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Hike Taught Tree Line Understanding
461 words
Surrounded by thousands of stars, complete
silence, and spectacular mountains, I stood atop
New Hampshire's Presidential Range awestruck by
nature's beauty. Immediately, I realized that I
must dedicate my life to understanding the causes
of the universe's beauty. In addition, the hike
taught me several valuable lessons that will allow
me to increase my understanding through scientific
research. Although the first few miles of the hike
up Mt. Madison did not offer fantastic views, the
vistas beca...
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Vincent Van Gogh Brother Theo
926 words
Vincent Van Gogh was born March 30 th 1853. He was
born in a small village of Groot-Zundart. His
father Theodorus Van Gogh was a Protestant
Preacher in the village. Vincent had a younger
brother Theo who was born May 1 st 1857. Vincent
had three uncles that were art dealers so it was
hard to imagine that he would not get involved
with art. In July of 1869 Vincent left to become
an apprentice to Goupil's art dealers at The
Handle. He worked there for four years then was
transferred in January to ...
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Steven Spielberg Universal Studios
1,694 words
In today's society, there are many people that
have made many contributions to the world. The
person I feel who has a major impact on today's
society is Steven Spielberg. I chose him because
he is a famous Jewish American film director and
because I am related to him. I am a Jewish, white
male who was born and raised in America. My
family's heritage originates from all over Europe.
They moved to America during the early 1900 's. My
great-grandparents were the first to come to
America. They start...
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Starts And Ends Brain
1,039 words
... ep us in line, but we all worry if its enough.
We are what we are taught, education is essential,
of that there is no question, but what we are
taught can some times be questionable if not
downright wrong in our minds. Its all depending on
the personal agenda of the teachers. Thats why
there are so many religions in the world, they
cant all be right, they fight terrible wars over
them. Now is that not stupid? Yes we all agree,
but we have our own agenda, we have everything,
compared with res...
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Eight P M Nature Is Defiantly Ladky
827 words
Green, fresh and beautiful landscape is the best
way to describe Killkenny County in Northwest
Ireland. Killkenny County was the most interesting
area of Ireland that I visited. I experienced a
religious hike that was the most treasured moment
on my trip. It was unbelievable for what I saw and
got to feel. The event that I witnessed is
something that not many people can say they have
encountered or undergone. Nature is defiantly
something that will never let you down! First we
arrived in the tow...
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Ned Kelly Irish Settlers Told
1,009 words
... gotiated with the Aboriginal elders for the
purchase of 500, 000 acres at the head of Port
Phillip Bay. I can only imagine the incredulous
look on my face as he informed me of the price
that was paid for the land - 40 blankets, 30 axes,
100 knives, 50 scissors, 30 mirrors, 200
handkerchiefs, 100 pounds of flour, and six
shirts. All that for a city! He told me of how the
city was given it's present name, in honour of the
then British Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, after
being dubbed Bearbras...
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Tim Burton Pee Wee
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... s Selina, she is timid and meek. Jack Napier,
from Batman, is a cool collective gangster
searching for power. When he turns into the Joker,
he becomes a clown bent on human suffering for no
reason at all by playing sadistic jokes. Vincent,
from his first film, and Victor from
Frankenweenie, are both children whose parents
believe they dont fit the picture of normal. It is
the people of the film, not the main characters
that brand the stars outcasts. Yet all the stars
want to be a part of the...
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Violence In Schools Acts Of Violence
1,526 words
There is excessive violence in society, and it is
escalating, as evidence by music, TV, movies,
videos, and in schools. How has music and society
made people more violent? Violence is everywhere,
and some people realize it. Teens are around
violence everyday. It's found in school, the music
they listen to and the movies they watch. After
kids come home from a school with violence in it,
then they go home and play video games with guys
chopping other peoples head off, which is very
violent. Paren...
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York Chelsea House Science Field
1,003 words
In American Asian Indians form one of the smallest
minorities, yet in their homeland has the largest
population in the world. America was influenced by
their beliefs before the first immigrant. Many of
the Indians came to American as early as the turn
of the century, in which they where denied
citizenship until a congressional act granted it
in 1946 (Lee 106). Most of them are now artists,
writers, musicians, and scientists. Asian Indians
have supplied numerous contributions to the
culture and i...
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Advertising Campaigns Young Man
402 words
Pick any decade... the stereotypes of a strong
young man leading his demure winsome lady through
any situation that comes across their paths.
Except for the Dolce&Gabbana advertising
campaigns, the stereotype being promoted is of
this young man and lady who are full of style,
full of crass, and have their youth ahead of them.
The body language shows a cocky man leading the
damsel in distress, yet this damsel is wearing
five-inch stiletto shoes, black worn-in leather
pants with a top that leaves ...
