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Open Learning Essays and Term Papers
Leonardo Da VinciLeonardo Da Vinci is one of the greatest and most ingenious men that history has produced. Leonardo was born on April 15, 1452 near Vinci, Italy. For the first four years Leonardo lived with his poor mother, Catherina, until his father, Ser Piero da Vinci, realized his potential and took him to ...
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Hoover DamRising 725 feet from the floor of the Colorado River, the Hoover Dam is a majestic monument to our heritage as a resourceful and determined nation. It is a tribute to all who worked on the Hoover Dam and to those who died making history. Many roadblocks stood in the way of completing this project ...
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Recent Human Influences on the LandscapeEuropean settlement of Colorado became substantial in the late 1700s, first in the southern part of the state by Spanish colonists, and in the mid 1800s by United States settlers. Colonization and settlement affected forest landscapes in several ways. The introduction of high populations of ...
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An Inconvenient TruthGlobal warming is absolutely inevitable. Prior to my study in the ECS111 course (and reading the eye opening book An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore), I honestly had no knowledge about how global warming worked, and the effects of it. I knew it was a huge controversial issue with plenty of debate (I ...
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Orca WhalesKiller Whales
The orca, or the “killer,” whale is one of the most well-known and most majestic of the sea. Belonging to the dolphin family, the killer whale is found all over the world’s oceans and has been the object of study by many animal researchers over the past few decades. Killer whales ...
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This I Believe“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
Kahlil Gibran
It was Thursday, not a while ago, or Tuesday, I am not even sure, one of these days in the middle of the week, when my day begins at 5 in the morning and doesn’t end until ...
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The Finishing Days Of Foot Binding“The waves of the sea flow o the east; Tianjin people fear tall building; Wealth dissolves in three generations; Upright officials never succeed.” The book The Three-Inch Lotus shows how men have power from what they do and women have power only by what they look like, mostly by how bound there ...
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TurtlesFresh Water turtles are small, yet amazing creatures to have and care for in your home. River Cooters, Red Eared Sliders, and Painted turtles are all common pet’s found in America. Though turtles are fun to have around they do require special care just like any other pet would. In most cases they ...
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Their Eyes Were Watching GodTheir Eyes Were Watching God is about a woman named Jaine who learning to find herself and become a complete women threw lifes trial and tribulations. The novel centers on her life and the multiple marrages she has to different types of men. She goes threw some tuff times with her marriages, goes ...
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Coming of Age in American LiteratureMark Grim
Ms. Pratt
English 11 CP
11 May 2011
Coming of Age in America
What is coming of age? Everyone has different answers to that question. In America it isn’t any different. To some it’s about more tangible things. For others it comes suddenly, with traumatic experiences and struggle. ...
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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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An Important Education ExperienceAn Important Education Experience
Many education experiences are obtained from my childhood until recently, which will continue being gained without doubt in future because of studying all through people¡¯s life. In different period, I always can get some chance educated by teacher, prerent, ...
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PrometheusHernan Robles
P.1 English
February 20, 2008
" The secrets of this earth are not for all men to see, but only for those who will seek them." is a great quote from Prometheus. It means all those who want to learn will learn, and those who don't want to learn won't.
Prometheus says this ...
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The Cultural Legacy of CharlemagneThe Cultural Legacy of Charlemagne
~~ Paul V. Hartman ~~
Charlemagne is the most famous ruler of the Middle Ages, and is credited with ending the Dark Ages through reform of education. At a time when most men were little more than 5 feet tall, his height of over 6 foot must have been ...
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Family and the EconomyFamilies and the Economy
As we all know, the American economy suffered from a major recession in late 2008. Effects were felt everywhere as the housing market collapsed. As the values of homes fell, people's mortgages remained extremely high and a record number of people became unemployed. ...
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Grace In A RelationshipWeek 9 Individual Work
Jamie Jones
Everest Online
Janet Cornelow
Week 9 Individual Work
"When we exercise costly grace, it also has five leadership consequences: People know exactly where we stand. Those who are victimized feel safe and protected. While it may be chaotic and painful to ...
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The White CubeThe White Cube
What is the white cube? If first asked this question with no pervious knowledge of what the white cube is, a person’s response would most likely be completely wrong and totally unrelated to the art world. So what is the white cube? It is a system for displaying art that was ...
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Female StereotypingVanessa Vu
Professor Ballentine
English 1301
3 July 2012
Female Stereotyping
Female stereotyping has been a big problem in the world. Females insult females and males insult females. The feminist movement or women's liberation movement started in the 1960's to fight for the rights of women ...
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Native AmericansNative Americans
Through out the history when humans walked the earth there always has been a dominant group trying to convert people different from them into sharing their beliefs and cultures. There has been many different process that these dominant groups have tried to convert their sub ...
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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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