The American Alligator is one of the largest reptiles in the world weighing from 450 to 500 pounds. The length of an adult varies from 13 to 18 feet. The tail is about half of the length. The alligator and the crocodile are very similar in appearance but there is a difference. The crocodile has a di...

Is human cloning a good idea? According to Time Magazine seven percent of the people think cloning is a good idea. The majority of the voters think it is going against God's will. Scientists have almost enough information to perform actual cloning but the technology is close. Now it is up t...

Koalas "Koala Bear" or "Native Bear". These are some of the names you may have referred to those cute little fuzzy Australian marsupials, koalas, though really koalas have no relation to any bear species. Koalas are marsupials, which means that the females have a pouch, and...

C.H. Sisson -born in Bristol in 1914 -very distinguished poet -in 1993 was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature -Carcanet published all his poems, translations and prose writings -abandoned the writing of poetry at age of twenty -started again eight or nine years later on...

Thomas Edward Lawrence, called Lawrence of Arabia was born in 1888 and died in a motorcycle accident in 1935. Thomas was born in Tremadoc, Wales , and attended the University of Oxford. In 1910 he went on a archaeological expedition to the ancient Hittite city of Carchemish (located in Turkey)...

TIME LINE ON WOLFGANG PAULI 1900: Born in Vienna, Austria 1921: Receives a Ph.D. summa cum laud in theoretical physics from the University of Munich 1919: three of his papers on the relativity theory were published 1921-1922: Works in Gottingen as an assistant to Max Born 1922: Moves ...

THERE ARE MANY IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE MOVIE STARS, ATHLEATS, PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE OTHERS, AND PEOPLE WHO HELP OTHERS. ONE PERSON WHO I BELIEVE EXCELLED IN OUR WORLD WAS PRINCESS DIANA. PRINCESS DIANA WAS A LOVING, CARING, AND HELPING WOMEN WHOM A LOT OF PEOP...

Edwige mondesir "The kitchen story" They call me Edwige because I was born in the kitchen my last name is Mondesir, Mondesir means my choice, so it was my choice to be born in the kitchen cause it was first come first surve. The kitchen was my favorite place to be. a...

~*~Hera~*~ Hera was the sister and wife of Zeus, The King of Gods, which made her The Queen of Gods. Hera was the Goddess of Marriage and Love, and protector of married women. Cronos and Rhea were Hera and Zeus's parents. When Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Poseiden and Hades were born, Co...

Clara Barton Clara Barton the founder of the American Red Cross. Clara was born in Oxford, Masschusetts. She was the first woman hired to work as a clerk in the United States Patent office in Washington, D.C. Some people say she was the Angel of the Battlefield. Clare Barton was born on Dece...

Archimedis was born in 287 BC. We also know that Archimedes died in 212 BC at the age of 75 in Syracuse. It is said that a Roman soldier, who was offended by Achimedes, while the Romans seized Syracuse, killed him. Archimedes had a wide variety of interests, which included encompassing, statistics, ...

Conversion of Clovis Clovis I, became the King of the Salian Franks in the year 481 AD, at the age of 15. He inherited this position from his father Childeric, who died in 482, and hereafter he began killing off members of his own extended family to reduce the number of men who could battle with...

Anselm Kiefer Kiefer was born in 1945 and was raised in postwar Germany he was greatly affected by the atmosphere and his paintings reflect his attitudes and feelings towards his country's history. Some of his works also spring from his interest into general history, mythology, philosophy, o...

A family is a connection among a group of people that provides guidance through trustworthy acceptance, security based on concepts of love and respect, as well as stress that stems from authoritative conflict and conformity. Imagine a world with no families. You are born into society from another...

One of the serious hereditary disorders that have been like a nightmare for some parents, when affecting their child, is the muscular dystrophy disorder. Various medical fields are going to be dealing mainly with genes and hereditary disorders, muscular dystrophy being one of them, as they are beco...

I believe American history began in Philadelphia on July 4th 1776. It was here that colonists led by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and James Madison signed the Declaration of Independence. Up to this time it could be argued that what had taken place was part of British colonial history and not...

Michelangelo Buonaratti was born in Caprese, Italy during the renaissance period and lived from 1475-1564. He later moved to Florence, Italy under the Medici's family rule and was found to be a talented painter and sculptor, while also being a gifted poet. Since he was skilled in the arts, he w...

The Present is the Key to the Past" James Hutton was born in 1726, a geographer, was named "the father of geology" who believed not that catastrophes built the earth as it is today, but rather the origin of rocks happened through slow processes and time by gathering observations, the changes tha...

Frida Kahlo Frida Kahlo was born on July 6th, 1907. She was an important figure in Mexico because many people admired her and grieved toward her when she died. She only lived for 47 years but in that short lifetime she completed more than a normal human could accomplish in an expanded lifetime....

Francisco Franco had an amazing life. Francisco Franco was born at Mar a street on December fourth in 1892. He was the second oldest child in his family of four brothers and sisters. He family were all sailors and he didn't have a very happy childhood. His father left the house when Francis...

Wallace Carothers Wallace Carothers was born in Iowa(1896). He was the oldest of four siblings. After high school Carothers studied acconting at Capital City. He then went to Tarkio College in Missiouri where he studied science and taught accounting. He graduated in 1920 then got his master from...

In chapter three of the papal encyclical Evangelium Viate or also know as The Gospel of Life, the Pope discusses the commandment "You shall not kill" and how it applies to certain modern day situations such as abortion, pre-natal care, and euthanasia. The first issue discussed is abortion...

Symbolic Logic People use science and mathematics everyday when they make decisions through reasoning. This is known as logic. The definition of logic as in Webster's dictionary is a science that deals with principles and criteria of validity of inference and demonstration, the science of ...

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1. AUTHOR Harper Lee was born Nelle Harper Lee on April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, Alabama. Huntingon College is where she first started her college eduacation in 1944 to 1945. In 1945 she went to the University of Alabama to study law. She also attended Oxford Univ...

The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints is also commonly called the "Mormon" religion. Founded by Joseph Smith born in Sharon, Vermont in 1805. His teenage years led him in a search of truth for God and Jesus. At the age of 14, Smith was approached in a dream where God explained his pu...