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    Ryan Goeken Freshman Experience Professor... December 3rd Career Exploration Paper Ever since childhood the pressures of choosing a career are prevalent in every child’s mind. Although they may not always follow through with their childhood dream job‚ the foundations for what they want to do are laid down very early in their lives. For me‚ I have always known for a very long time that I wanted to enter the field of business‚ but just recently have I decided that finance would be my specific major

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    History Spring Semester 2015 The Age of Hatred Authors BV NM SR TB Introduction This essay ’s purpose is to investigate the causes of violence in the twentieth century. To do so‚ Niall Ferguson ’s The War of the World‚ History ’s Age of Hatred was used as a basis for research. Afterwards‚ it was complemented with different points of view from other authors such as Mazower‚ Kershaw‚ Berghan and Hobsbawm‚ who trace similar roots to the unprecedented brutality. The focus of this essay is mainly

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    ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ – Exploration Notes Our exploration into ‘Streetcar’ began with a focus on vocal awareness. Through developing the opening of the play through non-naturalism‚ I discovered how the use of voice and movement was key into creating the atmosphere of a multi-cultural and rundown area of New Orleans. I found that accent was a main factor in conveying the vibrant racial mix in the Quarter. The use of crescendos allowed us to create eerie atmosphere within Blanche’s living nightmare

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    Cathy Caruth‚ a Professor at Cornel University has looked at the themes surrounding trauma‚ looking in-depth at the ideas of flashbacks and how trauma causes us to repeat these disturbing events. In her book‚ Trauma: Explorations In Memory‚ she discusses the concept of flashbacks‚ how we cannot go back and relive the moment when the trauma occurred so we create flashbacks which rely solely on our memories and the emotions that we felt at the time . This idea that trauma only exists in our emotions

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    planned to colonize the area around Monterey and San Diego‚ but his plan resulted in failure due to the thick coastal fog. Although his plan was a failure‚ his exploration of the San Francisco Bay and the establishment of Franciscan missions affects today’s current events. Portola’s failure to discover Monterey Bay led to increased land exploration‚ encountering new unfamiliar territory‚ and an exchange of cultural ideas with the Native Americans. Portola expedition led to increase land claims around

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    “The exploration of the Great Northwest produced some of the most heroic figures in our history” (MRL‚22). The book fails to mention the heinous acts committed by many of the “heroes” of the nation in the name of “civilizing” the West. History is filled with people doing things “for the good of their country”. For example‚ it is easy to point out our founding fathers going to war with Great Britain to grant us freedom. It is almost even easier to point out that when Hitler started World War II

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    Assignment on Exploration of Job Satisfaction: A Gender Prospective of Private University Faculty Members Submitted By Aunonno Chowdhury (I.D. # 2008-3-70-043) Md. Arafat Siddiqui (I.D. # 2009-1-70-014) Md. Abu Kawsar Sarker (I.D. # 2010-3-70-017) Md. Fahmidur Rahman (I.D. # 2008-3-70-039) [Group – VII] Submitted To Asheek Mohammad Shimul Adjunct Faculty Department of Social Sciences East West University Submission Date 19/12/2012 Exploration of Job Satisfaction: A Gender

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    Exploration of a Journal Article in Sociology In the scholarly journal‚ “Sex and Gender in the 1970’s” the article used existing research to study homosexuality and why it is viewed as “deviant” and a stigma. The author conducted several interviews‚ of gay white male individuals in “Sun City” of whom she was friends with to gain better knowledge on homosexuality and why it has remained a secret in society. Homosexuality in the 1960’s was kept as a secret in society. Gay communities did

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    European Exploration. The sailing advances in technology include the caravel‚ this design of triangular sails helped sailors to sail effectively against the wind. More advancements include the astrolabe‚ which helped sailors to better determine their location at sea‚ the magnetic compass‚ which allowed sailors to more accurately track direction‚ and cartography‚ the science of making maps. Additionally‚ the desire for money‚ more land‚ and spreading Christianity led to European Exploration. Europeans

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    Please go to the Nasa website below to learn more about Mars. Explore reading links and videos. Take notes during your exploration of the website. Answer the questions below. Please follow all guidelines for discussion. Include 3 peer responses. 1. Describe what Mars physical properties are with details. Mars has a striking red appearance‚ and in its most favorable position for viewing‚ when it is opposite of the sun‚ it is twice as bright as Sirius‚ the brightest star. Mars has a diameter of 4

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