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    and from scholarly to popular, has been important to the development of civilization. From hand writing the Bible, to being able to print it in less than a minute, the printing press has truly changed the world. We thank China for the first production of the printing press in the 6th century AD. The printing press has allowed for more ideas to be shared, more widespread knowledge, and entertainment to be expressed. This is definitely one of the greatest inventions of all time. In the ancient

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    The very next day Angelina was back to her oh happy go lucky self. Everyone was glad especially Demitrius. Class went as usual, but this time Angelina and Demitrius didn 't sit next to each other in Greek class. Both him and her didn 't want to repeat the incident that happened the other day. He wanted to remain close to her, but not that close. Today was a half day, so the bell rings dismissing the student for their weekend break. The Five friends gathered around each others cars. “What you got

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    weekend’s games. Unsurprisingly, the standings often attract much criticism when a team is not placed as high as the fans feel it should be. Three of the most well-known ranking systems, based on algorithms as well as voting, include the Associated Press Poll, the Coaches Poll, and the College Football Playoff rankings. Often, there are discrepancies between each of these polls and fans are quick to make claims of bias when one poll ranks their team lower, or a rival team higher. However, in some cases

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    Made us Lazy and Dependent” by Dominique Jackson. The both authors indicate that technology has affected the way humans interact and communicate. According to Marshall McLuhan, “It [The printing press] created the portable book, which men could read in privacy and in isolation from others.” As the printing press mass produced books, people started reading the bible on their own instead of going to churches. Technology can make people careless which can leads to ignorance, lack of communication skills

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    In his book, Unlearning Liberty (2014) Greg Lukianoff, President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) asserts that violations of free speech— whether by students, faculty, or administration—will have devastating effects in greater society. Lukianoff supports his assertion by describing cases he has seen throughout his career at FIRE. From administration punishing students to professors getting fired for clearly protected speech. Lukianoff’s purpose is to point out the misguided

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    Ozment & The Lutheran Reformation By: Hanan M. Madbouly Long before Martin Luther was one of Germany’s most famous reformers, Lucas Cranach a painter from Franconia served sixteen years as a court painter in Wittenberg. Wittenberg turned out to be the center for the Renaissance; this small town would be where the Renaissance would emerge. As Luther references it, it became the birthplace of religious pluralism and independent beliefs

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    Purpose: The purpose of the study was clearly stated in the introduction of the article. The purpose of the study was to compare upper-body muscular endurance in female university-level modern dancers and female students who do not dance, but are physically active. Studies have shown that dancing put dancers at a high risk of becoming injured. Modern dancers are at a higher risk of becoming injured than any other dancers due to the physical demands of upper body movement. Hypothesis: The authors

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    worldviews more than the Exploration group did. Reformation, the reforming of a religion for the better of it. The first document that showed Reformation was Document A. Document A showed the evolution of the printing press, and its effect on society. As a result of the printing press, shifts in who held the religious power were also made. The Pope's power could increase and decrease. A decrease would occur because the people would no longer need to actually visit the pope since they would have a copy

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    Is Speech Free?Being a citizen of the United States, we enjoy the luxury of having freedoms, among with liberties. One of the most cultivated freedoms that we have the ability to obtain is the Freedom of Speech. Freedom of speech is looked at from many different points of views across the nation. Of course, everyone assumes that they are correct when it comes down to defining the meaning of this right. What most people do not know is that the definition does not only consist of words but also symbolic

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    From September 29, 2007 to October 4, 2007 the country of Myanmar shut off all internet connections to the outside world following a harsh government reaction to protest were 200 protestors were killed (Subramanian, 2011). In January 2011 Egypt disconnected all internet traffic into and out of the country in response to anti-government protest (Subramanian, 2011). In the western democratic regions internet censorship is not as heavy as in the east and muslim nations (Greengard, 2010). However, research

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