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» Miscellaneous Essays and Papers
After Various Writings By Rich
<view this essay>.... asked, I begin to realize that I have problems coming up with a response. My parents were born in México, and thus, they are Mexican. Sometimes I feel I belong here in the United States, but other times I feel more attached to México. I am a Mexican-American. However, I feel that I am denying in some way my heritage and my culture by saying that I am. I am denying my parents. I say that I’m Mexican because in a sense I am. I am also an American. I am a Mexican-American. What do these terms put together imply? They should imply that the person is Mexican and American. The term “Mexican-American” is the very reason why I find myself confused about wh .....
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Uniform Commercial Code 2b The
<view this essay>.... the sales of goods but not products like software, which are licensed, not sold. Basically, when you purchase software, you are purchasing the information and rights to use the software. Article 2B creates standards for licensing these information products, including rules for interpreting warranties, legal remedies, liability and risk.
This project began to give consideration to instituting a separate article of the UCC for software and related contracts. Article 2B is designed to bring uniformity across states and across the goods vs. services issue. It is intended to make software contract laws more consistent and clear among states. If laws are co .....
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Mysteries Of The World
<view this essay>.... situated in
rural Scotland. Stories concerning the monster date back to the 6th
century A.D. The region was in complete isolation until a road was
built alongside the lake in 1933. Then large numbers of people
travelled through the region for the very first time. Over the years
thousands have reported seeing something in the lake. Most reports
depict a long neck surging from the water with a small head of a
unknown creature. Pictures have even been taken of this "creature",
but most scientists however, refuse to believe any creature of this
kind lives in the Loch Ness. They claim that most reported cases are
simply products of ov .....
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Issues Of Addiction
<view this essay>.... the addict doesn't even realize it is happening. Drinking in the home can cause a plethora of other problems, also. The children are the main victims in these situations, and they are usually the ones being blamed. Addiction at home has an extremely severe effect on the surrounding people, but there is nothing these victims can do about it.
The addict is by definition the person who takes drugs for the sake of taking drugs, rather than for the sake of some other desired end. A casual user uses drugs or alcohol for increased enjoyment and to become more sociable. An addict, however, continues to use this drug for fear of returning back to "normalcy." .....
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Human
<view this essay>.... can see happiness, while most animals can’t. Economy is what lets you manage your household and private affairs. Prudence is the ability to govern and discipline oneself. Courage holds your mind and soul together throughout thick and thin. also have another trait, Self-consciousness. Where we are aware of our bodies, and the control of movement, unlike animals. We see ourselves in daily life, and an animal would not, not even in a mirror. These are basic morals or ideals we s live by today, in our mind and domains.
Gilgamesh believes that s equal god plus animal. The divine plus the beast makes up a person. Another point that is mention on pg 49, is .....
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Human Perception: An Intimate Look Into The Most Intriguing Aspect Of Modern Psychology
<view this essay>.... define it, it is impossible to correctly
conceive a "correct" or "right" way to use it. Perception varies with not only
humans, but with virtually all other animals as well, whether through instinct
or with conscious thought. Let us take this a step farther. When a bee looks at
a flower that is meant for feeding from, they do not only notice the colors the
human mind sees. The bee sees a yellow "run-way" directly into the core of the
flower, guiding it into the source of nectar. This brings us to the question-
"is what we see real, or is what we see our own reality?". What the human mind
sees is only three dimensions. Since Albert Einstein first conjured the .....
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AKC Dog Breeds
<view this essay>.... and Sporting Groups.
The Hound Group contains such popular dogs as the Basset Hound, Bloodhound, and Greyhound. There are 22 separate breeds in the Hound Group alone. This group can be further separated into the scent hounds and the sight hounds. Scent hounds have been bred to find their prey by their overdeveloped sense of smell. Sight hounds were bred to spot targets at great distances and let their handlers know where the prey is located.
The Working Groups is a group of 21 different breeds of dogs. These dogs “were bred to perform such jobs as guarding property, pulling sleds, and performing water rescues” (AKC.org). Some common breeds in this gro .....
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Whale
<view this essay>.... and the narwhal. There are two basic types of living cetaceans: baleen, or bone, s of the scientific suborder Mysticeti; and toothed s of the suborder Odontoceti.
s live in all of the open seas of the world, though some occasionally enter coastal waters. Some species, such as the white , or beluga, may travel upstream in large rivers. Some species migrate with the seasons; others remain year-round in the same habitats, where they find their preferred food.
The present-day distribution and abundance of some species has been greatly influenced by the commercial whaling industry. rs eliminated or greatly reduced the numbers of some species of baleen s in ce .....
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