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    1. For an 18-inch pipeline designed for 150‚000 barrels per day‚ what is the short-run cost per barrel (per thousand miles) of transporting crude oil if the throughput is (a) 50‚000 barrels per day (b) 100‚000 barrels per day (c) 150‚000 barrels per day? Using chart 7‚ a) Cost of transporting 50‚000 barrels would be 30 cents. b) Cost of transporting 100‚000 barrels would be 17 cents. c) Cost of transporting 150‚000 barrels would 16 cents. 2. Can a 16-inch pipeline with 10‚000 horsepower transport

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    Defining Religion

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    When searching for the meaning of the term religion one most go a long way in making an extensive search to actually form a definition that can fit such a broad word. There is no one definition that can satisfy all religions and remain true to all religions throughout its answer. There are many different views and definitions of the word and it is very hard to come up with a reasonable definition that sums such a massive expression up. Religion when used as a single word is almost impossible to define

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    eleven million people (out of a population of 83 million people.) The Coptic Church was established in the 1st century AD‚ after the arrival of Saint Mark. After a few years‚ Christianity spread throughout Egypt making it the most widely practiced religion in Egypt. However‚ after the invasion of Egypt by the Muslims in the seventh century‚ the religious demographics of the country dramatically changed. It went from being one of the greatest Christian countries to a largely Muslim country by the end

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    “Manifest and Latent and Dysfunctionsfunctions introduced the idea of both manifest and latent functions as social scientific concepts to help be used in a functional analysis. Both these functions effect the social institutions that an average person may interact with in normal daily life. Manifest functions are functions in which people intend to do and have knowledge of the outcome going into the situation. Latent Functions are those functions in which are the unknown functions and are often the unseen

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    I believe that religion and spirituality play a major role in the understanding of human behavior. Religion and spirituality have been apart of human experience throughout the course of history‚ tapping into almost every aspect of life from cultural beliefs to the arts. Religion and spirituality encompass a world that goes beyond our general understanding of how and why by attaching a higher overall purpose and meaning that extends outside of our lives here on earth. I do not believe that an adequate

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    EBRALINAG VS DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT FACTS: Two special civil actions for certiorari‚ Mandamus and Prohibition were filed and consolidated for raising same issue. Petitioners allege that the public respondents acted without or in excess of their jurisdiction and with grave abuse of discretion. Respondents ordered expulsion of 68 HS and GS students of Bantayan‚ Pinamungajan‚ Caracar‚ Taburan and Asturias in Cebu. Public school authorities expelled these students for refusing to salute the

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    Morality In Religion

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    The definition of religion as taught to me in class is bind or to come together. There are many religions that are practiced worldwide. They have different histories‚ adherents‚ Gods‚ meanings of life‚ afterlife beliefs‚ practices‚ and books containing text that guides them through their spiritual journey. From Christianity‚ Hinduism‚ and Buddhism‚ to Islamism‚ Judaism‚ and Rastafarianism‚ etc.‚ religion offers diverse teachings. But they all have one thing in common‚ keeping the tradition. Reading

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    Religion Is Necessary

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    biased or one sided‚ just like religion. With this being said one of the main factors in government that causes so much conflict and collision is religion. This is because religion is a worldwide phenomenon that can lead to both conflict and peace‚ depending on the way one looks upon it. Although in some cases religion may cause strife between countries‚ the reality of it is that without religion correlating with state affairs at all‚ the government would simply not function. Joseph Ashby seconds that

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    religions of the east

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    and which is not worth to study. It give us the function of judgments to know what should we do with them. However‚ description is focus on the something which is unique. “Thick description” is try to find something that is deeper on the uniqueness. But at the level of “thick description” we would have to figure out a specific explanation of what would actually take some doing. explanation means its origin and give the explanation of where religion first came from historically‚ or where it come from

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    Religion and Political Choices Religion is a part of our lives and most of the decisions people make are based on their religion. Beside all personal decisions‚ religion has already become one of the factors for voter’s political choices. Many countries don’t have this problem because only one religion exists in there while in major countries‚ especially in the United States of America citizens have different religion and political parties and their nominees might be related to different religions

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