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    music (Wikipedia 2017). There are many great examples of sculptures from the Baroque period. When I first saw the sculpture‚ Truth Unveiled by Time by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini‚ who is “undoubtedly the most important sculptor of the Baroque period” (Wikipedia 2017)‚ I was amazed by the dramatic effect it had. Although it was a static statue‚ a sense of movement could be detected

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    otherwise known as International Business Machines Corporation also called Big Blue (because it is their corporate color) is one of the very early information technology companies‚ which started way back to the 19th century under Thomas J. Watson‚ Sr. Wikipedia states that it is the second most important global brand. IBM dominated the market and at the start of 1980‚ they introduced a lot of technology‚ most specifically the Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC)‚ which is the basis of most workstations

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    However‚ she worked her way up in the civil service until she got promoted‚ which required moving to Ottawa (CanadaHistory). Turner was a brilliant student and a talented athlete. He was educated at Ashbury College and St Patrick’s College‚ Ottawa (Wikipedia). He was accepted at the University of British Colombia‚ at age 16‚when his mother got married to Frank Mackenzie Ross and they moved to Vancouver. John was among Canada’s

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    Cited: Duiker‚ William J.‚ and Jackson J. Spielvogel. World History. Fourth ed. Clark Baxter‚ Inc.‚ 2004 Gay‚ Peter. Mozart. A Penguin Life Edition. New York: Penguin Group‚ 1999 “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.” Wikipedia‚ The Free Encyclopedia. 22 May 2008. Wikimedia Foundation‚ Inc. 2008 . “Mozart-Fantasy in D minor.” 1st Classical Piano. 22 May 2008. 1stpiano.com. .

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    and experts were considered to be the most reliable source of knowledge. But today‚ the Internet has provided society with the convenient environment for finding and storing information. In his essay‚ Poe discusses the phenomenon of the web-site Wikipedia as an example of a successful effort in collaborative knowledge‚ which is produced during the process of communication and negotiation by society and experts concerning the information regarding an object of study. A professor at Harvard University

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    DIVORCE: SHOULD THERE BE REFORMS TO MAKE DIVORCE HARDER? OUTLINE Divorce: divorce can be said to be any form of dissolution of a marital union. A brief history of divorce: divorce dates back to when marriage started existing. It is aimed at bringing about peace to couples who can no longer tolerate each other. * Types of divorce * Causes of divorce Divorce: Discuss on the negative effects of divorce. The disadvantages divorce has on the various people affected. * Discuss on the

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    participatory democracy‚ willingness to imagine or remain open to considering alternative perspectives‚ willingness to integrate new or revised perspectives into our ways of thinking and acting‚ and willingness to foster criticality in others”. (Wikipedia‚ 2011) Some consider critical thinking to be an unnatural act because naturally people are determined to preserve their beliefs‚ even to the point of irrationality. We tend to discard evidence that conflicts with our beliefs and to attack those who

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    the technology of diabetic supplies; this includes the insulin pump. “Insulin pumps are a medical device used for the administration of insulin in the treatment of diabetes mellitus‚ also known as continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy”(Wikipedia). The advantages in the technology of the insulin pump are better blood sugar control‚ a device that closely copies a healthy pancreas‚ and a flexible lifestyle. First of all‚ statistically‚ people who use insulin pumps have lower A1C levels

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    John Locke was born in Wrington ‚ Somerset ‚ England on August 29 1704 to John Locke and Agnes Keene ‚ who were both Puritans (Uzgalis 2001 ‚ Wikipedia 2006 ‚ Microsoft Encarta 2006 . His father ‚ after whom he was named ‚ served as captain of cavalry for the Parliamentarian forces in the early part of the English Civil War . His family later moved to Pensford and Locke grew up in a rural Tudor house in Belluton . He attended the Westminster School in London in 1647 under Alexander Popham ‚ a member

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    while in liftoff on January 28‚ 1986 which killed the 7 astronauts on board‚ and the reason for the incident was because of a booster failure.On April 4th‚ 1983‚ and saw the first spacewalk of the space shuttles program said NASA’s Challenger site & wikipedia. The Challenger has undergone 9 successful missions‚ and the last 1 mission was unsuccessful which killed all of the astronauts. NASA has learned from some of the mistakes‚ Ronald

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