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Cycles Per Second Sound Waves
739 wordsResonance and Sound Physics and Music Since sound is the medium of music, most of the physics of music is the physics of sound. It's important to remember that sound waves are compression waves. You can imitate a compression wave by stretching out a slinky (you do have a slinky, don't you? ) and flicking your finger against a coil at the end. Sound waves are not like the waves on the ocean or the waves you get by waving a stretched-out rope. Take a tuning fork (you do have a tuning fork, don't y...
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City Of Thebes Fork In The Road
792 wordsIn Oedipus the King it is made quite clear by Sophocles that trying to defy your fate is pointless and only results in your fate coming to pass whether you like it or not. The first example of the pointlessness of trying to defy your fate is that of Laius. One day Laius, Oedipus' true father, was confronted by an oracle of Apollo. This oracle said that "doom would strike him down at the hands of a son." When Jocasta, his wife, gave birth to a son, Laius, believing he could defy the prediction of...
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An Exposition On Peanut Butter Cookies
542 wordsHave you ever tried to bake peanut butter cookies, and for some reason they were a complete flap because they were dry and crunchy, too moist and crumbly, or perhaps they had a terrible taste? Well, I have discovered this cool new recipe and I have never failed at making them. Have no fear, the ultimate peanut butter cookie recipe is hear. We will need the following ingredients: 1 c. of brown sugar, 1 c. of white sugar, 1 c. of margarine or butter, 1 c. of peanut butter, 2 large eggs, 1 tsp. of ...
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Made Me Feel Sense Of Humor
1,727 wordsTHE POWER OF COMEDY! Mark What is Comedy? Some people have the misconception that comedy is the actual opposite of drama. However under closer examination it is apparent that Comedy is that of a dramatic work. Dramatic work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and that usually contains a happy resolution of a conflict. Comedy keeps the world in motion, it allows people to shrug off rude comments, laugh at one another, and it creates a casual environment. There are many types of ...
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Poem The Road Made All The Difference
1,180 wordsA poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom 1. Robert Frost (1874 - 1963) is one of the leading American poets of the twenties century, his works are known and highly appreciated all over the world. He was the first person to receive four Pulitzer Prizes. Robert Frosts poem The Road Not Taken (1916) is one of the most difficult and argued of his poems. The poem The Road Not Taken is based on life experience of the poet; it reflects his views on life decisions and draws strong reply from the read...
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Point Of View Cultural Background
1,007 wordsHumdrum Conundrum: Does or does it not make sense to insist that how each person sees things depends entirely on that persons unique time, place, and subjective judgement? on their cultural background? I would like to point out that this paper is written assuming there is an absolute reality and there is actually a table sitting there, and it is not just a figment of our imagination, as it were. Pardon the assumption, I have to have somewhere to work from. ? Did You Just See That? ? I believe it...
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Rest Of His Life Glory Of God
4,579 wordsEarly Life of St. Ignatius Inigo de Loyola was born in 1491 in Azpeitia in the Basque province of Guipuzcoa in northern Spain. He was the youngest of thirteen children. At the age of sixteen years he was sent to serve as a page to Juan Velazquez, the treasurer of the kingdom of Castile. As a member of the Velazquez household, he was frequently at court and developed a taste for all it presented, especially the ladies. He was much addicted to gambling, very contentious, and not above engaging in ...
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Road Less Traveled Make A Decision
759 wordsFork in a Road When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it. Yogi Berra. Everyday we are met with circumstances and with the circumstances come the decisions we make in order to fulfill our lives and make them meaningful. However, once we make a decision, after we pass that fork in the road, we need to move on, accepting what we have done, because what has happened has happened and there is nothing we can do to change the past. Such is a case in Robert Frost s poem The Road Not Taken, and Alis...
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Road Less Traveled Road Not Taken Quot
1,314 wordsTaking the High Road " The unexamined life is not worth living, " In The Apology, Socrates relates that the most important goal in life is the improvement of the soul. We should search others, our environment, and ourselves so that we may come to a better understanding of the world. The Parable of the Cave tells of the journey that Socrates was trying to relate, in that each person is faced with different realities as we travel to try and reach " the intellectual world. " Thi...
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Meriwether Lewis Whiskey Rebellion
1,137 words? Many Polish Immigrant? ? Many people have tried to do what Meriwether Lewis has done, but have failed. ? Lewis was born August 18, 1774. ? His family had a history of Hypochondria (depression). ? As a boy his father died and he inherited a 2, 000 acre plantation, 520 pounds in cash, 24 slaves, and 147 gallons of whiskey. ? By the time he became a teenager Lewis had become an alcoholic. ? As he became older he joined the army and helped put down the whiskey rebellion. ? The whiskey rebellion st...
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