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  • The Role of Greek and Roman Literature

    The Role of Greek and Roman Literature

    THE ROLE OF GREEK AND ROMAN LITERATURE Over the years, literature of ancient Greece and Rome has affected art, religion, philosophy, science and mathematics, medicine, drama, and poetry profoundly. It has served as a basic model for the development of later European literatures and, consequently, the writings of the historians, geographers, philosophers, scientists, and rhetoricians are read today as sources of historical information and enjoyment. Alfred Whitehead, the famous British philosopher-mathematician, once commented that: "[A]ll

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    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: Fatih
  • The Ethics of Cloning Humans

    The Ethics of Cloning Humans

    “Cloning? It’s just wrong!” Most likely, this is the first thing that pops into the majority of the general public’s head when faced with the issue. The disgust of the public should hardly be taken as a rational argument, or should it? Lord Patrick Devlin thought so, and produced a strong argument for it (Almond & Parker, 2003) Aside from this, there are an assortment of strong arguments and examples supporting cloning which the public

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    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: Artur
  • Basics of Studying Literature

    Basics of Studying Literature

    TWO ASPECTS OF LITERARY STUDY. Such a study of Literature as that for which the present book is designed includes two purposes, contributing to a common end. In the first place (I), the student must gain some general knowledge of the conditions out of which English literature has come into being, as a whole and during its successive periods, that is of the external facts of one sort or another without which it cannot be

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    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Top
  • Human Impacts on Island Ecosystems. (australia)

    Human Impacts on Island Ecosystems. (australia)

    Human Impacts on island ecosystems. (Australia) There are few paleovegetation records in Australia before 18,000 years ago. To find out the history of the Australian fauna scientists used stable carbon isotopes from the emu eggshell (a flightless bird native to Australia). The samples were largely taken from Lake Eyre. The carbon composition of the eggshell tells us the composition of the bird’s diet (over 3-5 days). The emus are mixed feeders herbivores, eating leaves, shoots,

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    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Steve
  • Zeitgeist in Contemporaneous Literature

    Zeitgeist in Contemporaneous Literature

    Zeitgeist in contemporaneous literature The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in comparison to other novels and films Introduction The paper at hand deals with the question whether and to what extent elements of the zeitgeist can be found in Mark Haddon’s novel “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”. In order to be able to draw comparisons other pieces of literature and film will be incorporated when focusing on several

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    Essay Length: 271 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Mike
  • Black English - Another Way to Classify Humans

    Black English - Another Way to Classify Humans

    “Black English” Another Way to Classify Humans “To open your mouth … You have confessed your parents, your youth, your school, your salary, your self-esteem, and alas, your future ”. After reading the two essays, “From Outside, In” by Barbara Mellix and “If Black English Isn’t a Language Then Tell Me, What Is?” by James Balwin, I came to realize a few things one of them being that the way we speak, is a means

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • The Moral and Supernatural Value of Human Activity

    The Moral and Supernatural Value of Human Activity

    Index 1. Introduction to Moral Activity 3 2. The Moral Value of Human Activity 6 3. The Supernatural Value of Human Activity 11 4. Bibliography 12 1 Introduction to Moral Activity Man must strive for his end through his own acts. It is in this strenuous use of all the talents received from God that life is affirmed and developed. It is clear then how important and fundamental is the concept of human activity, considered

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Humans Cause Big Problems for the Environment

    Humans Cause Big Problems for the Environment

    Humans cause big problems for the environment Global warming is a big problem in this day and age. But what’s causing global warming? Humans. At least that’s what over 90% of scientists who extensively study global warming say. You may be asking yourself, how are we causing the problem? Well, obviously humans aren’t outside with space heaters, warming things up a bit. It’s small things that we wouldn’t even consider such as driving, clearing and

