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 Money. Money is one of the most commonplace things in our current society. Money is something we are all very used to. Not only as an object or tool, but also as a concept. It affects our lives in a multitude of ways. It has the potential to greatly affect work opportunities, personal relationships, … Read more

 Which Qualities Defines a Successful Coach?   When I was about 4 years old I remember one of my sisters came home from practice and said they needed a new soccer coach. For the next few days, my mom and dad discussed what a huge responsibility it was to take on a role like … Read more

 Henry Ford was the revolution of the auto industry in Detroit in the early 1900’s. Henry Ford’s invention of the Model T changed transportation by making a majority of middle class American’s able to afford an automobile, and the way he incorporated the assembly line changed the face of American industry.   Throughout history, … Read more

 SLIDE: LATE 20TH CENTURY HISTORY So before expounding on the wuxia new school as revived in the 1960’s, I’d first like to offer a little bit of socio-political context for the films in question. Firstly, the Golden Age of Wuxia film had a brief overlap with a period of time known as The Great … Read more

 TECHNICAL EVOLUTION OF AERO PLANES The fantasy of flying is as old as mankind itself, but the idea of a plane only existed for two centuries. Prior to that time, men and women tried to navigate the air by imitating birds. They assembled wings to beat their arms or machines with fluttering wings called … Read more

 Queen Cleopatra VII Have you ever thought how life would be if you were Queen of the Nile at age nineteen? How do you think it would be like to rule Egypt when you are only a young teenager? In 69 B.C., a young princess was born, in Alexandria, Egypt’s capital, to a wealthy … Read more

 The Kansas-Nebraska Act, passed by congress on May 30, 1854, was drafted by Democratic Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois and supported by Democratic President Franklin Pierce. The Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which abolished slavery north of latitude 36° 30’. This gave the territories of Kansas and Nebraska the power to decide … Read more

 The Plains Indians refers to groups of Native Americans who lived in the Great Plains area between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. The Sioux, the Blackfoot, the Comanche, the Crow, the Arapaho, and the Kiowa were among the most well known of the Plains Indian groups. The Sioux were the largest out … Read more

 The seventeenth century was a particularly interesting time for the Irish harping tradition. It bore witness to a number of important events and historical figures, such as the numerous harping festivals (culminating with the Belfast Harp Festival of 1792), Edward Bunting’s important work, and the array of tunes composed by the great Turlough O’Carolan. … Read more

 Dear Dina Georgis, First and foremost, I want to thank you for detailing queerness in Arab culture in your piece at such great depth, especially through your analysis on queer Arab subjectivities represented in Bareed . Born and raised in Malaysia, your piece made me find parallels between queer Arab subjectivities and that of … Read more

 The role of technology in our everyday life cannot be overemphasized as its effect can be felt in almost all aspect of our society. Technological advancement and the rise of the internet and new media technologies have also exposed women to rapid changes in sexual behaviors, leading them to greater sexual freedom and attitude. … Read more

 I believe that Henry VIII created a separate dominion called Anglicanism in the early 1500s. Anglicanism can be described as being in-between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism regarding its values and beliefs (Doran & Durston, 2003). The Anglicanism dominion came to be after the Catholic church denied his divorce request from his then current wife, … Read more

 The purpose of this paper is to analyze and understand the significance of Acts 1:8-10 in terms of the timeframe in which it was written, the actual meaning of the words in the verses, and the overarching theological message.  These versus were written by the Apostle Luke and pertain to the specific ministries of … Read more

 Rosa Louise McCauley was an activist in the Civil rights movement, who the United States congress called the First Lady of civil rights and the mother of the freedom movement. By refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery city bus on December 1st  1955 the black seamstress helped … Read more