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“Ollivander,” explained Dumbledore, thoughtfully, “is one of the finest wand makers in the world. You boys should have no trouble having a wand choose you. It may take some time, so if you find yourselves needing me, you will find in Florean Fortescue’s ice cream parlor. He and I haven’t spoken in years; I think it’s time I pay him a visit,” He paused, allowing Sam and Dean to peer down the crooked street to a sunny, brightly colored shop that was indeed, an ice cream parlor. “Well, good luck,”…

The Edo period or Tokugawa Period lasted for over 250 years. It’s known as the last traditional Japanese government and the beginning of the Early Modern Japan. In the Edo period there were a significant economic developments and in my opinion the Tokugawa shogun period provide the foundation for modern economic growth in and after the Meiji period despite that the Japan economy couldn’t growth as rapid as the European one. However, there are a historical debates about the modern economic growth…

Plato’s The Republic discusses a wide range of philosophical arguments that lead to the fundamentals of Western philosophy. This paper will summarize key arguments in The Republic, as well as analyze Plato’s account of justice in the state being the same as in the individual. Additionally, I will explain why I disagree with Plato’s position on ideal state, ultimately disagreeing with the majority of his argument. Preliminary Definition of Justice The idea of justice is one that a number of…

HE accomplished what practically everyone would consider outlandish. In an existence spreading over 69 years, he worked sans preparation India's biggest secretly controlled corporate domain. Dhirajlal Hirachand – also called Dhirubhai – Ambani would regularly say that achievement was his greatest adversary. He was a man who excited outrageous reactions in others. It is possible that you cherished him or you detested him. There was only no chance you could have been not interested in this…

Don’t be deceived into blaming a pistol, when the blame should be on the one who pulled the trigger. Money is no more evil than a loaded firearm that can be used in virtue or nefariously. However, it is not intrinsically so. Thus, money can create a benevolent man; in which a crony capitalist will use it solely to enrich themselves through the exertion of others. Nonetheless, if money is used appropriately; it can provide one with cardinal needs; and, just as guns defend people and fire is used…

unnecessary. In the following year was when his true intentions were shown; he took the title dictator for life. “Never before had Rome endured a dictator who set no limit to his dictatorship.” (Cowell P256) During Caesar 's dictatorship, the roman coins began to depict his head; previously only men of great power had appeared. Conspirators began to believe that Caesar wanted to become rex (king). Suetonius stated that “when they hailed him as king, "I am Caesar and no king.” (Suetonius) The…

experience in Battle. The third-time events had a murder of the Roman Emperor Valentinian III when a Germany tried to sack Rome. Like the first time, Rome’s Army was helpless. Genseric and his band gathered everything they could carry including gold, silver, and furniture from the city’s patrician homes. The major main event that concludes the fall Roman empire was around the fourth century. The King Visigoth Alaric passed into the town of Rome since this time Rome’s military could protect the…

Bruce Conner is a post-war artist who began his career in San Francisco and became renowned for his works in diverse fields of film, photography, assemblages, painting, and sculpture. He was born in 1933 and passed away 2008. Nearing the end of his career in 2003, Bruce revisited collages from his earlier works and with the help of digital technology, he translated them into tapestries (Frieling and Garrels 12). One of these resulting pieces is Mary Anointing Jesus with the Precious Oils of…

Despite your fucking ill moods.” “Ach!” Rubio trotted off, his hand gesturing dismissively, heading for the starting gates, his team of armentarii walking with him. “You had better win, boy!” Buccio called after him. “Our Dominus has spent too much coin in getting you to this auspicious day.” “Yah, Yah,” the Germani grumbled, “I shall win. Worry not.” Buccio was right, Rubio knew all too well. Aurelius Falco had spent a small fortune getting him to this moment. The purchase of four Libyan…

The believed origin date for the first Olympiad is 776 BC however it is has been the subject of intense debates for historians for a long time (Spivey 2004, 206). When trying to come to a date for the first Olympiad a decision was made by fixing a list of victors at Olympia, after which they counted backward in quadrennial units (Miller 2004, 20). The main concern with trying to figure out the origin date is if it is accuracy for the emergence of Greek athletics. Scholars have looked for the…