AUS. The topic given for this essay by professor Craven is “Your experiences with writing 101”. Briefly‚ it was a radical change from high school writing which included letter to the editor or an email‚ to university level writing that consists of writing five paragraph long essays. Initially‚ most of the students seemed clueless about the subject’s guidelines and tasks. However‚ with the help of the professors‚ most of us managed to do well and gain immense knowledge about the subject. Writing
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To what extent has the importance of the Tet Offensive of 1968 been overrated? On January 30th 1968 over 80‚000 Vietcong soldiers launched a surprise attack on over 100 towns and cities in South Vietnam. This is known as the Tet Offensive. The US army and South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) launched a counter-attack which regained all lost territory and crippled the military capabilities of the Vietcong. Some historians argue Tet was not as important as it appears to be. However‚ it is widely considered
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Name: Date: Assignment 1 – Research Assignment: DUE ON week 7_______________________ Choose ONE of the following topics for your assignment: 1. Select an advertisement for a quit smoking program‚ weight loss or sports nutrition supplement and research the scientific validity behind the program or product. Your report must include: A description of differences between primary and secondary resources An explanation of how secondary resources usually contain bias and how these
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The Witch of Colchis As she was ferried ’cross the River Styx‚ what thoughts too harrowing to contemplate came coursing madly through her consciousness? Her children whom she killed with her own hands as vengeance for their father’s faithlessness‚ ensuring they would not be reared as slaves? The hapless rival she engulfed in flames— a marriage of political convenience kindling blind rapacious jealousy? Her husband’s cousins she enticed to cast a heinous spell of mutilation‚ thinking they’d
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"Everybody has his own world"‚ they say. It is nonsense. The world stays the same. It is how you look at it that makes the difference. It is just like looking through glasses of your ideas‚ habits and values. Everybody has such a pair of glasses. They have been created since you were born and‚ believe it or not‚ they were not created by you. It is OTHER PEOPLE who have made them. No matter if you love those people‚ hate them or don.t know them personally. It is enough to come in touch with
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but I decided to give it a shot. I remember that I sat at my desk but couldn’t decide what I should write about. After I stared at a blank sheet of paper for a while‚ I finally raised my hand (which I couldn’t stand doing‚ by the way‚ because I never liked asking for help‚ but I asked anyway)‚ “Mrs. Cibulous‚ I don’t know what to write about.” She told me to just write about something I liked. I had an “ah ha” moment. I would write about fall. It was fall at the time‚ and so pretty to look at and
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The Sociology of Personal Relationships Has intimacy been transformed in contemporary society? Discuss with reference to a relationship between a couple Intimacy‚ in the context of a relationship between couples‚ is widely accepted to mean the closeness shared between two people‚ Chambers dictionary defines it as ‘knowing a lot’ about each other. A deeper look reveals that it involves both sexual and emotional intimacy‚ most commonly heterosexual couples. Although intimacy can be interpreted differently
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Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that they should accept the entire Bible but they also see that parts of the Bible were written in figurative or symbolic language and are not to be taken so literally. They also belive that Jesus is the Savior and Son of God‚ but not a part of the trinity so Jesus is not their almighty God. Unlike Christians‚ they see Christ as a thing that lives in spirit rather than in believers. Some things that I learned about Jehovah’s Witnesses is that‚ in their religion Jesus
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To what extent has Greece been Affected by Globalization‚ Socially‚ Politically‚ Environmentally‚ Economically and Culturally? (above is a picture of the Greek flag) Greece is a relatively small country situated in the Southern East part of Europe. It is made up of many different islands and is mostly surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. The picture on the right is the current flag of Greece. The capital of Greece is Athens‚ situated in the middle of the country and on the edge of the country’s
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Mayan Civilization‚ located in today’s Mexican states of Chiapas and Tabasco‚ the Yucatan Peninsula‚ Guatemala‚ Belize‚ and portions of Honduras and El Salvador (Coe 1966:17)‚ was built upon a rigid caste social structure based on their religious beliefs. The Civilization founded in the Pre-Classic Period c. 2000 BC‚ reached its ‘golden age’ in the Classical Period c. AD 250-900; and ultimately collapsed after severe drought c. 1200 AD. Independent Maya civilization continued until 1697 when the Spanish
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