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    In the case of the reimagined ending of the film and book ‘Life of Pi’‚ in the setting of the judges from ‘The Case of the Speluncean Explorers’‚ by Lon L. Fuller‚ 62 Harvard Law Review 616‚ I feel that the defendant‚ Pi Patel is not guilty of the act of murder. The assignment‚ as was given‚ recounts the alternative story given by Pi to the Japanese insurance authorities when questioned about his survival. Although his story with the animals is what is supposed to be real‚ one can also view it as

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    quite early in this century virtually the whole of the earth’s surface had been mapped in outline‚ and most of it surveyed by explorers on foot. The process has more recently been completed by the use of the aircraft and the helicopter. Attention is now concentrated on underground and undersea exploration and in recent years on space exploration. Before the First World War the international attitude towards exploration was competitive‚ as in the case of space exploration today‚ the USA. and

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    The closest living relative to humans are primates. The study of primates and their behaviors is primatology. Primatology provides a better understanding of the many aspects of the research‚ preservation and conservation of primates. The field of primatology has been fortunate to have several outstanding scientists‚ among them Jane Goodall‚ the late Dian Fossey and Birute Galdikas. Each of them has accomplished considerable works documenting and interpreting the lives of chimpanzees‚ gorillas

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    African-American community‚ but also she initiated change without really realizing so. After the bus incident‚ the establishment of the Montgomery Improvement Association was implemented‚ led by a young pastor named Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. The world today is clearly different all because of Rosa Parks refusing to give her seat up. Her action lead to reaction‚ which is the most important part in establishing change. Her act of defiance began a movement that ended legal segregation in America. This

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    Matthew Henson: Arctic Explorer Matthew Henson was born on August 8‚ 1866‚ in Maryland. His parents were freeborn black sharecroppers. When Henson was four‚ his family moved to Washington D.C. where more jobs were available. When his parents died‚ he and his siblings moved in with a nearby uncle. Henson was fascinated by stories about life at sea‚ so when he saw a chance to become a cabin boy for Captain Childs‚ he took it. Childs instructed him in math‚ history‚ geography and the Bible as they

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    Alexander Graham Bell There are a lot of famous Canadians and all of them are very interesting and each one of them made a difference in Canada‚ just like Alexander Graham Bell‚ he invented something that made a really big difference in our society today‚ and that is why he is very interesting and fascinating. Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3‚ 1847 in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. Because Alexander’s mom had hearing loss since she was a girl‚ he was interested in sound and inventing‚ and his

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    Famous Thinkers Roxanne Serna PHL/458 July 30‚ 2012 Trisha Mc Aloon Famous Thinkers Throughout time‚ there have been many successful people in the world. Famous people with great minds to create new things that would change history itself. In today’s world‚ the two famous thinkers that have been chosen for this paper truly created a new nation for us. Through persuasion‚ creative thinking‚ through their assumptions‚ that would prove later to be the best possible outcome. Dr. Martin Luther

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    Famous Thinkers: Steven Spielberg & Grace Hopper Famous thinkers can come from all walks of life and can be from our generation and others. Reaching goals can be done in many ways. The similarity famous thinkers is that they are all share creative minds and are all creative thinkers. Creative ideas are the foundation of creative process (Goodman & Fritchie‚ 2011). Famous thinkers base their ideas on searching for solutions to problem‚ need‚ or the way others think or view specific issues.

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    Famous Thinkers Famous Thinkers Two famous thinkers of today would be Andrew Cohen and Ken Wilber. These two philosophers study the spiritual being and the route of the human mind on the path of enlightenment. Andrew Cohen was born in New York City in 1955 to an upper class secular Jewish family. Ken Weber was born in Oklahoma City‚ Oklahoma in 1949. These two philosophers believe that a human’s perception of enlightenment is based on what that person has experienced in their life time. The

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    Samuel De Champlain (1567?-1635) was a French explorer and navigator who mapped much of northeastern North America and started a settlement in Quebec. Champlain also discovered the lake named for him (Lake Champlain‚ on the border of northern New York state and Vermont‚ named in 1609) and was important in establishing and administering the French colonies in the New World. In 1603‚ Champlain sailed to France on Francois Grave Du Pont’s expedition. They sailed up the St. Lawrence River and the Saguenay

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