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    King Xerxes The King

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    Once a king is dead another shall take his place‚ as has been repeated throughout history. No different was the succession of the great King Darius after his death‚ his son Xerxes comes to power‚ to take his father’s place and rule the vast empire of Persia. What makes the rise to prominence of Xerxes so controversial is that Xerxes is the third born son of Darius which would normally name him third in line in competition with his two older brothers. So why was the third born son Xerxes chosen over

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    Importance of Nature

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    The Importance of Experiencing Nature The more technologically savvy our society becomes and as our cities become larger and more urbanized our connection with nature gets weaker and weaker. It is difficult to remember the natural beauty of a 100 year old oak tree while you dwell in the city where you are lucky to see a tree every three blocks. Our attitudes (especially people who live in very urbanized areas) tend to think that civilization surrounds nature instead of “wilderness [as] the element

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    forums. Psychiatry has a level of controversy surrounding it‚ and as such the 1960s provided an up swell of change regarded today as “deinstitutionalization”. The movie we reviewed‚ “Nuts”‚ starring Barbara Streisand‚ was made in 1987 and based on a true story. In this drama‚ Streisand plays the real life character of Claudia Draper‚ who was charged with a major crime‚ yet was eventually found innocent‚ despite her family‚ the courts‚ and her attorney’s attempt at claiming she was incompetent as a defense

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    Nature walk

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    the North Shore always gives me a sense of comfort. I know it’s somewhere I can go to clear my mind and hike‚ feeling connected to nature. As I walk the curvy‚ damp path of Lake Superior Hiking Trail‚ fog lifted off the ground. The air was still cool but began to warm up by the sun shining through the thick tall pine trees. It was clear that fall was arriving‚ the trees were filled with vibrant yellow and red leaves. I took in a deep breath of the crisp air‚ letting it back out. I could see my breath

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    I am going to make a huge impact and a difference in this world. My name Henry King will never be washed from the surface of the earth. The kind of legacy I want to leave on earth will surpass greats such as Albert Einstein‚ Williams Shakespeare‚ Isaac Newton‚ Aristotle‚ and Charles Darwin. My dream is massive‚ and I am sure I will achieve it before I die. I want to be remembered as someone who contributed significantly to the science of mankind. I want to be a stepping stone for modern science.

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    period of absence from it. In “Snapping Beans” by Lisa Parker the idea of homesickness is a described as a young girl and her grandmother snap beans together after she returns from college. Although the snapping of the beans is a very important aspect of the poem the symbolization of a “hickory leaf” is far more important than this simple yet important and homely task. The summer green hickory leaf represents the girl breaking away from the morals and ways of life her grandmother has set for her‚ although

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    Human Nature

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    arisen about what is human nature. Is it in our nature to be good or is it our nature to be evil? Many philosophers have joined the debate taking stances on either end of the spectrum‚ while some try to pose alternative answers. Thomas Hobbes believes man’s nature to be bad. He claims humans to be naturally selfish‚ like animals we are driven by our own passions. Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. believed that man is naturally good. They believe man’s nature to be a state of harmony but

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    The Race for Theory’ ‚ Barbara Christian Many Western philosophers have played an important role in setting up the Literary Theory.‚ who throughout history have been in the top of the literary hierarchy. They have considered the distinctions between written literatures and then they came up with the redefinition of literature‚ which lead them to the changes in literary critical language such as to ’ re-invent the meaning of theory’ (Christian‚ 225). First of all‚ Barbara states that the first step

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    The vegan diet is more than just a diet it is a positive message. In Called Home‚ by Barbara Kingsolver she talks about our disconnection from nature. Our lifestyles have dominated us by dictating what we do and what we have time for. Food has been left in the hands of farmers‚ the government‚ and multinational corporations. The supermarket is at our convenience alongside fast food restaurants with products that contain chemicals as ingredients and illness from poorly raised and manufactured animals

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    The Plate with King Hunting Rams is a brilliant piece of metallurgy from the Sassanid era of Persia‚ around 5-6th century CE. It was made from silver‚ mercury gilding and niello inlay in the Qazvin region in what is now Iran. The plate depicts an unknown Sassanid King (either Peroz or Kavad I) hunting down a group of rams. It shows the prowess and desired image of the king as well as the cultural divide and influence of the society at the time. Through its use of curvature‚ color‚ and shape‚ the

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