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"Caucasia"

maiden name with a venomous clarity-need to go back to Cambridge" (Senna, 1998, p. 21). Then he continues that he needs to go to R...

Earth and Mars

formed in a single cataclysmic explosion between ten and twenty million years ago. This explanation is commonly referred to as the...

The Japanese Samurai

century, for example, the Japanese Emperor Go-Daigo attempted to overthrow the shogunate, the defacto government vying for power w...

Popular Culture: Forging a Distinctive Identity

Each of these distinctive elements of society sprang from the pressing need to forge a distinctive self identity. Each was fed by...

Christianity in Beowulf

has received a considerable amount of attention. Eighteenth century critics argued in favor of viewing the poem as fundamentally p...

Paher's Las Vegas (Book Report)

the beginnings of this citys origin. Of course, the book only provides general information and there is only a set amount that can...

The Bible And The Koran

texts because it is accepted by a religion as the Word of God or the Word of Allah, in Islam. All religions have a sacred text upo...

The Bible And The Koran - Christianity And Islam

on which a religion is based. It is one of the forms of communication in the religion along with ritual activities, architecture a...

An Exploration of Anthropology by Andrea Lee

to parade as white folds illustrates how she wanted her kindred to be just as proud of their true racial roots as they were with t...

Asset Allocation and Stochastic Optimization

approaching, being one that that is more dynamic and flexible, suitable as a tool for analyzing decision problems under uncertaint...

An Exploration of Horoscopes

or the time and place of any other significant event that is being explored. While their validity is still doubted by many, other...

Children's Literature and Authentic Voices

writer, is even more emphatic in warning against reading books about cultures written by those outside the culture, in particular ...

Is The Use Of Racial Categories In Educational Achievement Antiquated?

In todays western world there is equal access to education for all races, and may be argued as outdated and implying that there co...

The War in Iraq is Not Justified

is the most popular one, acting in the face of adversity should mean that the action is strongly supported by the actor. In the ca...

Buddhism, An Overview

This research paper presents an overview of Buddhism. The topics covered include the religion's origins, its major concepts, and p...

What is Eurocurrency?

a deposit of the funds with a US bank. This meant it would not be possible for the US money to be frozen or confiscated as it no l...

Magnet Schools

have a focus. How these schools are actually structured and implemented differs from district to district and from state to state ...

Evolution of I/0

work and behavior. There are a number of seminal studies that helped industrial psychology become its own division. For instance,...

World Trade Organization

Geneva. The World Trade Organization would not be able to function without the Secretariat which employs more than 600 people incl...

Origin of Islam in Spain, North Africa, and the Middle East

Muhammad was not reserved in instructing them on the benefits of Heaven and the consequences of Hell. Still, even with such a bri...

French Revolution and its Origins

was in large part what prompted the liberals to call for more equality (Halsall, 2004). The bourgeoisie and the peasants who comp...

Psychological or Physical Origins of Substance Dependence

However, while a considerable amount of research points to the fact that depression or anxiety problems tend to cause alcoholism, ...

Middle East Culture and Negotiations

and her Middle Eastern neighbors. Well then embark on a literature review to determine the main differences between the nations - ...

Overview of Cyanobacteria

from a site in South Africa" showed that there were a surprising number of organic compounds in the mix (p. 23). Watanabes analysi...

Culture, Personal Preference, and Taste

of the valuer" (Ollivier et al, 2001). II. CONSUMERISM Human nature is defined by myriad elements, not the least of which ...

The Relationship Between Europe and Africa

in the early 18th century that the Fulani people east of present-day Sierra Leone invaded to convert the people of present-day Sie...

Should Cultural Artifacts be Returned to Their Countries of Origin?

1. "claims concerning the restitution of cultural properties to their ocuntries of origin" 2. "restriction of imports and...

Overview of Electronic Payment Systems

were linked in terms of exchanging money by using leased telegraph wires as well as "inaugurated" electronic settlements for accou...

Drug Ecstasy

to medical science (Ecstasy, 2004). It wasnt until the 1980s that it was first introduced to the "streets" as an illicit drug (Ec...

Sights and Culture of the Pow Wow

this perspective the pow wow evolved in accordance with trade needs. Native peoples and those Europeans that had invaded their la...