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  • Brief Ghana History

    Brief Ghana History

    Brief History Modern Ghana takes its name from the ancient kingdom of Ghana that flourished, north of the present day state, between the 4th and 11th centuries A.D. The history of Ghana, however, dates back ever further to the Sudanic empires of West Africa that controlled the trade in gold and salt to and from the Trans-Saharan trade routes. In later Ghana history Portuguese came in search of gold, which they found in abundance. The

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century

    Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century

    Critical Reflection “ Uplifting the Race” Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century Uplifting the Race is a rather confusing yet stimulating study that goes over the rising idea and interests in the evolution of "racial uplift" ideology from the turn and through the twentieth century. In the first part of the book, Gaines analyzes the black elite obsession with racial uplift ideology and the tensions it produced among black intellectuals. Gaines

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Jessica
  • History of Public Relations in Lebanon

    History of Public Relations in Lebanon

    History of Public Relations in Lebanon э Public relations, is an art not a science; it is a developing field of эcommunications. It is the planned and organized effort of institution to establish эmutually beneficial relationship with its various public.э Our advertising professor once said:” If I tell you are handsome and эexciting, that is advertising. If somebody else tells you I am handsome and эexciting, that is sales promotions. If you come and tell

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Top
  • Tell Tale Heart and the Black Cat

    Tell Tale Heart and the Black Cat

    Tell Tale Heart and The Black Cat. The two short stories that I have chosen by Edgar Allan Poe are The Tell Tale Heart and The Black Cat. These two stories in particular have many things in common as far as technique goes, but they do have some significant differences between the two. In this paper I will try to compare and contrast these two short stories and hopefully bring something to the readers attention

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Anna
  • History of Astronomy and Neptune

    History of Astronomy and Neptune

    Science is and has become a necessity to know just to keep up with the tremendous advancements of today and tomorrow. Basic things, such as how the universe was suspected to be started or who Ptolemy and Galileo were and what they did are just things that need to be known to fully understand what is happening in the world around you. These things are what you need to know, if you’re a scientists,

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Artur
  • Great Men of History

    Great Men of History

    Prince Otto von Bismarck noted that "What we learn from history is that no one learns from history." I contend that a major reason is that virtually no institution actually teaches history. Instead we get a corrupt mythology that reinforces the dominant ideology and affirms the status quo. Snap quiz for 25 percent of your mark: "In the United States, who freed the slaves?" Did you answer Abraham Lincoln? Sojourner Truth, Lucretia Mott, Fredrick Douglas,

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Jon
  • A Brief History of Baseball

    A Brief History of Baseball

    A Brief History of Baseball: Part I: Origins of the Game Unlike professional basketball and football, interest in baseball has not been sweeping the globe . Declining participation at the amateur level and protracted labor problems at the professional level have thrust "America's Pastime" into an era of uncertainty. Despite this current adversity, baseball will always occupy an important place in American culture. This column starts a three part look at the history of baseball.

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Mike
  • Ap Us History: After Math 1812 -Ghent Treaty

    Ap Us History: After Math 1812 -Ghent Treaty

    was the Ghent Treaty a Failure or a Success in the views of Americans? How Did it affect the country ? Ghent Treaty: Success or Failure? The War of 1812 was fought between the new and fragile United States against the British Empire, Canadian Provinces and a few Woodland Indian Tribes. The War of 1812 was an attempt by the Americans to establish their dominance in North America by conquest of the British owned Canadian

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Japanese History: Shinto Religion

    Japanese History: Shinto Religion

    Studies of Japanese culture and history have always pointed to Shinto as the defining element of Japanese religion, having continually existed from prehistoric to modern times. There are those who go so far as to say that Shinto is even more than a religion, that it is and has always been the very nature and spirit of the Japanese people. Shinto is argued to be the unifying force among the Japanese people, bringing together the

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: regina
  • 16 Century History

    16 Century History

    Joseph His.152 12/3/06 Textbook Assignment, Chapter 28: ( Define) 1.Iron Curtain: Winston Churchill's term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West. (p.658) 2.Cold War (1945-1991) The ideological struggle between communist (Soviet Union) and capitalism (United States) for world influence. The Soviet Union and the United States came to the brink of actual war during the Cuban missile crisis but never attacked one another. The Cold War came to

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Example of a Health History Report

    Example of a Health History Report

    Health History 1. Biographical Data Date: 10/03/05 Examiner: Name: . Phone: Address: Birth date: Birth place: Age: 19 Sex: M Marital Status: Single Occupation: Student Race/ethnic origin: Caucasian Employer: N/A Health Insurance: None 2. Source and Reliability: Client himself, Seems reliable 3. Reason for Seeking Care: "Nausea, Upset stomach" Getting in the way of patients normal activity. Patient has had pain for up to 3 days now. 4. Present Health or History of Present Illness:

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Anna
  • The Black Death: From a Dark Past to a New Light

    The Black Death: From a Dark Past to a New Light

    Italian Renaissance Professor Piciche The Black Death: From a Dark Past to a New Light It is impossible to discuss Europe's history without mentioning the Plague of 1348, also known as the Black Death. The Black Death reached Italian shores in the spring of 1348. The presence of such a plague was enormously devastating making its mark in unprecedented numbers in recorded history. According to records, it is estimated to have killed a third of

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Reconstructing the Black Woman

    Reconstructing the Black Woman

    Harriet Jacobs, as a black female slave, was able to successfully narrate her life story with earnest honesty while documenting the honorable and the shameful events from her past. Free black women from her time period had also published autobiographies about their own personal struggles as black women remaining virtuous, and maintaining a true Christian womanhood through the social adversities they faced daily. However, Jacobs chose to take a more honorable route by confessing all

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Hip Hop History and Reflections

    Hip Hop History and Reflections

    Rap is something you do, Hip hop is something you live… A historical reflection of Hip Hop Name: Jake Parker Student number: 100072668 Date: Friday, March 30, 2007 Professor: Mark Adam Let’s bring it back with that Ol’ New York rap. Hip hop is amazing, straight up. It’s not just the music, it’s everything involved with the four elements of hip hop; the emceeing (rapping), the DJing, the graffiti, and the break dancing. When

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Victor
  • Why Do We Study History?

