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Ontology One of the most controversial debates in philosophy has been over the nature of being. In the Pre-Socratic era the dispute focused on whether change was constant while our human perceptions made static separations so that we could make sense of our environment, or if being exists ...
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Nuclear Waste ManagementNuclear energy harnesses the energy released during the splitting or
fusing of atomic nuclei. This heat energy is most often used to convert water
to steam, turning turbines, and generating electricity.
However, nuclear energy also has many disadvantages. An event that
demonstrated this was the ...
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Operation Barbarossa: A Good Plan?"When Operation Barbarossa is launched,
the world will hold its breath!"
OPERATION BARBAROSSA: A GOOD PLAN?
On the night of June 22, 1941, more than 3 million German soldiers, 600 000 vehicles and 3350 tanks were amassed along a 2000km front stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Their ...
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A Brief History Of Clocks: From Thales To PtolemyThe clock is one of the most influential discoveries in the history of western science. The division of time into regular, predictable units is fundamental to the operation of society. Even in ancient times, humanity recognized the necessity of an orderly system of chronology. Hesiod, writing in ...
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Alchemy: The science by aid of which the chemical philosophers of
medieval times attempted to transmute the baser metals into gold or silver.
There is considerable divergence of opinion as to the etymology of the word,
but it would seem to be derived from the Arabic al=the, and kimya=chemistry,
which in ...
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The Andromeda Strain: SummaryThe book I read was Michael Crichton's Andromeda Strain. It is a science
fiction story about an outbreak of a deadly airborne virus. The virus came
from an experimental satellite named Scoop VII. The satellite landed in a
small town in northwestern Arizona named Piedmont. There were only ...
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ComputingA common misconception about computers is that they are smarter than humans. Actually, the degree of a computer¹s intelligence depends on the speed of its ignorance. Today¹s complex computers are not really intelligent at all. The intelligence is in the people who design them. Therefore, in order ...
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Time And TechnologyHow did telecommunications advance from the end of the 1800’s to the end of the 1900’s ?
Telecommunications have revolutionized business and communication between people.
Since the beginning of time communication has always been a crucial part in our societies for development. Without ...
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Albert EinstienMen and Women of Science Albert Einstein Early Life Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on Mar. 14, 1879. Einstein's parents, who were non observant Jews, moved from Ulm to Munich, Germany when Einstein was an infant. The family business was the manufacture of electrical parts. When the business ...
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Net CensorshipThesis: The vast cyber-frontier is being threatend with censorship from the government. Inter should be
left up to the individual not the governments discretion.
A. Clinton passes the C.D.A.
B. Our rights as Americans.
C. Exon’s victory.
D. What’s really online. ...
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Slavery And The Underground RailroadI know you're wondering, what railroad? Well the simple fact is that
everybody has heard of the Underground Railroad, but not everyone knows
just what it was. Firstly, it wasn't underground, and it wasn't even a
railroad. The term "Underground Railroad" actually comes from a runaway
slave, who ...
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A Reflection On Herman Melville's Accomplishments"As an author Melville both courted failure and scorned success."(pg.
613, A Companion to Melville Studies). How many famous legends in time have
existed to know no fame. How many remarkable artist have lived and died never
receiving due credit for there work. Herman Melville is clearly an ...
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Iliad By HomerThe essay of Iliad, Homer finds a great tool in the simile. Just by opening the book in a random place the reader is undoubtedly faced with one, or within a few pages. Homer seems to use everyday activities, at least for the audience, his fellow Greeks, in these similes nearly exclusively. From ...
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Comparing Hitler And Stalin In Their Rise To PowerDuring the period leading up to World War II, there were two men who were on opposing sides, the men were Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin. These men were each triumphant in their rise to power in their countries and they were very comparable in the ways that they succeeded. Their success was ...
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The Sixth ExtinctionSo, what is ? When is it coming and what is its cause? It is happening now, and we, the human race are its cause explains Richard Leakey. This phenomenon Leakey argues, is easily comparable with the big five biological crisis' of geological history, except this one is not being caused by global ...
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Are Smaller Classes BeneficialCommentary: ?
We all know what it feels like. Everyone hates it when his or her arm goes numb. Why do students' arms go numb? Contrary to popular belief, it is not from sniffing white out or permanent markers. Numb arms are a common result of raising your hand for an extended period of time. ...
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United Parcel ServiceMy article is taken from the newest Common Stock Shareowners Report, in which it outlines its business strategies for now and for the future. Right now is a special time for the company, it is planning to open itself to the open market, by putting shares of it's common stock on the New York ...
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People And Events Of World War IIThe Axis Powers
World War II was started by the Axis Forces, which were comprised of
Germany, Italy, and Japan. They fought against the combined might of almost the
entire world, and, but for a supreme combined effort on the part of America, the
USSR, and Britain, almost won. During the ...
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The Emergence Of GhettosCities emerged during the Industrial Revolution period; this was a time where technology was advancing. Within the cities ghettos were born. A ghetto is section of a city where members of a minority group are segregated. Mainly lower class social economic status, and welfare receipts dwell in this ...
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Underage Drinking: A Big ProblemUnderage drinking is wide spread through out the United States.
According to Klaidman, of 10 million people under the age 21 who admitted they'd
had a cocktail in the last month, 4.4 million said that they are "binge
drinkers," or people who have had more than four drinks in a row. Also, ...
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