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    [pic] 4 Steps Career Exploration and Transition Step 1: Understand Self - Anatomy of a Self Assessment: A self assessment should include a look at your interests‚ values‚ personality‚ and skills. Here is an overview of the tools you can use to accomplish this. Interest Inventories The questions in an interest inventory ask about your likes and dislikes regarding various activities. The premise of this self assessment tool is that people who share similar interests will also enjoy the same

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    infecting an unsuspecting population that had no immunity to such diseases. The Europeans were said to be thoroughly diseased by the time Columbus set sail on his first voyage (Cowley‚ 1991). Through the domestication of such animals as pigs‚ horses‚ sheep‚ and cattle‚ the Europeans exposed themselves to a vast array of pathogens which continued to be spread through wars‚ explorations‚ and city-building. Thus any European who crossed the Atlantic was immune to such diseases as measles and smallpox because

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    PROJECT BRIEF BSBPMG522A: Undertake Project Work Project Overview To complete this project you are required to initiate‚ plan‚ implement‚ monitor‚ finalise and review a straightforward work-related project based on a provided Scenario. To evidence your ability to perform these tasks‚ you must progressively develop and document: project initiation materials (including a Business Case‚ Feasibility Study and Project Charter); a project plan and supporting planning tools and resources; project progress

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    Americas during the Age of Exploration. However the origins of exploration only held true to one objective in the summarization of influences- the term “for gold”. In comparison with earning for riches in the New World‚ this idea refers to explorer’s goal of find a new sea route to Asia. Columbus‚ a Spanish sailor sent to find a new trade route‚ discovered the Americas by mistake. This mistake however led to an evolution of powers in the world. From the dawning of this land discovery‚ other nations became

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    introduction to Europe. First exposed to the delights of sugar cane during the crusades‚ Europeans quickly acquired a taste for this sweet substance. This essay is really a legacy of that introduction‚ as it is this event which foreshadowed the sugar related explosion of trade in slaves. Indeed Henry Hobhouse in ’Seeds of Change’ goes so far as to say that "Sugar was the first dependance upon which led Europeans to establish tropical mono cultures to satisfy their own addiction". I wish‚ then‚ to show

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    2/8/2014 Terms‚ Conditions & Disclosures By submitting this application‚ I certify that I have read‚ met‚ and agreed to all of the terms‚ conditions‚ and disclosures outlined below /as stated below ‚ w hich contain rates‚ fee and other important cost information. Print this page IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING RATES‚ FEE‚ AND OTHER COST INFORMATION INTEREST RATES AND INTEREST CHARGES Annual Percentage Rate (APR) for Purchases 0.0% introductory APR for the first 15 months. After

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    In the movie‚ Whale Rider‚ there are great examples of Joseph Campbell’s article‚ Four Functions of Myth‚ which are: mystical myth‚ cosmological myth‚ social myth‚ and psychological myth. In the film‚ Whale Rider‚ Pai discovers her sense of self as she reinvents the Maori tribe’s creation myth to save the dying culture. The mystical myth in Whale Rider would be when she rode the whale. Pai is suppose to be the new chief in town‚ however‚ her grandfather‚ Koro‚ does not think a girl should be chief

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    Age of Exploration and Exchange in 1450 - 1750 CE‚ was a catalyst for the colonization of North America. Before this period in history‚ the Americas were an unknown place to the west of the rest of the developing world. The explorers and travelers ran into North America unintentionally. However‚ what happened after this was no accident. Once more first discovered‚ many nations sent out more traders and explorers to North America. Although there were already natives on the land‚ several European nations

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    other factories in the Northeast side. Thus‚ the society turned into an urban society. This concentration of industries in the Northeast side had given ways to the development of transportation such as railroads‚ roadways and canals‚ which also encouraged business and trade in America. Canals played an important role in the transportation of the produced goods from one place to another. Eerie Canal was the first canal dug in the United States which allowed

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    Advanced Placement U.S. History 2014-15 Summer Reading Assignment AP US History is jam-packed with information about our past…all our past‚ from pre-Columbian civilizations to the election of Barack Obama. We will “push” through over five hundred years of American History‚ and hopefully have a little fun while we’re doing it. We’ll find many American historical figures to admire‚ and we’ll find plenty of others to despise too. Our past is not always pretty‚ but we will study it all. In

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