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Animals have been used in laboratories across the globe for centuries. Whether it has been to test new drugs, plants, and multiple synthetic products, animals have always been the go-to ‘Guineapigs’ for testing new products and medications. However it was only recently that the pain and suffering that the animals in these laboratories face was made common knowledge. Thousands upon thousands of animals around the world are forced to inhale deadly toxins, swallow pills, have toxic liquids inserted…

centers on the Corleone family and their criminal business. However, despite its genre, Nino Rota’s score for the film is generally calm, elegant and operatic. For instance, the main theme of the film is a waltz called the “Godfather Waltz,” which counterpoints the horrible images presented on the screen. As a mournful waltz with a melancholic vibe, the “Godfather Waltz” serves as a leitmotif for Don Vito Corleone. In The Godfather, the “Godfather Waltz” is repeatedly used throughout the film.…

“Free Will” and Economic Reasons for Physician Assisted Suicide Throughout time the origins of human rights have progressed to embody a world that preserves humanity, freedom and tolerance. Hugo Grotius, a European Renaissance thinker, began the origin of human rights by believing natural rights were independent of religion and obtained solely by being human. The American Revolution prompted Thomas Jefferson to declare that rights were “self-evident” in the Declaration of Independence.…

Marisa Bugarin Professor Bivona ENG 102 3:00-4:15 3/16/15 Annotated Bibliography Annotated Bibliography 1) Chemaly, Soraya. "A Million Peeping Toms: When Hacking Is Also A Hate Crime." Time.Com (2014): 1. Academic Search Premier. Web. 24 Feb. 2015. http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/ehost/detail/detail?vid=14&sid=59fa9ad9-2c8c-4d6d-9ad4-14cae4591c9d%40sessionmgr4003&hid=128&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=aph&AN=98905897 Soraya Chemaly, a media critic and activist for Time,…

Kids have the ability to interact with a guy named Joe and his cute, blue puppy, Blue. Along with Joe, children work to solve a mystery that Blue has laid out for them. With this show, children have the ability to be entertained through interaction with an animated puppy that also stimulates their brain. Though “Sesame Street” has been seen for many years and is highly known, this show still continues to branch out more and more. This Day, a newspaper out of Nigeria stated that later this year,…

She was born on 20 October 1684 at Gehren, where her father, Johann Michael Bach, was employed as organist. It is presumed that she and Bach were living within the same residence, when she came to live with her uncle after her mother’s passing in October 1704. Needless to say, Johann Sebastian did not exactly live the life of a saint during his Arnstadt term. He eventually searched elsewhere until an opportunity arose at Mühlhausen. Johann Georg Ahle, organist of the Blasiuskirche in…

Conclusion Even though the death of self is chosen as the subject of study for Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, many readings are possible due to its broad subject matter. Some of the major themes are discussed below to highlight the work of Coelho. Fate Vs. Will Fate is constantly intertwined with will, and a key theme of the book focuses on how much in life is under one's control, and how much is controlled by fate. The old king states that the world's greatest lie is that "at some…

Haydn, Joseph (1732 - 1809) Symphony No. 40 in F major, 3rd movement - ‘Menuet e Trio’ Haydn was a master at composing symphonies with about 107 symphonies under his name ; all of which have some value to the musical landscape during the 18th century. Haydn was the forerunner which laid the foundations of the symphonic form for composers who came after him. For example, according to Wenborn, N (1997: 31) the four note theme used by Haydn in his 13th symphony was the same theme which Mozart used…

The human being has always caressed the dream of being immortal. This constant quest has caused the creation of multiple legends concerning the secret of eternal life. Some of them, such as the Philosopher's Stone or the Elixir of Life went on to be more popular. In addition to that, multiple religions also have immortality as a central part of their belief system. After years of research focused on the matter, we have reached a point where recent discoveries allow us to look past that dream and…

2.2 The social constructedness of gender As pointed out before, gender is at the centre of feminist IR scholarship. Gender is also a term with varying definitions especially when considering positivist and postpositivist studies. A positivist approach considers gender as the natural division between men and women, focusing on biological differences. On the other hand, a postpositivist approach recognises gender as socially constructed, meaning that gender is learned, disseminated and created…