April 1 Essays

  • My Baby - A Cute, Fat, Difficult, and Unexpected Blessing

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    My Baby - A Cute, Fat, Difficult, and Unexpected Blessing "You are going to have a baby" seven words that changed my life. On April 14th, I woke up and didn't want to go to school because I wasn't feeling well. My mom came into my room and asked me if I was going to get out of bed and go to school. I told her that I needed to go to the doctor. "Why, are you sick?" she asked. "No, I think I'm pregnant." We both just sat there and cried together. I knew then what I should not have done that

  • Supernatural in Shakespeare's Macbeth - The Three Witches

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    Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in 1564.  The specific date of his birth is not known but is celebrated on the feast of St. George, April 23. Little is known about his boyhood, but through examination it is thought that he collected a lot of his information from books and from daily observation of the world around him. During his life Shakespeare wrote many brilliant tragedies. He died on April 23, 1616, at the age of 52.  One of these brilliant tragedies was Macbeth. It is thought to have been written between

  • John Ashbery's April Galleons

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    John Ashbery's April Galleons John Ashbery, the great American modernist poet, achieved a fiscally small but artistically tremendous success with his book April Galleons, published in 1987; he won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry with his 1975 effort Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, and won nearly unanimous acclaim from poets both domestic and abroad; this volume continues in the same stylistic vein as Self-Portrait, and furthers the deep and fragmented exploration of the themes which have

  • Romeo and Juliet: Shakespeare in Love

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    William Shakespeare was born in Stratford on Avon, England, in April of 1564 to Mary and John Shakespeare. He was the third child and the eldest son. His father was a tanner, glove-maker, and trader in wool and other precious commodities. William attended the Stratford Grammar school where he studied and received substantial training in Latin. He was married on November 27, 1582, to a woman named Anne Hathaway, who was eight years older than he was. In May of 1583, the couple's first daughter, Susanna

  • Birthday Report

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    a background about what was going on in the world at the time of the child’s birth. I was born on April 22nd, in the year of 1997. It was a rather interesting week, with both its ups and downs going on throughout the world. The Thursday of my birth was both proceeded and followed by interesting events. A serious but funny thing that happened in the week of my birth was an internet crash. On April 25th, 1997 an Internet Service Provider accidentally passed along some bad router information to the

  • Broken April by Ismail Kadare

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    In the novel Broken April by Ismail Kadare, the reader witnesses a relatively static attitude Q. Compare and contrast the attitudes of Bessian Vorpsi and his wife, Diana, to the Kanun. Explore whether their attitudes remain static or eventually change, and explore how their respective attitudes affect their relationship. Ans. In the novel “Broken April” by Ismail Kadare, the reader witnesses a relatively static attitude of adulation toward the Kanun from Albanian writer Bessian Vorpsi

  • I Stand Here Ironing

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    "I Stand Here Ironing", by Tillie Olsen is a short story portraying the life and regret of a young mother struggling to raise her oldest daughter. The mother- daughter relationship is the major part of the story and the attitude of the mother toward her daughter, Emily, and the actual character of the mother are two very important elements. The character of the mother can be said to be strong and persevering, and along with her age and experience came her wisdom. At first her attitude toward

  • Rearranging Letters in a Word

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    out how many ways a word can be written for any chosen word. My initial step is to write the name 'EMMA' with as many different arrangements I can find. ====================================================================== Part 1 ====== 1) EMMA ======= 7) MAME ======= 2) == The total number of arrangements for the name 'EMMA' is 12. EMAM 8) MEAM ======= 3) EAMM ======= 9) MAEM ======= 4) MMEA ======= 10) AEMM ========

  • Investigating the Relationship of the Dots Inside a Shape of Different Sizes

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    of all I will commence with the shape-size being 1 cm2 increasing it every step by another 1 cm2. At the same time I will be counting the dots inside that particular shape. I will be using this method until I find a pattern; thereafter I will generate a suitable formula from that pattern. METHOD: I will be using more or less 5 diagrams and possibly the 6th one for my prediction. [IMAGE]DIAGRAM 1 AREA DOTS PERIMETER 1 cm2 1 4 [IMAGE] DIAGRAM 2 [IMAGE] AREA

  • A Summary of 12 Angry Men

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    12 Angry Men 12 Angry men is about a group of men who are appointed as jury’s. They are put in a room until they could come up with a conclusion, on whether the boy who was convicted of murder is guilty or not. Jury foremen #1 was seated at the head of the table. Portrayed as a good leader, and a thoughtful listener. When there is a quarrel between the men, he was the one who would break if off and advice them to settle down and talk about it like civil men. Was a football coach in his early years

