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  • Japanese Animation

    Japanese Animation

    INTRODUCTION Japanese Anime Anime, which is short for (animshon) from the English word "animation", in the western world most popularly refers to the medium of animation originating in Japan, with distinctive character and background aesthetics that visually set it apart from other forms of animation (e.g. Walt Disney films, Warner Bros. short cartoons). (Baricordi, Andrea; Pelletier, Claude (2000). Anime: A Guide to Japanese Animation (1958-1988). Montreal, Canada: Protoculture). In Japan, the word anime is used

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    Essay Length: 306 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 14, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Animal Cell

    Animal Cell

    Nucleus Washington D.C. Our entire Nation is governed in Washington D.C and the historical center of our nation The Nucleus gives other organelles instructions similar to our capitol and holds the DNA of the Cell which would translate into the historical background of it Nucleolus Copy Machine Production Facility Creates the needed Copy Machine to produce multiple forms of paper products which are then used for a variety of things This would be similar in

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    Essay Length: 426 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Mike
  • Small Animal Metabolism

    Small Animal Metabolism

    Small Animal Metabolism Materials: 3 Gerbils (8, 24, 17) Cage Circular Tube 2 Plugs Brown Paper Towel Weight and Balance Soap Solution Drierite Glass Pipette Metal Poker Procedure Our hypothesis for the Small Animal Metabolism lab was that the gerbil will consume oxygen at a greater rate than a mouse because the gerbil is larger in size. To begin this experiment we obtained a gerbil from a specific cage and weighed it on a balance.

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Victor
  • Absence of Evidence, or Evidence of Absence; a Paper on Animal Consciousness

    Absence of Evidence, or Evidence of Absence; a Paper on Animal Consciousness

    Absence of Evidence, or Evidence of Absence? A paper on Animal Consciousness December 15, 2004 ANSCI 305 Consciousness is a difficult term to grasp; so much so, that many scientists will not even attempt to define the term, much less search for it’s evidence. Most however, do agree that consciousness must include certain aspects; specifically cognition, self-awareness, memory, and abstract thought. Lesley J. Rogers describes consciousness as, “related to awareness, intelligence, and complex cognition,

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    Essay Length: 2,134 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Vika
  • Animal Abuse

    Animal Abuse

    Animals are sometimes treated as friends but are also treated as enemies. We keep them as pets, but if it suits us, we slaughter them in their own habitats and in slaughterhouses. If we could kill them in a quick and pain-free way, like a special injection, which is not harmful to us, it would be a lot nicer to the animals being killed. However, the scenes in slaughterhouses are ones of bullying and torture.

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    Essay Length: 500 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

    Animal Farm, a novel by George Orwell, is an allegory based on the events and results of the Russian Revolution. The outcomes of Stalinist Russia inspired him to write this novel, in which he describes the drawbacks of communism and Russia in a satirical format. As in the actual Russian Revolution, both the leaders and the followers in Animal Farm act in ways that destroy freedom and equality in the farm. A prime example

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    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Animal Farm Theme Essay

    Animal Farm Theme Essay

    Theme Essay If a seven year old read Animal Farm he/she would have thought that it is a sad story about a farm in England. If an older person reads it however, he/she realizes that this story has much more meaning to it. The story is filled with themes that help us understand the world around us. In this essay I am going to talk about four themes that Orwell discussed in this story. They

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    Essay Length: 1,273 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Animal Testing

    Animal Testing

    Every day, thousands of people are saved from painful diseases and death by powerful medical drugs and treatments. This incredible gift of medicine would not be possible without animal testing. Despite these overwhelming benefits, however, some people are calling for animal testing to be banned because of alleged cruelty. This essay will examine arguments for and against animal testing. Those against the use of animal testing claim that it is inhumane to use animals in

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    Essay Length: 307 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Anna
  • Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

    Animal Farm is off to a great start. Snowball teaches the other animals to read and write (though few animals besides the pigs learn to read well), food is plentiful due to a good harvest, and the entire Farm is organized and running smoothly. Even when Mr. Jones tries his last-ditch effort to retake control of the farm, the animals easily defeat him at what they later call the "Battle of the Cowshed". Soon, however,

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    Essay Length: 515 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Animal Testing

    Animal Testing

    Animal Testing More and more animals are being taken form their natural habitats and tested on every year. Researchers, scientists, and companies just trying to make new products are using animals to further their experiments. If animal testing continues to happen at this rate then their will be no animals left to use for food, study, or even for simple amusement. When the animals are being taken form their natural environments it harms the

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    Essay Length: 1,725 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Humane Treatment of Animals

    Humane Treatment of Animals

    Humane Treatment of Animals Animal testing is a necessity in today’s society. This topic receives a lot of attention worldwide. There are many people who feel that risking an animals well being is cruel and inhumane. They may be right; however, I’m taking a utilitarian approach on this topic and saying that the greater good for majority of people wins. At this day in age we cannot simply stop testing animals until another way

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Anna
  • Communicaton Between Animals and Humans

    Communicaton Between Animals and Humans

    INTRODUCTION The importance of communication between animals cannot be underestimated. Through communication, animals are able to concentrate on finding food, avoiding their enemies, mating and caring for their young. The study of communication between animals and humans is a never ending fascination and a way to learn more about ourselves. The development of human communication is what makes us exclusive to any living thing on this planet. The ways in which we communicate with

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Animals Are Good

    Animals Are Good

    cures await discovery. Although the list is pretty much endless, here are some examples, by decade, including the main species used that were crucial to the discovery: Pre-1900: Treatment for rabies (dogs, rabbits), smallpox (cows), anthrax (sheep). 1900s: Cardiac catheterization techniques (dogs, rabbits), treatment for rickets (dogs). 1920s: Discovery of insulin (dogs). 1930s: Development of modern anesthesia (dogs), prevention of tetanus (horses), development of anticoagulants (cats). 1940s: Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (rabbits, monkeys), discovery of

