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Endangered Species In Canada
Number of Words: 1476 / Number of Pages: 6
... necessities cannot be met.
In this century, loss of habitat has been one of the main caused of
extinction (pg 8, Silverstein). People share the country and the planet
with all the other creatures that live here. As human population grows,
people spread out into areas that once were wild, and they compete with
animals for living space. Mort times than not the animals lose in this
battle.
People cut down forests for lumber, clear fields for farms, and fill
swamps to build towns, highways, and factories. Land can also be cleared
for such things as mineral extraction. Wild ani ...
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Epic Theatres
Number of Words: 1074 / Number of Pages: 4
... through a series of anti-
illusive devices, feel alienated from it. The effect of this deliberate
exclusion makes it difficult for the audience to empathise with the
characters and their predicament. Thus, they could study the play's
social or political message and not the actual events being performed on
stage. This process is called Verfremdungseffekt, or the alienation effect,
where instead of identifying with the characters, the audience is reminded
that they are watching only a portrayal of reality. Several well-known
Brechtian plays include Drums in the Night, Edward 2, The Threepenny Opera ...
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The History Of Greek Culture
Number of Words: 1032 / Number of Pages: 4
... a group of philosophers, the Sophists, became prominent. They were groups of teachers, and scholars of theories of knowledge. They invented what is known in literature as rhetoric, or the art of composing and delivering persuasive speeches. The Sophist movement contributed to the rise of prose over poetry in Athens, as shown with the attached pictures.
The ancient Greeks did not establish one unified country. Instead they established city-states, each called a polis, which were self-governed and independent. They often warred with each other, the two most persistent enemies being Athens and Spart ...
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Anorexia Nervosa
Number of Words: 1056 / Number of Pages: 4
... Sir William Gull and Charles Lasegue, simultaneously published papers on a number of cases dealing with self-starvation (Alexander-Mott &Lumsden 101-102). Gull actually came up with the term , because he believed it was a nervous disease. Both doctors note four distinctive characteristics with each case. All of the patients experienced high levels of hyperactivity. Each of the patients denied the existence of the disorder. Also, they each had peculiar attitudes toward food. Finally, each patient had pathological family interactions (Gordon 13).
Years following Gull and Lasegue’s discoverie ...
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Horse Slaughter
Number of Words: 2542 / Number of Pages: 10
... and reformation is at hand. Information ripped from the grasps of the unbeknownst is the best tool in this war. It is mandatory, that the atrocious violation of the animals that helped make America what it is today become know to every person. These pets have been there to help get food, carry materials, and take humans to go where they need to go. Nevertheless, more than helpful objects they have become our friends, loyal companions, and the subject of fantasies and never forgotten stories. A legend would have been lost had famous racehorses such as Eclipse, Flicka, Secretariat, Black Gold and many ...
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The Blind And Deaf
Number of Words: 1234 / Number of Pages: 5
... Everyone else who is blind gets it from disease or injury. Disease causes about 95% of all blindness. There are a high number of diseases that can cause blindness. Some of these are as follows: Cataracts, Diabetic, Glaucoma, Macular degeneration, Amblyopia, Corneal opacity, and Trachomia just to name a few of the many that exist. many kinds of injuries can cause blindness. Infection from germs, chemicals that can burn eyes, damage to the head, and a wound in the optic nerves. In many jobs, workers are required to wear protective eyeglasses to prevent vision loss.
Overcoming blindness is not an i ...
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Missouri Fox Trotter
Number of Words: 621 / Number of Pages: 3
... speeds between five and ten mph. The other two natural gaits are the long easy-going flat foot walk and the delightful rocking horse canter.
The Missouri Fox Trotting horse was developed in the rugged Ozark hills about one hundred sixty years ago by the settlers who needed a horse to plow, haul logs, work cattle, and be a stylish buggy horse or riding horse for the family. The pioneers who streamed across the Mississippi River to settle in the Ozarks came mostly from Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia.(Hendricks, p285) Naturally, they brought horses that were popular in those areas: Thoroughb ...
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The Guam Flag (description)
Number of Words: 525 / Number of Pages: 2
... of Guam and its rich culture and heritage. The river channel flows into the sea and is surrounded by unfertile yellow orange sand on each side. To the right of the oval sits a coconut tree with its brown trunk slightly bent to the left and then straightened into the sky. The green fronds on the tree spreads into the sky with its fruit nestled in the center of the fronds. The Flying Proa, a seagoing craft built by the Chamorro people measures three inches by one-half inch, the base is red with five yellow orange half circles one-quarter inch apart, with a white sail, raised and anchored in the middl ...
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Cultural Relativism
Number of Words: 982 / Number of Pages: 4
... from the factual premise. The premise makes an assertion about differences in moral beliefs. The conclusion makes an assertion about the nature of moral facts or truths. In general, he argues, one cannot assume anything about what is or is not true about the world, from premises about beliefs about the world. A culture may believe that the earth is flat, but believing so doesn't make it so (nor does belief that the earth is round make it so). Nor does disagreement over the shape of the earth imply that there is no definite shape. This criticism is not presuming that the premise on which the cultural d ...
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Women Characters In Lone Range
Number of Words: 1418 / Number of Pages: 6
... of humiliation and rejection. They have lived their lives in the confines of the reservation, resorting to alcohol, depression, and frustration. However, these women seek to hold together, both spiritually and generatively, the fabric of a culture that is assaulted on all sides. They are warrior-like in their determination to battle the hardships of their lives, all while holding their families and their heritage together with great compassion and spirit.
Although one may argue that many of these women were unable to avoid the inevitable feeling of hopelessness, one can see with a deeper look int ...
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