    Why Do We Study History?

    Why do we Study History? People live in the present. They plan for and worry about the future. History, however, is the study of the past. The purpose of historical findings and inquiries is not simply to present facts but to search for an interpretation of the past issues. Historians attempt to find patterns and try to relate through the rigorous study of documents, laws and artifacts left by people decades or centuries ago. It

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Animal Farm: Its Parallels to European History

    Animal Farm: Its Parallels to European History

    Animal Farm is not just a novel for entertainment; it is a historical satire: a satire on European History. George Orwell was concerned with the spread of communism throughout Europe and the world and the oppression that took place under it. He hoped to bring awareness to the problem, and did so with his novel, Animal Farm. He wrote Animal Farm to parallel the events in European history concerning the Bolshevik Revolution and the communists’

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Stenly
  • History and Development of Accounting Standards

    History and Development of Accounting Standards

    Accounting has been around since the beginning of civilization. Ў§Accountants participated in the development of cities, trade, and the concepts of wealth and numbers.ЎЁ (Giroux) The importance of accounting cannot be overemphasized. Equally important are the standards used to guild the application of accounting practice. Without principles and standards, financial reporting would not fairly present the financial position of a company. Accounting has changed and evolved vastly over time and continues to change. I will

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Janna
  • Black Women Clubs of Denver

    Black Women Clubs of Denver

    In this study you asked us to look more closely at the plight of African American women of the west and their impact on the community in which they lived. I found that most of the articles assigned were of little help in achieving this objective, in that a large amount of the articles did not give much mention of the effects of these women on their communities. However, I was able to find little

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Yan
  • History of Cajun Cuisine

    History of Cajun Cuisine

    History of Cajun Cuisine Cajun cuisine is a fusion of food from different regions with very rich histories, such as France, Canada, and the southern U.S. It was originated by peasants of French ancestry. These immigrants settled in the “Acadian” region of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia from 1604 to 1654. By 15, the population of these settlers had grown to about 15,000. They survived on cereal crops such as wheat, barley and

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Mike
  • The History of Occupational Health and Safety

    The History of Occupational Health and Safety

    In the early 1900s industrial accidents were commonplace in this country; for example, in 1907 over 3,200 people were killed in mining accidents. At this time legislation and public opinion all favored management. There were few protections for the worker's safety. Today's industrial employees are better off than their colleagues in the past. Their chances of being killed in an industrial accident are less than half of that of their predecessors of 60 years ago.

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Jack
  • History of Northcarolina

    History of Northcarolina

    At the time of the first European contact, North Carolina was inhabited by a number of native tribes sharing some cultural traits, but also distinguished by regional and linguistic variations. Three major language families were represented in North Carolina: Iroquoian, Siouan, and Algonquian. The Iroquoian tribes--the Cherokee, Tuscarora, Meherrin, Coree, and Neuse River (which may have been Iroquoian or Algonquian)--were related linguistically and culturally to the Iroquois tribes to the north. The Cherokee were located

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Jon
  • Black Hawk Down Movie Review

    Black Hawk Down Movie Review

    In the early 90’s, the united states sent a large number of Army Rangers and Delta Force troops to Mogadishu, Somalia. The reason they sent these troops was to put down the militia of Muhammad Farah Aidid. Over 1000 Somalia militia died in the battle and only 19 American troops died. Black Hawk Down correctly portrayed the events that happened at the battle of Mogadishu. Throughout the movie, soldiers say that they should not be

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Domestic Violence Throughout History

    Domestic Violence Throughout History

    Domestic Violence Throughout History Summary: Domestic violence has been apart of society forever, and it rooted in traditional male dominance and the view of women as property. Still, domestic violence is still a problem that takes place regardless of the socio-economic status of a family. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Domestic violence is as old as recorded history. There have been reports of domestic violence since the dawn of time, in every country. Throughout history domestic violence has been

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey Black Beauty

    The Bridge of San Luis Rey Black Beauty

    MY REVIEW OF RE:CV: --------------------- Resident Evil Code Veronica for the Dreamcast has everything a Dreamcast owner could want in a game: Wonderful graphics, superb sound quality, an awesome storyline, and over 30 hours of gameplay to boot. Resident Evil Code Veronica (RE:CV) is the best survival horror game on the mass market, and everyone who owns a Dreamcast should own it. And so should everyone else. Graphics-10/10 The visuals in RE:CV are the some

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: regina
  • A History of Rembrandt

    A History of Rembrandt

    Power Point Style= Desing Templates Profile=History Studio= Refined=Photos Textured=Paintings Shimmer=History _____ Rembrandt—history, paintings, style, museums in Amsterdam and Brussels that house his works. Presentation= Less than 30 minutes, Powerpoint, Lots or visuals on screeen and not a lot of writting. May read from cards or paper but not screen. Submit a CD of presentation. presentation: Rembrandt or the Brussels' Musee des Beaux-Arts 1. History A. Born=Parents=Where Grew Up B. Time and Current Style C. Education

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Andrew