Buddhism is a spiritual tradition that focuses on personal spiritual development and the attainment of a deep insight into the true nature of life. There are 376 million followers worldwide. Buddhists seek to reach a state of nirvana‚ following the path of the Buddha‚ Siddhartha Gautama‚ who went on a quest for Enlightenment around the sixth century BC. There is no belief in a personal god. Buddhists believe that nothing is fixed or permanent and that change is always possible. The path to
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Should the United States adopt the SI units/metric system or keep the American standard system? This is a question that has been arising since the invention of the metric system in France‚ 1790. Thomas Jefferson‚ president at the time of the invention‚ was deciding whether to adopt the system at the time in which he included on the constitution. I think that the metric system should be adopted in America‚ not only to please others‚ but to benefit us. The SI units are easier to use‚ would be more
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exposure to different practices and culture‚ marketing strategies and plans. It should help in easing the problems besetting the practitioners for several decades. ASEAN is composed of 10 countries—Brunei‚ Cambodia‚ Indonesia‚ Lao PDR‚ Malaysia‚ Myanmar‚ the Philippines‚ Singapore‚ Thailand and Vietnam. It has a vast economic market of 600 million people‚ which accounts for at least 8 percent of the global population‚ spread across 4.6 million square meters of prime real estate. The integration
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Should America convert to the metric system? There are three countries that still didn’t convert to the metric system: US‚ Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Liberia. The US still uses the English units also known as the Imperial System. I think that US should convert to the metric system because: the metric system is much simpler‚ the whole world uses it‚ and the English system hurts the international trade. As I said before the metric system is a LOT simpler! There are 10 millimeters in a centimeter
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Multimodal Transportation in India‚ China‚ Australia‚ USA and Europe MULTI MODAL TRANSPORTATION Multimodal transportation is the movement of cargo from the point of origin to the final destination‚ by using two or more modes of transport. Multimodal transportation describes a shipment that takes several means of transportation – rail‚ road‚ ocean‚ air – from its point of departure to its point of destination. The concept of international multimodal transport covers the door-to-door movement
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3588385-2628903207385-389890 Assignment front sheet Learner name Assessor name Saung Thet Zune Soe Daw Mu Mu Theint Date issued Completion date Submitted on 9.3.2014 3.5.2014 3.5.2014 Qualification Unit number and title Edexcel BTEC Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and leadership (QCF) Professional Development for Strategic Managers Edexcel BTEC Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and leadership (QCF) Assignment title Professional Development for Strategic Managers In this
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Introduction Recently‚ the world has experienced financial crisis‚ those countries that have been powerful and have strong economies such as the members of European Union (EU) such as the United Kingdom‚ France and Greece‚ are facing a big financial collapse. So now a new economic community is arising with intense competition because new markets are developing and financial opportunities are sought. Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is one of significant players in the world’s economy
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developed countries‚ where large multi-national companies dominate the economy and it is difficult for small businesses to flourish. Secondly‚ in countries where corruption is rampant‚ widespread poverty occurs among the citizen. Take for example Myanmar‚ one of the most corrupted country
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affected. This disease is much less common now‚ as the world case count has dropped below 1 million. During 1995 about 530 000 new cases of leprosy were discovered. It is obvious that third world countries have way more cases as India‚ Indonesia‚ and Myanmar account for almost 70% of the cases reported in the world. 5500 know cases of Leprosy still exist in the US‚ and about 200 cases a reported annually. Tests to produce leprosy in experimental animals‚ have not been successful as of yet. Though
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Racial tensions‚ whether used to provoke and make light of another or because it is engraved into our culture‚ causes serious rifts in communities. In the instance where some people conclude that skin tones do not constitute other people as human beings‚ that creates an enormous issue. That is a keystone in some of the unjust laws that perpetuate in many countries around the world. Australian aborigines had lived on the continent thousands of years before the Europeans arrived. The dramatization
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