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    Heinrich Schliemann was a German archaeologist who was fascinated with the Iliad and the Odyssey. He had made important discoveries through his countless excavations of multiple sites‚ but it is unclear whether Schliemann was interested in the fame and fortune involved with treasure hunting or whether he had a passion for history and was a true archaeologist. Schliemann was interested in the tales created by Homer and this may be what led him to discover the site of Troy. He had begun excavating

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    benevolent and rewarding outcomes through personal growth‚ however it may also have detrimental and negative effects‚ and these must be addressed and not overlooked these ideas are evident and extrapolated in the texts Sky High by Hannah Roberts‚ Looking for Alibrandi by Malina Marchetta and The Grandparents by Robert Lowell. These texts also show that people’s outlooks and perspectives are constantly altering and reforming. As most changes in these texts relate to intangible features of an individual- personality

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    Self-Management and Self-Motivation The purpose of this report is to define‚ self-management and self-motivation. This essay is about the importance of self-motivation and self-management in my studies. Motivation is one of the factors that cause‚ channel‚ and sustain an individual’s behaviour (Stoner‚2006) While management is the process of planning‚ leading‚ and controlling the work of organization members and of using all available organizational resources to reach stated organizational goals

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    Mink‚ who discovered Uranus’ rings. In both cases‚ we have individuals seeking data to further enhance our understanding of the universe and its mechanics. Though they may have been focused on a particular task at the time‚ to suggest that their discoveries were mere accidents would be diminishing to the overall goal of science. Though many had seen Uranus before‚ none of them had noticed its contrasting movement from other distant stars. Even when William Herschel noticed its

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    created by heating limestone. Before the discovery of calcium‚ a man named Antoine Lavoisier classified the lime as “earth” because it was very difficult‚ almost impossible to reduce it further‚ he felt that it was the oxide of an unknown element. But in 1808‚ that is when Humphry Davy tried to reduce moist lime by a process called electrolysis. Humphry Davy tried the same process again but this time with

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    Do mistakes lead to discoveries? I think that mistakes do lead to discoveries like‚ when Percy Spencer was standing near the Magnetron and his candy bar was melted then realized that the Magnetron was heating the area up then‚ he asked for some popcorn kernels and put them close to the Magnetron and they popped minutes later‚ so then the microwave was created about 20 years later through many mistakes. In “Lost Cities‚ Lost Treasure” a man named Heinrich Schliemann was digging in the ground of

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    The Manhattan Project was a turning point in discovery and weapons. But how do atomic bombs work? Why were they made? And how had it changed us as humans? Nuclear energy has changed humans. It started in 1939 when Albert Einstein‚ a German scientist‚ found out that the Nazis were trying to build a powerful bomb. He warned President Roosevelt about it and persuaded him to try to build one before they did. It would change history. Although he did warn them‚ he was denied “because the left-leaning

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    In Graham Robb’s Discovery of France‚ Robb chronicles the social‚ geographical‚ and economic changes in France from the pre-revolutionary period until the first World War. Prior to new governmental policy and dramatic physical changes to the landscape‚ France was far from the unified nation state that is recognizable today. Much of the nation had yet to be discovered‚ nor had it been sufficiently recorded by a cartographer. The rich diversity of culture and language accounted by Robb attempts to

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    Experiencing loss and grief is an unavoidable part of human life. After analysing the texts ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ and ‘Love‚ Ghosts and Nose Hair’‚ it is evident that people cope with loss and grief in many different ways. The protagonists from both of the texts experienced some form of loss or grief. Both Josie and Jack lost someone who meant a great deal to them; at different ages and in different circumstances. This meant the way in which they grieved and how long they coped for‚ was different

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    “You left me Perhapsless‚ stuck in your goddamned labyrinth” (Green 172). Miles “Pudge” Halter has an obsession with people’s last words. This obsession has led him to boarding school in search of the “Great Perhaps.” This is where he meets the intriguing Alaska Young who introduces him to the “labyrinth.” This eccentric girl helps him begin his journey in search of the “Great Perhaps‚” but leaves him stuck in the labyrinth after a devastating event. I will be questioning whether or not Alaska killed

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