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    Louis Pasteur’s contributions to science has advanced scientific understanding and changed the direction and nature of scientific thinking. He was the founder of the science of microbiology and proved that most infectious diseases are caused by micro-organisms through experiments which he performed. Pasteur was extensively known through his “germ theory” and for the invention of the process of pasteurisation. He was also instrumental in developing the process of vaccination in a famous experiment

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    ancient Greece. Doctors then were beginning to realize that getting infected with a virus would later help prevent becoming reinfected. Edward Jenner, known as “The Father Immunology”, is credited for discovering the first vaccination for smallpox. Louis Pasteur stumbled upon the vaccination for chicken cholera. Jenner and Pasteur are known as the pioneers of vaccinations. By the 1950’s many more vaccinations were developed (Bushak, 2016). Spradley 2 Scientists have performed numerous studies involving

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    Charles and Elizabeth now have two more members in their family. Their first grandchild, Charlie Koehler, is born in East St. Louis back in 1903 and their second and third grandchildren, Grace and Irene Hall, are born in 1906 and 1907. Now, in 1908, they add two more grandchildren with the births of Orval Koehler and Charlie Hall. Unfortunately, they all live in East St. Louis and therefore Charles and Elizabeth are unable to see them on a regular basis. They are helped by the recent addition of a $1

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    A bit hard to overcome, many people have dental anxiety also known as fear of the dentist. Logical individuals are stopped from seeing a dentist and preserving the health of their teeth. Preventing difficulties prior to their start is vital for retaining healthy teeth. Problems occur because people who experience a fear of the dentist will evade going to a dentist. To avoid these problems such as decay and cavities it takes scheduled appointments with your dentist for cleaning. What happens when

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    Compare and contrast James Scott’s and Michel Foucault’s theories of power and resistance. In this essay I shall compare James Scott’s theory of power and resistance with Michel Foucault’s, as in what similarities do they share in their structure of theories; and contrast the difference as in their understanding of power, position they take to look for/into power, exercise of power and resistance in response. By contrasting the two approaches on the subject of power and resistance, I shall argue

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    In Malcolm X 's biography "Coming to an Awareness of Language" he reveals that he struggled with expressing himself in his writing due to lack of education. He grew up speaking only slang and even though he was well respected for being one of the best speakers in the streets, it didn 't get him very far when he needed to be seen in the eyes of professionals. While incarcerated inNorfolk Prison Colony, Malcolm X wrote to various people about a variety of issues that he deemed important. However none

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    Essay I: Of Althusser and ISAs Ideology is much like oxygen gas, invisible to the average human yet ever present in the world. According to philosopher Louis Althusser, ideology is “a ‘representation’ of the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence” (Norton 1498). Ideology is a means by which people attempt to comprehend themselves in relation to the reality they exist in. For example, in Christianity, people view themselves as placed into reality for the purpose

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    Advertisements have become a huge part of society in the modernized world of today. Around the world, many people can see all of the various advertisements not only on TVs and newspapers but also on billboards, buses, and walls of buildings. Advertising is an influential part of life and we can easily realize that it has useful purposes for public and private manufacturers and companies throughout the world. Advertisements can either give consumers a great amount of knowledge about the products or

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    1920s was Louis Armstrong he was known as the King of Jazz. Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans he was the son of a prostitute and an absent father. Louis Armstrong grew up with his grandparents because his parents had separated and left him. His mother finally came back, but then left once more. Louis Armstrong grew up around music. He influenced jazz with his great voice and his great trumpet playing. On

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    Jazz dance is a form of dancing that can be very well identified by the emphasis on offbeat rhythms and body parts moving in isolation. Jazz dance has various dance styles that are characterized by fast as well as slow, smooth as well as sharp, hidden as well as large movements. The origin of this dance form relates back to Africa. During the time of slavery in America, it came with the African slaves. Africans used to dance in a very fluid style with looser body unlike the elite dance moves which

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