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Kurt Cobain Courtney Love
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On April 9 th the world woke up to the news of
Kurt Cobain's suicide. Those who followed the
grudge music of Cobain's band, Nirvana, were
angry, but not surprised. With songs such as "I
Hate Myself and Want to Die" and constant
references to suicide and drugs, suicide was the
obvious explanation for his death. Kurt put it
best when he said, "I'm thought of as this pissy,
complaining, freaked-out schizophrenic who wants
to kill himself all the time. " (Buzz) To many
people, Cobain just joined the...
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Kung Fu Hip Hop
997 words
Break Dancing or B-being is a form of hip-hop
dancing, which is popularly known as breaking. It
consists of top or up rock, footwork, spinning
moves (power moves), and freeze. B-being came from
Bronx, NY. The term "B-boy" or "B-being" was
created by Kool Herc who was a DJ spinning at
block parties in Bronx back in the days. B-Boys
means break boys and they were called so because
they dance to the break part of music. Later, by
repeating this break part done by DJ,
"breakbeat's" was born. Althoug...
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Hymne To God My In Sicknesse
673 words
"Hymne to God my God, in My Sicknesse" The poem is
probably written late in Donne's life, definitely
following his conversion to the Anglican faith.
Donne seems to be dying of some incurable illness
that the doctors do not know how to cure. He
begins by saying that he is coming a holy room,
possibly in his funeral. Upon entering this holy
room, probably a sanctuary, he joins up with the
saints of old which he hopes to join. However, he
must "tune the Instrument here at the dore" before
entering ...
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Planets Revolve Copernican Theory
1,512 words
... an accelerating automobile feel the force of
the seat against their backs overcoming their
inertia so as to increase their velocity. As the
car decelerates, the passengers tend to continue
in motion and lurch forward. If the car turns a
corner, then a package on the car seat will slide
across the seat as the inertia of the package
causes it to continue moving in a straight line.
Any body spinning on its axis, such as a flywheel,
exhibits rotational inertia, a resistance to
change of its rota...
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Romeo And Juliet Destined For Death
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What is love? is it not a feeling, a dream, a
look? How long must it take for one to know he /
she is in love? And if it is longer then an hour
is it really love? One could say love is in the
eyes, the window to the soul; another could say
love could not be seen by the eyes for they only
tell so much. But what about fate, if fate exists
what does it matter if the love is in the eyes or
truly in the heart? And at what point is life
swept out of the beholders hands and into those of
fate? if Shake...
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Drug Abuse Sports Stars Drugs
618 words
Drug abuse affects all of us in our daily lives.
It ruins families and destroys relationships.
Teens especially are prone to drug abuse due to
immense peer pressure, everyday stress, and
depression. Marijuana use is on the rise
everywhere, and with marijuana comes the harder
drugs, making drug abuse an important and critical
issue in the world today. There are many issues on
different drugs but one sticks in our mind,
marijuana. The push for legalization of marijuana
has increased over the years...
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Cause Undesirable Social One Dimensional View
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Throughout this semester, I have looked through
our book and made a decision on the topic that
interested me the most. This topic is one that
affects our entire society. After considering the
increase in rape and molestation, sexual
harassment, and other sex crimes over the last few
decades, and also the corresponding increase of
business in the pornography industry, does the
media cause undesirable social consequences with
specific reference to pornography and violence. In
the late seventies, A...
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Romeo And Juliet Tragedy Of Romeo
953 words
In the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, fate
controll's the characters. The idea is that there
is a supernatural force that determines how the
characters are going to act and feel in different
situations. Both Romeo and Juliet think that they
were destined to be together, and if they could
not be together, there was no reason to live.
Hasty actions rush Romeo and Juliets marriage into
a dangerous event that kills them and other
characters. Was it truly fate that brought these
two young lovers to suc...
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Light And Dark France And England
1,069 words
In the novel "A Tale of Two Cities" Charles
Dickens describes "the best of times [and] the
worst of times" (1) of the characters. France and
England struggle through political confusion,
which is one of the most disturbing periods of
history. On the other hand, for the characters of
the novel, these are the times of rebirth and
revival. The author conveys the dual nature of
this epoch by contrasting representations of light
and dark, chaos and stability, doom and hope with
the use of setting, ch...
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Creation Of The Universe Space And Time
1,165 words
Dr. Stephen Hawking has been considered to be more
brilliant then Einstein. Dr. Hawking was born on
January 8 1942 in Oxford, England on the 300 th
anniversary of Galileo's death. Is this a
coincidence? After his studies at St. Albans
School, he attended University College, Oxford. He
wanted to study Mathematics, but because it was
unavailable at Oxford, he concentrated on Physics
and earned a degree in Natural Science three years
later. Stephen went on to Cambridge to do research
in Cosmology. ...
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