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  • Body Art in Today’s Society

    Body Art in Today’s Society

    Today piercing your body is becoming more and more common. Some people still have their reservations about putting holes in your body, but it is more widely accepted. The younger generations want a way to separate themselves from others and this is their way of expression. While older generations like parents see it as tacky and as just a fad that will pass. Much of the same is also said about tattoos. People in today’s

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    Essay Length: 544 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Ancient Greek Technology

    Ancient Greek Technology

    When most people talk about ancient Greek civilization, they usually think about the humanities (philosophy and literature) that flourished in ancient Greece. They know Plato and his theories about the ideal forms, they admire the depth of Aristotle's thought. However, few people heard about the contribution of the Ancient Greeks in other sciences like medicine, which was made by Hippocrates, or mathematics and geometry by Pythagoras, Euclid and Archimedes and fewer know about technological achievements

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    Essay Length: 295 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Anna
  • An Exposition of Romans 13:1-7

    An Exposition of Romans 13:1-7

    AN EXPOSITION OF ROMANS 13:1-7 THE CHRISTIAN AND CIVIL AUTHORITIES INTRODUCTION This exposition is designed first to set out the Apostle Paul’s teaching on the relationship between Christians and civil authorities, and then to examine its contemporary application for Christians using the clearest New Testament text, Romans 13:1-7. This passage contains general commands for both Christians and non-Christians. Paul reasons that obedience is required as civil authorities have been ordained by God (13:1b-2) and

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    Essay Length: 4,281 Words / 18 Pages
    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Role of the Individual in Society

    The Role of the Individual in Society

    Wheeling through the throes of life and all its obstacles, it is not uncommon to ask oneself, "What exactly is the purpose of existence?" Although one may never know the answer to this age-old question, one may come to a semi-conclusion about one's purpose for living. Whether one finds solace in practicing good morale, finding livelihood simply from making mistakes and accomplishments through experience, or carrying out the supposed "will" of some higher power, life

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    Essay Length: 780 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 18, 2010 By: Hunter
  • Ancient Greek Contributions to the Wester Civilization

    Ancient Greek Contributions to the Wester Civilization

    Ancient Greek Contributions to Western Civilization The Ancient Greece culture has made many contributions to western civilization. The ancient Greeks affected our fine arts, government, sports, medics, and philosophies. The Greek culture has had a very profound impact on the way people live nowadays. One way that ancient Greece affected western civilization is politics. Greece had the first known democracy. The Greek states man Pericles had three goals, to Strengthen Democracy, Hold strength in the

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    Essay Length: 611 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 19, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Roman Empire

    The Roman Empire

    The Roman Empire had a huge task in front of them while it was first starting out and while it was becoming a dominant dynasty in the early civilizations. The main problem that the book "Discovering the Global Past" points out is how the Roman Empire found itself growing a little too quickly. The Roman Empire started out very small on the Tiber River and grew abruptly without warning. Before they knew it, they were

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    Submitted: May 19, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic

    Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic

    In 509 B.C., Rome became a republic, a government in which power is controlled by the common people. It was under this Republic that Rome grew and expanded by conquest into the most powerful nation in the world at the time. As Roman territory increased, however, politicians and generals became more and more powerful and hungry for power. A series of events during the 1st and 2nd centuries B.C. led to the demise of the

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    Essay Length: 591 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 20, 2010 By: regina
  • Animal Neglect and the Criminal Society

    Animal Neglect and the Criminal Society

    Animal Neglect and The Criminal Society Animal neglect and/or cruelty is a tragic situation to endure as a child. Many American children do experience some type of animal abuse at some point in their lives. We as adults need to know the difference between animal abuse and animal neglect. It is also helpful to know what to do if we witness animal abuse and/or animal neglect. Many Americans do not know how to handle the

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    Essay Length: 2,936 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: May 21, 2010 By: Mike
  • Discuss Whether Whistle Blowing Has a Place in Society

