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  • Life in Omelas

    Life in Omelas

    Life in Omelas Ursula K. Le Guin’s short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” describes a Utopian village. The beautiful city of Omelas is described as though it were in a fairy tale. The city has no crime, enemies, and most importantly the citizens have no sense of guilt. Unfortunately the beauty of the city is built upon the torture and abuse of a small child whose suffering serves as a scapegoat

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Vika
  • Greatest Accomplishment of My Life

    Greatest Accomplishment of My Life

    “Greatest Accomplishment in My Life” One Big Water Storage Hole Who would not want to wake up every morning at 7 AM for two weeks in a foreign country and dig a 7ft by 7ft hole during their summer vacation? I, fortunately, had the honor of undertaking this task last summer. Every summer for the last three years, I have traveled to Bogotб, Colombia, to volunteer for a non-profit organization, Children’s Vision International, which takes

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    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: regina
  • Cosmological Life Cycles in "the Horse-Dealer's Daughter"

    Cosmological Life Cycles in "the Horse-Dealer's Daughter"

    Cosmological Life Cycles In "The Horse-Dealer's Daughter" Cosmological myths serve the purpose of explaining existence, particularly to less scientifically advanced cultures. These myths, or stories, were created as a way of dealing with the questions regarding the universe which could not be answered concretely. Cosmic myths include creation myths, flood myths, apocalyptic myths, and afterlife myths. Examples of all of these aspects of the cosmological life cycle are present in D.H. Lawrence's "The Horse-Dealer's Daughter".

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    Essay Length: 419 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Mike
  • A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains

    A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains

    “A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains” Isabella L. Bird, an English woman offers an invigorating story of tremendous courage in her book, “A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains.” She tells of her days and nights spent exploring as she traveled through various territories, in light of her illness and young age. The author accomplished a feat that few of us would dare to attempt as she ventured through extreme temperatures at the

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    Essay Length: 545 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Yan
  • Life and Ecstasy

    Life and Ecstasy

    Ecstasy, betterknown in the scientific world as MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine), has had many different effects on society not only in America but across the globe. This paper will explore the different ins and outs of the drug that in the 1960’s was dubbed the “love drug.” Even though ecstasy didn’t become popular until the 60’s and 70’s it was created sometime before 1912. German pharmaceutical giant Merck first stumbled across MDMA as an intermediate step

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    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Max
  • Pro-Choice

    Pro-Choice

    Abortion has been, and still is, one of this country's most controversial topics. Some people are against abortion, while others believe in a mother’s right to choose. These opposing views can be broken down into two categories: Pro-life and Pro-choice. I personally believe that there are many important factors to ponder before bringing a new life into the world. The consequences of pregnancy are always magnified when the mother isn’t emotionally, physically, or financially prepared.

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    Essay Length: 850 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Life Partner Plus Insurance Policy Illustration

    Life Partner Plus Insurance Policy Illustration

    Life Partner Plus Insurance Policy Illustration For Manish Shah About Your Illustration This illustration explains the important features of Max New York Life's Life Partner Plus Insurance Policy.It can help you understand how the Insurance Plan you are proposing to buy provides financial security to you and your loved ones.However, this is illustrative of the Insurance Plan being proposed and is not a contract of insurance or a representation of any guarantee or warranty. The

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Bred
  • New Life

    New Life

    It’s another crisp blue morning in the town of Flagstaff. Two Dogs bark protectively from across the street warning a passer by not to shit in our neighborhood. In my mind Flagstaff is not a solid place, it is continually changing. As I’ve been getting older, my perception of Flagstaff has been growing too. I’ve been coming up to Flag since I was ten years old. At that time, the town felt so old and

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Monika
  • Characteristics of Life in Winesburg, Ohio

    Characteristics of Life in Winesburg, Ohio

    Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg, Ohio deals with the understanding of human nature and its faults. In each short story the character is increasingly oppressed by his inability to express himself to those in his society. They are all desperately trying to make contact with someone outside themselves and in attempting to do so gain a greater understanding of themselves. The opening chapter “The Book of the Grotesque,” explains how each character in Winesburg lives by one

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Vika
  • Pro Life in Israel

    Pro Life in Israel

    I was very active in the pro-life movement in Israel for some years. People here often tend to use abortion as a form of birth control because it is free or very cheap. Girls in the army are allowed two free abortions The same with the Russians when they were in Russia, and there are over a million of them here now. I consider abortion is murder. To me, a foetus is a human being

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Product Life-Cycle Model

    Product Life-Cycle Model

    Overview The product can be defined as goods, services or both; in the other words it’s anything that satisfies customer need. Each product has its own limited life, however it shares the same aspect and we define the period that the product goes through as the “Product life cycle”. The Product life cycle consist of four stages starting from introduction stage, growth stage, maturity stage and decline stage. At the introduction stage, the product is

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    Essay Length: 369 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Life

    Life

    When you are born in the United States with an Hispanic background, You are taught what your parents know. They teach you Spanish because that the language they know very well and they grew up with learning by their parents for a long time. But after you learn to speak your native language, then they want us to learn English very well and to use it more than the Spanish language. Being bilingual is

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    Essay Length: 808 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Yan
  • America’s Simple Choice

