... formula for a polyhedron, v - e + f = 2, where v is the number of vertices of the polyhedron, e is the number of edges and f is the number of faces. It is interesting to realize that this, really rather simple, formula seems to have been missed by Archimedes and Descartes although both wrote extensively on polyhedra. The reason must be that to everyone before Euler, it had been impossible to think of geometrical properties without measurement being involved. Johann Benedict Listing (1802-1882) was the first to use the word . Listing's topological ideas were due mainly to Gauss, although Gauss himself chose not to publish any work on . Listing wrote a paper in ...
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... to read the thesis statement and find a specific topic in the essay without having to read the entire essay. This can be done by organizing the body paragraphs in the same order as the items in the thesis statement. Step two, in writing an “A” essay, is writing effective body paragraphs. In order for them to be effective, they must support the thesis sentence. The worst thing to do is to go off on subjects that have nothing to do with the essay. To avoid getting off the subject, try not to use stories as examples or to prove a point. Every body paragraph should have a topic sentence. The other sentences in the paragraph should support the topic sentence. The paragra ...
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... dell’arte. English actor John Rich, who performed in the early and mid-18th century, was the most famous Harlequin of his time. After the mid-18th century, the gradually replaced the Harlequin character. English entertainer Joseph Grimaldi played an instrumental role in this shift. Still today you can find s which will do the whitefaced act but you would have to look along way to find anything also the whitefaced does not use the grease paint the use a type of make-up which is thick and very rich in color and you can find it all over the place. CharacterI In the early 20th century a third category of characterization developed from ...
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... that use the rhetoric are politicians. Politicians will say and do anything to convince the citizens that they are right, and that they will do all they promise to do, if you vote for him or her. They try to convince us all the time, and often succeed, that they will make changes. Just think about the many times we've heard, "If you vote for me, I will lower the taxes." Gorgias makes a very clear point regarding the power of the rhetoric. The following quote from Gorgias expresses the impact that rhetoric can have on those listening. I mean the ability to convince by means of speech a jury in a court of justice, members of ...
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... that covered the women. The lighting reflected off of each of their lips. The aura of the ad was very sexual and sensuous. An advertisement for the clothing store The Gap contained a highly attractive female. She had shoulder length hair blond hair and light blue eyes. She was sitting down with her legs crossed, dressed in a tight white shirt and a tight pair of blue jeans. Her smile was ear to ear and pearly white. In this ad the female was portrayed as the ideal beautiful woman, with blond hair blue eyes and a slender body. These two advertisements are advertisements for “glamorous” items. In each of the advertisements attractive people are used to try to sel ...
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... of people. Many radical Rebel groups, and other terrorist groups are using the World Wide Web to preach propaganda, and some U.S. officials believe they are also sending encrypted e-mails detailing when there next attack will be. The Columbian Rebel Group ELN is one of the many terrorist groups known to have a web page on the Internet. The ELN is known mainly for blowing up oil rigs in South America, and for kidnaping foreign executives. Most groups like the ELN uses the Internet to simply tell other's around the world about there organization and to soften there image from what is heard about them in the news. The FBI is very concerned about cyber terrori ...
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... put it “ when a player is as big as a football player (approx. 250 lbs.). It is harder for a player to move quickly and elude an upcoming check”. In the NFL, it is the opposite of the NHL. The coaches don’t want their players too weigh less than 200 pounds. The Punter/Kicker is the only position that it doesn’t really matter what the weight of player is. On average the weight of a NFL player is 250 lbs. The average team consisting of 48 players weighs about 12,000 lbs. This paragraph talks about a very controversial substance that is used by millions of people around the world. This “wonder drug”, which is not really a drug, but a natural occurring substanc ...
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... schools, hospitals, and other health care arenas to receive specialty care when needed. Even though is a very powerful tool, many barriers must be broken in order for this technology to succeed. There are many obstacles and the main one is the resistance from physicians. Many health care providers are reluctant to learn how to use new technologies; especially the older doctors who work at the rural and geographically isolated regions. On the other hand, will allow health care providers to consult with expert in their field in order to better diagnose and treat their patients without any time delays or sending their patients to distant locations. Legal, l ...
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... that if Belles original bat was returned whoever made the switch would not be punished. The bat was returned and Belle was suspended for ten games, which later got reduced to seven, and Grimesly remained unidentified as the culprit. Grimesly’s actions, according to Patrick Maclagan’s book titled Management and Morality, can be viewed from two perspectives. One position is called consequentialism, which basically states the morality of an action depends on the outcome of the action. One consequentialist theory is utilitarianism which states “the morality of an action depends on its impact on the wellbeing or happiness of people affected”(Maclagan 26). If viewed f ...
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... hurled huge waves at Zeus' kingdom on Mount Olympus. He was unable to reach the kingdom, so he threw the waves at the land. This eroded it everywhere except where Mother Earth put cliffs. Now I am going to tell you a summary of a myth about . The name of this story is . "In the days of Cronus and the Titans, the sea was ruled by Nereus." Nereus was the father of fifty sea nymphs. When came to take over the sea, Nereus gave him his daughter Amphitrite for his queen. Then Nereus retired and went into an underwater grotto. had a son with Amphitrite. His name was Triton. He had a fishtail instead of legs. Just like his grandfather. He rode around on the bac ...
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