A Beutiful Mind
Mental illness is a disorder of the brain that results in a disruption of a persons thinking, feeling, mood, and ability to relate to others. For someone whos never had a mental illness, it may be hard to imagine what life would be like for someone who does. I chose the movie A Beautiful Mind s....

A wife's choice of a transgendered person
The wife of a transgendered person replied to my earlier post, though not the same wife as she to whom my letter was originally written. This bystanding wife raised several points, which I do appreciate her for voicing them. Though I prefer not to quote her directly, what she said will serve as a th....

aaron copland
Of the dozens of famous and not so famous works by Copland, I would have to say that my favorite by far is Rodeo. Like most average joes I heard a snippet of this masterpiece for the first time in a commercial for beef when I was little. Years later when I was in high school I had the opportunity t....

aboriginals need help
Alcoholism, drug abuse and violence has been around in aboriginal communities of Australia for years now and despite feeble attempts to try and stop this problem it is still a massive issue. The Northern Territory government seems to be not acting towards the issue so Prime Minister John Howard has ....

Aerobic Resperation Experiment Write Up
Abstract: The aim of the investigation was to demonstrate aerobic respiration using germinating beans seeds. The hypothesis was that the more bean seeds, the more respiration that would occur, also, if the germinating bean seeds were dried out before the experiment, they would not respire at all. Th....

An Examination of Southern Dialect
An Examination of Southern Dialect as Seen in the Works of William FaulknerIn the writings of William Faulkner, the reader may sense that the author has created an entire world, which directly reflects his own personal experience. Faulkner writes about the area in and around Mississippi, where he is....

Analysis of The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin
The article The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin examines the meaning of art at a time when it can be easily manipulated and distributed to the masses. He mentions art and its aura. According to Benjamin, this aura does not consist of the artwork itself. But i....

Anglo and Aboriginal relationships
"The magic of the native mating call was stronger than the habits of civilisation." This was one of the statements used on posters both in Australia and Internationally, advertising the film Jedda which was released in 1955, at the Star Picture Theatre, Darwin. The film was controversial at ....

anton chekhov
Chekhov is very different from most of the other playwrights throughout history, in that, he did not always aspire to be a writer. It is something he stumbled upon out of necessity. He began writing humorous anecdotes for a local paper as a mean to support his family while putting himself through ....

Berlin wall
Background After the end of World War II the victors: the United States, Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union divided Germany into four occupation zones, each one controlled by one of the four countries. Berlin also divided into four zones, the same way the rest of Germany did. At first, Be....

Bill Gates
William Henry Gates, III was born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He was the middle child of three born to William and Mary Gates. ATrey,@ as he was called because of the III, was sent to a private school by his father, a lawyer, and mother, a former teacher now on several prestigous boar....

bill gates
Bill Gates Everyday people are affected by the work of Bill Gates. Whenever a computer is turned on, a mouse is moved, a keyboard is clicked and a monitor is turned on the people are using the software Gates helped develop. In addition I wanted to know more about this who invented the most usef....

Biodeisel
When Dr. Rudolf Diesel developed the diesel based engine, he intended for it to be run on various types of vegetable derived oils. The proof is in the fact that when he took his engine to the World Exhibition in 1900, he used peanut oil as fuel (Environmental Protection Agency, 2002). Biodiesel is....

can a machine be said to know something?
Machines can know, but to the extent that they only know in terms of the complexity and how they have been programmed. To more extent, theoretically, most machines do not have the ability to think, because they are designed to obey certain simple commands. However, observing from some specific persp....

Cars and their Relation to Life
Cars and their Relation to Life The essay topic that will be written here is about cars and other motorized vehicles and how they affect society positively and negatively. Some examples would be that they provide a quicker way of transportation, and on the other hand the amount of noise produ....

celtic musical instruments
Bagpipes & uilleann pipes Several forms of bagpipe are used in celtic music. The basic instrument has a bag of air, inflated by blowing through a blowpipe. Arm pressure on the bag sends air through a reed on a fingered chanter which makes the sound. The usual range is about two octaves. The Scott....

Charles Manson
Helter Skelter and the Family of Love: An Inside looks at the Charles Manson Group Looking out the window of the 7th floor lobby of Whitney, ....

Choice of freedom and individuality of Mersault in The Outsider by Albert Camus
An adult chooses his or her own decisions through their beliefs and their thoughts. People do not necessarily have to depend on the society or the culture or even their near relations to do what they want to. Everyone has a choice to freedom and to be what they want to be. Freedom is "the condi....

cognitve behavior
Psychodynamic and cognitive behaviors are very common forms of psychotherapy. In this essay I will attempt to analyze a case study from a psychodynamic and cognitive position by using the psychoanalysis theory by Sigmund Freud, and the REBT theory which was developed by Albert Ellis (1993). The case....