    Discuss Whether Whistle Blowing Has a Place in Society

    Whistle blowing is known as �when an employee reports some wrongdoing to people that have the authority to take correct action, the wrongdoing is usually a disobedience of the rules and is a threat to the public interest through fraud, corruptions and so on’.(www.wikipedia.org). The Public Disclosure Act 1998 came into effect in 1998. Employees were hesitant to speak up about wrongdoing because they were afraid that they would not be listened to or that

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    Submitted: May 21, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Enlightenment in Colonial Society

    Enlightenment in Colonial Society

    Jonathan Bach HIST 135-06 Test I 9/30/03 Enlightenment in Colonial Society The Enlightenment began in the mid to late 17th century; almost every source gives different dates and doesn’t really specify when exactly it started. It consisted as more of a religious revolution, but it also had to do with the emergence of different specialized professions. A major point of the English Enlightenment was that it did not like the idea of a vengeful God,

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    Essay Length: 1,305 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: May 22, 2010 By: Mike
  • Usa a Materialistic Society

    Usa a Materialistic Society

    USA a Materialistic Society? The United States is by far the most materialistic society that has ever existed. America is filled with materialistic people, with me being one to some extent. I enjoy having brand name clothes, up to date technological devices, and many other things. People in America are consumed with having materialistic things. It's hard to go a week without seeing any of my friends, who hasn't purchased new cell phone, an Abercrombie

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    Essay Length: 257 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 23, 2010 By: Jack
  • Sexuality and Society

    Sexuality and Society

    Sexuality and Society I. Understanding Sexuality. A. Sex refers to the biological distinction between females and males. B. Sex and the body. 1. Primary sex characteristics refer to the organs used for reproduction, namely, the genitals. Secondary sex characteristics are bodily differences, apart from the genitals, that distinguish biologically mature females and males. 2. Sex is not the same thing as gender. 3. In rare cares, a hormone imbalance before birth produces intersexual people,

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    Submitted: May 23, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Effects of Divorce on Society

    Effects of Divorce on Society

    Increased youth crime rate is caused largely by absent fathers as a result of divorce made too easy. Consider this chilling forecast. When we pass the year 2000, we will see two groups of working age adults emerging. One group will have received psychological, social, economic, educational and moral benefits and the other group will have been denied them all. The first group will have grown up with a father present in the house

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    Essay Length: 1,157 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: May 23, 2010 By: Vika
  • What Assumptions Do You Make About the Nature of Society and the Purpose of Social Theory

    What Assumptions Do You Make About the Nature of Society and the Purpose of Social Theory

    "Theory is a way of seeing and not seeing the world" says Alan in his "Explorations of Classical Sociological Theory" book. This supports my idea of society's perceptions being dominant over one's intentions, and the idea of social themes being played out differently according to the period and political factors affecting different theorists at the time. When I first started University in September I experienced social theory. After attending an independent girls' school from a

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    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: Misha
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau - Evolution, God and Society

    The Island of Dr. Moreau - Evolution, God and Society

    The Island of Dr. Moreau Evolution, God and Society In the book The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells, we see a microcosm in which Evolution, God and the society are all represented by something strange. First, Dr. Moreau is playing the role of God. Dr. Moreau is an educated man trying to prove that he can turn an animal into a human form, so that the animal will forget all of its animal

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    Submitted: May 24, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Consider the Ancient Imperative "know Thyself". How Can Different Ways of Knowing Help Us as Individuals and Communities to Achieve This Goal?

    Consider the Ancient Imperative "know Thyself". How Can Different Ways of Knowing Help Us as Individuals and Communities to Achieve This Goal?

