Development Open Learning Essays and Term Papers
The Accomplishments Of Peter The GreatTowards the end of the seventeenth century Russia differed very little from what it had been at the end of the fifteenth. During the reign of Peter the Great Russia's desire for change and a quest for progress was reaching levels comparable to those of Europe. Peter the Great is associated ...
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CharlemagneHistory 101 - Fast Forward
Fall 1996
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Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, King of the Franks (742-814), was a strong
leader who unified Western Europe through military power and the blessing of the
Church. His belief in the need for education among the ...
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Gifted PeopleStarted in the 1970's, America's Gifted & Talented programs are used to enhance the curriculum of students included in either category in order to challenge and strengthen their unique abilities. These students are usually provided a separate class with specialized lessons in all areas and a ...
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Assisted Suicide: Murder or Mercy?
One of the most hotly debated topics going on now is the one concerning the ethics of and euthanasia. Nowadays with all the progress that the medical profession has gained, people who are terminally ill have more options, and there have been continued efforts to give them the ...
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Labor Unions: Aging Dinosaur or Sleeping Giant?
The Labor Movement and Unionism Background and Brief History
Higher wages! Shorter workdays! Better working conditions! These famous words echoed throughout the United States beginning in “1790 with the skilled craftsmen” (Dessler, 1997, p. 544). For the ...
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Gifted PeopleStarted in the 1970's, America's Gifted & Talented programs are used to enhance the curriculum of students included in either category in order to challenge and strengthen their unique abilities. These students are usually provided a separate class with specialized lessons in all areas and a ...
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Jimmy Carter: The 39th President Of The United StatesI.
"The president of the United States functions in many capacities:
head of state, head of government, commander in chief of the armed forces,
and leader of the president's political party. The president is thus the
single most unifying force in a political system in which power is ...
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The History Of WalmartWhen Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart store in 1962, it was the beginning of an American success story that no one could have predicted. A small-town merchant who had operated variety stores in Arkansas and Missouri, Walton was convinced that consumers would flock to a discount store with a ...
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Augustinian HeritageThere are around three thousand higher education schools in the country, about half of which are private institutions. The largest single denominational group of colleges that are private, are catholic schools, around two hundred and twenty. The first Catholic higher education school was ...
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All Quiet On The Western FrontPaul and the other members of the Second Company are resting after being relieved from the front lines. When they went to the front, their company contained one hundred and fifty men. Only eighty returned. The quartermaster requested rations for a full company, but on the last day, they suffered a ...
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Environmental Justice: Black Mesa Indigenous PeopleEnvironmental Justice: Black Mesa Indigenous People
April 2011
Environmental Justice issues are steadily increasing as battles for nutrient rich lands and land seen as “ideal” for governmental and corporate industry uses diminish. Looking back to the very foundation of our government it is ...
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Expanding West- Key NotesI. The Great American Desert
a. Used to describe the Great Plains East of the Rocky Mountains.
i. The term desert describes treeless and uninhabited land, not necessarily arid.
II. Frontier
a. A term referring to areas near or beyond a border.
i. In these terms, the American Frontier, land ...
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AmazonIntroduction
Amazon has the first mover advantage in online bookselling industry. In the onset of 2004, it is named to be number one in on-line service, has six website servers, 32 million customers in 150 countries, 900,000 associate programmes linking up or having contents of Amazon. ...
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Malcolm XLEADERSHIP 3 SEMINAR: The Political Economy of Leadership and National Transformation
LECTURER: DR. LLOYD AMOAH
BOOK REVIEW ON THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY MALCOLM X
DUE: 27TH APRIL 2011
. "By any means necessary. I'm for freedom. I'm for a society in which our people are recognized and respected ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Innovator IFrank Lloyd Wright: Innovator in American Architecture
"...having a good start, not only do I fully intend to be the greatest architect who has yet lived, but fully intend to be the greatest architect who will ever live. Yes, I intend to be the greatest architect of all time." - Frank Lloyd ...
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Treatment And The Sex Offenderby Brent M. Pergram, Masters of Arts in Sociology
The Martinson Report of the early 1970’s, said that rehabilitative efforts or treatment programs in general had failed to reduce recidivism. The Report led those in control of government and the criminal justice system to say that rehabilitation ...
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To Kill A Mockingbird- The Effect Of Environment On ClassismIn an organized society one is usually faced with a restrictive social ladder that constrains its occupants into stereotyped categories. In this type of jaundiced backdrop, it is only natural to parrot the actions that surround you. This concept is one of the underlying themes in Harper Lee¡¯s To ...
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Industrial Engineering TechniciansFor the subject of my research paper I chose the occupation of
Industrial Engineering Technology. This job is very similar to one I might
have since my major might be Industrial Technology. The industrial field
is one that I am very interested in and offers many different jobs to
choose from. A ...
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AlzhiemersBrain cell research offers hope for
NEW YORK, Feb 28 (Reuters Health) -- Taking cells from a
region of the brain known as the hippocampus, an international
team of researchers have grown functional brain cells in lab
cultures. The findings may have profound implications for
restoring damaged or ...
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Freedom And RevolutionIn 1922 Emma Goldman complained Soviet Russia, had become the modern
socialist Lourdes, to which the blind and the lame, the deaf and the dumb
were flocking for miraculous cures(1). The Russian Revolution was the first
occasion where decades of revolutionary ideas could be applied to real ...
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