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  • Assault Weapons Ban

    Assault Weapons Ban

    Assault Weapons Ban Congress passed the Federal Assault Weapons Ban as a subtitle of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act that was passed in 1994. This law prohibited the sale of semi-automatic "assault weapons" manufactured after the date that the law was passed. Although the law expired 10 years after it was enacted, it is important note the impact that it made. Up until the Federal Assault Weapons Ban was enacted, there was

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Max
  • Assimilation in America

    Assimilation in America

    Assimilation In America Exactly how would you define an "American" now a days? There really isn't a specific way to actually do that, times have changed, and so has the variety of people in the United States. Going from one based religion to thousands; from English to Spanish, French, German, Italian, etc., and from having a narrow point of view to a diverse perspective in many eyes. The assimilation of different cultures has impacted and

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Max
  • Worms

    Worms

    Worms Earthworm Dissection Purpose: Earthworms, also known as night crawlers are in the phylum Annelida. To learn more about an earthworm, and its external and internal anatomy, would be to participate in an easy earthworm dissection lab. First, it would be beneficial to know simple facts about an earthworm, such as, there are many known species, and earthworms have a closed circulatory system, and can range in size. Earthworms are helpful when it comes to

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Mikki
  • Water Resource

    Water Resource

    Water Resource The Floridian Aquifer in Southwest Florida is the source of potable water, irrigation for citrus and other agricultural products, as well as the source of a multitude of springs and rivers that provide essential habitats and recreational opportunities. This aquifer is also utilized by large phosphate mining operations. Long-term aquifer declines began when the southwest portion of Florida began to be developed. The result of the aquifer declines was a reduction of flows

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Mikki
  • Web 2.0

    Web 2.0

    Web 2.0 According to Tim O Riley "Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as a platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform. " (O'Riley, Tim 2007/1) Web 2.0 can be described as all the Web sites with value driven out of users actions. Web 2.0 is all the Web sites out there that get their value from

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Mikki
  • Weather

    Weather

    Weather What are Atmospheric Effects? When does Condensation occur? What are hygroscopic nuclei? What is precipitation? What is Coalescence? What is the Bergeron Process and what does the process involve? What types of Precipitation are there? What is Air Mass? Atmospheric Effects are the effects that everything from rain to pollution to people have on the atmosphere. Condensation occurs in an air mass when the dew point is reached. Foreign particles that initiate the formation

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Mikki
  • Universe

    Universe

    Universe Our universe is a vast abyss, always expanding without any end. Many objects in space are exciting and interesting. One great mystery is the black hole. Ever since the early 1960 they have been the object of many scientists work. But has been talked about among great minds since 1783, when a astronomer named John Michell first recorded his findings of the black holes. Questions still surround these holes like what are black holes,

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Mikki
  • Hinduism - Traditions of Siva

    Hinduism - Traditions of Siva

    Traditions Of Siva India Garcia 12/8/08 Prof. Glen Hayes Hinduism- Essay #4 Traditions of Siva Siva is the prototypical destroyer; he has the responsibility of destroying all of the worlds at the end of creation and dissolves them to nothingness. Siva has many things he must destroy before the world comes to an end. The things he will destroy are beneficial to Hinduism because he ensures the spiritual progress to move along. Siva destroys the

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Fonta
  • The True Blessing of Christmas

    The True Blessing of Christmas

    The True Blessing of Christmas When I was told to write this paper about what the true blessing of Christmas means to me, I have to admit I thought I was going to have a hard time writing it. After a few days of thinking about it, it became very clear to me what Christmas truly means. To many people, Christmas means shopping for gifts and taking the kids to see Santa, to others it's

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Fonta
  • Turn to Religion for Help

    Turn to Religion for Help

    Turn To Religion For Help Religion has very many definitions and versions pronounced by different people at different times in history. Although, broadly speaking religion is a set of beliefs pertaining to the supernatural, sacred or divine, and the moral codes, practices, values, institutions and rituals associated with these beliefs. Many even refer to it as faith or their belief system. Religion has truly evolved over the years; taking different forms in various cultures and

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Fonta
  • Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater

    Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater

    Unitarian Universalists Of Clearwater The service at the Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater was astonishing to me. It was an amazing experience and nothing like I thought it would be. It was very welcome to the public and was packed with people. Upon arrival you are asked to take your shoes off at the door for respect and tradition. Before the service began I took note of my surroundings and noticed that many of the followers

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Fonta
  • Year 2500 Diction

    Year 2500 Diction

    Year 2500 Diction Diction 2500: 106: Hey, what plans are for the P.M.? 224: IDK, I have the groc to go to first, then like we're all going to UV 106: why the groc? 224: ugh, my ma is like makin' me get some broc, and I might get a sando. 106: veg?! Who eats green?! 224: it's apparently healthy for you 106: anyways, 352 want us to keep UV on the dolo 224: why?

