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    Ocean right off of the southeast coast of the United States. Legend has it that many people‚ ships‚ and planes have mysteriously vanished in this area because of the area’s mystical properties. These properties have formed several theories for the disappearances. They carry little validity and fail to take into account simple scientific and logical facts. The Bermuda Triangle can be easily explained by simple facts and there is no mystery that needs to be solved. The Bermuda Triangle legend began when

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    and the origin of its name. b. History about the Bermuda Triangle‚ first disappearance and what is told about it. B. Christopher Columbus crossing the Bermuda Triangle. c. What was supposed to happen at the journey of Christopher Columbus. d. The testimony of Christopher Columbus presented by Chaplin. Main Point II – What happens in the Bermuda Triangle? A. Amount of disappearances since Christopher Columbus. a. Symptoms that occur to airplanes and ships

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    The Bermuda Triangle is a very complex and mystifying area that is noted for a high incidence of unexplained losses of ships‚ small boats‚ and aircraft. From reading this paper one will learn geographic features of the Bermuda Triangle‚ famous disappearances‚ and possible explanations for them. There is a section of the western Atlantic‚ off the southeast coast of the United States‚ forming what has been termed a triangle. It extends from Bermuda in the north to southern Florida‚ and then west

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    lives of some of our ancestors. Childhood as an idea is something that has progressed and changed over time. Rather than childhood be biologically based like infancy‚ it is instead a socially constructed idea. Postman‚ in his 1994 publication‚ The Disappearance of Childhood addresses where the origin of childhood came from and how it has developed over time and changed to adapt depending on the country and what kind of society exists at that point‚ along with many more factors. The idea of childhood was

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    one’s own country or living space under the conditions of someone else’s circumstances can create daunting challenges to overcome. Internally Displaced Persons‚ often referred to as “IDPs”‚ are defined as "persons or groups of persons who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual residence” (E. Mooney‚ 2005). The forces that inflict the departure of these groups can range from political or environmental threats‚ ranges of violence within the group’s surroundings

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    experienced an extraordinarily high number of disappearances of ships‚ airplanes and people compared to any other region in the sea or ocean. The first notable sources of strange experiences in the region can be traced back to the 15th century. In one of his many voyages while in this region in 1492‚ Christopher Columbus reported cases of strange fire balls crushing into the ocean and compass malfunctions. Some have approximated the figures of disappearances in the last one hundred years as one hundred

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    western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. For decades‚ the Atlantic Ocean’s famous Bermuda Triangle has captured the human imagination with unexplained disappearances of ships‚ planes‚ and people. More than 1000 ships and planes have disappeared in the triangle area over the past five centuries and continue to do so.  And all these happen when it appears that there are no human errors‚ equipment failures or

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    The title of the artwork is an oil on canvas painting titled Bermuda Lovers. The date and the name of the artist was not given. I came across the painting at the Downtown Fullerton Art Walk where artists set up exhibits to display their work or have individual work shown in cafes. In what I believe is the Hibbleton gallery‚ the painting was hung on a brick wall painted grey with other artworks in close proximity. Its proximity with other attention-grabbing works made it difficult to invest my full

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    Black’s Law Dictionary defines ‘displacement’ as ‘a forced removal of a person from the person’s home or country‚ especially because of war.’ Dictionary of Sociology defines ecological displacement as the process in which a stronger or more advanced group takes over an area (without military conquest- by economic pressure or sheer numbers) formerly occupied by a less advanced or weaker group. The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement were formulated by a team of international legal scholars

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    Would you recommend that an employer use a forced distribution approach to performance appraisals? I would recommend a forced distribution list to organizations that are large in size and are looking to create a process oriented approach. About 20% of Fortune 1‚000 companies and growing are using this approach. “Some say forced ranking is not only the best method‚ but an essential practice to turn a struggling company into a market-dominating one.” (Bates‚ 2003) This approach is the best way

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