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    understanding about life in their particular time period. These treasures range from pottery‚ sculpture‚ dance‚ literature and architecture. Greek architecture shows the complexity of mathematics and design that they installed into their structures. The temple of Parthenon is one of these structures that stand atop Athens in its beauty and grandeur. Completed in 432 BC and dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena‚ the building was important to their culture and through out their history. The building has seen

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    Jim Jones and the People’s Temple Tina Okun Aspects of Forensic Psychology Professor Makin April 26‚ 2015 Abstract This essay will discuss Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple. The essay will explore the potential prevention of the massacre if Jim Jones had been profiled prior to Senator Leo Ryan and his members’ arrival. The essay will discuss the mass suicide in which occurred at the People’s Temple. Jim Jones will be discussed and how he could control the minds of hundreds of people

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    "Man‚ Fragged by the LPB Sniper again!!!" That may sound like nonsense to the average person but to the seasoned Counterstrike veteran it speaks volumes. Today‚ millions of people of all ages are coming together on the Internet to compete against each other in a variety of online games. The most popular of which is an online modification of the game Half-life entitled Counterstrike. <br> <br>Counterstrike itself is comprised of players broken up in to two teams‚ terrorists and counter terrorists

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    People’s Temple Reverend Jim Jones was the charismatic leader of the Peoples Temple‚ a religious organization that hit its stride in the mid-1970s. Jones and his Temple are best known for the mass murder/suicide that was executed Guyana in 1978. Over 900 people drank cyanide-laced Kool Aid at Jones’ command‚ an action that Jones referred to as “revolutionary suicide protesting the conditions of an inhumane world” (Stept). Someone watching Jones at work gathering followers for the Temple and spreading

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    Buddhist followers were influenced by the revival of Hinduism because Buddhist followers were exposed and altered by Hindu beliefs and practices. Indian belief systems spread to China and South East Asia and changed their culture. Buddhism was influences by the revival of Hinduism in several ways. Hinduism presented the idea of gods and that view changed the perspective of Buddha by changing him from mortal to god. Hinduism also started the decline in popularity of Buddhism in India. Since

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    Burlington Coat Factory is not what I would call an aesthetically pleasing store. The fluorescent lights are almost blinding‚ the signs above the racks of clothing are incredibly plain‚ the displays don’t all match; Burlington Coat Factory is not the place to go for a relaxing shopping experience. But just because it doesn’t share the same aesthetic-oriented goals as retail establishments like Starbucks‚ doesn’t mean it doesn’t design its stores to best serve its customers. In fact‚ the plain‚ warehouse-like

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    have always been fascinated with other religions‚ how people explain the events around them and how they get the courage to continue trough each day. This is primarily why I chose to visit a Buddhist temple and describe my experience for the Cultural report. I went alone to the Fo Guang Shan Hsi Fang Temple in on Saturday th at approximately. I went to observe a meditation and learn as much as I could about the religion. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Buddhism began in the sixth century BC with

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    In his thesis ‘“As gracefully as Greek temples”: Truman Capote’s IN COLD BLOOD as Greek Tragedy’ Justice M Edge asserts that Truman Capote’s main intention was to create a modern day version of Greek tragedy in the form of a non-fictional novel.  This may have crossed occurred would be better Capote’s intention at some stage but it is also apparent that Capote had fame and fortune in his mind when researching and writing the then “new” genre of book.use novel rather than book Changing as what was

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    Gununa Kawi Temple. Well‚ it used to be called that. Now it’s known as Gununa Kawi base camp. The world has fallen and these people still insist on doing their monkey chant‚ sorry “Kecak Dance”‚ every day without fail. They’re doing it right now. I can hear the faint “cak” sounds from the far end of the camp. They don’t want to get involved. Around me‚ people duck behind the fallen ruins of the temple‚ wielding guns in the dark. I’m pretty sure if the monkey dancers in the sky looked down now‚ they

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    Temple Grandin Mary Temple Grandin‚ a girl born in 1947‚ barely uttered a word until she was four years old. Although she was born with Autism Spectrum Disorcer‚ Temple used her autistic abilities as best she could‚ specifically the ability to “think in pictures‚” to her advantage. For example‚ she expounded issues that were invisible to a neurotypical person. She is now a world renowned doctor of animal science‚ an activist for autistic people‚ and a professor at Colorado State University. She first

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