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    Contemporary Problems

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    Contemporary Problems with Unemployment and Low Income May 18‚ 2014 HSM/210 Both agencies I researched focus on helping the unemployed or low income populations. The problems affecting the unemployed are simple; they mainly have to do with the downfall of the economy over the last few years‚ causing a lack of job availability. With places going out of business and inflation‚ companies either don’t need or cant afford to pay more employees and are running their businesses on

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    A History of Western

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    Political A HISTORY OF WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT A History of Western Political Thought is an energetic‚ engaged and lucid account of the most important political thinkers and the enduring themes of the last two and a half millennia. J.S.McClelland traces the development and consolidation of a tradition of Western political thought from Ancient Greece through to the development of the modern state‚ the American Enlightenment‚ the rise of liberalism and the very different reactions it engendered

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    Tradition In Beowulf

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    “Wise sir. Do not grieve. It is always better / to avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning. / For every one of us‚ living in this world / means waiting for our end. Let whoever can / win glory before death. When a warrior is gone‚ / that will be the best and only bulwark. / So arise‚ my lord‚ and let us immediately / set forth on the trail of this troll-dam. / I guarantee you: she will not get away‚ / not to dens under ground nor upland groves / nor the ocean floor. She’ll have nowhere to flee

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    Five Worldview Traditions

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    worldview is religious in that its proponents are devoted adherents always adding substance to support their belief structure (Hyperhistory.net). Within the religious worldviews one must understand there are several different outlooks on the subject. For the case of this paper I will be referring to "Five Major Worldview Traditions"‚ then identifying my own personal worldview and relating mine with the others. The individual Five Worldviews are unique in different

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    religious commodification

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    faith. Traveling to religious sites has been accounted for in the bible and can been considered as one of the oldest reasons for travel and is a vast growing sector even today. Tourist visit cultural or religious site for that matter for a variety of reasons (Ho & McKercher‚ 2006). According to Levi and Kocher‚ the purpose of visiting sacred sites may from the purposeful tourist who is seeking authentic cultural experiences to the casual tourist who may be visiting a religious site because it is part

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    Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)‚ some conventional medical practitioners refer to these as unconventional therapies. WHO defines it as a therapy or a treatment that is not a part of the country’s own tradition or not an integrated part of their health care system. CAM is becoming more available‚ more used and more socially acceptable in the United States. CAM products and providers are regulated by NCCAM (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)‚ an agency for scientific

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    Religious Intolerance

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    Religious intolerance 1. Introduction notes “Religion is like a pair of shoes.....Find one that fits for you‚ but don ’t make me wear your shoes.” George Carlin 2. Definition of tolerance: 1. The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others. 2. The ability or willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions or behaviour that one dislikes or disagrees with. 3. Definition of tolerance according to the 19th century British historian Arnold

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    Western Sahra

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    Western Sahara is a disputed territory between the Polisario Front and the Kingdom of Morocco. The territory in the North African‚ Maghreb region was formerly called Spanish Sahara when it was under Spanish colonial rule. Currently‚ the United Nations (UN) lists it as a non-decolonized territory and it is counted among the United Nations List of Non-Self-Governing Territories. (Fig 1 Map of Western Sahara showing the borders) Historical Background The dispute over Western Sahara can

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    Religious Fetivals

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    ------------------------------------------------- Hindu religious festivals See also: List of Hindu festivals Govinda celebrations during the Krishna Janmaashtami festivities Hindus observe sacred occasions by festive observances. All festivals in Hinduism are predominantly religious in character and significance. Many festivals are seasonal. Some celebrate harvest and birth of God or heroes. Some are dedicated to important events in Hindu mythology. Many are dedicated toShiva and Parvati‚ Vishnu and Lakshmi and Brahma and Saraswati[1]

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    Invention and Tradition

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    Adaptations are widespread and universal. Adaptation problems - content‚ structure‚ and intertextual politics. Hutcheon wishes to consider adaptations as lateral‚ not vertical. One does not experience adaptations successively starting from the original work‚ rather the works are a large collection to be navigated. One might see an adaptation before the original. Hutcheon also wishes to view adaptations as adaptations‚ not as independent works. Three ways of story engagement: telling‚ showing

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