The Castle Mountain âFear is only as deep as the mind allows.â Japanese Proverb. After three days, Iâm moving to a new city. I have been living in my hometown for eighteen years and now I must go off to college. The only thing left to do on my bucket list is to climb the mountain of the height in my town. I have always been afraid of heights, I wanted to overcome this fear. So, I chose Castle Mountain....
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Professionalism is the way to develop a certain professional activity with total commitment, moderation, and responsibility, according to their specific formation and following the pre-established guidelines socially. The concept of professionalism is closely linked to professional activity. A professional is defined as a person who is engaged in the practice or development of a specific activity, usually for profit. It is important to clarify that this is also used for certain kinds of athletes, differentiating them from amateur athletes (Fricker,...
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In the second scene, Romeo and Benvolio meet a servant who is supposed to make invitations to the Capulet ball. He asks Romeo to read him the list. Romeo discovers that Rosaline will be at the Capulets' party. They decide to attend - even though it is a Capulet party, they will be able to disguise their identities by wearing masks. Later at the party, Romeo mopes in the corner, away from the dancing. From this point, he notices Juliet...
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I remember the time my sister, Shifali Malhotra, and I built a fort in our closet over the summer. We were young and making fun memories. Summer spent together was always a blast. We would share multiple laughs and were, at the time, basically the same person. The days flew by and our time together grew shorter. Shifaliâs moments of attending high school were coming to an end. Her days of going off to college were fast approaching. My sister...
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It was a bright summer day in Ely, Iowa when Johnny came over. We had a bonfire the night he arrived, and the next day, the plan was to play basketball and then go fishing. The next morning, it didnât take long before we decided it was too hot to do much of anything that involved being active. After going inside and eating some popsicles, we went off looking for something to do. First, we went to the gas station...
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Chris McCandlessâ literary heroes were not opposite from each other but they were not the same either. Tolstoy, London, and Thoreau were all considered great minds of their times, just reading their works gives me an understanding of why he would be influenced by these great minds. ~These authors influenced Chris in his moral principles and his aspirations to embark on this journey which inspired Krakauer to write this very book.~ I think Jack London inspired McCandless the most out...
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Plate tectonics is the driving force for most volcanic activities. At plate boundaries, the crust is either created or destroyed. Divergent plate boundaries, create new crust material from the rising of magma. This new crust slowly pushes the old crust until it gets destroyed by subduction. The sinking of this crust also causes volcanic activities above it. On earth, they are five volcanic environments in relation to plate tectonics and this is ocean-ocean island arc, oceanic hot spot, mid-ocean ridge,...
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O Captain! My captain is a poem composed by the American poet Walt Whitman who is called the bird of democracy. Most of his works reflect his ideas about women's rights, immigration laws, and labor issues. This poem in particular is an elegy written after the death of former American president Abraham Lincoln. Walt Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!" stands as a testament to the profound impact that poetry can have in capturing the collective emotions and mourning the loss...
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Is there any more mysterious place on earth than the Bermuda Triangle? This is the most mysterious part of the ocean, and many people cannot return. This is an abnormal area. It is sometimes called the Devil's Triangle. The hideout of aliens, some secret military experiments, and the gateway to another dimension are some theories about the Bermuda Triangle. These theories are far from reality as we know them. These strange events can even be traced back to the time...
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âA Handful of Datesâ by Tayeb Salih is a combination of both African and Arabic literature. Itâs one of the best-acknowledged works of Tayeb Salih. The story is celebrated for its originality, literary features, and incorporation of aesthetic. The plot revolves around a child that witnesses the greed and ill nature of mankind. The image of idolization that the young boy has towards his grandfather is shattered when he realizes that his grandfather got his wealth by craftily observing a...
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I would like to examine Poem 87, which varies from those above in one fine respect. The second couplet reveals an unexpected apostrophe to Lesbia. What begins a profession of loyalty in the third person suddenly shifts to the second, bringing the reader face-to-face with her character. An emotive context surrounds the words, appearing now as an implicit, artistically-fashioned drama. No longer simply analytical or âmere imitation of natureâ, the voice gains an emotional immediacy that was not there before....
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Climate Change Should Be at The Forefront of Our Governmentsâ Political Concern I am speaking today to express my concern about the alarming threat climate change poses to our country, our people, and our home. The world is in a state of perpetual crisis and climate change should be at the forefront of political concern for our government. Itâs disgraceful that the government has allowed this to happen. The government has the power to address Australians publicly and influence their...
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A New York article published in 2006, attempts to persuade readers that all immigrants, no matter their origins, should be accepted by Americans. âAngels in America,â written by John Tierney, goes on to say, although most U.S. citizensâ ancestors were at one-point immigrants, today they fail to give any concern for new migrants. Tierney makes the point that Mexican immigrants are no different from other immigrants. He questions why it is so difficult for someone with Hispanic, Latin, or Chicano...
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Do not destroy the greenery just to spoil the scenery. Many of us tend to disregard the importance of nature like trees and just focus on doing things that can satisfy them. I am Alyana Nadine Enriquez and I am here to encourage you to limit the use of natural resources to avoid flooding. My three main points are limitation of natural resources provides more vegetation cover, the limitation of natural resources reduces the outcome of climate change, and implementing...
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At each stage from pre-school through to university entrance, girls tend to do better than boys. For example, on entering primary school, girls are more likely to be able to write their own names. On the other hand, boys are more likely than girls to be assessed by their schools as having special educational needs. When it comes to subject choice at age 16, there are major gender differences in the popularity of different A-level subjects and even greater gender...
