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    her maid and they stuff the head into a bag and escape back to the town of Bethulia. Many great Renaissance and Baroque artists have chosen to illustrate this biblical narrative in one of two possible scenarios, with or without the servant, the decapitation, with Holofernes disposed on the bed, or of the heroine holding or carrying the head of Holofernes, often assisted by her maid. The Renaissance, is the time period following the Middle Ages. At the time, Europe saw a great revival of…

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    Hideyoshi is the boss of Osaka Castle but Toyotomi still rules over him because they did not have to burn down the castle. What was the point of wanting the power of the castle and burning it down. Lots of people died such as Sanada Yukimura.He died of decapitation. The winter siege ended because Hideyoshi mother wanted to have a settlement and Hideyoshi followed his mother's wishes. The summer siege happened a year later. ”It started because Tokugawas son started to destroy the outer edges of…

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    Once the suicide bomber(s) pulled the pin on the device, in a spilt second after the two masses collide creating an uncontrolled chain reaction as the masses once together become a supercritical mass, the explosion releases energy in the form of a blast wave, thermal radiation, and nuclear radiation. A tremendous amount of energy released in a nuclear detonation, temper­atures of tens of millions of degrees develop in the immediate area. At these temperatures, everything near ground-zero…

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    complete regenerations of the Dugesia segments can be observed. The three segments of the planarian can successfully regenerate into three distinct planarians including the additional planarian from the posterior portion of the stock planarian after decapitation. Due to the specimens regenerative capability, the planarians play an important role in providing future insights to the regeneration of other…

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    Many archaeologists and other researchers interpret the discovered figurines as being religious artifacts that were used in domestic rituals, Figurines such as these are especially used for ancestral veneration. ancestral veneration was a practice most probably carried over from Siberia from early Paleo-Indians, as it was commonly practiced throughout the Americas is a variety of forms. Besides appeasing household gods and venerating ancesters, figurines were also used to mark important…

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    If asked whether they have or would ever abuse an animal, most people would wholeheartedly exclaim “no!” However, many people today buy cosmetics from brands that test on animals, and are unaware of how this simple action abuses and kills innocent creatures. Cosmetic companies should be banned from testing their products on animals because it is inhumane and an unreliable method of testing cosmetics. With moisturizing face masks and luscious lip glosses on the rise, it may be tempting to buy…

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    Ashley Acea July 25, 2015 Corrections Professor Ruggiero The Death Penalty Everyday there are people around the world that are punished by the state through the form of execution. Whether it be for a minor crimes such as who you sleep with to more serious crime such as acts of terrorism and murder. There are not many countries who still use the death penalty as punishment, more and more countries have been in favor for abolishing the death penalty in the last 100 years or so; 140 in total. Of…

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    the Japanese army in Nanking, a single city, was 300,000 alone. Unlike the atom bombs that evaporated everything in it’s path resulting in an instant death, the massacre of Nanking, also known as the rape of Nanking involved being buried alive, decapitation by katana, which was also turned into a famous game where the aim was to get the most heads of the chinese, bayonet practices on live prisoners, gang rape, with girls as young as 8 dragged away to be abused. Even pregnant women were not…

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    During the first four centuries, Christians were under enormous pressure to betray their relationship with Jesus and God. Especially from 100 A.D. to 313, when it was illegal to be a Christian under the Roman Empire (“Christ Our Life”). While the Roman empire normally worshipped the Roman Emperor as a god, the followers of Jesus knew that they already had a relationship with their single and own God and would not betray their beliefs. In order to reduce the number of dissidents, many of the…

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    Animal Testing “Animal testing is, procedures performed on living animals for the purpose of research into biology and diseases determining the liability of new medical products, and testing the human health and/or the safety of the product for the buyer and store products including, cosmetics, household cleaners, food additives, pharmaceuticals, and industrial chemicals. Millions of animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. Almost all animals used…

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