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    at the same time agree on other topics. These two philosophers are Englishmen Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Thomas Hobbes was born on April 5, 1588, while John Locke was born 44 years later on August 29,1632. Both men went to Oxford University in England to get their degrees in philosophy. Although these men have similarities in their educational backgrounds their philosophies are a bit different. The two-philosopher agreed that the nature of Humankind was defined by our State of Nature. Meaning…

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    Healthcare Facilities The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), is the health science campus for the University of Mississippi, located in the heart of Jackson, MS. The Medical Center first opened its doors on July 1, 1955. The University of Mississippi Medical Center is the state of Mississippi only academic medical center. According to the UMMC site, “The Medical Center functions as a separately funded, semi-autonomous unit responsible to the chancellor of the University of…

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    Higher education in the United States has evolved significantly from its colonial roots. Religious denominations prepared students for the clergy and civic leadership, today 's students can be found in wide variety of fields such as the sciences, arts, or social services. Higher education has also evolved in the area of access, formerly a bastion of the white male privileged elite, today 's campuses are dotted with students of varying ages and ethnic backgrounds.Higher education’s evolution in…

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    Robert Browning, A talented writer known for many outstanding poems. Robert was born in the May of 1812, in Camberwell, England. His parents were well known for their accomplishments. Roberts mother, an accomplished pianist and a devoted Christian. His Father, whom made a living as a bank clerk, was an accomplished artist, scholar, and antiquarian. Roberts father also being a book collector of book, had a vast array of rare book that totaled to be more than six thousand volumes. Roberts father…

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    The definition of a cultural hero varies by each person who gives an opinion. There are no set guidelines for what a hero is or does. Oxford English Dictionary define a hero as someone who has “superhuman strength, courage, or ability, favoured by the gods.” To somebody, a hero could be the man who swept the nation off of their feet in the political election, and to somebody else, it could be their grandma who lives a plain life up in Kansas on a farm. In this case, a cultural hero is rooted in…

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    two years so he simply accepted that no body understood his work and kept moving forward. Soon after he wrote All My Sons, Arthur Miller wrote his most famous piece of work by far, a play that today is a required curriculum in many schools and universities, The Death of a Salesman. This tale is about the last 24 hours of Willy Loman’s life, “a victim of both a heartless capitalist society and his own misguided dreams, although he has neither social nor intellectual stature, Willy has dignity,…

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    the Museum of Modern Art and learned to draw from the nude model at age 14, when she attended Federal Art Project classes. She received both her undergraduate (1945) and graduate (1946, 1949) degrees in art from the University of Iowa, where she studied printmaking with Mauricio Lasansky. While at the university, Schapiro met and married the artist Paul Brach. They moved to New York in 1951, when Abstract Expressionism was bringing about a powerful influence. Schapiro's Cubist-derived style was…

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    worthiness; there are a number of factors that are used in this assessment such as employment, salary, GMAT score and a few others. We also require a credit bureau report to check if there have been any significant payment or default issues in the past. Universities tend to focus on a larger scope for assessing a student candidate, ranging from GMAT score to industry experience to demographics. A number of input factors are considered in the model, which develops future earning potential while…

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    The Tell-Tale Heart Research In 1843, Edgar Allan Poe’s 2,200- word first person unreliable narrative short story “The Tell-Tale Heart,” was published. Edgar Allan Poe was a successful editor, literacy critic and American writer who wrote short stories and poetry. The Tell-Tale Heart is known for its unnamed narrator’s insanity and classifies Poe’s writing as a gothic fictional story. The narrator explains in the opening of the story that he killed the old man, but it was not for passion nor…

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    The TEDTalk I have chosen to review is Why Humans Run the World by Yuval Noah Harari. In this fascinating talk, Harari posed the question “How did humans turn themselves from insignificant apes minding their own business in Africa into rulers of planet Earth?” I found this video on Youtube by accident while browsing for TEDTalks. I watched several ones before I came across Harari’s and his drew my attention the most out of all the talks I watched. He offered a refreshing view of how humans came…

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