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  • Artist Throughout History That Have Self-Disrtucted

    Artist Throughout History That Have Self-Disrtucted

    Artists throughout History That Have Self-Destructed The most successful or famous artists are not always as happy as successful people are portrayed- living a life of fame, fortune, and glamour. The following examples will show some of the problems that four different artists have suffered in the past century.Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter who lived from March 30, 1853 to July 29, 1890. He is now one of the most famous painters

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Mikki
  • History of Psychology

    History of Psychology

    Explain the reasons for the development of psychology as an academic discipline in the 19th and 20th centuries, making explicit the important turning points and breakthroughs. In this essay I am looking at where Psychology as a discipline has come from and what affects these early ideas have had on psychology today, Psychology as a whole has stemmed from a number of different areas of study from Physics to Biology, But the first Psychological foundations

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    Essay Length: 1,388 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: July
  • A Brief History of Personal Computers

    A Brief History of Personal Computers

    A Brief History of Personal Computers The electronic computer is a relatively modern invention; the first fully operable computer was developed about 50 years ago, at the end of World War II, by a team at the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Engineering. This team was headed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, who named the new machine ENIAC, for Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator. ENIAC was hardly a personal computer, occupying a

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Yan
  • The Titanic - History of a Disaster

    The Titanic - History of a Disaster

    The Titanic - History of a Disaster On April 14,1912 a great ship called theTitanic sank on its maiden voyage. That night therewere many warnings of icebergs from other ships.There seems to be a conflict on whether or not the warnings reached the bridge. We may never know the answer to this question. The greatest tragedy of all may be that there were not enough lifeboats for everyone on board. According to Walter Lord, author

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Jessica
  • The History of Tobacco Smoking

    The History of Tobacco Smoking

    Smoking Smoking Outline I. Introduction II. History A. Smoking Introduction into Europe B. Link between Smoking and Lung Cancer III. Health Effects A. Smoking-Related Health Problems B. Second-Hand Smoke IV. Nicotine V. Smoking Cessation A. Quitting Benefits B. Quitting Techniques 1. Prescription Drugs 2. Nicotine Replacement Therapy VI. Conclusion Smoking Have you ever sat next to or near someone who is smoking? Is this bad for your body? Most probably know that smoking is

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Thomas Madden: The New Concise History of The Crusades

    Thomas Madden: The New Concise History of The Crusades

    Thomas Madden’s Crusades is an exposition of the crusades, which occurred during the Middle Ages. The Crusades were a series of military conflicts of a religious character. They remain a very important movement in human history, and are hard to understand, as they include several themes and they lasted for a long time (about two hundred years, and the author covers a period of about eight centuries in his chronological work). Religion is, of course,

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Mikki
  • History Coursework

    History Coursework

    During the period of 1880 to the present day, there were many different groups of people from all over the world that decided to migrate to Britain. There were a few main groups of people that migrated, these are: Jews, West Indians (Caribbean’s) and South Asians. Their reasons for migration were a mixture of push and pull factors. Firstly, Jews have been migrating to Britain as early as 1730 but in the past 150 years

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Art as It Applies to History

    Art as It Applies to History

    Art as it Applies to History Dating back to the periods of the Neanderthals, 200,000 to 28,000 years ago, art has been an expression of society as well as personal emotion. It is true that art is valued differently from one audience to the next. However, for archaeologist and historians, art offers an alternative explanation; creating or destroying myths of the past. Though written work offers more personal and concrete evidence of the past. To

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Ap Us History Dbq (sample)

    Ap Us History Dbq (sample)

    DBQ, AP US HISTORY “Throughout the colonial period, economic concerns had more to do with the settlement of British North America than did religious concerns.” The 13 colonies were created for two main reasons, religioin and economic gain. Religion was a very important issue to the British colonies. Nevertheless, it was not the main reason the British were so eager to colonize America. Their main concern was glorifying the British Empire through economic gain. The

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Victor
  • History 7

    History 7

    7th Grade History: STUDY GUIDE FOR SEMESTER 2 FINAL The Final will test your knowledge of the Units we have covered this semester: • The Middle Ages / Medieval Europe • Medieval / Feudal Japan • The Renaissance • The Reformation • The Enlightenment (we will learning about this next week) MEDIEVAL EUROPE / THE MIDDLE AGES 1. Key terms Knight- an armed, mounted solider of the feudal the feudal period who gives military service

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Monika
  • The Significance of the Frontier in American History

    The Significance of the Frontier in American History

    The Significance of the Frontier in American History American History, up to our own day, has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward, explain American development. Behind establishment, lie the vital forces that call these organs into life and shape them to meet changing conditions. The peculiarity of American institutions

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe and Her Influences on American History

    Harriet Beecher Stowe and Her Influences on American History

    Harriet Beecher Stowe and Her Influences on American History Harriet Beecher Stowe was a very influential writer. Stowe wrote for a political purpose and for people to understand the inhumanity of slavery. She expressed her opinions in each of her writings. Harriet Beecher Stowe was born in Litchfield, Connecticut and brought up with puritanical strictness. She had one sister and six brothers. Her father was a controversial Calvinist preacher, thus influenced Harriet’s religious, and political

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: regina
  • Ancient History - Evoultion of the Earth

