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    Life and Works Who is Leonardo Da Vinci? Leonardo had a keen eye and quick mind that led him to make important scientific discoveries, yet he never published his ideas. He was a gentle vegetarian who loved animals and despised war, yet he worked as a military engineer to invent advanced and deadly weapons. He was one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance, yet he left only a handful of completed paintings. It may seem unusual to include Leonardo da Vinci in a list of paleontologists

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    The resulting portions of this information contain a Professional Score Summary Table, an explanation of John White’s Summary Code, and an appraisal of John White’s Occupational Daydream. Furthermore, the Summary Code has been employed to produce indexes of occupations, and areas of training. Lastly, a list of community resources has been supplied to help John White pursue avenues of interest. Therefore, John White’s Summary Code letters were organized in every pattern in order to make this report

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    are some tips to help ensure you choose the right auto transport company to ship your classic car. Get a recommendation from a reputable source that can recommend the proper car carrier. Great resources are major auction companies, museums, car restorers, local car club members, and car collectors. Their recommendation combined with additional research, through classic car forums, and review sites can help ensure that you choose a car carrier that you can trust and is experienced in shipping classic

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    Gilgamesh Hero

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    the first tablet of Gilgamesh. From the first few lines of the text we see that his accomplishments are praised rather than his ethics. The book says “Exploring the furthest reaches of the Earth … Reaching in his might Utanapishtim the Distant one, Restorer of holy places (Foster, tablet I).” Just by these few lines of the book we can see that one was judged by their actions and accomplishments not the way they carried themselves. In the modern age we like to see a hero who both has great accomplishments

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    When Jesus taught the Samaritan woman at the well, it was the first time he plainly declared his divinity and it was the first instance that John tells us that Jesus gave an aretology statement. This story comes right after John the Baptist testifies of Christ. He says that “I am not” and it is Jesus who is the “I am”. It also follows the story of Nicodemus who came to Jesus in the night and was taught about being born again. Nicodemus was a Pharisee and was referred to as “a ruler of the Jews”(he

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    away with it. Criminal always think that they will never get caught until the smallest thing gets them caught. Eric Heborn is a very infamous criminal. Heborn is known for his art forgeries. He trained at Royal Academy of Arts. Trained to be a paint restorer. Paint restoring led to his career of art forging. Eric Heborn won many medals. His medals came from his talents in art and painting. Eric never sold his art forgeries to rookie art collectors, only the professionals. Eric said “only the experts

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    A Gold Lustreware Maiolica Bowl by Galileo Chini (fig.1) Maiolica bowl polychrome gold, grey and bronze colour. Circa 1902-1904.Galileo Chini. L’Arte della Ceramica Fontebuoni, Florence. Museo Galileo Chini, Borgo San lorenzo. The gold lustreware bowl by Galileo Chini is an object which could seem on first glance devoid of special significance: just a beautiful decorative object enjoyed at face value. (Fig.1) But in the seeming void I saw a repository of layered meanings which I attempted to interpret

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    Elizabeth's Traditions

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    This paper will evaluate whether by the end of Elizabeth’s reign how far had there been a break from tradition within English Christianity. When we discuss use the term tradition what we really mean is the Catholic Church. Preceding Elizabeth’s reign there had much change due to her Fathers initial break from Rome, her brothers more hard line Protestant changes, the restoration of Catholicism under Mary and of course Elizabeth’s reign. These dramatic events all occurred in a 30 year period hence

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    Soda blasting is similar to sandblasting in that both are forms of abrasive blasting. Instead of sand, soda blasting uses bicarbonate of soda (baking soda). Soda blasting was developed in the 1980s as a method for cleaning the interior and exterior of the Statue of Liberty. Baking soda is ideal for gentle cleaning without causing damage. Unlike other abrasive media, soda blasting does not cause objects to warp due to the heat generated by the process. It eliminates the mess and hazard that comes

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    Augustus Intro Paragraph 1 – Early days Following the assassination of Julius Caesar by the Senators of the republic on the ideas of March in 44BC, Rome descended into a bloody civil war which lasted a decade. Although the senators had cunningly planned the murder of Caesar, it became apparent that they did not possess the foresight to consider who may fill the gaping power vacuum created by Caesar's absence. The conflict between Mark Antony and Octavian developed out of their battle

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