Zappos‚ the $1+ billion e-commerce business which was bought last year by Amazon. But‚ as is often the case‚ the Zappos empire was not created overnight. Ten years ago‚ the online retailer known for selling shoes was actually desperate for sales. It wasn’t until
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Eric Emerson Schmidt spent most of his early childhood in Northern Virginia‚ and Italy‚ where his father taught at John Hopkins in Bologna. After only two short years‚ spent during his third and fourth grade‚ while overseas‚ by 1965 he was relocated back to the United States‚ in Blacksburg‚ Virginia‚ where his father was appointed chairman of the Department of Economics at Virginia Tech. As a young boy‚ Schmidt was very technically adept‚ spending most of his time dissembling and reassembling things
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