    Ancient History - Evoultion of the Earth

    Ancient History - Evoultion of the Earth The Greek geographers of the later Roman period developed systematic calculations for the mapping and shaping of the earth. However, what would come to replace these systematic calculations? Why were the ideologies of a flat earth accepted and why were those of a spherical earth ridiculed? The answer to this question is very simple and can be answered by one clear and concise word: Religion. "Thus saith the

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Max
  • Rebecca Nurse

    Rebecca Nurse

    My Dearest Niece Sarah, I fear that this will be the last time you will ever hear from me. In fact, by the time you get this, I will probably be dead. You see, I live in Topsfield , but in the nearby town of Salem, the Salem Witchcraft Trials are going on. The Salem Witchcraft Trials are a series of trials of accused witches. Some people have already been hanged and I have recently

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Vika
  • Herodotus: The Father of History

    Herodotus: The Father of History

    Herodotus: The Father of History Many students today propose the question, "why do we study history, what does it have to do with us?" This question is not a new idea; in fact, the Greeks didn't concern themselves with true scientific history until after 500 B.C. Up until this point the Greeks focused mainly on myths and legends that explained how to please their many gods. It wasn't until the time of Herodotus that any

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Max
  • Gm and Ford: A History of Time

    Gm and Ford: A History of Time

    Henry Ford and eleven others filed the papers of incorporation in the State of Michigan on June 17th, 1903 with total liquid assets of $28,000 (Ford Motor Co, 2007). This was the birth of what grew and became one of the world’s largest corporations. At inception, the Ford Motor Company operated a tiny plant in Detroit and employed about ten people (Ford Motor Co, 2007). In 1904 Ford began foreign expansion and opened a

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Mike
  • Early History of Globalization

    Early History of Globalization

    There is many controversies about beginnings and character of the process. We can notice two streams in the way of thinking, first one states that globalisation is the next more complicated stage of the international relations evolution. Second claims that this event is completely new in the world policy caused by the factors that did not occur ever before. Now we will try to describe and understand both of these streams. Like we mentioned above

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    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Tommy
  • History of Lng

    History of Lng

    History of LNG The history of LNG is very diverse with many different factors contributing to what we know and use today. LNG stands for liquefied natural gas. This natural gas is drilled for and extracted from the earth in a gaseous state. LNG is a natural forming composite of methane, water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and other hydrocarbons. In this respect it is very similar to petroleum, but it is a much cleaner

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    Essay Length: 2,653 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Mike
  • Basic History of a Fetish

    Basic History of a Fetish

    The historical origins of BDSM are obscure. There are anecdotal reports of people willingly being bound or whipped, as a prelude to or substitute for sex, going back to the fourteenth century. The medieval phenomenon of courtly love in all of its slavish devotion and ambivalence has been suggested by some writers to be a precursor of BDSM. Some sources claim that BDSM as a distinct form of sexual behaviour originated at the beginning of

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Bred
  • History of Basketball

    History of Basketball

    In early December 1891, Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian physical education student and instructor at YMCA Training School[1] (today, Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, sought a vigorous indoor game to keep his students occupied and at proper levels of fitness during the long New England winters. After rejecting other ideas as either too rough or poorly suited to walled-in gymnasiums, he wrote the basic rules and nailed a peach basket onto an 10-foot (3.05

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    Essay Length: 488 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Mike
  • The History of the Internet

    The History of the Internet

    The History of the Internet Within our society there has been a revolution, one that rivals that of the Industrial Revolution, the Technological Revolution. At the head of this revolution is the Internet. The Internet is a place full of information, adventure, and even for some, romance. In our society today everyone has heard of this technological wonder, and many use it on a daily basis, but for some the question still remains… What is

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Anna
  • Nursing Ethnographic Essay

    Nursing Ethnographic Essay

    Nurses What exactly is a nurse? Nurses are no longer considered the doctor’s handmaid, but an important part of the medical team. Nurses tend to make up a culture within the medical field establishing a group of considerate, motivated, and intellectual people who take pleasure in helping others in a time of need. According to U.S. Department of Labor, nurses have been described to “work to promote health, prevent disease, and help patients cope with

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Vika
  • History of Nature and Nurture

    History of Nature and Nurture

    Abstract Nature vs. nurture has been discussed by philosophers in the past and by scientists most recently. Philosophers such as Plato argued that all knowledge was inherited through your parent and when you were told something you didn’t learn it you were just reminded of it. Aristotle however argued that all humans were born with a blank slate and built on it with influence from there environment. In the 1700’s the empiricists and the internalists

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    Essay Length: 1,825 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Jon
  • The History of Paper

    The History of Paper

    The History of Paper The history of paper dates back almost 2,000 years to when inventors in China first crafted cloth sheets to record their drawings and writings. Before then, people communicated through pictures and symbols etched on stone, bones, cave walls, or clay tablets. Paper as we know it today was first made in Lei-Yang, China by Ts'ai Lun, a Chinese court official. In all likelihood, Ts'ai mixed mulberry bark, hemp and rags with

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    Essay Length: 684 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: David
  • Charge Nurse

    Charge Nurse

    Charge nurse page 1. Running head: Charge nurse competencies A qualitative study of charge nurse competences Charge nurse p 2. A qualitative study of charge nurse competencies This is a research critique of a qualitative study concerning the charge nurse role in medical-surgical and intensive care units. The purpose of this article is to identify the competencies needed of nurses serving in the charge nurse role, and to identify barriers and facilitators of the charge

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    Essay Length: 1,320 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Mike

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