    America’s Simple Choice

    America’s Simple Choice As a whole, the United States has never exemplified nonviolent resistance. The history of the United States is cluttered with stories of war and the pride America has in its soldiers. However, a system promoting peace and nonviolence would be a more truth-based course to achieving results. In the United States’ present situation with the “War on Terrorism,” it is difficult to imagine a practical application of nonviolence in America because such

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    Essay Length: 1,807 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Morality Wisdom & Life Span

    Morality Wisdom & Life Span

    Developmental Psychology Chapter 7: Morality, Wisdom and the Life-span Moral Development and Life-span Research: -Longitudinal research: expensive, labor-intensive, takes a long time, research gets wrinkled and wither. -Cross-sectional research: more suitable for research on moral development across the life span. Definition of "Moral Maturity": 1. What is established in the early years remains more or less fixed throughout life; later experiences may expand this, but it is essentially a cumulative process: maturity is reflected in

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: July
  • Adoption - My Life on Paper

    Adoption - My Life on Paper

    My Life on Paper By: Lauren Wright November 2, 2005 Mrs. Dutton's Period 4 English Class My Life on Paper Do you ever yell, "I wish I were adopted!" when arguing with your parents? If it were me, I would be yelling, "I wish I weren't adopted." I am adopted and the emotion that comes with it follows people their entire lives. So I hope after you hear my story, you will think twice before

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Database Choices

    Database Choices

    I decided to choose Veritas as my choice for researching and my paper this week because we have used it in the past at my company. I would also like to include a small section on our current backup solution. It is a product called DoubleTake. First, I was disappointed to learn that Veritas has been bought out by Symantec. I have mixed feelings about Symantec, and they get worse each year. There was a

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Edward
  • A Comparison and Contrast of the Search for an Identity in This Boy's Life, by Tobias Wolfe, and Limbo, by A. Manette Ansay

    A Comparison and Contrast of the Search for an Identity in This Boy's Life, by Tobias Wolfe, and Limbo, by A. Manette Ansay

    A Comparison and Contrast of the Search for an Identity in This Boy’s Life, by Tobias Wolfe, and Limbo, by A. Manette Ansay At a glance, both protagonists (Jack, from This Boy’s Life, and Anne, from Limbo) appear to have very little in common. Jack, the only child of a single mother, is desperately attempting to develop his identity while he lives an unstable life in which he is constantly uprooted and moved form city

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Life or Death Choose one

    Life or Death Choose one

    In our society today abortion is a procedure no one pays any attention to anymore. Abortion has become second nature to the many woman of this world, that the mere mention of it is common to us as a whole. Abortion can cause many problems for both the women and the world as a whole. People do not seem to look at this issue in the big picture, and just shove it off as if

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: regina
  • One Time offer: Sell Your Soul, Receive Eternal Life: Note: Do as I Do, or Be Punished

    One Time offer: Sell Your Soul, Receive Eternal Life: Note: Do as I Do, or Be Punished

    "Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true." (Buddha) We were not given the gift of life to adhere to other's dreams, we

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    Essay Length: 367 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Life of Idi Amin

    Life of Idi Amin

    Idi Amin was a soldier first and foremost. He imposed a scheduled and militaristic way of life on his followers. His own military record paints the picture of his rise to power. During British colonization of Uganda Idi Amin began his endeavor into the military. It was in 1946 that Amin enlisted in the King’s African Rifle’s, KAR, the British army in colonized Africa. (Boddy-Evans) Upon his entry he was placed as assistant cook, a

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Buddha Way of Life

    Buddha Way of Life

    Buddha Way of Life Buddha taught that in order to live a life that is free from pain and suffering people must eliminate any attachments to worldly goods. Only then will they gain a kind of peace and happiness. They must rid themselves of greed, hatred, and ignorance. They strive to cultivate four attitudes, loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. The basic moral code prohibits killing, stealing, harmful language, sexual misbehavior, and the use

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • Abortion - Pro-Life

    Abortion - Pro-Life

    Abortion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abortion is an issue that evokes, on all sides, very strong feelings and judgments and very heated recriminations. The most radical formulation of the anti-abortion or "pro-life" side of the debate views abortion as the murder of unborn children, and so as the equivalent of out and out infanticide, making the legal use of abortion since Roe v. Wade, at a rate of around 1.5 million a year in the United States, into

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Monika
  • My Life Compared to the Song: Break Away

    My Life Compared to the Song: Break Away

    The song “Break Away” has great meaning. The song’s meaning is a way of expressing the feeling of being trapped in a place that you do not think you belong and just wanting to get out and go to a new place. This song has great meaning to me because it is a perfect description of how I feel. The very first line, “Grew up in a small town,” does not exactly apply to me.

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: David
  • Introduction to Business Life:

    Introduction to Business Life:

    Ways of doing business these days are different from how it was done twenty years ago and will surely be different in the coming twenty years. Change is the key word, and the business world is changing so rapidly that people need to constantly adapt, perform and overcome in order to survive. Giving these facts and challenges, every business need to find the most adapted solutions and implement rules and procedures in order to maintain

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: July
  • A Summer Life

    A Summer Life

    One of the most important military techniques used in World War 1 was the use of trench warfare. In the movie, All Quiet on the Western Front, both the positive and the negative aspects of trench warfare are highlighted. The movie begins with German men hiding behind the trenches as the French Army approaches. As the French march closer, the Germans are able to shoot at them, but avoid being shot themselves by ducking down

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Steve

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