    Consider the ancient imperative "know thyself". How can different ways of knowing help us as individuals and communities to achieve this goal? Shakespeare once said, "Life is but a stage and men merely players on it." In order for us to become main characters on this stage, instead of mere extras, we must be able to truly identify who we are as individuals first. After this has been accomplished we can find out how we

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    Essay Length: 951 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: May 26, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Ancient Egypt

    Ancient Egypt

    Ancient Egypt was a very important time in our time period. They had their own way of life. Egyptians had their own writing, burials, government, religion, cooking, and games. They were educated people with many talents. They were good with their hands and brains. Ancient Egyptians were a magnificent race of people. The Ancient Egyptians called their country Kemet, which means "Black Land." The dark soil from the Nile River was very fertile. The Nile

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    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: regina
  • Use of the Sun and the Moon in Rime of the Ancient Mariner

    Use of the Sun and the Moon in Rime of the Ancient Mariner

    Both Sun and Moon play significant roles in this old poem, in a symbolic and supernatural way, in order to reinforce the mood that Samuel Taylor Coleridge has attempted to create in his use of old legends and superstitions. The role that the sun and moon play in this tale of cursed sailors is an old one, retold over and over the years that Coleridge adapted for his own. Although mentioned several times before, the

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    Submitted: May 27, 2010 By: Steve
  • Today’s Society in a Song

    Today’s Society in a Song

    People have been writing songs about how they view the world for generations. For generations these songs have shaped how we view society, or at least have influenced others to influence society and those around them. The band The Black Eyed Peas are no different in the songs that they produce. Most of their songs make people analyze themselves and their surroundings, such as who really is running the country, the person they sit next

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    Essay Length: 750 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 28, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Television Violence in Society

    Television Violence in Society

    Violence is all over the media today, contained within the daily news, music, newspapers, and television. It is especially seen within popular programs among children. Children are easily influenced by what they view, which is why violence on television negatively affects the way children behave. All too often today, we hear about children committing some heinous crime which is frequently media-related. Take for instance this excerpt from Douglas Rushkoff's essay "Hating What Sucks": In

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    Submitted: May 28, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Health Hazards During the Roman Empire

    Health Hazards During the Roman Empire

    It is simply amazing at how the people of ancient civilizations were able to survive. Air, water, food and shelter are considered to be necessary for human life and existence. Without these basic needs, one can not survive. By examining the daily lives of a sampling of ancient Roman citizens, one can conclude that this was a hard time in history and people were exposed to dangers that they were completely unaware of. It has

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    Submitted: May 29, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Code Purple: The Leprechaun Society

    Code Purple: The Leprechaun Society

    The pearl white crystals, which the Leprechauns now possessed, left a bewildering expression on their stunned faces. Standing there in fright, a man before them Woolmaster, master of all wool, and commander and chief of the Leprechaun society, started dancing in a very strange and unique behavior only seen on the Discovery Channel. While performing this stunt, he transformed into a birog, a god of the Leprechaun tribe. Half bird, half dog the dazed and

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    Submitted: May 30, 2010 By: Tasha
  • The Catholic Church: A Cult in Mainstream Society

    The Catholic Church: A Cult in Mainstream Society

    When one hears of a cult, one thinks of organizations such as the Church of Scientology, the Jehovah’s Witnesses, and small fanatical groups such as the Assembly of God. According to Robert J. Lofton, author of Letters to an Elder, there are two kinds of cults; those that use mind-control, and those that do not. Lofton describes eight characteristics of destructive mind-control cults, saying, “If any group exercises all eight of these control elements, they

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    Essay Length: 1,742 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: May 30, 2010 By: regina
  • A Vision for 20 Years: The Learning Society

    A Vision for 20 Years: The Learning Society

    A vision for 20 years: the learning society 1. Our title, Higher Education in the learning society, reflects the vision that informs this report. Over the next 20 years, the United Kingdom must create a society committed to learning throughout life. That commitment will be required from individuals, the state, employers and providers of education and training. Education is life enriching and desirable in its own right. It is fundamental to the achievement of an

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    Submitted: May 31, 2010 By: Max
  • Heroes of Society

    Heroes of Society

    Diego Villafana Per 3 09/10/04 Heroes of society Heroes are important in life we’ve always had them and always will. They’re our role models, we attempt to be resembling them. Society looks up to these heroes for many reasons, it could be that they’re cool or have style, because they could fly or have supernatural powers, because of the way they make a person feel, the confidence they have, or even because a majority likes

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    Essay Length: 381 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: June 3, 2010 By: July

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