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    In the Odyssey, Odysseus shows good leadership throughout his twenty year journey back to Ithaca. There is evidence and details to support why Odysseus shows good leadership in the Odyssey. To prove that Odysseus is a good leader, he shows intelligence which is part of what the Greeks valued. Odysseus is strong willed and he puts his life at risk when trying to save his men from all the dangers throughout the journey. Odysseus uses the Trojan Horse Trick to win the Trojan War and he tricks…

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    Kiki Smith

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    created using beeswax. Hustvedt continues by explaining the effect Smith’s work has on viewers, “the longer I looked at her work, the more I became convinced that hers is an art of shifting borders, an art that disrupts divisions, categories, separations, and definitions of our own bodies in relation to the world around us. The fact that her bodies and parts of bodies, human and animal, in two dimensions and three, are rendered in a profligate array of materials--fabric, paper, beeswax, bronze,…

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    Introduction Our group came up with a new and never before done idea: a heat insulation cream. This product will be called Heat Wave. Our target markets will consist of Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers. Our promotional plans will focus on social media and door to door selling. The total price of our product will be ten dollars, yielding an approximate profit of four dollars. We aim to sell our product in drugstores and on our own website. Product Our Product, Heat Wave, is a heat…

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    Odysseus Heroic Qualities

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    intelligence in these ways he puts beeswax in his soldiers ears, he tells his men to hide on the bottom of the cyclops’s sheep because he only feels the bottom of his sheep and so he wouldn't catch them and kill all of them. In this quote Odysseus prove my reason “I carried the wax along the line, and laid it/thick on their ears.” (712-713) that proves my reasons because he was smart to put the beeswax in his soldiers ears. The reason Odysseus put the beeswax in his soldiers ears because the…

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    sirens, so he knew not to get to close. They got beeswax from Circe and cut it to pieces giving two to each of his crew men. Odysseus didn’t use any so he told his crew men to tie him to the mast with ropes. Once the sirens saw the ship they sang but directed their singing towards Odysseus. He begged his men to let him go but they wouldn’t they would only tie him more tight. Once they passed the sirens they untied him and the crew removed the beeswax from their ears knowing they were safe.…

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    Beeswax was the solution to not hearing the Sirens' voices. So Odysseus ordered his troops to plug their ears with beeswax. He also instructed them to tie their feet and hands to the ship. He didn't have any, simply in case something happened. He will be able to monitor his fellow men in some way. Later in the…

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    To resist temptation of listening to sirens and getting trapped, Odysseus had his men put beeswax in their ears. While they had beeswax in their ears, he had them tie him up so he couldn’t act on his own temptation. The final example of how Odysseus’s heroism is demonstrated is by his forethought on how his revelation of himself would cause a war to break out…

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    He also uses oil crayons that have either beeswax or japanese wax in them. Most of his paintings are only a few layers of paint. He painted on many things. He used canvas most of the time but when he ran out he would paint on bed sheets and he actually painted The Scream on a piece of cardboard.…

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    Dbq Sepoy Mutiny

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    The Sepoy Mutiny is about Indians that back in the 1850’s when they worked for Great Britain that heard rumors that the soldiers used cow and pig grease in their weapons which is against their religion and they rebelled. I don’t think that the soldiers use animal grease as cartridges in their rifles. The Sepoy Mutiny was caused by a rumor and a rumor only. That rumor seems to be that cow and pig grease were used as cartridges in british rifles and that is against the Indians religions. Evidence…

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    Chemistry Of Mascara

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    “I think mascara is a must. If I’m going to wear makeup somewhere… it’s usually really simple- it’s just mascara…” (Jenner). The most viewed people, celebrities, use mascara daily, setting examples for the whole world. Such products are created by scientists that use a combination of chemicals and mixtures to assemble this commodity. Due to history and past experimentation, the testing of mascara illustrates the concepts of Chemistry. Mascara has been an existing factor within society for…

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