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Introduction The Khopesh is one of the most unique weapons in the ancient Egyptian military arsenal. The sword was brought to Egypt from Canaan where it had a much longer handle and was used as a war axe. Personal Interest We find khopeshes in many Ancient Egyptian art forms including statuettes found in tombs and in bas-reliefs of battles drawn on walls and murals. Pictures of the weapon where usually not to scale with khopeshes often shown as large daggers, even though surviving examples are…

During the Ford Pinto scandal that occurred in the 1970’s, Ford executives failed to take action to correct a potentially fatal flaw in the Pinto’s design that causing a fire hazard due to disconnecting the fuel line from the fuel tank during rear-end collisions. In an attempt to compete with the foreign subcompact market, Ford rushed the Pinto leading to “one of the shortest production planning periods in modern automotive history: just 25 months, when the normal time span was 43 months”…

Irvin Chen Mrs. Newns English 12 11 April 2016 Is Tanking a Strategy or an Issue in the NBA? Tanking is a familiar term that many National Basketball Association (NBA) fans may know; it has always been a cancer for NBA community. In all the sport leagues, there are always some teams that just struggle to have a win. Their own fans do not support them and even make treat them as a joke. In NBA, the gap between top and bottom teams is huge. They are either extremely great that are able to…

“Rethinking What Spurs Success” by Greg Toppo In Greg Toppo’s work “Rethinking What Spurs Success” he dives into the shift in perspective, on the factors that influence achievement in both education and personal life. Toppo revisits Walter Mischel’s known “marshmallow test” conducted in the 1960’s, where students who displayed the ability to delay gratification by waiting for a marshmallow demonstrated improved academic performance and higher SAT scores later on. This study prompted the study…

In This article, the author express both positive and negative points of view toward illegal immigrants in the restaurant business. The article addresses the way that without this undocumented worker, that numerous organizations will close and that the economy will endure colossally. Some of the laws that have been placed set up to keep illegal immigrants from working in the restaurant business have even brought about some illegal worker clients to abstain from eating at those restaurants or…

“Spurs” is a short story about a midget circus performer named falling in love with a bareback rider named Jeanne Marie. Jeanne brushes off Jacques at first, but decides to marry him after he inherits a vast estate from his deceased uncle. The short story was adapted into a film titled Freaks which loosely follows the original work. After the wedding between Jeanne and Jacques, a feast is held in a circus tent in a town called Roubaix. The tone in this scene is both jovial and bizarre,…

Naturally, ardent fans became upset, some even going as far as threatening to leave the fanbase after Sansa’s sexual assault, including Senator Claire McCaskill, who after the episode tweeted: Ok, I’m done Game of Thrones. Water Garden, stupid. Gratuitous rape scene disgusting and unacceptable. It was a rocky ride that just ended. (Cillizza) After suggestions that Game of Thrones relies on rape more heavily than A Song of Ice and Fire does, Tumblr user Tafkar conducted research on how…

sac that helps with movement) resection helps to better visualize the rotator cuff and also cut down on pain caused from inflammation. Once the identification of the tendon is visualized, the debridement of the torn tendon is done. If there are bone spurs they can be removed at this time also. For many repairs a hole through the bone suture is exercised. This is where a hole is drilled through the hard, compact bone distal to the greater tuberosity of the humerus. A braided nylon suture is…

Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society. We, as Americans, have seen this countless times in our history. Peaceful resistance has spurred the passage of multiple amendments to the Constitution, as well several Acts of Congress. Not only do the people today see it as a means of speaking out to a Congress trapped in a bubble of D.C. politics, our founders found it a useful means for expressing their grievances. Thomas Jefferson “thought of rebellion as an element in forcing…

Poetry has had an immense impact on our society today. Obviously there are some big names that have come up from poetry writings in our past. A lot of famous poems have popped up as well. Robert Browning was a name that really stood out. He is now one of the most important poets of the Victorian era. After not having much success in the beginning of his writing career, a spark was ignited at the death of his wife. This is when he began to write on a very intellectual level. He became extremely…