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Term Papers on Miscellaneous
Art Censorship
Number of words: 739 - Number of pages: 3.... the Canadian Jewish Congress was upset that an anti-Semite would be permitted to address the student population. However, the University's president, Dr. Prichard, argued that the University was a place that all learning avenues should be ex-plored. Within the framework of the University students would learn to discern right from wrong under the guidance of the University faculty. I agree with President Prichard be-cause freedom of speech is one of our basic rights in Canada and it should be protected at all costs.
Once something creates a lot of controversy o .....
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Engineering
Number of words: 1017 - Number of pages: 4.... retrieve data (“Computers” 1).
The development of computers began in the 19th century by British mathematician Charles Babbage (Eadie 3). Babbage designed, but did not build, a mechanical digital device capable of processing information as a modern computer does (4). In 1930 American scientist Vannevar Bush built a mechanically operated device, called a differential analyzer (4). It was the first general-purpose analog computer. Analog computers will be discussed later in this paper. The first information-processing digital computer actually .....
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Book Report On 1984 By George Orwel
Number of words: 1968 - Number of pages: 8.... and hears everything everyone is doing. There is a telescreen placed in every corner of every room. This telescreen could not be turned off. If you are heard thinking of something the Big Brother does not want you to think then you will be punished by the Thought Police. This punishment could be death or a sentence of 25 years in a forced labor camp. You had to keep your feelings to yourself and try to hide them from the Thought Police. “Your worst enemy is your own nervous system,” (page 67) this is something you hear all the time from cr .....
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Lipari Landfill
Number of words: 1426 - Number of pages: 6.... of liquid wastes and 12,000 cubic yards of solid waste were deposited on the site. Dumping continued for a fourteen year period, beginning in 1958 and continuing through 1971.
Out of over 700 ranked sites, LiPari is listed number one (1) on the National Priority List (NPL), a list created to rank all landfills and hazardous waste sites identified as particularly dangerous. Due to its high concentrations of hazardous wastes, toxins, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), was first proposed for NPL listing on October 10, 1981 and was granted September 8, 1983. Gr .....
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Dreams
Number of words: 1230 - Number of pages: 5.... These pons, referred to as FTG's, or gigantocellular field of the tegmentum, begin to aid in the dreaming process when the brain goes into REM sleep. REM is referred to as rapid eye movement ("How to Build...").
In order for people to dream, they must be in a period of rest which they lose awareness of their surroundings. This is more commonly known as sleep. Once a person has fallen asleep, they will enter into the first of five stages of sleep. Stages one through four are usually termed as non-REM sleep with stages three and four also being referred t .....
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The Ecology Of A Rain Forest
Number of words: 1264 - Number of pages: 5.... 135 feet up in
the air, with the lofty crowns of the tallest trees in the jungle. They
take the most light, heat, rain and the most punishment from the winds.
Woodpeckers hunt insects in this layer, and also the black and white
Colobus monkey can be found here, ready to lauch into the air, using his
specially developed tail as a rudder to guide his flight. Beneath this is
the second layer of trees, whose crowns form a forest canopy. Rain filters
through this canopy, and the top sides of the crowns hold a large amount of
ferns and other small plants whose ro .....
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Mythology: Important Part Of History
Number of words: 729 - Number of pages: 3.... my poor husband
was cast out of Olympus because of his deformities. My son is the famous arrow
shooting Cupid. We are almost always together and Cupid is always shooting
darts of desire in to the bosoms of Gods and men. I hate to admit it but in a
way I am responsible for the Trojan War. One day Discord threw an apple on to
Olympus to be given to the most beautiful goddess. Hera, Athene, and I all
tried to claim the title. Each of us tried to persaude the judge, Paris, in our
favor. Hera told him he would be a powerful ruler, Athene promised him that he
wo .....
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Pain
Number of words: 793 - Number of pages: 3.... hard at school. This demonstrates the
fact that misery can be due to major losses or failures. Therefore even
though insignificant causes of pain are inevitable, the things that mean
the most can be maintained, and misery is optional.
Pain can in some ways be prevented, with the help of preventative
measures like wearing a seat belt in a car, a wearing a helmet and pads
before going out biking. Even though these measures are applied, there
are some things that cannot be controlled, and luck also plays a factor
in a person encountering pain. .....
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