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    Many Americans believe that the Kent State incident in 1970 was the turning point during the Vietnam War. Anti-war protest towards the beginning of the war began as non-violent protest but slowly became violent. The Kent State incident was a protest gone violent to bring back American troops from Vietnam. No one knows exactly why the guardsmen shot some believe it was a sniper some guardsmen claim to have heard other guardsmen shoot so they shot too. In the article titled (PUT IN FOOTNOTE)“THE…

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    Formal Essay: Tim O Brien

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    Formal Essay Tim hasn’t ever told anyone his story, but right away we knew he was ashamed to because it would expose him to be a coward. He tells a story from the summer events 1968. June 17, 1968, it’s been a month since he has graduated Macalaster College. Tim O’ Brien receives his draft notice to for the Vietnam War. He was only twenty-one. The war seems kind of mistaken to him. Its causes and effects undefined. Before his draft notice arrived, Tim had taken a stand against the war in the…

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    Calculus Of Voting

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    votes of calculus voting is used. It is used to determine the proxy for the probability that the voter will turn out, the probability of voting, the differential benefit of one candidate winning over the other, the costs of voting, and the citizen duty. Calculus of voting is any mathematical model that predicts voting behavior by an electorate. This includes features such as participation rate. A calculus of voting represents a hypothesized decision-making process. Rationale voting is when you…

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    This literature review is designed to examine the justification of war from interpretations of scholarly sources with the intention of highlighting ideas and opinions arising from them. The focus for the review is a case study on the Vietnam War and how it has been seen through a realist perspective. It will discuss the implications of war in terms of power and how these impact on a state’s independence, as well as examining the elements of realism and how they are reflected in association to…

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    Whether it is realized or not, music is a very prevalent tool in the American society. From commercial jingles to songs about love, music can be used to mirror the ideals of a culture and provide insight to specific, recurring themes throughout history. “…Comparative musicology, which is the study of musical styles and systems from different societies, an integral part of general musicology; and musical anthropology, the study of the role music plays in human societies, an integral part of…

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    War is considered by many to be one of humanity’s central traits as an advancing species and as such it holds a heavy influence on our past, present and future. From warring tribes in Africa during the dawn of man to the great Empires of Greece and Persia warfare has always been present, whether this war is for defense of a homeland and families, to conquest for more power and wealth or freedom from persecution and oppression. These forces drive mankind and have pushed us technologically and…

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    The Vietnam War on American Soil The Vietnam War was a proxy war America fought from the 1950s to the 1970s. Through this time many Americans had changed their view on the war, going from pro-war to anti-war in just a matter of years. Many of these anti-war activists consisted of college students, but even some veterans soon decided against the war. One veteran in particular was Ron Kovic, an author of his own book, Born on the Fourth of July. In this memoir, Kovic explains his views and…

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    Web Analytics Challenges

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    As I understand web analytics, it means to collect data related to traffic to a particular site and the subsequent flow of traffic on that site so as to analyze consumer pattern in order to optimize the site to maximize productivity of that site. [1] Data can also be collected of the traffic to the site related to the prior sites visited and the subsequent sites visited so as to better understand the consumer pattern and with the prospects of collaboration with the other business sites to serve…

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    Wilfred Owen is one of the most famous war poets. He became interested on writing poems when he was a teenager. On 21 October 1915, he volunteered to contribute to war and wrote many war poems, such as ‘Anthem for doomed youth’, ‘Exposure’, and ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’. In these poems Owen has described the horror and reality of war through his vivid experience. He has portrayed the severe situations of war and dreadful sights he has seen. Owen uses various language devices to convey the horror of…

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    Sometimes, people carry things. Things that mean a lot to a certain person, and can symbolize something important. These things can mean a lot to these people, and one can tell a lot about certain people by the things they carried. An example of this could be something simple like saying that someone carrying a textbook could show that the person is a student, or maybe someone carrying a fishing rod could show that the person goes fishing. While it is not always true that things people carry…

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