October 1 Essays

  • National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA)

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    Today mountain biking has exploded in high school all over the United States, the idea of “Strong body, strong mind, strong character” radiating out with the wave of popularity. This is the motto for the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA), a mountain biking league founded in 2009 by Matt Fitzinger, a math teacher in North California who noticed that there weren't very many teen racing categories (Parkshipride). He decided to start a team of kids from his school and get a hold of

  • Lenin And Problems After The October Revolution

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    Lenin and Problems After the October Revolution The initial difficulties faced by the new Soviet Union were to severe that its survival seemed almost miraculous. The remains of the czarist regime left Lenin to face a country wrought with war, devastated economically. Russia's involvement in World War I, followed by its Civil War, wide spread famine and a change in political and social ideology were the problems confronting Lenin after the October Revolution. Lenin did succeed in ending

  • Time in Jane Austen's Novels

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    “time” is used 84 times, about half as often. Actually, that trend line is fairly representative of most of Austen’s novels. And certainly the novel Emma is fixed in time. It is, after all, the story of a year, from an October of naïve ignorance to a following October of knowledge and wedded bliss. In other words, not surprisingly, things have happened over time. Yet time is not always a happy advantage for the characters. Note, for example, some of the collocates for the word time. These

  • Wall Street Crash of October 1929

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    Wall Street Crash of October 1929 The roaring twenties saw a great deal of prosperity in the United States economy. Everything seemed to be going well as stock prices continued to rise at incredible rates and everyone in the market was becoming rich. Two new industries: the automotive industry, and the radio industry were the driving forces of this economic boom. These industries were helping to create a new type of market that no one had ever seen in history. With the market continuously

  • A Review Of The Outsiders Club

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    A Review of "The Outsiders Club" Screened on BBC 2 in October 96 MA Diploma Disability Studies INTRODUCTION I decided to write a review on the social group known as The Outsiders. The group's main aim is to enable disabled adults to form personal relationships, including specifically sexual ones (Shakespeare 1996), either with each other or with non-disabled members. The group has been in existence for several years, and has attracted a great deal of attention, including reaction from present

  • Creative Writing

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    It was 9:00 on a dark and dreary night in October when Mindy and Mandy crept slowly up the stairs to check on their little brother Max. Mandy was very upset over the fact of having to check on her little brother when she wanted to sleep. However, Mindy wanted to make sure he was asleep, and she dragged Mandy along for company. “He’s supposed to be asleep! And he should be asleep by now! Why bother?!” Mandy complained as she dragged her black purse up the stairs. Mindy tried to ignore Mandy as she

  • The Power of Blogging

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    ideas? Please comment with some (appropriate!) suggestions. Sunday, October 03, 2004 Still don't have any good ideas for that essay. Btw, all your suggestions sucked; you guys really let me down...j/k =)... Anyway, I think I might write about diaries. But it seems to boring. Whatever, I will try it out and see how it goes. Monday, October 04, 2004 Essay on dairies is not going very well. Tuesday, October 05, 2004 I give up on diaries. They are too boring. I need a new topic

  • The Life Of Anne Frank

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    sending them? We assume that most of them are being murdered. The English radio says they're being gassed."-- October 9, 1942 On Her Old Country, Germany "Fine specimens of humanity, those Germanns, and to think I'm actually one of them! No, that's not true, Hitler took away our nationality long ago. And besides, there are no greater enemies on earth than the Germans and Jews."-- October 9, 1942 On Nazi Punishment of Resisters "Have you ever heard the term 'hostages'? That's the latest punishment

  • Along Came A Frontage Road

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    and bringing it back home. Not at all did he suspect to encounter anything more but indeed he did. Nicky and his father went looking for a pumpkin at as place that he describes as “a piece of land so devoid of life and interest that from January to October, I’m certain, no one sees it at all”.

  • Home Sweet Home

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    A belief that people share, regardless of their cultural or ethnic background, is "Home Sweet Home". This saying implies that our home town, province, or village is usually the sweetest place, since it is bonded with the most beautiful and unforgettable memories of our childhood. This belief is most meaningful to people who have to live in exile or have do a lot of traveling. People usually have the same comment when asked about their feeling towards their hometown, "There is no place like home

  • Ariel Castro Effect

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    From Michelle, to Amanda, to Gina, former school bus driver Ariel Castro abducted three girls for more than a decade. In the basement in Cleveland Ohio, the three girls: Amanda, Michelle and Gina were in hell for ten years and could not escape. The three girls did not know each other and when they were in captivity for that long of a time, they would start to get to know each other well. Ariel was born and raised in Puerto Rico until his mother found out that his father was cheating on his mother

  • 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