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Human Resource Department

    The Human Resource Department

    The Human Resource department of an organization has multiple responsibilities. It is responsible for employee selection, development, evaluation, compensation and employee relations. The role of Human Resource management is being increasingly affected and reshaped by the growing diversity of the workforce, global and domestic compensation, and complex legal and ethical issues. In short, the Human Resource department of an organization is faced with balancing its responsibilities towards the organization it serves as well as the

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: July
  • Cloning in Humans

    Cloning in Humans

    The Bioethical Focus article entitled “Cloning in Humans” gives us some basic background information on cloning. However, after reading this article I wanted more insight on the topic of cloning, so I researched it more in depth on the Internet. After looking up a few different articles on cloning I have come to a decision concerning where I stand on this controversial issue. Personally, I believe that human cloning should be banned in the United

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Ancient Humans and Early Civilizations Notes

    Ancient Humans and Early Civilizations Notes

    The Origins of Humans Unlocking the history of the past - Historians must gather as much data as possible, from a wide variety of sources before they can make conclusions - Primary documents: written by people of the period - Secondary documents: written about past events - Historians almost never unearth all the facts so there is always a bias - They must think about economic developments, to figure out the way in which people

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Vika
  • Anton Chekhov’s Value of Human Life

    Anton Chekhov’s Value of Human Life

    Value In the short story "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov a wager is made that changes the lives of two people. The story begins with a heated argument at a party over which is more moral, capital punishment or life imprisonment. The host of the party, the banker (appositive), believes that capital punishment is more moral because the death sentence kills the victim quicker rather than dragging out the process. A twenty-five year old lawyer

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Steve
  • The Four Phases of the Human Sexual Response Cycle

    The Four Phases of the Human Sexual Response Cycle

    Ousmane Ag Health 100 10-4-2004 Prof. Trowers THE FOUR PHASES OF THE HUMAN SEXUAL RESPONSE CYCLE. One aspect of human sexuality that sometimes goes unknown or misunderstood is the sexual response cycle of men and women. You may be wondering what exactly is a sexual response cycle. In very general terms, the sexual response cycle is the sequence of events that happens physiologically when we become sexually aroused and participate in sexually stimulating activities, including

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: July
  • Japanese Literature

    Japanese Literature

    Vernon McCalla Japanese Literature Question #2 2. Individualism has been seen as a characteristic feature of the modern world. How do we see the issue of individualism being dealt with in the works we have read? Discuss examples of individualism in both modern and pre-modern texts. In the works we have read, the characteristic of individualism has played a strong role in the lives and decisions of three characters in particular. The characters Basho, Chockichi,

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Technology on Human

    Technology on Human

    Research efforts have been focused on the impacts of new technology on human health. One of the leading new factors is the technology of cell phones, which is predicted to have more than 1.3 billion worldwide users by the 2005. Cell phones have been of the fastest growing industries. Today most people have portable phones in their home, and/or cell phones. Theses devices are connecting people in convenient ways as their cost declines with the

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Monika
  • Human Resource Management

    Human Resource Management

    Ex-r Ltd. Human Resource Management Planning Report Module: Human Resource Management Module No.: MMM1210 Student No.: 0139746 Deadline: 16th December 2004 Word count:4020 Table of Content Term of Reference Executive Summary Company profile Recruitment „P Nature of Recruitment „P Objectives of recruitment „P Job vacancies „P Recruitment Methods Selection „P Selection Criteria „P Selection methods „P Evaluation of the selection process Retention „P Nature of Retention „P Turnover analysis „P Retention strategies Reward „P Nature

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: regina
  • Controlling Reproduction - Using Reproductive Hormones to Alter Human Fertility

    Controlling Reproduction - Using Reproductive Hormones to Alter Human Fertility

    Controlling Reproduction – Using reproductive hormones to alter human fertility. Fertility is the capability to produce offspring therefore infertility is the incapability to produce offspring. Infertility can arise in both males and females and can be acquired through inheritance or psychological problems. In men infertility can come by failing to gain or maintain an erection, a low sperm count or vas deferens; a blockage or structural defect which can obstruct sperm movement. In women it

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Femme Fatales of English Literature

