Sharon Salzberg Sharon Salzberg is a remarkable lady who has spent her life devoted to insight meditation in order to find peace for the tragic loses of both her mother and father when she was young. She first encountered Buddhism in an Asian Philosophy class while she was at the State University in Buffalo‚ New York. This was in 1969 and it seemed to inspire her so much that the next year she decided to take an independent study trip to India. During her trip to India‚ she wanted to find‚ “
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OUTDOOR EDUCATION ACTIVITIES FOR K-12 EDUCATORS By Gerald L. Piche‚ Jr Acknowledgements I would like to thank Dr. Randy Showerman for all of his help and friendship since I began my career as an Agriscience teacher. I would also like to thank all of the support staff in the ANRECS department for their help and advice throughout the years. A special thanks to my family and to the friends I have made while attending MSU. Finally‚ I would like to thank my fiancée
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Prior to reading this article‚ my knowledge of Tupac was from his one song‚ Dear Mama‚ due to my father’s obsession with it‚ even resulting in it becoming his ringtone. The substance of the song provided me with insight that his father was in jail‚ his mother was addicted to crack‚ and he even started selling “rocks” to get money. Tupac wrote about his vulnerability‚ and his struggle‚ and having preexisting knowledge about that and then reading this article‚ my viewpoint changed. I agreed with many
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The previous English class that I had taken‚ an AP Literature class in my senior year of high school‚ was perhaps the most challenging and most enlightening class I have ever taken so far. Obviously the point of an AP class is to prepare for the related AP test‚ even if one decides to opt out of taking said exam. For my literature class‚ the teacher in charge loved to discuss the classical books we were required to read in an “open” fashion. From Heart of Darkness to Siddhartha we would gather
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Topics and instructions 1. DESIGN THE COVER OF YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Imagine you are in the process of writing your autobiography. Design the cover‚ include an image of yourself‚ the title‚ subtitle‚ and write a 200 word (or less) summary of the book. 2. CREATIVITY POEM: Write a poem consisting of four poetic lines on any aspect of creativity. Last semester the theme was fear of creativity‚ and below is one of the submissions (author shall remain anonymous): I wanted to write a line What kept me was
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Captain Underpants without a question was one of my childhood favorites and pushed me in the right direction. I hated reading as a kid‚ but I made an exception for Captain Underpants. I enjoyed researching the book mostly because I would have more insight and understanding of the actual meaning. The ludicrous thing I found out was that Captain Underpants was the most banned book in the U.S. This was hard to wrap my head around‚ because Dav Pilkey only had good intentions for writing the series of novels
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two suits of underwear (Ross 98)‚ and rides off on what promises to be an extraordinary journey with evident self-confident innocence. 3. 2ND BODY PARAGRAPH a) TOPIC/TRANSITION SENTENCE (2nd point in thesis) b) EXAMPLES/QUOTATIONS c) COMMENT/INSIGHT d) CLOSING SENTENCE (relates back to thesis) - again‚ the first sentence is a TOPIC sentence‚ an exact statement of what the paragraph is about. Going to point 2 in the thesis‚ the topic sentence reads This journey takes him‚ metaphorically‚ into
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Activity 23 PAPER RECYCLING SCHEMES IN THE PHILIPPINES Phares P. Parayno‚ Ph.D. and Mitzi Gay M. Busmente Final Draft 1. BACKGROUND The paper industry in the Philippines plays an important role in the industrialization program of the country‚ contributing to the growth of the economy and providing employment opportunities to thousands of workers. Unfortunately‚ it also contributes to the waste generation in the country. Most of the paper mills in the country use waste paper and cardboard
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Properties of paper Physical Properties Basis Weight or Grammage The basis weight‚ substance or grammage is obviously most fundamental property of paper and paperboard. The Basis weight of paper is the weight per unit area. This can be expressed as the weight in grams per square meter (GSM or g/M2)‚ pounds per 1000 sq. ft. or weight in Kgs or pounds per ream (500 sheets) of a specific size. Paper is sold by weight but the buyer is interested in area of paper. The basis weight is what
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How to maintain Nine Dragon Paper as the market leader in the paper manufacturing industry in China Introduction Nine Dragons Paper (NDP) is the largest paperboard manufacturer in China‚ and one of the largest in the world. Led by Mrs. Cheung‚ CEO‚ Chairman‚ and founder‚ it has successfully grown to the top of the industry through a “grow at all costs” strategy. But in the spring of 2009‚ the company’s rising debt levels had combined with declining margins to send the company’s share price tumbling
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