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World Arena Essays and Term Papers
Positive Economic Effects of ColonialismThe Positive Economic Effects of Colonialism
When Christopher Columbus opened the way to the New World, and the prospects of colonization in the Americas, the British Empire branched into the colonies and established trade routes that brought an assortment of goods from the new land.
Along ...
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Green Aid in India and Zimbabwe - Conserving Whose Community?Green Aid in India and Zimbabwe - Conserving Whose Community?
Abstract
What happens when global institutions try to assist community conservation in some of the world's least industrialised areas? Among the `cutting edge' projects grant-aided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF, a World ...
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Sport Psychology: How it Helps Athletes
In our society today it seems like sports rule the land. Everywhere we look, there is some kind of sporting event going on or being televised. Almost everyone could be considered a fan of at least one sport. Some people follow sports like a religion. With such an ...
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What Is Virtual RealityI.
The term Virtual Reality (VR) is used by many different people with many
meanings. There are some people to whom VR is a specific collection of
technologies, that is a Head Mounted Display, Glove Input Device and Audio.
Some other people stretch the term to include conventional books, movies ...
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A Gift Of Peace From The Past,Since 1896, the year the Olympics were resurrected from ancient
history, the Olympics have been a symbol of the camaraderie and harmony
possible on a global scale. The gathering of athletic representatives,
the pride of the pack, from participating governments, even throughout
the recent Cold War ...
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Baseball And American PopularCulture
Baseball is an integral part of American pop culture. Many Americans grow up with baseball, playing it before they can even count all the bases. It is glorified, taught, and fed to us. When we play baseball, we find a respect for the game. The respect we gain from playing it has turned ...
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Blind Is As Invisible Does, ABlind Is as Invisible Does, A man dealing with his perceptions of himself based on the perceptions of the society around him in Ralph Ellison's "Battle Royal"
"Battle Royal", an excerpt from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, is far more than a commentary on the racial issues faced in society at that ...
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Thunder Rides A Black Horse: Mescalero Apaches And The Mythic PresentI feel that what Claire Farrer means by living in the "mythic
present" is that although most Indian culture is perceived long to have
been different, it is in fact very live and active today. I will give
specific examples from her book, Thunder Rides a Black Horse, to support my
arguments of ...
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Monotheism Vs. Polytheism; Theproblems with one Deity.
The philosophical investigation of the nature and grounds of religious beliefs is one of the oldest and most persistent areas of philosophical endeavor. Religious belief and practice give rise to a variety of philosophical issues, posing epistemological questions ...
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Gwendolyn BrooksWriting with uncommon strength, creates haunting images
of black America, and their struggle in escaping the scathing hatred of many
white Americans. Her stories, such as in the "Ballad of Rudolph Reed", portray
courage and perseverance. In those like "The Boy Died in My Alley" Brooks
portrays ...
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CreationismIn a typical American high school, Mr. Doe, the science teacher begins his discussion on the theory of evolution. John, a student opposes the idea the humans came from apes and evolved. John believes that men came from God and that man was created in 6 days. Jane hears this and argues against ...
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“How To Computerize Your Accounts”In the normal course of a day our lives are affected by the technology of computers in ways we can only begin to imagine. “The word ubiquitous means ever-present or occurring everywhere. This term could be used to describe the use of the computer in the business”(Perry 11). The business world’s ...
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Explanation Of The Holocaust In Freud's "Civilization And Its Discontents"Each individual member of society is governed by certain rules that
serve to restrict their behavior. An example of one of these societal
rules forced upon the individual is the belief that murdering another human
being is wrong. We know that this act is wrong because of strict prison
sentences ...
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Creation Versus Evolution: this topic is not new to the world of debate. Since the time that Charles Darwin introduced the theory of evolution in the 1830's, the Christian community (or perhaps those communities with any faith in a greater being) has been at odds with the scientific community. Although neither theory ...
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British SocietyThe nineteenth (19th) century was a period of great change and accompanying social unrest in the British Isles. Most outstanding among the changes was the industrial revolution. As everything in life, it brought good, but it also brought evil. The industrial revolution combined with the ...
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Japanese ArtsThis chapter discusses the arts of Japan from the Jomon culture of 3000 B.C. through the Western influences of the late 19th century with emphasis on architecture. It chronicles the history of garden design, sculpture, painting, and printmaking in addition to architecture.
In the architecture of ...
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Violence And Sportsmanship In SportsThe theories of sport mirroring society, violence as a result of economic incentive, and the influence of the crowd behavior are the theories that I feel are responsible for the increasing violence in sports. Most people when involved in a highly stressful situation where violence is around ...
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The Computer UndergroundDepartment of Sociology
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
(5 March, 1990)
THE BAUDY WORLD OF THE BYTE BANDIT:
A POSTMODERNIST INTERPRETATION OF THE COMPUTER UNDERGROUND
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the ...
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