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    Lee Miller Surrealism

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    This set the scene for a wide variety of surrealist photos that contained the element of violence to be taken. In 1945 while in Dachau, Germany, Miller took a picture called Dead SS Prison Guard Floating in Canal. In the photo, a dead guard is seen floating peacefully on his side in a canal toward what looks like a patch of light. This photo has the surrealist element of violent due to the death of the guard. The picture is surrealistic because the guard looks as though he is dreaming which…

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    the improvements made to transportation and manufacturing. They drove the economies forward. The North underwent a unique transportation transformation with the creation of a canal that system allowed goods to be transferred from the Northeast coastline to the interior. The best example of this is the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal, an artificial river that connected the…

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    creation of the Erie Canal. The Erie Canal is a canal that, when finished, connected all of the Great Lakes. The creation of this canal was very important for trade. Now, instead of having to travel on land, shipments from Chicago to New York City could be delivered over water, this Shortened shipping time from an average of twenty days down to an average of six days. This advancement saved a lot of industries a lot of time, and also a lot of money. Before the creation of the Erie Canal, one ton…

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    The Ming Dynasty is one of the greatest of the Chinese dynasties. The Ming Dynasty ruled ancient China from 1368-1644 (1). A dynasty is made up of rulers coming from the same family line over many generations. Sons, brothers, and male cousins would follow each other in controlling the dynasty. The Ming Dynasty lasted over three hundred years with sixteen different rulers taking control of the dynasty. The Ming Dynasty followed the Yuan Dynasty which was run by Mongols. During the final…

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    In the Dynastic cycle, the Han and Tang Dynasties of ancient China showed similar periods of prosperity because they both valued education. An example of this is that they had to take a exam to be an government official and it wasn't rigged so that the rich passed it every time. This supports my thinking because this made it so only people who knew what they were doing got a job in the government. Another example is that they prized learning over family background and those who studied got…

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    Following the Second World War, Canada has made various efforts to improve its peacekeeping reputation; beginning with them joining the United Nations (UN) after its creation in 1945 they were mostly successful (“Canada and the United Nations.”). However, not all of their efforts have been successful; they have also made some mistakes along the way. Canada’s efforts within the last 60 years include the Suez Crisis in 1956, the United Nations Mission for Rwanda from 1993 to 1996 and United…

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    What Is Hurler's Syndrome?

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    website shows common problems in the outer ear (auricle), ear canal (external auditory canal), the eardrum, and the middle ear (air space behind the eardrum which allows the eardrum to vibrate). It also shows the mastoid disease. The website shows pictures of outer ear and ear canal common problems such as acute otitis externa (an acute bacterial infection usually caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa), ear tick (a tick imbedded in the ear canal that should be removed as soon as it is diagnosed),…

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    and lead America to producing 60% of the world’s cotton. Another economic impact was the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825, which was a connection that crossed New York State and linked the New York Harbor to the Great Lakes, which spurred economic opportunities for New York City to become a national shipping center. With the prospect of commercial transportation by way of the Erie Canal, this encouraged westward expansion and prosperity to all towns and cities along the banks because of its…

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    The current epidemic in America is human trafficking. Human trafficking occurs all across the globe and is a modern-day form of slavery. Some believe human trafficking is not a serious problem; however, it is a heinous act that only becomes worse with each passing year. The only way to help stop the atrocious act of human trafficking is to accomplish the following steps: first the public needs to be educated on what human trafficking is and what victims of human trafficking endure, the local…

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    In modern day Latin America people struggle for even the most basic of human needs such as water, sanitation, and food. Governments in many countries do little to help lift the people out of poverty and give way to a higher quality of life for the poor while letting companies with vast resources come into their country, take their resources, and in return do little other than pay a meager wage to those who labor for these companies. The systems that are put in place by forced democracy are…

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