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    Collaborations from Royal Holloway University of London, the Central European University in Budapest and Radbound University Nijmegen in the Netherlands to analyze the implicit racial biases of 34 Caucasian participants and subject them to the “Rubber Hand” illusion2. The test consisted of the subjects watching a rubber hand being touched by a paintbrush as they felt their own hand being stimulated out of sight2. This illusion creates the sense that the fake hand is part of the subject 's body, even when it 's of a completely different skin color2. The theory behind this test is to stimulate the brain 's cognitive response and give an illusion showing their skin tone being darker, which would provide a similar/dissimilar interest as discussed in the previous…

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    The place wasn't hell, it just looked like it I'll say from the start, that it's through my art, that I express my love for Karen Carpenter, and her music the best. Some people can write about, how they feel about her, some make music, or just show their affectation, in a myriad of different ways, I draw and paint. My earliest memory of Karen was, like a lot of people the world over, through the music she created, and performed with her brother Richard, In the group the Carpenters. At that time…

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    Whitechapel has historically been the heart of the local community – a key hamlet of the East End which has catered for the changing migrant population for generations. A symbol of the East End’s multi-layered history is the Brick Lane Mosque, which has previously served as a church and a synagogue. Within Whitechapel, many of the historic buildings still form part of the rich urban character, including the heritage churches and synagogues, and the historic shop fronts and hospital on the…

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    Edith Cavell Journey

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    father to build an attached church room to their house. This attached room became the Sunday School for the local children. Edith became the teacher of the Sunday School, helping out her mother. Edith’s early education was provided at home. It was not until high school that she was no longer homeschooled. During her high school years, Edith attended 3 different boarding schools. Upon graduating high school, Edith took a governess job. With some of the money she earned, she took a trip to Austria…

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    study proves further that Duke’s study was flawed. The University College of London took 2,612 individuals to study; compared to a weak number of 38 individuals done by Duke (Ingraham). Also the new study took a total of seven years to complete. In the end, they concluded there was no relationship between cannabis use and lower IQ. To follow that fact Ingram informs the audience of another fact of how all common drugs were noted to see the effect. In the end, the statistic was calculated that…

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    King 's College London (KCL) is very much focused on the importance of an international student experience. Please talk about internationalization from your own perspective and how having an international experience at KCL would contribute towards you becoming a ‘global citizen’. I was not sure what to expect when I accepted a summer internship at a small law firm in Boston. On the website, there were attorneys for just about every type of practice; you could finance a start-up and begin…

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    At Royal Roads University environmental sustainability is a major focus, this will be an overview of recommendations to increase recycling at RRU and the rationale used behind it. There will be three solutions presented to the office of sustainability to reach their waste diversion rate, by recommending that attention on addressing the issue of clarifying what goes where at recycling stations. The office of sustainability at Royal Roads University main goal is to increase its’s waste diversion…

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    Abacus College Essay

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    The College of Education and Advancement for Academic Growth presents to you Abacus College. Abacus College is one of Oxford’s oldest established college in the UK which offers pre-university education. It focuses primarily on preparing its students for admission into UK universities. It prides itself on its thirty (30) years of experience in assisting students to accomplish their goals of being placed in British Universities across the UK. This is a small and friendly college which guarantees…

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    witness of a scene where her grandfather is performing a sex ritual that leaves her flabbergasted. Having been traumatised and depressed by what she saw, she decided to sever ties with her grandfather, and start a new life on her own. Nevertheless, Neveu takes the informed decision of pursuing her studies rather than giving up; grieving about this separation or even a worse scenario where she would commit suicide i.e. her decision shows how smart she is, and how tough her character is as a…

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    have. I believe that treating people equally would mean to give everyone the same chance of doing what they want by providing suitable support for those who have any difficulties. However, despite liberty and equality are being guaranteed, there could be some limitations and the interpretation of those concepts can vary from one to another, and I would genuinely enjoy carrying out further research to deepen my own understanding and having discussion under Jurisprudence. After getting interested…

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