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    Elyaa Hammad ESL51 Pro. John Kinney Dec 6‚ 2012 Smokers have the right to smoke At the NOVA Alexandria campus there has been a debate whether NOVA should ban smoking in all areas in campus. This debate is very critical because there are a lot of smokers in Alexandria campus. They may restrict smoking in certain areas but they can’t prevent students to smoke in the hall campus. If NOVA will ban smoking in all areas‚ that will create hate behavior between smokers and non-smoker students. Smokers

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    escalated when the new bishop Cyril was ordained in the city. This is because he didn’t want to settle for just Spiritual authority‚ but wanted also wanted power on earth. He didn’t want to share any of these with the pagans in society. This changed Alexandria forever because he wanted to have control over everything. Since Hypatia was weather and an educated pagan‚ it meant she was a witch in his eyes. This led to him putting about rumors about this and required her to die. When Hypatia was found‚ she

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    emotionally. It is said that for adults‚ it would take quite some time for broken bones to set in‚ than for children. The movie shows the statement is not just true for physical injuries‚ but also for emotional afflictions. The year is 1915 and Alexandria (Catinca Unaru)‚ a five year old Romanian girl‚ has witnessed her share of broken things in life: she has a broken arm; her familial life is broken as ‘angry people’ have burned down her house‚ killing the father; and she could only talk in ‘broken’

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    trigonometry. According to Theon of Alexandria‚ who worked in Alexandria as a teacher of mathematics and astronomy‚ Hipparchus wrote a treatise in twelve books on chords in a circle‚ which has been lost (Sarton 286) . It is believed that this treatise contained some general trigonometric theory together with some tables. Hipparchus is believed to be the first person to determine exactly the times of the rising and setting of the zodiacal signs. Pappus of Alexandria‚ who was a teacher of mathema tics

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    Ethical Standards for School Counselors ASCA’s Ethical Standards for School Counselors were adopted by the ASCA Delegate Assembly‚ March 19‚1984‚ revised March 27‚ 1992‚ June 25‚ 1998‚ and June 26‚ 2004. Preamble The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) is a professional organization whose members are certified/licensed in school counseling with unique qualifications and skills to address the academic‚ personal/social and career development needs of all students. Professional school counselors

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    Arian Controversy Analysis

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    be able to understand the Arian controversy‚ and discuss the clashing of theological‚ social‚ and what political factors contributed‚ one must first understand what the Arian controversy was. Due to early church writers such as Justin‚ Clement of Alexandria‚ and Origen‚ the church had developed certain theological perspectives on what the nature of God resembled (Gonzalez‚ The Story of Christianity 182). In addition to the nature of God‚ whether the Logos or the Word‚ was created or was the same as

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    EUCLID: The Man Who Created a Math Class Euclid of Alexandria was born in about 325 BC. He is the most prominent mathematician of antiquity best known for his dissertation on mathematics. He was able to create "The Elements" which included the composition of many other famous mathematicians together. He began exploring math because he felt that he needed to compile certain things and fix certain postulates and theorems. His book included‚ many of Eudoxus’ theorems‚ he perfected many of Theaetetus’s

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    around the Mediterranean and Middle East‚ the seven wonders were: Great Pyramid of Giza‚ Hanging Gardens of Babylon‚ Statue of Zeus at Olympia‚ Temple of Artemis at Ephesus‚ Mausoleum at Halicarnassus‚ Colossus of Rhodes‚ and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. This paper will review four of these wonders. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are thought to be series huge and magnificent gardens‚ towering over the city of Babylon. According to legend‚ the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were created by

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    This inherent resistance would manifest itself during the Theban Revolt of Upper Egypt which detached itself from control of the Ptolemies from 206 to 186 BC and came under the rule of two native pharaohs‚ Hyrgonaphor and Chaonnophris. Reasons for this stemmed from the anti-colonial resentment of the Egyptian people toward their Greek rulers and from how the Ptolemaic kings misconducted themselves according to the role of the Pharaoh. The traditional objective of the Egyptian leader was to ensure

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    started when she was born in 370 AD. There is some controversy on when her birthday is but it is believed to be in 370 AD. Her father‚ Theon‚ was considered the most educated man in Alexandria‚ Egypt. She grew up with a well educated background. Her father was also a famous mathematician at the University of Alexandria. Thus the reason she grew up with a passion in math and astrology. Many historians believe that she even exceeded her father’s knowledge at a relative young age. Her studies included

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