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    he framed shots to maximize anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative forms of film editing“ (Wikipedia). Hitchcock skillfully uses all of this in Psycho, and it is “ranked among the greatest films of all time, it set a new level of acceptability for violence, deviant behavior and sexuality in American films, and is widely considered to be the earliest example of the slasher film genre“ (Wikipedia). American screenwriter Joseph Stefano (1922 - 2006) wrote the screenplay for Psycho.…

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    Julia De Burgos Legacy

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    Julia de Burgos left her legacy through her poetic writings and her passion for civil rights activism in the Daughters of Freedom, a branch of the Puerto Rican Nationalist party. She was born on February 17th, 1914. She was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico and grew up in a barrio, and was the first born of a family of thirteen children. Her father was Francisco Hans, he was a farmer and also worked for the National Guard and her mother was Paula Garcia de Burgos. Although she was one of thirteen…

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    Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2016. Web. 01 Mar. 2016 Wikipedia contributors. "Enlightened absolutism." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 24 Feb. 2016. Web. 1 Mar. 2016. "Prussia". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2016. Web. 02 Mar. 2016 Wikipedia contributors. "List of monarchs of Prussia." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 11 Feb. 2016. Web. 2 Mar. 2016.…

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    a certain limit. (Wikipedia, 2018). Action on the cell After insulin enters the bloodstream, it binds to a membrane-spanning glycoprotein receptor. This glycoprotein is embedded in the cellular membrane and has an extracellular receptor domain, made up of two α-subunits, and an intracellular catalytic domain, made up of two β- subunits. The α-subunits act as insulin receptors and the insulin molecule acts as a ligand. Together, they form a receptor-ligand complex. (Wikipedia, 2018) Binding of…

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    What Is Bald Uakari?

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    and 3.45 kg (6.1 and 7.6 lb), with head and body lengths average 45.6 cm (18.0 in) (male) and 44.0 cm (17.3 in) (female)(Wikipedia). It has a long white nor red coat covering its body. The tail of the bald uakari is pretty small.The tail is bob-like and rather short for a New World monkey (about 5.9 inches (15 cm)), at only half the length of the body and head combined(Wikipedia). Its face is red because of its lack of skin pigments and a number of capillaries under the skin. Having a red face…

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    Buongiorno Campaign Paper

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    Buongiorno From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view. (June 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Buongiorno, a DOCOMO Company, develops apps and services for mobile devices. On August 2012, after the settlement of a successful public tender offer,…

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    connected it with his own to fully explain the complexities of the solar system. (Wikipedia, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, n.d.). However, most of his explanations for why such motions happen are not accepted, his laws are still an accurate description for planetary motion. Throughout his career one of Kepler’s most notable colleague was rich Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. Tycho Brahe had been studying…

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    Digital Immigrants

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    Dennis Baron wrote an article named “Wikipedia: Write First, Ask Questions Later.” Baron was born in 1944 so he is definetly a digital immigrant. In this article, he was describing how people in the world use Wikipedia when it really isn’t that reliable. “Anyone can write a wikipedia article, no experience necessary.” Baron says on page 400 of The Reader. Wikipedia may be easy access for us digital natives, this could make digital immigrants not want…

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    Female abolitionist leaders such as Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony played important roles in the antislavery efforts, helping organize many of the meetings spreading the word (Wikipedia). Because of being so involved, women were able to use the ideas of equal rights to apply it to their own lives. It created growth in how it challenged gender roles established, such as how women shouldn’t speak in public. It allowed women to start…

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    That's why in the era of the revolutionary war, there were a bunch of important battles. One important battle was the “powder alarm” battle. This took place back in 1774, September 1st. This setting was in Massachusetts Bay. (Wikipedia) “It preceded the Battles of Lexington and Concord and was one of the first aggressive actions taken by the British soldiers under General Thomas Gage.” According to the…

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