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    Galicia Intellectual property, or IP, is an area of secular law dealing with copyright, trademarks, and patents and is largely misunderstood area of law to the average user. Everyday people from all over the world go on the internet and copy and paste words, videos, and ideas for their own needs; “but the results of eras developing legislation and precedent now transitioning into the current digital age” have left most of us oblivious of how deeply it affects our lives (). The ignorance of the secular

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    Italian Neorealism

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    openness that had existed briefly after the war which had allowed Neorealism to project an Italy fashioned along the lines of Partisan dreams, was greatly reduced by the 1948 elections and reduced further as the Christian Democrat party consolidated its power in the early 1950s. Neorealism thus disappeared and left the representation of the fragmented "real"Italy, in

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    The 16th century was a time of creativity, discovery, exploration, and invention. The Cheese and the Worms, written by Carlo Ginzburg, tells the story of Domenico Scandella. The book explores Scandella’s, otherwise known as Menocchio, world-view at the time. Menocchio was a miller who was tried for his unorthodox religious views and eventually burnt at the stake for heresy in 1599. During this time, Menocchio was seen as special as he was a peasant who could read, a peasant who had an education.

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    impression that a random thief is stealing one of her Father’s horses, therefore; she feels that she should stand up in the name of her deceased father. She whips a plentiful amount of apples and scolds the Prince very highly up until she realizes who he is. She then bows down at his presence and states that if she knows she should be put to death. In this particular example, she does stand up for herself, yet she does back down to the Prince because he is of a higher social class and power. Even though there

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    assassins skull then fled. One of the asssassins summoned scorpions to attack Wichtig, Wichtig then dies then goes into the afterlife. When Stehlen eliminates the other assassins, Morgen is told that he should heal Wichtig and resurrect him with his godly powers. Morgen then helps Wichtig locate the best swordsmen/swordswoman in the small city, then Wichtig goes and mocks, then fights and beats them. The four then set camp at a forest, then Morgen asks questions to Wichtig such as, “Why did Konig send the

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    perspective of knowledge and books. Through Montag’s hero’s journey- a quest of conflicts and rebirth- he discovers the meaning of life and the power of words. As Montag learns more about the significance of literature and its impactful connection to humanity, his views on fire evolve from symbolizing destruction to reincarnation. Initially, Montag, a fireman who burns literature for a living, found books as “a pleasure to burn,” (Bradbury

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    Shoko Asahara Cult

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    fact, there was a time where Asahara and Aum Shinrikyo members had taken up an attitude similar to that of a humble missionary. However, the Aum Shinrikyo faith, as well as Asahara, had been obsessed with some of the philosophies of the Bible, the Book of Revelation in particular, and had an unfortunate turnaround, which resulted in the religion’s currently bad reputation. This cult is a perfect example to show what Paul meant when he said that false christs pretend to be holy servants of God.

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    What is truth? Levi provokes thoughts about what is right and wrong and what is true and false. The book, Survival in Auschwitz, is about the survival of a Jewish Italian chemist who became prisoner in the concentration camps. The book talks about the concentration camps, the time period, the mindset of the people, the nature of the people, and the circumstances they were going through. Primo Levi’s memoir can be used

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    persists in today's society. Common name brand products echo the names of the gods. Popular movies and television shows portray the myths of ancient Greece, some creating exact replications and others adding a modern twist to the timeless stories.  Books are written about the gods’ lives and adventures in ancient as well as present times. These portrayals of gods and goddesses exist to entertain people today just as they did in Greece centuries ago. With such a large influence surrounding life today

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    Fox’s and the animation studio Reel FX’s works, The Book of Life. On one hand, some argue that when making a movie about the same holiday there are bound to be similarities. From this perspective, it is a mere coincidence that there are many similar aspects within the two movies. On the other hand, however, others argue that there are too many coincidences within the movies for Disney not to have been influenced by 20th Century Fox’s work. In the words of American journalist Drew Grant, one of this view’s

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