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    "Achieving Excellence through Unity" "One is said to be the loneliest number of all. " It sounds cheesy but it does make sense. This passage though sounds good‚ seems different on how others understand . One in this passage‚ refers to the number‚ the volume‚ the physical being. One can signify being alone‚ solitude and seclusion‚ but if we would come to think of the other parallel of ONE‚ we might come up to these ideas : one means

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    THE 3Rs OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: REDUCE‚ REUSE‚ AND RECYCLE Across the country‚ many individuals‚ communities‚ and businesses have found creative ways to reduce and better manage their trash through a coordinated mix of practices that includes the 3Rs of solid waste management: reduce‚ reuse and recycle. Reduce Source reduction‚ or waste prevention‚ means consuming and throwing away less. Source reduction can conserve resources‚ reduce pollution‚ help cut waste disposal and handling

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    After Pericles’ death‚ Thucydides foreshadows the plight of all later leaders‚ noting they were unable to rule the people as Pericles had‚ instead they “managed all these affairs in the opposite way” and “resorted to handing over affairs to the people’s pleasure” (2.65)‚ resulting in frequent missteps. Although this is presented to the reader‚ they still search for hope as the later leaders struggle to find the perfect balance of rationality and wisdom Pericles had achieved. There are frequent similarities

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    In Jill Conner Browne’s “Funeral Food” she implies a message to the readers. The message she implies is that even when someone when someone dies and you go to a funeral there is always a better side to everything. Her humorous approach to death and the mourning process that follows is one of her many ways to make her essay more effective. She uses her sense of humor to lighten the mood and distract the reader from the funeral aspect. Her distraction comes from her sarcastic jokes about food being

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    traditional funeral is basically a ceremony in a church or home where you celebrate and remember the life of a person who has died then proceed to the burial and repast. In New Orleans‚ things are done a little different and by different I mean Jazz Funerals. Jazz Funerals combines elements of African‚ French and early American funeral ceremonies that features a brass band‚ two lines of mourners which includes family and friends of the deceased‚ and many social clubs. Jazz funerals can be the total

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    Saurav Sharma English 11 Mrs. Hotchkiss 11/4/12 The Allegory of the Funeral Funerals: the encapsulation of morbidity‚ alongside the certainty that something has been lost. Funerals are done so systematically‚ that one begins to feel more and more despondent as they continue. Emily Dickinson in her poem “I Felt a Funeral in My Brain”‚ uses this systematic organization of a funeral to provide a familiar situation that readers can understand‚ and that also emphasizes the loss of her

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    Pericles was born to a family that was well known at the time with this father Xanthippus being one of the heroes of the Persian War. His mother’s family was also well known as the Alcmaeonidae family (Croix‚ 1972). His early life was surrounded by artists and philosophers with his friends being among the initial philosophers such as Protagoras and Zeno. To showcase his wealth and love for art‚ Pericles financed the play by Aeschylus in 472BC. This is what showcased him as a potential political figure

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    The Sculptor’s Funeral A major theme in this story is the effect that close-mildness can have on an individual’s life. This story is set in the small town of Sand City‚ Kansas. Most of the people in the town are greedy and materialistic‚ but above all they are very close-minded. The story centers on the funeral of Harvey Merrick. There were very few people in the town who actually understood Harvey Merrick‚ and because of this very few people liked him. Harvey Merrick did not measure up to the

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    He claims that Caesar was a tyrant and his place in power was only hurting Rome. However‚ his speech has several flaws: it is delivered in prose and filled with irony. After Brutus finishes‚ Antony harangues the crowd with his famous funeral oration. This oration is said to be some of Shakespeare’s finest writing. The meticulous lucubration that encompasses Rogerian structure and clever word association allows Antony to manipulate the plebeians in opposition of Brutus. To begin‚ it is widely known

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    native community. The Native Americans were outraged by their inferiority and on the colonist’s treatment of the environment. The Chief Seattle’s 1854 Oration is a speech in response to a proposed treaty in which the Indians were persuaded to give up thousands of acres to the US government for a sum of 150‚000 dollars. The Chief Seattle’s Oration is considered to be the most profound environmental statements in history. The Chief Seattle was the leader of the Dkhw’Duw’Absh‚ and a prominent figure

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