Comparison of both king kong movies
The original King Kong was created by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Shoedsack in 1933, during the great depression. The original was made by RKO pictures and was said to have saved them from bankruptcy. RKO were also the producers of Orson Wells Citizen Kane. King Kong 2005 was created by Peter J....

Comparison of Confessions Civilization 1: Ancient through Medieval
Comparison of Confessions Introduction The Divine Comedy is a poem comprising of approximately 14,233 lines. It discusses three aspects, which is the, Hell called Inferno, the purgatory which is a place of suffering and torment and Paradise which is a place of peace and happiness. (Whiting, p.9....

Construction of Aboriginality in the Feature Film Radiance
The Construction of Aboriginality in the Feature Film 'Radiance' Radiance, a feature film directed by Rachel Perkins, tells the story of sisters reuniting. Three Aboriginal women, Mae, Cressy and Nona who have been separated from one another almost all their lives, are drawn back to the family ....

Cultural Industries
The development of cultural industries in the modern world The reason why I have chosen this theme is the fact that, to my mind, when discussing the issue of the media system, cultural industries have a great influence on what mass-media are today. This is because mass-media seem to have become t....

Discretionary Trust,Fixed Trust, Knight V Knight, Secret Trust and Mutual Trust
Discretionary Trusts, Fixed Trusts, Knight v Knight Clara was a keen squash player and a member of the Wombourne Squash Club. She died last week following an accident on the squash court. Three weeks before she died Clare wrote to Benjamin saying he could have her collection of Jill Jeffery paint....

DOUGY
Dougy shows that the flood was as destructive as the prejudice towards aboriginals in destroying the town. Destructive. Prejudice. Destroying. These were the key words of the topic on hand. Destructive is to be causing damage. Prejudice is racist comments. Destroying, to demolish, pulverise or de....

Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was a great American who vividly depicted morbid tales based on occurrences and hardships that took place in his life. He developed much fame, but not until after his death in poverty. Many would claim his tales were too morbid for any readers taste, but today many readers would ....

Edward Albee
Edward Albee was born in Washington, DC on March 12, 1928. When he was two weeks old, Albee was adopted by millionaire couple Reed and Frances Albee. The Albees named their son after his paternal grandfather, Edward Franklin Albee, a powerful producer who had made the family fortune as a partner in....

esmeralda santiago
Esmeralda Santiago Santiago is the eldest of 11 children. She grew up moving back and forth between the countryside and the city in Puerto Rico. Along with her family, she moved to the USA in 1961. She later received degrees from Harvard University and Sarah Lawrence College. She now works as a jou....

Ethics Article Review -- Enron and Beyond: Whats the Worldcoming To?
Ethics Article Review Title of the article: Enron and Beyond: Whats the Worldcoming To? A. Briefly summarize the article: This article written by William Thomas and Thomas Morris (2003) discusses the Enron and WorldCom accounting scandals. In April of 2002, internal auditors discovered ....

False Memory Experiment Report
False Memory Experiment Report Abstract The aim of this experiment was to study and see how reliable human memory is and how our brain reacts to different stimuli. We used this website: (http://coglab.wadsworth.com) to perform the experiment and therefore discuss the written results. Each studen....

Faustus: Renaissance Martyr or Tragic Hero
Faustus died a death that few could bear to imagine, much less experience. After knowing for many years when exactly he would die, he reached the stroke of the hour of his destiny in a cowardly, horrid demeanor. Finally, when the devils appeared at the stroke of midnight, tearing at his flesh as t....

Gracey
English Speech Good morning teachers and senior school students. Today Im going to talk to you about an issue that comes to mind every time I think of school. DISCRIMINATION!! That ugly word discrimination whether you hear about it, read ....

Grand Avenue by Greg Sarris
Grand Avenue Born on February 12th, 1952, in Santa Rosa California, Greg Sarris has written a series of books, screenplays and articles. This author received an extensive education, ranging from schools like the University of California, and Stanford University where he obtained his P.H.D. Wit....

Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China was first built two thousand years ago by the first emperor of China, Shi Huangdi. It is the only manmade structure able to be seen in space, because of this the Wall has been named one of the Seven Wonders of the World.The Great Wall was built to drive out the barbarians (xo....

Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world. The Great Wall of China was enlisted in Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. It was originally built in the spring and warring the states periods as a defensive fortification by the three states, Yan, Zhao, and Qin. The Great Wall went t....