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Roland Barthes is a French critic who distinguished two levels in which we can interpret signs. Barthes (in Hall 1997:39) says that in order to get meaning from an image we need to decode the signifiers into their suitable notions. The first level is the literal meaning of what the image is made up off. He (Barthes in Hall 1997:39) says that images also have âa wider, cultural meaningâ. Barthes (in Hall 1997:39-40) explains what he calls âLevel of Mythâ...
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On September 15, 1954, this famous photo of Marilyn Monroe was captured by photographer Sam Shaw. The picture captures the moment when a breeze from a subway passing below Marilyn Monroe's skirt lifting it above her knees. In the Sixties, it wasn't proper for a woman to show skin above the ankles, but instead of rushing to pull her skirt down Marilyn embraced it and said â isn't it delicious.â During this time, Marilyn was the star actress in the...
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ÌAmericans rapidly increased how much energy they were using in the mid-20th century, their reliance on oil, natural gas, and nuclear power grew Ì (Blumsack). The United States has grown its economy and manufacturing industries by using fossil fuels. Therefore, fossil fuels are used to power Americans' everyday lives and inevitably are the foundation for the lives we have today. In order to replace America's use of fossil fuels is nearly impossible. It would be incredibly costly and many people...
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The use of supernatural machinery is a prominent feature of many epics. Supernatural machinery is a must for an epic and Iliad is not devoid of this. Homer has used the Olympian gods and goddesses who take part in the poem separated into two parts. The most powerful gods and goddesses are equally balanced in the two groups such as Aphrodite and Apollo in support of the Trojans and Hera, Athena, and Hephaestus in support of the Achaeans. In the...
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The Equal Protection clause states that it will not ââŠ. [D]eny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.â The clause is violated when someone is treated differently due to their race, ethnicity, or protected class. Throughout history, the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause has been used to strike down state laws that promote inequality and discrimination. For instance, in Loving v. Virginia, the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals held that a state law that prohibited interracial...
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Oedipus submits the deplorable demonstration of slaughtering his dad and wedding his mom. The sad occasions that follow appear to be well-suited discipline for this transgression. In any case, in Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Oedipus is simply 'an offspring of Fortune' (Sophocles, 1080), not liable for his wrongdoings since his destiny was resolved before birth. In endeavoring to dodge his destiny, Oedipus perpetrates his violations unconsciously. He comprehends the grievous idea of the violations told in the prescience so he...
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What is the great sports myth? What is the three-step process for validation of the great sports myth? And how does the great sports myth relate to you in this major? In other words, did the great sports myth have an effect on your major choice? Or a future career? If so how? If not how come? Finally, are our sports inherently pure and good? Examples. Sport is essentially pure & good, and its purity and goodness are transferred to...
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In the course of human interaction, it is common for people to disagree on things. This is because everyone has a way of doing things and a different line of thought, and therefore, there can be conflict from the various ideas brought about by people. In the workplace also, there is bound to be friction between people. More often than not, if this friction is not resolved, the company will suffer from conflict among the workers or the managers. It...
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Ethics has two objects. Firstly, ethics refers to well-founded requirements of right and wrong that set down what a person has to do, mainly in phrases of rights, obligations, advantages to society, fairness, or particular virtues. Ethics, for instance, refers to those standards that force the sensible obligations to refrain from rape, stealing, murder, assault, slander, and fraud. Ethical requirements also encompass those that enjoin virtues of honesty, compassion, and loyalty. And, moral standards encompass requirements pertaining to rights, such...
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In the modern context, the concept of âoldâ and ânewâ money is difficult for an average reader to understand. With a massive influx into the ranks of the hyper-rich by those who have gained their wealth through means like the Internet, values and perceptions of these concepts have drastically changed. Today's culture among developed nations romanticizes the concept of a ârags-to-richesâ story, a self-made person who makes their own fortune through hard work and entrepreneurial efforts. In the environment of...
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A crazy Wednesday morning in the coldest month of the year, yes you guessed it right January. 8 am class and coming out of bed was the hardest thing to do. Multiple alarms rang trying to help me get to the class but of no use. Multiple thoughts rushed into my mind, totally confused with reality and my dream world. I took some time to get back to my senses and realized that I was late for the class. On...
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It is often easy to suggest that âpoetry makes a familiar world unfamiliarâ however, the world that the poet writes about is familiar to them. For example, Sylvia Plathâs poetry was highly influenced by her deteriorating mental health and her difficulty with relationships. The world that Plathâs poetry portrayed is a world that was familiar to her. Plathâs short book of poems âArielâ was a huge insight into how she viewed the world before her death, specifically her poem âStingsâ....
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A series of expected events that are beyond a personâs control is defined as fate. Fate can lead us to exceptional or dreadful places, but running away from the outcome is impossible. In Oedipus Rex written by Sophocles, and translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, the character Oedipus is challenged with his fate. He encounters hurdles during his journey to find out the perpetrator of King Laios. Throughout the play, his fate is interpreted through different events in his...
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After having gone through the two weekly readings, I have gained a basic level of familiarity with the fundamental concepts and terms introduced in the readings. Based on my understanding, I have selected two topics â one each from the two weeks â wealth generation and opportunity costs, which I think are important concepts in managerial economics. I will be discussing them separately. First, I would like to discuss Wealth Generation. Wealth Generation: Wealth can be defined as a measure...
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In the play âAntigoneâ, Sophocles at first portrays Creon as a just leader. He has good, rational reasons for his laws and punishments. By the end of the play Creonâs hubris, or excessive pride, has taken over him, which leads to his demise. He does not realize how badly his hubris has interfered with his dealing with problems until Teiresiasâs prophecy. By then it is too late. This is the path of a tragic character. The protagonist has a hamartia...
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