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Roswell: Fact Or Fiction?
Number of Words: 1086 / Number of Pages: 4
... from the wreck site was first described as a piece of a UFO, but shortly that statement was withdrawn and the description of a downed weather balloon became the argument. Maj. Marcel told the world that debris he and other soldiers had recovered at a remote ranch near Roswell in July 1947 had been the remains of a flying saucer.
The first news story released by the Roswell Army Air Field in 1947 said the same thing. But the military almost immediately amended that report, saying the wreckage actually came from a weather balloon. According to Maj. Marcel, the weather balloon story was a cover-up. W ...
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Long Distance Learning
Number of Words: 800 / Number of Pages: 3
... in personal enrichment, professional updating, or eventual application to a degree program. Open learning program students must complete the same assignments and examinations as those in degree programs and is evaluated using the same standards. Upon successful completion of a course, learners receive the same credit weight as would apply to the degree program.
Most distance education courses count as degree credit (.5 credit weight). Some are non-credit. The outcome of each course offered by the Office of Open Learning is noted in the individual course descriptions available. Individuals wishing ...
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Public Schools Vs. Private Sch
Number of Words: 311 / Number of Pages: 2
... funds public schools, so they do lack some of the financial resources a privately funded school would.
Public schools also have been known to have less one on one time between a teacher and the student. This lack of time can and in cases does hinder the progress of the student and could cause problems down the line.
There is also other alternative education environments that could –pending the student’s circumstances- be a better solution than both of these options are. These other environments –independent stud, and home schooling- provides the student the resources to work one on ...
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Freedom And Reason In Kant
Number of Words: 1550 / Number of Pages: 6
... will must
be capable of a purely formal determination; that is, it must be possible for a
man to act in a certain way for the sole reason that willing in this way is
prescribed by a universal law, no matter what the empirical results will be.
A will to which moral considerations apply must be, in the strictest sense,
a free will, one that can function independently of the laws of natural
causality. The concept of morality, therefore, has to be explained in terms of a
universal moral law, and the ability to will in obedience to such a law leads us
to postulate the freedom. The freedom which Kant is ...
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Computer Viruses
Number of Words: 692 / Number of Pages: 3
... it exists. They spread by attaching themselves to other programs (such as your word processing or spreadsheet programs). Then when a file with a virus attached to it is executed the virus will also be executed. Viruses can also attach themselves to system files the computer uses every time it is switched on, these are called boot sector viruses, and can cause persistent and widespread disruption to the computer. Viruses can also infest documents such as those created with a word processor. Infested documents are stored with a list of instructions called a macro, which is essentially a mini program. Th ...
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Nature 3
Number of Words: 905 / Number of Pages: 4
... snapped and swelled huge waves towards the boat and attacked. He wrecked the ship. The panicked crew was scattered around the boat. IN the end nature prevailed because moby dick scared the crew. But it was the humans who got the last word when they killed he gigantic whale.
Frigid cold winters are another one of nature’s forces. Back in the times of the Indians, and before modern day housing people had to survive in the cold. Many times people lived on mountaintops or alongside a river. When winter hit its strongest it was hard to live. These people used techniques such as making fires and eating ...
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What Went Wrong With America's Schools?
Number of Words: 1463 / Number of Pages: 6
... 40% larger than today's classes, and they functioned with about
one-third of the real dollar expenditures of present day schools. They taught
with fewer books and less equipment, and did not have any of todays audio-visual
material and equipment. Then, between 1965 and 1980, real dollar expenditures
per student doubled as teacher to student ratio dropped by one forth. Yet, with
more money and fewer students per class, student achievement deteriorated in
every available measure. In 15 years, national SAT scores declined by 5 points
annually. That 75 point drop has put the US behind greatly, and ...
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Karate And Tae Kwon Do
Number of Words: 513 / Number of Pages: 2
... physical conditioning. These "knights" laid the roots for the expansion of tae kwon do. On the other hand, karate originated 2,000 years ago in Okinawa. It was a sport taught to the entire population as self-defense against invading armies such as the Samari of Japan. Over time, karate became a way of life for almost all of China.
The fighting styles of tae kwon do and karate differ greatly. As karate expanded throughout eastern Asia, there have been many adaptations in its fighting style, but it has never strayed from its focus. Karate is a martial art that uses 50 percent hands and 50 percent feet ...
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Men And Women
Number of Words: 1186 / Number of Pages: 5
... to remove it from there and place it in a more visible (yet accessible) location. As a temporary fix to this problem, I simply sharpen about ten pencils all up front.
A more expensive item is also being under utilized because it doesn't match the ambiance of the house. This item is the Dolby Surround Sound home theater system my dad bought a few years back. It is all setup fine except for a very critical part, the speaker locations. In order for the system to produce the full affect, the speakers must be placed in a pattern encircling the viewers, creating a "sweet spot"." This allows the sounds t ...
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Benefits Of Pet Ownership
Number of Words: 689 / Number of Pages: 3
... and less difficulty sleeping in one study (Avanzino). Also, interaction with animals is shown to reduce blood pressure and heart rate, subtle changes with enormous health benefits (Whitaker; Schellenberg 2). For example, a large Australian study reported in 1992 indicated that pet owners are at lower risk for heart disease than non-pet owners because of lower total cholesterol and triglyceride levels and lower blood pressure (Schellenberg 2). A recent study at UCLA found that 37% of Medicare patients who owned pets visited their doctor less frequently and seemed to tolerate stressful events bett ...
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