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Miscellaneous Essays and Term Papers
How To Spot A LiarWe have all met people who were dishonest and who lay to us. It may be a friend, a family member or an employee. Everybody lies. That's what Dr. House says - and it's true. Like most people, I also lie, especially if I know the truth might hart somebody or bring about conflict. Have you ever met ...
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CosmetologyA future career I'm interested in is Cosmetology. Cosmetology comes from the Greek root kosmetikos “skilled in adornment” and aoyla “logia” which mean the study and application of beauty products. There are many different branches for this job. Shampoo technician, manicurist, beauty therapist, ...
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Landscapes Of HistoryChapter 1
Chapter 1 is titled “The Landscape of History” and introduces John Lewis Gaddis’ (the author) main argument. At the beginning of the chapter, he describes the painting that is on the front of the book called “The Wanderer above a Sea of Fog”. Then he states that he uses the panting to ...
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Violence in SchoolViolence has become an increasing problem in the school systems. In the past few years there has been numerous incidents involving violence and/or aggression around the United States; from a few years ago in Springfield, Oregon to just six months ago in Littleton, Colorado. Violence is a learned ...
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God PlotThis sermon, preached by Jonathan Edwards at the church at Enfield Conneticut, on July 8, 1741, has as its text Deuteronomy 32:35 'They shall slide in due time.'
Edwards described in this message the position of the Israelites under the sentence of condemnation by God for sin. He described how, ...
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EuphenismEuphemism is the replacement of a term that has a negative associate by a neutral or positive term. It is also word or phrase that stands in for another word or phrase, chosen to mask or soften the true meaning of what is being expressed basically making something sound better. Some euphemisms ...
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PostmodenismPostmodernism is a complicated term, or set of ideas, one that has only emerged as an area of academic study since the mid-1980s. Postmodernism is hard to define, because it is a concept that appears in a wide variety of disciplines or areas of study, including art, architecture, music, film, ...
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Child RapeA rapist should be sentenced to life in prison because; the victim is put through so much pain and torture that effects their feelings, emotions, and actions for the rest of their life. The sex offender should have to go through the same pain as he inflicted on the victim. 46% of rapists who were ...
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The Current State of AffairsThe Current State of Affairs
Shirin Dey, Grade 9, CHS
The Mumbai massacre, the Wal-Mart stampede, piracy on the high seas, and the recession: so much had happened on the week of Thanksgiving, 2008. The question is, “Do you know the current events?” If you asked my generation, you’d be ...
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Gardening 101: Doing it in the Dirt!Process-Analysis
Tips for doing it in the Dirt!
Human beings are becoming more and more aware of the healing properties of gardening. According to the American Horticultural Therapy Association “activities improve the social, educational, psychological and physical adjustment of persons ...
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Captivity StoryPolice in Austria have went to a cellar where a man had supposedly held his daughter captive for 24 years, during that time he may have fathered seven children by her.
The basement area had a very narrow hallway and several rooms, said Franz Polzer, .
“Authorities accessed the area after the ...
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A Class DividedHugh Elliott divided her class by eye color — those with blue eyes and those with brown. On the first day, the blue-eyed children were told they were smarter, nicer, neater, and better than those with brown eyes.
Throughout the day, Elliott praised them and allowed them privileges such as a ...
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Pawnee TribeA-LOCATION=The Pawnee Indians are original people of Nebraska and Kansas. The Pawnee tribe was forced to move to a reservation in Oklahoma during the 1800's, and most Pawnee people are still living in Oklahoma today.
B-POPULATION=were over 10,000 members of the Pawnee Tribe along the North Platt ...
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Greatest Alcatraz EscapeWhen many people think of Alcatraz Island they get a sense of ambiguity and instantly want to visit. The thought of an island surrounded by freezing water that holds the world’s most notorious criminals with the highest security developments is enough to give anyone chills. Alcatraz, also known ...
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Basic Orientations to ConflictDifferentiate how the three basic orientations to conflict, Lose-Lose, Win-Lose, and Win-Win, affect the manner in which we approach conflict situations.
Lose & Lose is a situation where a person has choices, but no choice leads to a net gain.
For example: Party A does not value either ...
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How To Frost A Sugar CookieI started out an amateur, frosting pumpkin with a blob of orange and a dot of brown. Fattening and delicious, the frosted sugar cookie has had impacts on most everyone’s life. Apparently there is a big difference between frosting and icing. I know that frosting is thick and holds shapes like ...
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Cat, who owns who??"Meow meow, hi there!" Almost every morning, I talk to a furry, cute, white and gray loveable animal, a cat, my neighbor, walking around our apartment’s porch. In spite of my paying "great regards" to the cat every time, it deals with me so capriciously, which disappoints me most of the time while ...
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Argumentation FormatPremise: A citizen’s group is lobbying for a local ordinance that would authorize government funding for parochial schools in your community. Since you have also recently studied the constitutional doctrine of separation of church and state in your American government class, you know you could ...
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Burlington United Methodist Family Services InternshipBurlington United Methodist Family Services
I have my placement at the Department of Health and Human Resources through Burlington United Methodist Family Services. I am doing my internship with the youth services department and have been placed with a very experienced service worker who is ...
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Inspirational Person In HistoryHave you ever wondered what historical person has been an inspiration for you? Well it didn’t take me long enough to think of my person. My inspirational person has been Rosa Parks. She lived in a city that segregated blacks and whites. One day she decided to board a city bus after a day at work. ...
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ConformityModern life is confusing, so sometimes our vision is blurred and our choices, made in the midst of confusion, may force us in extreme directions of either conformity or individuality. We may follow everyone in everything we do, or we may so much of an individual that we become hermits.
In ...
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LionessTwo years after the nine 911 terrorist attack, we saw reports on the TV about the invasion of Iraq. In this footage that they showed us, there was an appendix that frequently came into view from the press; that young men were not the only ones that died but young women also who used to be moms, ...
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ObservationObservation is when an individual is aware of the events of things happening around them and after realizing of what is going on, either a mental or written note is made. When I am observing something or someone I pay close attention to what I see, how it looks, smell, reaction to what is going ...
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Merchants of CoolIn the present day economy media has played an important part in showcasing “cool” trends. Teenagers today are the largest portion of the economy that stand 32 million strong since teenagers are such a grand scale of the economy they have become the target for new and far fetched designs and ...
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Europe as Simulacrum - Vojislav Despotov, Europe Number TwoVojislav Despotov’s short novel Europe Number Two captures readers’ attention from the first to the last page. Despotov, Serbian novelist, introduces us to a game of imagination and reality, creation and destruction, secrets, conspiracies and revelations by combining fictional narration, ...
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