The Civil War:The Real ReasonWhat was the Civil War The Civil War began April 12‚ 1861 with the attacks of Fort Sumter‚ and did not end until April 9‚ 1865 with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army. Over 620‚000 died in the war‚ along with disease killing twice as many as those lost in battle. 50‚000 survivors returned home as amputees. So why was this war fought?A common misconception It is a commonly held view that President Lincoln fought the Civil War to free the slaves
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1. My favorite food is Italian food. Basically we can say it consisted of spaghetti and pizza. They are not only show up in Italy but also popular in US. Italian food is considered inexpensive‚ family oriented and convenient. The Italian food culture has influenced the American way of making food. Ingredients are potato sauce‚ flour and olive oil. People suppose to prepare these stuffs before they made Italian foods. However‚ American already tried to use these ingredients for another kind of food
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Romeo and Juliet (R&J)‚ Cousin Kate (CK) and sweet eighteen (SW18) all present the theme of innocence. In R&J and CK we see loss of innocence however in SW18 we see the protection of innocence. R&J was written by William Shakespeare in 1594‚ CK was written by Christina Rossetti in 1830 and finally SW18 was written by Sheenagh Pugh. R&J is a play set in Verona‚ Italy. A boy (Romeo) and a girl (Juliet) who fall in love. But they come from families which hate each other‚ and know they will not be allowed
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Chapter 33 1. Describe what the procedure of Pneumoencephalographic and skull X-rays are‚ how and why this was done‚ how long it takes to recover from this‚ and what the side effects are of having this done. Pneumoencephalography was a technique developed in 1919 for taking images of the brain‚ which floats in a sea of fluid. That fluid protects the brain from damage‚ but makes it very difficult to X-ray‚ since images taken through fluid are cloudy. Pneumoenceph alography involved drilling
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A variety of professional organizations support controllers‚ management accountants‚ and the cost management community in general. In a posting‚ outline a certification and describe the organization that promulgates it. Discuss the relevance/importance of the certifications in the field or in your opinion. Due Date: Post your assignment to the Forum Discussion 1 thread by midnight Wednesday of Week #1 (27 Aug 14). As you will see‚ the discussions are really geared mainly to get you all to interact
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Meghan Morgan ENG 1101-14 Mrs. Yates 15 February 2013 My First Serious Argument with My Parents I remember my first serious argument with my parents like it was yesterday. I got so mad at them because they took my phone away from me. Being a teenager that is all you really care about. I got in trouble a lot when I was younger. I got in trouble because I stayed out past my bed time‚ I always back talked to my dad‚ and I never did the chores. Like most teenagers that is expected‚ but my dad did
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In Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye‚ one of the main characters‚ Cholly Breedlove‚ can be examined through a Freudian psychoanalytic lens‚ as he struggles with things like the structure of his personality and the Oedipal complex. Cholly is clearly a troubled man and throughout the story he experiences difficulty in trying to find a balance between his id and superego. Cholly also struggles with the Oedipal complex‚ raping his daughter‚ Pecola. This action ties in with his id‚ in that he acts impulsively
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INTRODUCTION Your sense of humor is one of the most powerful tools you have to make certain that your daily mood and emotional state support good health.”Humor is the tendency to look at things from the mirthful or incongruous side. It is the quality that makes something laughable or amusing. Humor is the ability to perceive‚ enjoy‚ or express what is amusing or comical. It is the source of laughter and the catalyst of smiles. Humor is the spark that lights our eyes as well as the cause of tears
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For throughout the centuries‚ scholars have addressed whether information exists and on the off chance that we know anything at all thinkers characterize learning as a conviction which is in concurrence with the actualities we can know are those which are testable and that learning must be gathered by a solid means‚ for example‚ science. Something else‚ our "insight" is simply conviction. While it appeared glaringly evident to me that the wellspring of learning was nature or the universe‚ I have
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Welcome to the Desert of the Real is a 2002 book by Slavoj Zizek. A Marxist and Lacanian analysis of the ideological and political responses to the terrorist attacks on September 11‚ 2001. The book’s title comes from a quote delivered by the character Morpheus in the 1999 film The Matrix: "Welcome to the desert of the real" Zizek claims that the American Fantasy found in movies is secretly what Americans wanted. The ultimate fantasy of an individual living in a small town suddenly discovers the world
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