Kindness. What is it? Kindness is characterized by the quality or state of being kind. When people go to extremes in the name of selfless kindness‚ more often then not something good happens in the end. What is fascinating is how individuals react to unexpected kindness. I spend a great amount of time in the downtown area‚ where I do not witness much kindness happening. Everyone seems to be in such a hurry that they barely make eye contact with others. I decided I would not only be kind to my family
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The contact hypothesis states that intergroup bias can be reduced by there being contact between social outgroups in appropriate environments. According to Oskamp and Jones (2000)‚ this is the most widely used psychological intervention for reducing prejudice. It has been suggested by Allport (1954) that the conditions needed for this to work are as follows: equality between the two groups has to be a social norm‚ as well as equality of status between the two groups and thirdly‚ there must be cooperation
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The idea of a contact zone and a community is distinct from one another‚ yet they can both be used to define the characteristics of the same group. Mary Louise Pratt believes that communities are often seen as the more dominant viewpoint to the general public but she also argues that we need to develop ways to understand the differences of culture and grasp the idea of transculturation through the contact zone. A single group should always be viewed from both community and contact zone points of
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HEMOSTASIS Hemostasis: drives from the Greek meaning “The stoppage of blood flow”. a process which causes bleeding to stop‚ meaning to keep blood within a damaged blood vessel. It is the first stage of wound healing. Hemostasis can be divided into two stages: Primary and Secondary. 1- Primary hemostasis includes the platelet and vascular response to vessel injury. 2- Secondary hemostasis includes the coagulation factors response to such injury. Together‚ platelets‚ vessels‚ and coagulation
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should use cosmetic contact lenses or not” Abstract In Asia‚ girls wearing the cosmetic contact lenses are already become trendy‚ it is very popular these few years. What are cosmetic contact lenses? When you go shopping or buying something online‚ you may seen some cosmetic contact lenses that they say wearing the cosmetic contact lenses you can get a big eye or switch your color from brown to blue. They also use many models who are charming and wearing the cosmetic contact lenses to attract more
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Arts of the Contact Zone For the twelfth grade English curriculum‚ we had to read and learn about the Arts of the Contact Zone by Mary Louise Pratt. This essay opened up a whole new concept for us. The new term "contact zone" appeared and Pratt defined it as "social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power‚ such as colonialism‚ slavery‚ or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today
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Throughout my working experience‚ I have been a part of the contact centre family for 13 years to date. Today when I look back at how I spent those years and what kind of an individual I have turned out to be‚ I am glad that I made the right choice because this process has the capability to bring the best out of anyone‚ anywhere. Imagine getting the opportunity to provide a top draw service on behalf of an organization only by assisting the customer over the phone. Just with a few amendments and
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The period known as the Indian-European contact was unarguably an extremely difficult time for the Indians‚ who experienced massive lifestyle changes. One major change experienced was a reduction in their population‚ as result of the foreign diseases brought in. This reduction in turn affected how well they could defend themselves from the outsiders trying to take control of their territories. Thus‚ most were eventually forced to change their homestead locations. The Indians also experienced a change
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Nike Maxsight Contact Lenses Descriptive Research Design Designed for athletic individuals in need of vision correction‚ Nike’s Maxsight contact lenses were developed through a partnership with Bausch and Lomb. The new lenses are available in grey-green or amber colors‚ depending on the primary sport of choice. Offering distortion-free optics by reducing glare and boosting contrast help Nike athletes “See Sport Better.” In addition‚ the Maxsight lenses filter over 90% of harmful blue light
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micro-organisms related to contact lens storage case contamination. Unlike CL contamination which is bacterial in nature‚ storage case contamination is often polymicrobial.(Larkin et al. 1990; Gray et al. 1995) Gray et al found that bacterial contamination is common in 77% of lens cases‚ followed by contamination with fungi (24%) and then protozoan (20%). Most commonly found organisms include Pseudomonas aeruginosa‚ Staphylococcus spp‚ Acanthamoeba spp and Fusarium species from CL cases. But still there
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