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    Imagine yourself, in bed sleeping. You are relaxed, and it is really quiet outside. But then, the quietness is broken by a huge blast. You look out the window and see Mount Vesuvius has erupted. You decide to stay in your building, thinking you will be protected, but you're not. The heat will soon get up to 250 celsius (482 fahrenheit) and ash will come down on the city. You will be killed, like everyone who is in Pompeii and neighboring cities. You won’t be discovered for over seventeen hundred…

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    In 1625 Cardinal Richelieu of France who was a royal councillor, believed that the poor were “good-for-nothings” who didn’t work “as they should”(Doc. 3), who needed established laws. Even though this was said in an unofficial statement, his view supported harsh discipline of the poor, and gave his intended…

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    Pan African Imperialism

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    The decolonization and road to independence of African countries was prominent occurence from the 1940s onwards. Key factors in the process towards independence were aspects such as the drafting of the atlantic charter which stressed the importance of self- determination, as well as the rise of an educated group of leaders by the likes of Leopold Senghor and Robert Mugabe who were inspired by Pan African ideals and Marxism. The two leaders played different roles of significance within their…

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    The present report is concerned with evaluating the assertions made by Warren Kirkendale with regard to the “birth” of opera, or how it truly originated. Kirkendale has written an article “The Myth of the “Birth of Opera” in the Florentine Camerata Debuked by Emilio de’ Cavalieri: A Commemorative Lecture” in effort to determine exactly where opera began and who created it. We will also compare Kirkendale’s article to Grout, Palisca, and Burkholder’s textbook “A History of Western Music” with…

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    On December 15, 1930, on a farm that is still around today between Waterloo and Columbia, Illinois, Shirley Kolmer was welcomed into the world. Arthur and Carmelita had just given birth to their fourth child, Shirley. Shirley had 7 siblings, Mary Lou, 4; Lee Roy, who would be 3 in January; and Dorothy; who was almost 15 months old. Almost a year after Shirley was born, the Kolmer’s added a new baby girl into the family, named Elizabeth. Elizabeth would be followed John and James who died…

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    2.0. INTRODUCTION In this chapter will examine the two major scientific theories that have been very much affected the modern man. The Copernican revolution and the Darwinian revolution made man aware of his littleness in this vast universe. These revolutions have devastated the conventional mental framework in which men had been living happily. His existence in this universe was questioned. This section also will discuss about Copernicus and Darwin, the revolutionists. 2.1. COPERNICUS AND…

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    Watching my close relative suffer with strabismus throughout her childhood made me realise how sight deficiency can lead to severe physical and psychological effects in someone. Empathising with her struggles from an early age made me aware of the reliance on our eyesight. Ultimately I was motivated to attend a talk regarding optometry which enhanced my knowledge of the course and gave me a chance to operate optical instruments. Acknowledging my ambition beforehand made me choose A-level…

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    The writer explains how Society, local councillors, parents, sporting institution, and other more will continue to spend a big amount of pressures on physical education to ensure the competitive aspects of physical education. The writer pointed in the article how it is important that physical educationist…

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    My decision to pursue medicine has not derived from an adumbration or childhood dream, but is one I have come to after careful and sleepless nights of contemplation. My fascination stems from the science behind the biological processes in human bodies and I have cherished the chance to explore them further in my A Levels, from complex processes such as the cytoskeleton in Chemistry, to the impact of genetic mutation on the structure of DNA in Biology. I always strive to develop my critical…

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    their male counterparts, regardless of their qualifications. We simply cannot allow this to continue, and today I intend to show you why. You only have to look towards your local council to find evidence of blatant inequity: only 30% of local councillors are women and an even fewer 13% hold authoritative positions…

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