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    CASE STUDIES IN CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING IN INTERNATIONAL NGOs CASE #1. Food for the children—or bribes for the Minister of Education? Food for the Children‚ an international NGO based in the UK‚ provides foodgrains and powdered milk to families where children are at risk of malnourishment or starvation. It has provided food to families in the small South Pacific Island nation of Papua Tuyua for the past eight years‚ utilizing the school system as the means of identifying needy

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    Senior Picture Day Michele Serros As I began reading the short story of Senior Picture Day by Michele Serros‚ my expectations were low on excitement. I was expecting to read a rather bland story of how a young teenage girl had to conquer a million defeats in order to take the perfect senior picture. However‚ to my astonishment the short and sweet story pulled at my heartstrings. I could empathize with “Cal Girl” having endured a similar situation in my own teenage years. This story depicted only

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    looked at in such a different way then they are currently. The fact that a women with as little know-how as Lorelei can manipulate men the way that she does‚ leaves no question as to who is the superior gender in Loos’ mind. While the books is quite amusing‚ and does have many strengths‚ if it is looked at in the context of women’s struggles with issues such as domesticity‚ sexuality and socioeconomic standing it seems less and less like such a brilliant‚ satirical social commentary. Lorelei seemed

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    Chapter 8 Summary In Neil Postman’s book‚ Amusing Ourselves to Death‚ he attempts to persuade Americans that television is changing every aspect of our culture and world. In chapter 8‚ Shuffle Off to Bethlehem‚ Postman uses three arguing styles very well: ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos‚ which help him push the reader‚ specifically televised religion viewers and churchgoers‚ to believe that televised religion is not a replacement for religion. Throughout the chapter‚ Postman creates the feeling of guilt

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    times. In general‚ the names of constellations and stars are long and hard to pronounce. Trying to say the names of the constellations to my lab partner was humorous. The first ones we located I thought were somewhat amusing to pronounce but then they just got more and more amusing. Conclusion: I do think the lab did a good job in helping me understand how to locate all the bodies in the sky. Since it was fresh and new it was a little difficult but I definitely think if I did the exercise more

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    Flying Kites On A Pond (Essay #1 to Jerome Stern’s What They Learn In School) Jerome Stern’s What They Learned In School challenges the phrase "the sky is the limit" in the case of today’s methods of school education. While we are taught that education further develops human characteristics and the understanding of life‚ Stern points out the ironies. Instead of the intention to expand‚ to explore‚ and to inspire‚ he feels today’s education is hypocritical of what it preaches. Stern’s essay follows

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    There was no known cure and it was extremely contagious. Most of the people who were infected with the disease died. Before death‚ black and blue blotches appeared on the body. The Black Death was so infectious and deadly it killed around 75-200 million people by the time it had run its course. After the Plague died down it took around 150 years to rebuild. After they rebuilt children even started singing songs about the Plague one is know as Ring Around the Rosie. The Plague returned but was never

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    Park‚ Fudge jumps off the jungle gym‚ thinking he can fly‚ crashing to the ground and swallowing his top two front teeth in the process‚ and Peter gives Fudge a new nickname‚ Fang‚ which is not amusing to his mother. Peter is asked by her to supervise Fudge’s third birthday party‚ which ends up with some amusing and disastrous moments. Then his mother takes the kids to some errands. First she takes Fudge to the dentist to check on how his teeth are progressing again after the accident. Then Fudge throws

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    A) For my violation of a folkway I chose to walk to all my classes backwards. I also added my own twist to violating this folkway by questioning other students on why theyre not doing the same as me as if they were wrong. This past Tuesday I decided to violate this folkway‚ the face reactions I received were quite humorous. Some ignored which was pretty acceptable on account of mid-terms‚ but the majority stared followed by questioning and maybe laughter. Understanding my violation how could you

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    in electric-run land cruisers. While they are examining the surroundings around them Tim and Lex notice raptors leaving on a boat to go to the mainland.  Meanwhile‚ a rival company is paying a disgruntled employee at the park‚ Dennis Nedry‚ a million and half-dollars to steal dinosaur embryos. After Nedry has followed through

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