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    countries the index finger is preferred to the middle‚ but the meaning remains crystal clear. There are tons of different stories for the origin of the finger; going back as far as 2‚500 years. Some make mention to Greek tragedies‚ phallic representation‚ perverse Roman emperors‚ English long bowmen‚ and annoyed deaf people but‚ we just don’t know the actual origin. Nonetheless‚ the middle finger is probably the most universally-understood hand gesture in the world.

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    BUDDHISM AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE Buddhism is a religious and social philosophy which was founded by Siddhartha Gautama in the 5th century bc.He was the son of a noble from the northern part of India who became obsessed with finding the answer to the question of human suffering. He left his family‚ wife‚ son and a life of privileged comforts to go live in the forest in an effort to find the answer to the question that so tormented him. He lived in the forest for six years practicing extreme asceticism

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    1.06 Origins of the Ocean

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    drifting away. This has continued until the continents were in the places we know them to be today. This drift has caused the formation of separate oceans instead of one huge one. This drift still continues today. Volcanoes affected the origins of the sea by pouring huge amounts of steam into the atmosphere. This would result in the process of condensation. The volcanoes would pour steam and the Earth would cool down‚ which lead to condensation. The process caused water to fill up the hollows

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    Origin of My Name

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    ASSIGNMENT: Write an essay explaining the origin of your name and how you feel about it. My full name is Saidah Lauren Belo-Osagie. My name is definitely different from the average Joe’s‚ but it’s special because I know that even though it’s hard to pronounce‚ people will say‚ “Hey‚ you’re the girl with the hard to remember name.” And that’s okay. That’s because I know that my name means something special: Joy. My parents named me Saidah because they believed that I would bring joy and pleasure to

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    Origins of the Catholic Church in Australia. The first Catholics to come along to Australia‚ were amongst the first convicts to step foot on the shores of Port Jackson in Sydney. These Catholics were Irish in origin‚ and brought Catholicism to Australia‚ although Anglican Ministers were trying to stop the spread of Catholicism in Great Britain and her colonies. Most of the Irish who came here came here because of the British persecution of Irish Nationalists. The first obstacle to Catholicism

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    The Saxon King‚ Edward the Confessor‚ last of the ancient House of Wessex‚ died childless on on the stormy night of 4th -5th January‚ in the momentous year of 1066. On his deathbed Edward was said to have willed his throne to his brother-in-law‚ Harold Godwineson‚ Earl of Wessex‚ having made a previous promise to his maternal cousin‚ William‚ Duke of Normandy‚ that he should inherit the English throne if he died without producing an heir. The Witangemot or Saxon council of wise men‚ duly elected

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    origin of life on earth

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    The Earth is one of eight major planets and a host of minor planets that circle a fairly average‚ middle-aged‚ main-sequence star. It formed from the accretion of residual material from the gravitational collapse of the solar nebula that produced the Sun. Based on their specific distances from the Sun‚ the planets formed into groups of similar chemical compositions‚ sizes‚ and densities. The four smaller inner planets are of higher density and are composed of a mixture of rock and metal. In contrast

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    examining the shape‚ style‚ and decorations‚ archeologists are able to determine various aspects of life as an ancient greek. Through the Larnax from Armenoi‚ or Plate 87:F in “The Origin and Iconography of the Late

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    University of Phoenix Material Origins of Psychology and Research Methods Worksheet Part I: Origins of Psychology Within psychology‚ there are several perspectives used to describe‚ predict‚ and explain human behavior. The seven major perspectives in modern psychology are psychoanalytic‚ behaviorist‚ humanist‚ cognitive‚ neuroscientific/biopsychological‚ evolutionary‚ and sociocultural. Describe the perspectives‚ using two to three sentences each. Select one major figure associated with

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    The arguments in ?The Origins of Society? Jean Jacques Rousseau‚ in his essay The Origins of Society‚ writes about an ideal form of government. In his essay he attacks several other proposed or existing forms of government by carefully destroying their claims. However‚ it seems that Rousseau?s arguments do not promote his idea completely. For example‚ why would Rousseau write about the ?right of the strongest? if at his time it were not relevant? Why then would Rousseau argue these ideas? Rousseau

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