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    Creativity has been with the human race since the beginning of time, from designing complex infrastructures, to developing the first rocket to ever reach outer space.Creativity has lead to many of the most influential practices and ideas, and has inspired countless of other individual to think creatively. Although creativity may still be present today, it continues to fight a battle of extinction where creativity is bound to lose. While some scholars believe that creativity flourishes in society…

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    slavery system. John moved to Plainfield Massachusetts and enrolled in school. He transferred to an academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. First, John Brown was an American abolitionist. According to “John Brown (Abolitionist).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Dec. 2017, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist). “John Brown was an American abolitionist who believed and advocated that armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in the United States.” John…

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    The Vietnam War has been one of the most well known conflicts in the Cold War era as it still has significant impacts on today’s international relations and diplomacy between Australia and other countries. Tracing its events back into history, the origin of the Vietnam War was merely a national conflict of the Northern and Southern parts of Vietnam. The Vietnam War resulted in the involvement of more than 60,000 Australian personnel, 521 of them killed and more than 3000 wounded. Among many…

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    Introduction The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains is a 2010 book written by American journalist Nicholas Carr. In chapter 7 of the book, Carr focuses on the Internet’s effects on the brain’s plasticity and explains the influence of hypertext on the mind’s ability to process information and multitask. Background Carr first introduces his argument of the Internet’s effects on the brain in his 2008 article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Carr states that the brain can be rewired due…

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    Romeo and Juliet originally published in 1597 and written by William Shakespeare is possibly one of, if not the most well known love stories in all of literature. Though Shakespeare was British and the play was written in English it takes place in Verona Italy. Modern Verona is a main tourist destination in Northern Italy but in the 16th century it was much different than the city it is today. Three of Shakespeare's play have been set in Verona and in the case of Romeo and Juliet the setting…

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    opportunities for wars and even having one state fighting another country without the help of the rest of America. This could cause many conflicts that could be easily avoided."American Revolution." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 07 Feb. 2017. "American Revolution." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 07 Feb. 2017. The last flaw I am going to talk about but certainly not the last flaw is congress not being allowed to tax the states. This caused so many conflicts because…

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    communication in languages other than English. Reference desk – Serving as virtual librarians, Wikipedia volunteers tackle your questions on a wide range of subjects. Site news – Announcements, updates, articles and press releases on Wikipedia and the Wikimedia…

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    Cisco Company Paper Cisco Systems Incorporated is a networking equipment company that was founded in San Francisco, California. It is found in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ 100, and the S&P 500. Cisco is also the largest networking company. Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner founded it in December in 1984.When it was created; the technologies that Cisco was using were bizarre at the time, and not many people had ever heard of fit before. The current CEO of Cisco is Chuck Robbins. Cisco…

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    factual. While both websites allow anyone to make changes to the articles there is a sort of social standard of being truthful with their responses. In doing a speech presentation or a research paper the recommended website is Drug Liberalization from Wikimedia,…

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    Jonas Ellis Mrs. Behan Final project-Latin 2 May 18, 2018 Ancient Roman Architecture Ancient Roman architecture covers the time period from the creation of the Roman Republic in 509 BC to about the 4th Century AD. The Roman architectural styles came from many other styles including many from the Etruscans and the Greeks. Roman architecture developed during the Roman Republic and became even greater during the Roman Empire. However, the Roman did not achieve significant architectural structures…

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