HIV and AIDS in Canada
It is estimated that everyday in Canada, 11 people are infected with HIV/AIDS. Slowly as this number grows so does the HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination. Due to the lack of education and proper guidance, many Canadians have created false misconceptions about the virus and about th....

Hyperreality
Hyperreality "The drill is not hiding the truth. It is the truth which conceals that there is no truth. The simulacrum is true", Jean Baudrillard. ... in philosophy The term simulation, which incorporates Baudrillard has been previously used in relation to the Theory of Ideas that Pl....

Inner Journeys - My Place by Sally Morgan
Inner Journeys The idea of inner journey is one of self discovery and development. The statement The journey is more important than the destination is quite correct in saying that we cannot make it to our final destination without a journey and also that a journey will lead the traveler ba....

it is the victims of conflict who show us what really is important (secret river)
Throughout the ages, humans have experienced countless conflicts of scales from personal to worldwide. A disagreement or clash of interests can spark up to what could potentially be called a war. Conflict between different factions are sometimes best avoided but sometimes we have no choice in what w....

It's Raining in Mango
Thea Astleys Its Raining in Mango (1987) is a story of Australian history told through five generations of the Laffey family. Astley introduces several issues to the reader that were and still are part of Australian society. Through the use of narrative techniques including characterisation, narrati....

Logistics processes
1.0 Introduction In the new economic development period, most organizations have already achieve the ultimate strength in both production and marketing, so there is little space for them to develop even better and gain competitive advantage in the entire market. Naturally, companies develop the th....

Man with a Movie Camera vs Run Lola Run
Andre ParfeniukStudent # 10260974December 3, 2001The Impact of Dziga Vertov on Film" The main and essential thing is : the sensory exploration of the world through film. We therefore take as a point of departure the use of the camera as a keno-eye, more perfect than the human eye, for the exploratio....

Memiors of a Geisha - Cultural Study
In the highly developed west, the initiative admittance and understanding of outside culture has brought up an open and plural society. The world westerners see is the world they would like to see. The film Memoir of a Geisha (2005) is produced by American movie makers revising from the original wor....

Mutant Message Down Under - The Underlying Message
The publication of Mutant Message Down Under has enlightened and also outraged many readers. Some believe the book is not about the representation of the aboriginals and their lifestyle, it is about the message and the morals that the reader values after reading the book. However many peo....

Mythology and Folklore original writing
A qiang exploded. A smell of gunpowder wafted into the air. A monk fell down and someone screamed in pain and agony. I keep repeating in my head to go and run as fast as I can to get away from this place, but I cant bear to do it. Its like my eyes are glued to this dreadful scene. Soldier fired ....

National Independence From Britain War of 1776 and 1812
National independence is when a nation is independent from other nations. There are many examples of this, but one is America being independent from Great Britain. That war was fought in 1776, but another war in 1812 was fought and is sometimes considered the Second War for American Independence, wh....

No Sugar by Jack Davis
Throughout Australian history a racist attitude towards Aboriginals has been a significant issue. The instant the early settlers arrived on our shores and colonised, the Aboriginals have been fighting for the survival of their culture. The Aboriginals haven been take in and dominated to bring them....

Norway: The Vikings and Norse Paganism
The Vikings, though brutal were an intelligent and resourceful group. They made the first boats, created sturdy buildings, and had a strong religion. Many say the Vikings were only barbaric, and their name, meaning 'pirates', supports that. Even so, the Vikings will always be one of the stronger or....

Oedipus Cycle Critique
THE OEDIPUS CYCLE CRITIQUE-FORMALIST CRITICISM Without doubt, the Oedipus Trilogy is one of the most renowned and influential Greek tragedies in the world. In this ironic Sophocles drama, Oedipus kills a man but does not know that the man is his father, Laios; consequently, Oedipus puts a curse o....

Original Writing
I opened my eyes, the sun glazing its ray through the heavy black curtain. I sway the duvet across the bed then I slowly and gradually stepped out of the bed to yawn loudly and then head towards the bathroom, where I wash with the cold water dripping over my face. Than I drew the curtain open, the b....

original writing
Fairy Tale of Autumn When I open the kaleidoscope of my memory, most of the images I can see are about autumn. In that picture, there is a path through the woods which is covered by cyan cobbles. Maples are planted along the cobbled path. The maple leaves are extremely red, just like a glowing fi....

Plagiarism
The first amendment states Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances....

Plagiarism
Plagiarism The consequence of plagiarizing material carries with it shame, exposes academic lethargy and may become costly. Most students take away with them the importance of academic integrity from professors, counselors, peers and even the media. With so much emphasis put on the subject one wo....

plagiarism and other unfair practices are a problem for international students.
Education is the only way by which people can develop themselves and can work for the development of the country and the nation. In terms of education, only student can play a vital role. For this reason, every students do hard work to achieve education. Sometimes they have to go to one country to ....

