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FungusThe Latin word for mushroom is (plural, fungi). The word has come to stand for a whole group of simple plants that contain no chlorophyll and lack such complex plant structures as roots, stems, leaves, and flowers. Included among the fungi, along with mushrooms, are molds, mildews, rusts, smuts, ...
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Electrical EngineeringElectrical Engineers research, develop, design, and test electronic components, products, and systems for commercial, industrial, medical, military, and scientific applications (Cosgrove 749). They are concerned with devices that use small amounts of electricity that make up electronic components ...
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Heroes 2"I Venture to suggest that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime!"
Daniel Webster defines:
*Hero:
„« one renowned for exceptional courage and fortitude; a champion; an idol
A thesaurus goes a little further when it says: ...
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Huckleberry Finn 2River of Life and Realism in Huck Finn
In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses the river to symbolize life and the adventures of Huck to show the realism in the novel. These two elements are shown throughout the book in many different ways. Sometimes one would have to ...
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Reality - What It Is And How It WorksImagine being able to point into the sky and fly. Or perhaps walk through space and connect molecules together. These are some of the dreams that have come with the invention of virtual reality. With the introduction of computers, numerous applications have been enhanced or created. The newest ...
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The IliadImportant Characters:
Agamemnon king of Mycenae; brother of Menelaos
Hektor Prince of Troy; son of Priam and Hekuba
Achilles greatest warrior of the Achaian army
Aias song of Telamon; he has brute strength and ...
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How Dams Affect Salmon MigrationThe 1,000 plus species of Salmon and Steelhead that live off the western coast of the United States and breed in the rivers and tributaries of California, Washington, and Oregon have greatly fallen in population. 106 species have become extinct and 314 more are at risk of extinction in the ...
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IliadParis: Magnificent Hero or Spoiled Child?
Homer uses tone, imagery, epithets, and similes to describe Paris’ character. Outwardly, Paris is a brave person, but inwardly, he is full of doubts and fears. He is like a stallion that has been pampered too much, a child who is allowed to get ...
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Method Of Communication And Different Uses Of CommunicationWith the development of civilization and written languages came the need
for more frequent and reliable methods of communication allowing messages to
reach longer distances. This was essential to the control of trade and other
affairs between nations and empires.
Early man used cave walls as the ...
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Immigration: Problem With Too Many Immigrants In The U.SImmigration is a major problem facing the U.S. today. Hundreds of
thousands of immigrants flock to this country every year. Some legally, others
illegally. Some are escaping from religious and political oppression while
others come to seek out the "American Dream". Either way they are ...
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Business And The EconomyDiscuss whether firms like Rechem should be allowed to "import" chemical waste from overseas to be disposed of here in the U.K.
Rechem have thirty years of experience in solving environmental problems caused by a wide range of hazardous and toxic materials. Their range of services included the ...
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Cinematography: Everything You Need To Know(sin-uh-muh-tahg'-ruh-fee) Cinematography is the technique and art of
making motion pictures, which are a sequence of photographs of a single
subject that are taken over time and then projected in the same sequence to
create an illusion of motion. Each image of a moving object is ...
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Dangers And Destructions Of Floods And HurricanesFloods and hurricanes have been effecting the lives of people around
the world for years. This research paper is going to state some of the worst
floods and hurricanes, and how future ones can be controlled.
A flood is an overflow of water on dry land. The two types of floods
are coastal and ...
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On J.J. ThompsonScience lecturers who traveled from town to town in the middle nineteenth century delighted audiences by showing them the ancestor of the neon sign. They took a glass tube with wires embedded in opposite ends . . . put a high voltage across . . . pumped out most of the air . . . and the interior ...
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Shellfish PoisoningShellfish are very poisonous to humans. There poisoning is caused by a group of toxins elaborated by plank tonic algae which the shellfish feed on. The toxins are accumulated and sometimes metabolized by the shellfish. The 20 toxins responsible for paralytic s (PSP) are all derivatives of ...
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ImperialismPablo Picasso was probably the most influential modern painterof the 20th century. Born
in Spain, he lived in France much of his life painting, sculpting, making ceramics, and
doing graphic artwork. His style was quite avant-garde and unique, and he changed it
many times during his career. Picasso ...
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Hiroshima, The World Is No LonIdeas of creating this first nuclear fusion reaction had been around for quite some time. Wanting to explore new levels of advancement in science technology were scientist all around the world, working to create, what was termed “Nuclear Fusion”. There had been a few attempts at making, if ...
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Madame Bovary 2Gustave Flaubert is one of the most respected authors in
European Literature. His work is especially known for the novel
Madame Bovary. This paper will analyze the life and work of Flaubert,
with a particular emphasis on the conflicting roles of 19th century
women in the novel Madame ...
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Hamlets Impractical Thinking AShakespeare’s Hamlet revolves around the title character’s undeniable obligation to immediately avenge his father’s death by killing Claudius. Yet much time elapses before Hamlet finally does slay his evil uncle, leading to a fundamental question: what causes the hero to delay ...
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AlcatrazIsland has quite a distinct history. Many people know that served as a federal prison, but most are reluctant to know that this island served as fort. Built before the Civil War, it served two main purposes. First, that it was to guard the San Francisco bay area from enemy ships against a ...
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