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: July
  • Ethics of Animal Cloning

    Ethics of Animal Cloning

    “God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.’” (NIV) Ten years ago Dolly, the first cloned mammal was born. She was a sheep cloned by scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. (Oak Ridge) Since then there has been a swarm

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    Essay Length: 1,858 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: April 4, 2010 By: Max
  • Animation: Where It Began and Where It Is Today

    Animation: Where It Began and Where It Is Today

    Tully Scott 10/9/06 Mrs. Yunker Broadcast Video Animation: Where it began and where it is today The first examples of trying to capture motion into a drawing can be found in Paleolithic cave paintings. Early man drew animals that had multiple legs, clearly attempting to depict a sense of motion. Shadow Puppetry was also an animation ancestor found in Indonesia around 900 A.D. Shadow puppetry involved an animated puppet called Wayang, which put on shows

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    Submitted: April 5, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Things Fall Apart: Christianity Vs. Animism

    Things Fall Apart: Christianity Vs. Animism

    Christianity vs. Animism A major aspect of one’s society is religion. Without it, the way people hold themselves accountable would be nonexistent. In addition, many moral standards that exist today are values taken directly from religions such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Currently, there exists a feud between people who believe in a god, and of those who do not. Eventually those who believe in a higher power will fight against each other. In “Things

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    Submitted: April 6, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

    How would it feel if a stranger walked in and decided to change all the rules? Well, in the novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell, over powered is exactly how the animals felt when Napoleon took over. Subsequently, Napoleon knowingly manipulated the farm animals of Animal Farm through the use of fallacious reasoning and propaganda techniques. Napoleon knowingly manipulated the animals with the use of snobbery. At all times, Napoleon always saw himself as the

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    Essay Length: 296 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 8, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

    Animal Farm By: George Orwell Animal Farm portrays many facets of the Communist revolution in Russia; however the book and the movie are both set on a farm in England in the 1950‘s. The book starts with Old Major, the founder of animalism, explaining how the animal rebellion would be coming soon and everyone should be preparing for the revolution. According to the book he died of old age but in the movie he was

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    Submitted: April 8, 2010 By: Victor
  • Animal Rights/testing

    Animal Rights/testing

    There has been much controversy about using animals in experiments for decades. People converse over different alternatives for animal testing and the inhumane way scientists treat these animals in experiments. This topic causes so much controversy because there are ethical issues to consider such as the treatment of the animals and the reasoning behind testing on these animals if its for a greater cause or not. As of now , I am for animal testing

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    Submitted: April 9, 2010 By: Mike
  • Ethology - a Study in Animal Behavior and the Complexity of Their Action

    Ethology - a Study in Animal Behavior and the Complexity of Their Action

    Ethology: A Study in Animal Behavior and the Complexity of Their Action A Study in Animal Behavior Hierarchy Among Animal Species Ethology, the study of animal behavior is still a new frontier for scientists (Freedman, 1970). Ethology, a combination of evolution, ecology, physiology, genetics and psychology, has just come about within the last two decades (Raven, 1999). Animals are a vital component in the history of the world. For instance, the Bible mentions some 100

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    Submitted: April 10, 2010 By: Max
  • Animal Motifs in a Passage to India

    Animal Motifs in a Passage to India

    The recurring animal motifs in A Passage To India suggest a harmonious life existing outside of the contrasting state of humanity. While tensions escalate among the English and Indians, peace presides in the animal kingdom. Perhaps the only characters outside of the animals who acknowledge this peace are Mrs. Moore and Professor Godbole who specifically identify with a wasp extending their voluntary cognizance to Indian culture and the understanding of unity among all living creatures

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    Submitted: April 13, 2010 By: Monika
  • Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

    In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell told the history of the Russian Revolution by using a farm and its members to symbolize major characters and their actions in Russian history. The author used compelling similarities between the familiar faces of history and the animals on the independent farm. Throughout this composition, you will be shown Joseph Stalin’s contributions and how they are related to the actions of Napoleon from the novel Animal Farm. When

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    Submitted: April 14, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Life of Pi Animal Behavior

    Life of Pi Animal Behavior

    TOBI: In his book the “Life of Pi” by Yann Martell, the author makes multiple references to animal behavior. Through this project we have researched each of the four animals: the zebra, Orangutan, Hyena, and the Tiger on their lifestyles and behavior. In order to write this book Yann Martel explained that he had to do a lot of research on zoo biology and animal psychology. In addition he spent 6 months doing research in

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    Submitted: April 15, 2010 By: Mike
  • Using Animals in Research:pros and Cons

    Using Animals in Research:pros and Cons

    Using Animals in Research : Pros and Cons by Using Animals in Research: A Review of Necessity Over the last century, little has changed in the debate of using animals for research purposes.Some people believe that it is a cruel and inhumane practice. While others believe animal research is needed to advance, especially in the medical field. There is also a grey area of which most people, including researchers belong. The people in this

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    Essay Length: 1,265 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: April 16, 2010 By: Yan
  • Animal Farm

    Animal Farm

    Animal Farm (1999) I haven’t read the book by George Orwell prior to the film viewing so I didn’t know anything about the story. At first, I was skeptical about the whole animal talking and doing human activities; I thought of it as a child’s dream coming to life. It was very amusing though; and I found it very creative how the author depicted the deeper meaning of the story. In a nutshell, the story

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    Essay Length: 448 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 19, 2010 By: Mikki

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