Post-colonial theory and discourse in Remembering Babylon by David Malouf
While much of the meaning of a novel can be derived from the words on its pages, oftentimes the knowledge of the facts or theories surrounding a text can enhance the overall understanding of the book. Post-colonial theory and discourse is essentially concerned with the cultural legacy of colonial ru....

Representation of Race in No Sugar by Jack Davis
Alysha Dinardo Question Two:- Through colonisation, the Eurocentric view is imposed upon the indigenous peoples, and they are forced to abandon their own culture and take upon those of authority. In No Sugar, it displays the extent of the effects the Europeans had on the indigenous Aborigines. Ra....

Shakespeares sonnets
Introduction Shakespeare's sonnets are a collection of 154 poems that deal with such themes as love, beauty, and mortality. The Sonnets were written over a number of years, possibly beginning in the early 1590s. In a Shakesperean sonnet, poets often divide its 14 lines into 3 quatrains, followed....

Sonya Kovalevsky
Sonya Kovalevsky was born on January 15, 1850 in Moscow, Russia. Her father, Vasily Korvin-Krukovsky, was a Ukrainian man who worked as artillery general in the Czars army. Her mother, Elizaveta Schubert, was German and both her mother and father were well-educated members of Russian nobility. He....

Standing Strong: Indigenous Australians Struggle to Preserve their Culture
The Indigenous people of Australia were united through their shared experiences of colonization and degradation. This unity instilled them with strength necessary to protest against their oppression. Through art, literature, music, and especially film, the Aboriginal Australians reaffirmed the impor....

Strategy Assessment: Barnes & Noble
Strategy Assessment: Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble, Inc. operates the largest chain of bookstores in the United States, chiefly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores. According to the companys an....

Tent Embassy Protests Speech Summary
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is a highly controversial, semi permanent crowd claiming to represent the political rights of the Indigenous Australians. It is made up of a large group of activists, signs and tents that are on the lawn of Old Parliament House in ACT. Its not considered an official....

The Lottery
The Lottery The Lottery written by Shirley Jackson uses different types of imagery and symbolism to capture the audience. Specifically the name serves as a tactile because it evokes feelings. Lottery can be defined as a draw, game of chance, sweepstakes or raffle. The setting allows the a....

Three Themes on the Taming of the Shrew
Three Themes on The Taming of the Shrew Similar plot ideas, similar character names and several mutual references can be found in The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, the stage play Kiss Me....

UNC-Chapel Hill Profile
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Also known as The University of North Carolina, Carolina, North Carolina, or simply UNC, is the oldest institution in the University of North Carolin....

Voice - Thomas Hardy
The Voice is a poem that displays real love and sentiments. It is memorable in the way that reflects the sense of agony and loss of the poet who sees his life as meaningless and vacant without his deceased wife. The poet's main intention is to present his true feeling of nostalgia and longing t....

Walt Witman
Walt Whitman is a one of a kind literary merit. All pieces of his works reflect his famous characteristics. Whitman is not only a writer but a poet, one who has shaped today's literary rules. Whitman will forever be remembered for his original works such as "O Captain! My Captain!" Leav....

Welfare
Welfare, it is on just about everyones' mind, whether it is Medicare or the A.F.D.C. Some believe there is too much and others think there is too little. As the years go by, the need for welfare reform increases. President Clinton had pledged in his 1992 campaign to "end welfare as we know it". ....

Welfare
Welfare, it is on just about everyones' mind, whether it is Medicare or the A.F.D.C. Some believe there is too much and others think there is too little. As the years go by, the need for welfare reform increases. President Clinton had pledged in his 1992 campaign to "end welfare as we know it". ....

Werewolves
The Werewolf A werewolf in folklore and mythology is a person who shape shifts into a wolf, either purposely, by using magic or by being placed under a curse. Werewolves were known in almost all European countries and cultures. Werewolves are only second in line to vampires in popularity. The wo....

Werner Heisenberg and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
Werner Heisenberg, born in the dawn of the twentieth century became oneof its greatest physicists; he is also among its most controversial.While still in his early twenties, he was among the handful of bright,young men who created quantum mechanics, the basic physics of the atom,and he became a lead....

Women's Rights
Women's Rights Not long ago, In the nineteenth century, the words that our forefathers wrote in the Declaration of Independence, that all men were created equal, held little value. Human equality was far from a reality. If you were not born of white male decent, than that phrase did not apply t....

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