    Femme Fatales of English Literature

    The femme fatale, a seductive woman who entices men into perilous and compromising positions by way of charisma and mystery, is a classic, and often enthralling, character who can be found in many sources of literature and mythology of various origins and eras (“Femme Fatale” 1). “If the goddess of virtue is a lily and the vamp is an overripe red rose, the femme fatale is a Venus flytrap.” (Billinghurst 1). In the simple quote

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Monika
  • The Effects of Altitude on Human Physiology

    The Effects of Altitude on Human Physiology

    Changes in altitude have a profound effect on the human body. The body attempts to maintain a state of homeostasis or balance to ensure the optimal operating environment for its complex chemical systems. Any change from this homeostasis is a change away from the optimal operating environment. The body attempts to correct this imbalance. One such imbalance is the effect of increasing altitude on the body's ability to provide adequate oxygen to be utilized

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Disadvantages of Human Cloning - Loss of Human Identity

    Disadvantages of Human Cloning - Loss of Human Identity

    Breyan Ms. White English 1213, 023 November 3, 2003 Disadvantages of Human Cloning - Loss of Human Identity Cloning has always been a subject whose thoughts both fascinates and frightens the world. On February 27, 1997, a stunning announcement appeared in the British journal Nature that rocked the scientific world: for the first time ever recorded, a mammal- a lamb named Dolly had been successfully cloned from an adult cell. Coinciding with this shocking proclamation,

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Strategic Human Resource Management

    Strategic Human Resource Management

    STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Strategic human resource management is the process of linking the human resource function with the strategic objectives of the organization in order to improve performance. Strategic management The word �strategy’, deriving from the Greek noun strategus, meaning �commander in chief’, was first used in the English language in 1656. The development and usage of the word suggests that it is composed of stratos (army) and agein (to lead). In a management

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Kevin
  • The Unjust Classification of Literature

    The Unjust Classification of Literature

    The Unjust Classification of Literature The content of literature has been criticized and classified throughout history. Occasionally, stories become known as immoral literature in the eyes of society. This can be damaging both to sales of the book and the reputation of the author. Kate Chopin wrote two stories that are examples of literature deemed immoral by society. “The storm” and “The Story of an Hour” were written and the end of the nineteenth

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Victor
  • Importance of Human Resource Development

    Importance of Human Resource Development

    IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Human Resource is the most Important and vital Factor of Economic Development or it can be said that humans are the agents of development. some of the importance of Human Resource or Human Capital are. 1) Country Develops if The Human Resource is Developed: To enhance economic development the state constructs roads, buildings bridges, dams, power houses, hospitals, etc. to run these units doctors, engineers, scientist, teachers, are required. So

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Tasha
  • War & Humanity: Where Do We Go from Here?

    War & Humanity: Where Do We Go from Here?

    WAR AND HUMANITY: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?. There is an average of twenty ongoing wars in the world at any given time. Some are internal civil wars, others are between nations. But the purpose of this thesis is not to report warfare, but the act of it. This includes the evolution of conventional and nuclear warfare, the potential effect of a nuclear war and why it is necessary for nations to fight war.

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Kevin
  • A Tragedy Is a Play Which Explores Human Weakness and Suffering, Leading to a Disastrous End. What Are the Causes of the Tragedy in Romeo and Juliet and How Does Shakespeare Dramatise Them?

    A Tragedy Is a Play Which Explores Human Weakness and Suffering, Leading to a Disastrous End. What Are the Causes of the Tragedy in Romeo and Juliet and How Does Shakespeare Dramatise Them?

    Tragedy is mainly two types, Modern tragedy and Greek tragedy. Greek tragedy is down to the idea of fate and the gods. A hero defies the gods, often due to fatal flaws which is the reason behind his downfall. In Shakespeare plays, tragedy is also identified as a story that ends unhappily due to the fall of the protagonist, which is the tragic hero. Romeo and Juliet is a lot related to the Greek tragedy

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Mike