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    Ashley Saven Professor Abramovich ARHS 1010 April 12, 2018 Object Essay: The Tympanum of Saint-Lazare, Autun The Cathedral of Saint-Lazare located in Autun, France is an example of a medieval sculpture during the period of 1120-1135. People who went to visit this cathedral came to learn more about a unique story through images of different texts, such as on the tympanum. The different images that were sculptured on the tympanum tell a unique story about Christ. The tympanum, a vertical,…

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    controversy, who comes to mind? No one fits this title better than Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. Justin Trudeau, the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada, is a figure who has captivated both national and international attention since his political ascent in 2015. He was born on December 25, 1971 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His father, Pierre Trudeau, served as Canada's Prime Minister for nearly 16 years, and his mother, Margaret Trudeau, has been a prominent public figure as well. Justin…

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    Transfer all medium from each well to 1.5 ml tubes. Centrifuge at high speed 10000g for 1 min in Eppendorf tube. Transfer supernatant to 1.5 ml tube and snap frozen in liquid nitrogen then kept at -80 °C until hormonal analysis. Trypsinization were used for harvesting live cell, 500 µl of pre-warmed trypsin-EDTA were added to each well and incubated at 37.5 °C for 5 min. Then dislodged cells from well by pipetting and to stop trypsin effect, 100 µl of heated inactivated fatal calve serum (HI…

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    Achaemenid empire was far from impossible. The victory at Marathon can be largely attributed to Miltiades and the significant impact the battle had altered the course of the war leading to Greek victory. Themistocles is credited with founding Athens’ ascent to power and influence through his naval policy. According to Herodotus Themistocles believed that Athens’ future lay on the sea as a trading power. For this purpose he advocated improvements to the harbour at Athens and the beginning of a…

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    4. Technical Accidents Over the years there have been several incidences that changed the face of aviation industry. I will talk about three incidents that gave rise to significant revisions in the aeronautical technology. 4.1. United Airlines Flight 811  Incident- United Airlines Flight 811 experienced a cargo door failure while flying from Hawaii to Auckland on February 24, 1989. After flying for about sixteen minutes and reaching an altitude of 22,000-23,000 feet, the forward cargo door…

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    The motion picture is a portrayal of the budgetary emergency, in view of Michael Lewis' top of the line book "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine." The fundamental characters are cash chiefs Michael Burry (Christian Bale) and Mark Baum (Steve Carell), who anticipated the emergency and discovered approaches to make over a billion dollars benefit from it. They predicted that the lodging market and the supporting subprime contracts would crash, and they found a way, utilizing credit default…

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    What Is Climate Change?

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    addition, the potential for extreme and irreversible atmosphere and ecological changes, including the global warming leading to the liquefying of polar ice layers, for example, those found in Greenland and West Antarctica, could cause ocean level ascents surpassing 10 meters, destructive variances in sea streams, and expanded methane outflows. The likelihood that most an unnatural weather change of the most recent 15 years is the consequence of human activities is assessed to be over 90%. The…

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    When thinking of what it means to be a strong man or a strong woman, the thought of physical strength might come to mind. In some cases being strong does not always mean having a great deal of physical strength. Madame C.J Walker, however, is a woman who embodies what it means to be strong in a non-physical aspect. She, along with many other influential women such as, Shirley Chisholm, Hattie McDaniel, and Angela Davis give women throughout the world a sense of strong female empowerment;…

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    his legs possibly could. My muscles felt strong and powerful, and I was ready for the hustle up. I approached the first inclination like Lance Armstrong cycling in Tour de France. My speed rapidly slackened to a crawl as I rode myself up the first ascent. The bicycle chain made a smooth and soothing sound as it steadily shifted from 7th gear to the 3rd, making it easier to turn the pedals. My legs were working relentlessly, moving up and down on the pedals to create a force that moved my bike…

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    French and English Enlightenment The evolution of thoughts by the intellectuals in France and England ultimately influenced the politics of each nation. The ways in which this transpired, however, are fundamentally distinctive to each country. The main similarity between the French society and the English society is that they both underwent extensive philosophical and scientific development and gained an unprecedented amount of knowledge by way of research and exchange of ideas, with a group…

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