  • Film Analysis Of 12 Angry Men

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    In this paper I analyze the 1957 12 Angry Men film. However, I will talk about three chapters that I believe that connects to this film. The first one will be on Prejudice: Disliking Other the second one would be on Conformity and Obedience and the last one will be on Conflict and Peacemaking. Upon watching this film I realize that these three chapters really connect with this film. However, here is why they connect. From the beginning of the movie showed signs of prejudice and stereotypes, discrimination

  • Arranging Letters

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    Arranging Letters Firstly we arrange EMMA's Name. 1)EAMM 7)MAEM 2)EMAM 8)MAME 3)MEMA 9)AMME 4)MEAM 10)AEMM 5)MMEA 11)AMEM 6)MMAE 12)EMMA . . Secondly we arrange Lucy's name. 1)Lucy 12)Cyul 22)Yulc 2)Luyc 13)Culy 23)Ycul 4)Lycu 14)Culy 24)Yluc 5)Lcuy 15)Cylu 25)Ucyl 6)Lcyu 16)Clyu 7)Ulcy 17)Cuyl 8)Ucly 18)Yluc 9)Uycl 19)Yucl 10)Ulyc 20)Yclu 11)Uylc 21)Ylcu From these 2 investigation I worked out a method, To Use My Method I Preferred

  • The Use of Numbers in The Queen of Spades

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    of the story, we find "three fantastic moments" (Slonimsky 429), three cards, three major catastrophes, three main characters, and the use of six chapters, six being a multiple of three. The three fantastic moments are: "the story of Tomsky (Chapter 1), the vision of Hermann (Chapter 5), and the miraculous win (Chapter 6)" (429). These three moments form the backbone of the story. In Tomsky's story, one first reads of the three cards guaranteed to produce a winner at the game of faro. What makes this

  • The rules of leadership

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    A manager should have a set of guidelines or rules to keep in the back of his or her mind to keep everything running smoothly. According to there are fifty rules to be successful leader, but I will focus on what I feel are the top ten. I have seen them in action at and they have influenced how I would lead when I lead. The number one rule would be Leadership is confusing as hell. I feel this is important to remember because one must remember every leadership position is different and thus must be

  • Group Participation and Interaction Explored in 12 Angry Men

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    important as it can reshape and change the dimensions of o... ... middle of paper ... ...irrespective of what majority says. Your participation has the ability to change what others think completely. Due to Jury number 8's participation, the ratio of 1:11 votes(not guilty:guilty) changed to an over all vote of not guilty. Communication doesn't happen non-verbally right at the beginning stages of the group development. If the movie was “11 Angry Men” with Jury number 8 excluded, the other jurors would've

  • The Maximum Product of Any Given Number When Split into Parts

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    The Maximum Product of Any Given Number When Split into Parts The objective of this coursework is to find the formula that gives the maximum product of any given number when split into parts. For the first part of the coursework I am going to investigate the splitting of a number into two parts, then three parts and into four and five parts. For each number of parts, I am going to come up with a formula that gives the maximum product. Starting number 12

  • T-Totals and T-Numbers

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    in the T, you will find the T-Total! For the T above, the T-Total will be 1 + 2 + 3 + 9 + 16 = 31. 2) Using algebra, we can work out a formula for this T. On a 9x9 grid a T would look like this: [IMAGE] From this we can see that if: T number = n 1 = a 2 = b 3 = c 11 = d 20 = n [IMAGE] a = n-19 From this we can see that the T-Total b = n-18 will equal: c = n-17 d = n-9 1 + 2 + 3 + 11 + 20 = 37 e = n Using the algebraic formula for each of the

  • Patterns In Pascals Triangles

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    Pascal’s triangle? The top of the triangle is the number 1 and each new row below contains a number more than the line above. The additional numbers determined by the sum of the numbers to the left and right of the row above. If there is a not figure both to the left and right in the line above then the number the same as the one 's to the left or right in the line above. This means that each line starts and ends with the number 1. As shown in figure 1 . Figure1 So this is how a Pascal’s triangle looks

  • Cube Shaped Boxes and Supermarket Displays

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    are easy to stack to make displays in supermarkets. Investigate! Plan ==== I will carry out this investigation by following these points: 1. Simplify the question by using 2-d shapes. 2. Draw 2-d designs. 3. Draw 3-d designs. 4. Evaluate my work. Detailed Plan To investigate each shape I will follow a pattern: 1. I will state which shape I am investigating. 2. Draw the shape or a bird's eye view to show the shape. 3. Draw a difference table to show whether it

  • So You’ve Decided to visit Earth.

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    So You’ve Decided to visit Earth. Pamphlet with 10 simple rules to aid your survival on the world of this up and coming hostile species Paid for by the Galactic Confederation. Rule Number 1: Eavesdrop, Eavesdrop, Eavesdrop. The gateway to understanding human mind is spending time reviewing their transmissions. Remarkably un-shy and very gregarious, they have been broadcasting both their audio and visual entertainment for decades much to the annoyance of other neighboring, less chatty species