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    The America today has a totally different look on it than how it was during the early years of the different colonies and this is because of how the colonies came to America and how they built their economies. The Puritans in Virginia‚ Massachusetts‚ and in Barbados all had similar and different ways in coming to America. Some of them had the ideas of coming all together and working together and others had the idea of just going on your own and making your own way through life in the new world‚ or

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    Thought is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “an idea or opinion produced by thinking or occurring suddenly in the mind.” Thought can be influenced by different geographic locations‚ cultures‚ customs‚ religions and beliefs. On opposite sides of the world geographically there are advantages thinking like both an Easterner and Westerner. Eastern thinking is founded on many different principles than Western thinking. Differences in every aspect of life can be found among these civilizations.

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    organization‚ named Interact Club‚ had a significant impact in leading me to gain leadership‚ teamwork‚ and interpersonal skills. One of the first interact club events I took charge of organizing involved reading to kids at an underprivileged elementary school. I served as the role model for a large group of curious young students and gained a more insightful perspective of the substantial impact that my volunteer work actually has on the community. Reading to kids is one example of an Interact event that

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    Culture: a vehicle for economic development Cultural industries: Culture is a powerful global economic engine generating jobs and income with a value of US $1.3 trillion in 2005. Global cultural industries account for more than 7% g global GDP During the 1990s‚ the cultural industries grew at an annual rate twice that of service industries and four times that of manufacturing in OECD countries (2009 UWR). However‚ infrastructure investments are needed in the South to enhance and support cultural

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    individuals that need to communicate to solve certain problems. Both authors discuss the hierarchies and how it limits individuals from collectively working together. Without a hierarchy‚ interactions between individuals allow for them to solve problems. The two authors present individuals working together. Davidson shows this with the iPod experiments that use crowdsourcing. Davidson explains how “crowdsourcing means inviting

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    Idealism Idealism is the metaphysical and epistemological doctrine that ideas or thoughts make up fundamental reality. Essentially‚ it is any philosophy which argues that the only thing actually knowable is consciousness (or the contents of consciousness)‚ whereas we never can be sure that matter or anything in the outside world really exists. Thus‚ the only real things are mental entities‚ not physical things (which exist only in the sense that they are perceived) Progressivism Progressivist believes

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    Philosophies have Changed America In the United States there are numerous events that have contributed to the people’s views on the philosophies that have been brought up. The first philosophy was Puritanism and it was created to ensure that people were doing God’s work and dedicating their lives to him. Centuries later the popular philosophy of deism was followed and it made people aware that logic and reasoning were present in the environment. Transcendentalism arose in the 19th century which

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    Aryabhata Famous as : Born: 476 CE prob. :Ashmaka Died: 550 CE Era: Gupta era Region : India Main interests: Mathematics‚ Astronomy Major works: aryabhatiya‚ Arya-siddhanta Aryabhatta‚ also known as Aryabhatta I or Aryabhata (476-550?)‚ is a famous Indian mathematician and astronomer‚ born in a place called Taregana‚ in Bihar (though some people do not agree with the evidence). Taregana which literally means songs of stars in Bihari‚ is a small place situated nearly 30 km from Patna‚ which was

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    PHILOSOPHY The History of Philosophy is often divided into three periods: Ancient philosophy‚ Medieval philosophy‚ and Modern philosophy. Philosophy is the discipline concerned with questions of how one should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist and what are their essential natures (metaphysics); what counts as genuine knowledge (epistemology); and what are the correct principles of reasoning (logic). The word is of Ancient Greek origin (philosophía)‚ meaning love of wisdom. Definition

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    As I read through the colonization of America‚ I feel sad for America that how different European countries experimented with colonization of America. Some tried to force religion‚ some tried to force slavery‚ and some brought diseases. How unstable the life was for Native Americans and it was a struggle to adapt the rigors of colonization. How Britain imposed controls on its American possessions. And Slavery increased as the demand for manpower increased with booming economy. In this era of colonization

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