What does it mean for a book to have paratext(s)? Before‚ I took this class I had no idea what the word even met. According to A. Leverkuhn and Andrew Jones‚ paratext “is any additional text or other reference material that is added to an author’s published work.” For this assignment I got the opportunity to look at the book‚ The Educational Blue Book and Directory Church of the Brethren and it used a variety of different forms of paratexts in the beginning of the book along with the end of the
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Sound A. What is the definition of Sound? Sound is everything that a person‚ animal or computer can hear. It can be created in a countless number of ways and occurs from anything as simple as tapping on a table. All sounds are a series of vibrations that travel through a medium in all possible directions. The cause of sound is the vibration of an object; once the item vibrates the sound waves then radiate outwards until they are either stopped or they die out. A sound wave has three characteristics:
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Blaine Hokama November 4‚ 2014 PHIL 3010 Informed opinion paper 2 What is Truth? Many of us have experienced elders like older siblings or friends telling us there “girls have cooties”‚ that there is a “boogie monster in your closet”‚ or that there is “a child eating monster under your bed”. As we become older‚ we experience that it is all just a lie. All this time it was all just a lie and we believed it. What is the truth? What makes it true? Is the boogie monster real? Truth is one of the most
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that they could not inspire love of the homeland in their studies. One of the most influential proponents of this classical notion of patriotism was Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Conversely‚ in 1774‚ Samuel Johnson published The Patriot‚ a critique of what he viewed as false patriotism. On the evening of 7 April 1775‚ he made the famous statement‚ "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel." James Boswell‚ who reported this comment in his Life of Johnson‚ does not provide context for the quote‚
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What is Passover? Its History and Traditions Passover is one of the oldest festivals in the world. This festival falls in spring‚ in the first month of the Hebrew year‚ called Nisan (March-April)‚ and lasts for eight days‚ from the fifteenth to the twenty-third. It commemorates the release of the Israelites from Egypt and the fact that God "passed over" their houses when he sought the first-born in that land. According to the Bible‚ the story of Passover runs as follows. A group of Hebrews
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What is Compounding‚ speaking purely about Pharmaceuticals in this scenario. Compounding is the process of creating drugs with specifics to meet a certain patient’s needs. They do this by altering‚ removing or mixing ingredients of a drug. Combing two drugs does qualify‚ however it is rarely that simple‚ due to the danger of messing up the drug creation process. A small error could lead to serious consequences‚ being too potent or not potent is enough to cause issues‚ varying depending on the drug
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Cobalt My report is about the element Cobalt. Cobalt is the 27th element on the periodical table and has an atomic number of twenty-seven. It has a symbol of Co. Cobalt¹s atomic weight is 58.9332. It has a melting point of 1‚490 C. and a boiling point of 2‚900 C. Cobalt looks almost exactly like iron and nickel. Cobalt is between iron and nickel on the periodical table and found in only . 001-.002 percent of the earth¹s crust. Cobalt was first found in the Harz Mountains. People in
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What is an American? The definition of who an American is‚ or what an American is varies from person to person. Perspectives about this subject can turn controversial because what one’s opinion about who and what an American is may be completely different than another’s. The bottom line is that America is a nation filled with a diversity of cultures. Regardless of what other people may suggest that an American is‚ I think that someone who has migrated to the United States and has lived here half
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What is knowledge? What is knowledge? The question is hard to answer. People are not sure what is knowledge and the philosopher too. in dictionary meant that : the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association; acquaintance with or understanding of a science‚ art‚ or technique; the range of one’s information or understanding; the circumstance or condition of apprehending truth or fact through reasoning. According to the philosophy knowledge have
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Francium is not a very useful outside of the science community. Even though francium is not very interesting i don’t know how but i made 7 paragraph of it. So hope you enjoy the essay... The element francium has a lot of physical properties. Like francium atomic number is 87. Francium’s atom is (233)g.m ol and its destiny is unknown. Its melting point 27 celsius and its boiling point is 677 celsius. Francium is also very reactive to flame retardant. The element francium is
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