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Geography Of Indonesia And Aus
Number of Words: 1084 / Number of Pages: 4
... Sumatera is in the west across from Malaysia, Kalimantan (which shares land space with Malaysia on Borneo), and Sulawesi, which is also called Celebes, the “wishbone – shaped” island of the east. The fifth largest island is New Guinea, which is not primarily a part of Indonesian cultural ties although half of its western side of the island is under Indonesian control.
Australia is approximately 10 times the size of Texas, with a population of eighteen million. 85 percent live in cities, with about 300,000 consisting in the Aboriginal population. Most of the population is concentrated in the cor ...
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Witchcraft 2
Number of Words: 3301 / Number of Pages: 13
... defines witchcraft as. The Christian definition of witchcraft is simply “devil-worship” or just plain sin. However, the secular definition is somewhere along the lines of “cool,” “trendy,” and “new.” Although these are the main meanings of the term “witch craft,” there are also some other definitions within different cultures, such as Indian medicine men, also known as witch doctors, who are believed to have magical powers that can heal the sick. Different time periods and religions also alter the meaning of witch or witchcraft.
The history ...
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Communication In The Millenium
Number of Words: 887 / Number of Pages: 4
... it would make most people back in the “good old days” stare wide-eyed and shake their heads in disbelief. How would one even begin to explain modems and servers and chat rooms to someone who had just bought a touch-tone phone? Yet, it was back in those “good old days” when things that we today consider necessities would have then been considered impossible.
So, what about communication technologies of tomorrow? Will they have us shaking our head and staring wide-eyed as our parents and grandparents did so many years ago at the mere hint of an idea of communication beyond the telephone? Can we ...
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Comparison Of Social Indicator
Number of Words: 909 / Number of Pages: 4
... accessible health care system, infant mortality rate in Australia is 5 per 1,000 live births - only a sixteenth of Nepal's infant mortality rate.
Abundant in natural resources and a major exporter of agricultural and other primary products, Australia has a prosperous Western-style capitalist economy, with a per capita GDP at the level of the highly industrialized European countries - US $21,400. Nepal, on the contrary, lacking in foreign investment interest, hampered by its technological backwardness, its landlocked geographic location and its susceptibility to natural disaster, relies on agricul ...
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Allen Ginsberg : Howl
Number of Words: 2787 / Number of Pages: 11
... would later join him as fathers of a literary/social movement known as the Beat Generation. Ginsberg's subject matter focused on the activities of his social circle and included such things as drug use and homosexual sex. These topics hadn't been written about so openly, without some sort of literary masking before. Ginsberg's far-ranging, wildly expressive style greatly impacted the evolution of modern literature. His literary odyssey created a vast legacy of poetry and the publication of many books of poetry and prose. Perhaps most notable, "Howl," was published in 1956 by Lawrence Ferlinghett ...
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Phobias
Number of Words: 2185 / Number of Pages: 8
... or bridges; 2. fear of the natural environment such as: storms, water, or heights; 3. animal such as: fear of dogs, snakes, insects, or mice; 4. blood-injection-injury phobia such as: fear of seeing blood or an injury, or of receiving an injection. (Wood 520).
Social are fears of being in situations where your activities can be watched and judged by others. People with social try to avoid social functions at all costs and find excuses not to go to parties or out on dates. This avoidance is the difference between having a social phobia and simply just being shy.
Panic attacks are the third kind ...
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Basketball
Number of Words: 464 / Number of Pages: 2
... lane between the
lines cannot be entered by players until the foul shot has been released by
the shooter. During regular play, offensive players may remain in the lane
for only three consecutive seconds. Under professional rules a player must
leave the game after committing six fouls.
The court dimensions and markings vary slightly among US amateur,
US professional, and international rules. If a regulation game ends in a
tie, overtime periods are played until one team wins. Under professional
rules a game is made up of 4 quarters each lasting 12 minutes. Under some
rules the team with possess ...
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The King Must Die: Is Theseus To Perfect To Be A Human Being?
Number of Words: 676 / Number of Pages: 3
... human.
A hard challenge was brought onto to a younger Theseus' shoulders when
he worked under his grandfather at the tender age of eight. Theseus was to
teach the inner workings of his job that was soon to be passed on to his
apprentice. Yet, this boy tested his patience every day and would push him
around and laugh at the year older Theseus. Theseus thought that if he was
truly born of a god that he could show this boy who he was. One day Theseus had
a small quarrel with this boy. The result of this quarrel was Theseus showing,
for the first time in the book that he was not of the ingredients ...
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Is Knowledge Worth Seeking
Number of Words: 1414 / Number of Pages: 6
... in common. For Socrates this relationship between all virtuous acts is what virtue fundamentally is. A person can see virtuous acts but cannot see virtue. Because of this, the idea of virtue must exist somewhere independent of the perceivable world. This is true with all forms or ideas of perfection: they are something that cannot be known by human sense but reasoned out by individual human thought.
One cannot, however, mistake knowledge for right opinion. Socrates makes distinctions between right opinion and knowledge. Opinions are not something that one can seek because they are beliefs held o ...
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Different Ideas Of What Is Tru
Number of Words: 807 / Number of Pages: 3
... magazine uses melodrama and tension to sell a story in which the drama lies not in the pages of a magazine, but in the heart of all the victims.
The facts discussed in both magazines contradict one another, and further the confusion of the reader. Time magazine challenges its readers to weigh the evidence and decide upon the guilt or innocence of John and Patsy Ramsey. Time magazine concludes that the investigation of the parents has come to a halt, due to the fact that no new evidence has been brought forward for months. This information does nothing to clear the Ramseys of murder, but does nothin ...
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