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Jack
  • Young Adulthood

    Young Adulthood

    Early Adulthood In this paper I want to talk about the diversity of adult lifestyles. I would like to explore different areas of being an adult such as being single, cohabitation, divorce and remarriage. More than ever women are staying single, and focusing on their careers. Research has shown that more people marry later in life, or some don't get married at all. It is said that most North Americans will spend a substantial part

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Jack
  • Tuskegee Experiment

    Tuskegee Experiment

    Tuskegee Experiment Beginning in 1932, the Tuskegee Experiment of Untreated Syphilis in the African-American Male was launched by the United States Public Health Service. The study focused on black males in Macon County, Alabama who were infected with syphilis, a common venereal disease. Participants in the study were told that they were being treated for "bad blood" (The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, 2007). Instead of administering treatment, the government doctors who carried out the study provided

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Jack
  • Japanese Spirit, Western Thinks

    Japanese Spirit, Western Thinks

    Article Review: Japanese Spirit, Western Thinks After that fateful day when we were bombed at Pearl Harbor and had massive losses of good men and women, we knew that we must go to Japan with a plan of attack and basically show them who was boss. Commodore Matthew Perry was sent over in his ships. Eventually after bombing them Japan finally admitted defeat and the country was then finally opened to trade. This was very

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Jack
  • The Play Years

    The Play Years

    The Play Years The play years, between the ages of two to six years is one of the most magic phases of a child's (and their parent's) lives. Children are very entertaining at this age and they are a great deal of fun to observe and interact with. These children have also reached one of the most active times in terms of a person's development. There are many cognitive milestones reached during this age, which

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    Submitted: December 17, 2008 By: Jack
  • Wounded Knee

    Wounded Knee

    Wounded Knee Battle At Wounded KneeOn the morning of December 29, 1890, the Sioux chief Big Foot and some 350 of his followers camped on the banks of Wounded Knee creek. Surrounding their camp was a force of US troops charged with the responsibility of arresting Big Foot and disarming his warriors. The scene was tense. Trouble had been brewing for months. The Battle at Wounded Knee was in part result of the growing support

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    Submitted: December 18, 2008 By: Jon
  • Women in Media

    Women in Media

    Women In Media The media is a powerful force in shaping how Americans perceive women's roles in national politics. Until the early 1990s, this media was limited to television, radio, and newspapers. With the advent of the personal computer, new tools have evolved such as instantaneous reporting on each major network's internet sites (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and Fox News), streaming video (Google's YouTube), and the blog (a contraction of the term "web log"). Unfortunately,

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    Submitted: December 18, 2008 By: Jon
  • World War Poets

    World War Poets

    Georg Trakl, Wilfred Owen and Isaac Rosenberg are all World war 1 poets. They all three also took part in the war. They all three died during the war as well. Owen and Rosenberg were both English as well while Trakl is Austrian. They all wrote of people dead or dying but they all did that in different ways. Georg Trakl was an Austrian that served as a pharmacist on the eastern front. He did

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    Submitted: December 18, 2008 By: Jon
  • Western Farmers

    Western Farmers

    Western Farmers I lived on the farm my whole life and never had I seen my father so happy when he spent his hard earned 10 dollars on something he thought would be the investment of a lifetime. The Homestead act said that each family could buy 160 acres of land for 10 dollars. We had moved to the plains not too long ago and with our newly purchased land we could profit greatly. My

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    Submitted: December 18, 2008 By: Jon
  • United States History

    United States History

    Us History The United States is located in the middle of the North American continent, with Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The United States ranges from the Atlantic Ocean on the nation's east coast to the Pacific Ocean bordering the west, and also includes the state of Hawaii, a series of islands located in the Pacific Ocean, the state of Alaska located in the northwestern part of the continent above the

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    Submitted: December 18, 2008 By: Jon
  • Voice of Houstons Past

    Voice of Houstons Past

    Voice Of Houstons Past For most of American history, African-Americans have been considered and treated as inferiors. Their folksongs and tales have been benignly looked upon as harmless, meaningless expressions of a dull-witted race whose only contribution to American life was a strong back and a weak mind. Even after the Civil War, the ingrown prejudices continued to relegate the freedmen to the bottom rung of a strict caste ladder. Their folklore was repeatedly ignored

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    Submitted: December 18, 2008 By: Jon
  • Three Mile Island

    Three Mile Island

    Three Mile Island On March 4th, 1979 a nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pennsylvania experienced a mechanical failure that resulted in catastrophic meltdown of a core nuclear reactor. The cause of the meltdown was a result of both design flaws and factory worker errors that basically led to the overheating of the power plant. This accident had many effects, both primary and secondary, that encouraged a different approach to the safety precautions and management procedures

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    Submitted: December 18, 2008 By: Jon
  • The Strong Man

    The Strong Man

    The Strong Man Study Guide Concepts of Science CHAPTER 2 2.1 Aristotle's Classification of Motion Aristotle a Greek scientist classified motion as Natural and Unnatural Motion Natural Motion –requires no force Unnatural Motion – requires force Aristotle also said and believed that it was natural for heavy objects to fall faster than lighter ones 2.2 Galileo's Concept of Inertia Galileo an Italian scientist discredited Aristotle idea that heavy objects fall faster than lighter ones and

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    Submitted: December 18, 2008 By: Jon
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was one of the influential founding fathers. Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence. This document was a major achievement because it created the framework of a new country declaring its independence from England. This new country being the 13 colonies in the New World, headed at the time, by King George The Third. Jefferson's idea of the

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    Submitted: December 18, 2008 By: Jon

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