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Pineal GlandThe pineal body (corpus pineale), or the pineal gland, is a small, pinecone-shaped endocrine gland located at the posterior portion of the third ventricle of the brain. The pineal gland, which was known to physicians in Antiquity, has been a mystifying subject to scientists. René Descartes, who, ...
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Marie de France’s Lai, LanvalMarie de France seems to have been one of the earliest figures of feminist thinking. Within a period of conventional particularity marked by a traditional and unique literature, her writings stood out vigorously. It may be logical to think that this sparkle was the simple outcome of her sex but it ...
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Walter Elias DisneyWalt Disney
On December 5, 1901 Walter Elias Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois to mother Flora Call-Disney and father Elias Disney. When Walt turned four , his parents decided to move to a farm that his older brother Roy Disney had purchased in Marceline, Missouri,. During his life in ...
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Egyptian, Mycenaean, and Greek Centers of WorshipEgyptian, Mycenaean, and Greek Centers of Worship
As we explore the architecture from the Egyptian, Mycenaean, and Greek culture we will discover how each culture had strong religious beliefs that influenced their architecture. Each culture used materials that were easily accessible to them. ...
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The Fall of Rome (Ammianus Marcellinus)The Fall of Rome: Did Ammianus Marcellinus Have it Right?
History 101
Michael Ponziano
Indiana State University
November 24, 2009
One of the biggest debates about classical history during the fourth and fifth centuries focuses on the decline of the Roman Empire. There have been ...
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Nuclear Fuel Bank: Both A Dessert and A Piece of BaitINTRODUCTION
On Dec.3rd, the 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) approved an IAEA-run repository for nuclear fuel on Friday, in a move meant to limit proliferation by making domestic uranium enrichment programs superfluous.
The new fuel bank, run by Russia that ...
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MetallicaA successful twenty years in the music industry is an amazing accomplishment. Bands come and go all the time. They shine brightly for a while, but eventually disappear. So how has the metal band, Metallica, stayed in the running? Metallica has been able to stay in the mainstream because of its ...
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Story Of An Hour“Free At Last”
In Kate Chopin's "The Story of An Hour" the theme is found within the concept of how someone can be trapped in a repressive, unsatisfying reality because of another's thoughtless oppression and manipulation. The condition of life for Mrs. Mallard is terrible; yet for some reason ...
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Imperialism in AmericaImperialism in America
It has been proven time and again throughout history that in order to survive, a nation must expand its borders and become more powerful. This is shown by the European countries' power at the beginning of the 20th century. They were the strongest countries in the world, ...
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Ineffective LeadershipI will be writing about a very global and common complication that companies allow in modern day business. This topic I chose because it hits home and it seems that it really is not welcomed, but yet the inevitable is far prolonged the time it should be. The topic is “Ineffective leadership in ...
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Self RelianceSelf-Reliance
I chose the sentence “What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think,” because it seems to sum up Ralph Waldo Emerson’s full story. He was an educated man but seems to have endured sorrow in his life which made him seek a simpler life instead of one surrounded ...
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Violence In Mass Media Increases Negative Behavior In Children ProposalINTRODUCTION
Nowadays, since the mass media have big influence on the children, it is getting harder to control their behavior. Mass media and its components are very powerful and can influence their mind, as well as their behavior. Children that imitate characters who use violence in the media ...
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Single Sex SchoolingSingle sex education, known as single-gender education, is the practice of conducting education where male and female students attend separate classes or are in separate buildings or schools. There are many flaws and advantages for parents deciding that their children go to single sex schooling. ...
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Importance of Property For Civil GovernmentProperty plays an essential role in Locke’s argument for civil government and the contract that establishes it. According to Locke, private property is created when a person mixes his labor with the raw materials of nature. So, for example, when one tills a piece of land in nature, and makes it ...
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The Kite RunnerThe Kite Runner
The setting in the story takes place in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States from 1975 until the present day. The main character and protagonist in the story is Amir. Amir tells us about the unique relationship he has with Hassan, a Hazara boy. In The Kite Runner, ...
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David HumeDavid Hume being the empiricist philosopher that he was believed that we receive our knowledge or “contents” of consciousness from perceptions that we have in our mind. It is through these perceptions, which are made up of thoughts or ideas and impressions, that we experience the world around us. ...
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Biography of Marie Antoinette“Marie Antonia Josepha Johanna, was born on November 2, 1755, she was born to Emperor Francis Stephan and Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. Her parents, called her Antonia or Antoine for short. She was born into a large family, that consisted of herself and fifteen other siblings. She was the ...
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Waldorf SchoolingThere are many types of schools around the world that have been affective for many years. One type is Waldorf education. Waldorf education views the child as whole humans who need to develop their mind, body, and spirit. This approach gives the children an opportunity to explore the world around ...
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Teaching PhilosophyThroughout my entire life there has always been one thing that has remained constant, there has always been some sort of teacher in my life. During my academic career, there have been teachers that I have liked and a few that I have disliked, but I have always respected them for what they ...
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