the Quakers challenged the English class system. After arriving in America‚ they fled New England and migrated to the South and West escaping religious persecution. Quakers in North America were organized into six geographical areas called Yearly Meetings. The largest of these was located in Philadelphia. At the beginning of the American Revolution they were the 4th largest religious group in European colonies of North America. Quaker believed that men and women were equal in the eyes of God. They
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Join the Green Team The article “The End of the Wild” by Wade Davis is an article any environmentally conscious person‚ a person who wishes to spread awareness of the damaging effects of society’s overconsumption on the environment‚ should read. The Canadian born Davis holds a degree from Harvard University in Ethnobotony‚ a degree that examines the relationship between humans and plants. The last sentence of his third paragraph quite clearly explains his thesis; transgressions toward the environment
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This week‚ on Tuesday‚ I attended an Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) meeting. The group of people who went to it was very diverse‚ of various ages‚ backgrounds‚ levels of recovery‚ experiences‚ but with one goal in common: to get sober for life (live a life alcohol-free) by realizing that there is something greater than themselves and they are not in control of themselves. Truly‚ the program seems to be a complex one that requires time (to go from step to step) and guidance from a sponsor that each attendee
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The MPO meeting began with a roll call and the pledge of allegiance. A majority of the MPO Governance Board were in attendance including‚ non-voting member FDOT District Six Secretary Gus Pego. Also present was Florida House of Representative Kionne McGhee‚ FDOT Assistant Secretary Brian Blanchard‚ Mayor of Miami-Dade Carlos Gimenez‚ Deputy Mayor of Miami-Dade Russell Benford‚ Director of MDX Louis Martinez‚ Mayor of Palmetto Bay Eugene Flinn‚ Mayor of Cutler Bay Peggy Bell and Mayor of Village of
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End of Life Care: Family Health McKendree University NSG 420 Fall 2014 Introduction In nursing‚ the goal of care is usually to restore the patient back to the highest level of health possible. In some cases‚ however‚ the goals of care change when a curative approach is no longer appropriate. The new goals of care could simply be palliation and pain control rather than a restoration back to full health. This type of care is called palliative care. Palliative care is not
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Look Back: This week for clinical we were in the hospital setting on the medicine floor. I was able to revaluate my clinical thinking along with my problem solving abilities throughout the experiences of my first day on the medicine floor. Examine: The experience I am reflecting upon in for this journal was when my partner and I were helping to transfer a patient to the bathroom. Upon first examination of the patient and with the information given by the daughter who was with patient we discovered
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Does friendship overcome the unthinkable? friendship can control many things‚ like the out come of your life‚ and it is a very powerful bond. So im gonna tell you a little about friendship in this great book called A Good Scent From A Strange Mountain By Robert O Butler. The three stories involving Friendship are “Trip back”‚ “Fairytale” and‚ the title itself called “Love”. In these chapters‚ friendship is so evident and powerful that they portray how much it can change you. “The Trip Back” is
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"August 2002- Night Meeting"- Central Idea In the touching "Night Meeting‚" a human and a Martian meet on a deserted road only to discover that each is a shadowy image‚ perhaps a ghost of one other. The story revolves around the concept of time and the idea of communication between a human and a Martian. Tomás is a human who migrates to Mars from the planet earth. Stopping for gas on his way to a party‚ he meets another human‚ a gas station owner‚ who praises the unpredictable life on Mars and
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Meeting Vera‚ you are amazed at her energy. She is confident in herself as a young woman‚ as leader‚ and a game changer. Her Afro centric demeanor and her outspokenness are part of the driving force that makes her to decide to paint landscapes with poetry instead of a paintbrush. She was born in Malawi then later moved to Botswana as a young adult‚ youngest of two girls – she was always the outspoken one. Never one to back down from the status quo‚ refusing to confine herself in the boxes provided
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are the different types of formal meetings that might be held in a workplace and what purpose do they serve? Depend on the topic involved and the type of the participants we can recognize the following type of meetings: 1. Annual general meeting 2. Board meeting 3. Staff meeting 4. Union meetings 5. Workplace OHS meetings 8. Evaluations of customers surveys‚ employee surveys‚ performance assessments 9. Productivity meetings 10. Cost/profit analysis meetings 11. Shareholders and stakeholder
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