Throughout time‚ peace has always been amongst the highest value of humanity. Although many believe peace can be easily defined‚ they fail to recognize its other definitions. Peace is based on an explicit set of values: war is bad‚ peace is almost always preferable to war and violence‚ humans have the capacity to be compassionate‚ and humans also have the capacity to be cruel. In addition to these set of values‚ peace is most commonly defined as the absence of war. To study peace means to openly
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Civil Rights movement‚ and other events began to escalate into serious matters; this initiated protest and riots. Society felt as if issues that were growing needed to be resolved. Soldiers suffered from the blood shed of the war and society wanted peace to focus on internal matters. The counterculture disagreed with what their parents supported. These issues prevented a multicultural unity. A combination of elusive drugs sweep the nation as youth began to use marijuana‚ alcohol‚ and amphetamines as
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PEACE AND DIGNITY On October12‚ 1992 - Columbus Day - the students and the faculties at Mott Community College planted a tree to represent the “circle of life” outdoors behind the Curtice-Mott Complex and to honor the survival of the human race. Since then‚ a yearly celebration has been held to ceremoniously celebrate the circle of life where the people of the 4 colors – white‚ black‚ red‚ and yellow- stand equally. The ceremony was serene‚ equally captivating‚ and there was an aura of unity
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About world peace Every leader in the world aims to find a lasting solution to the problems that beset our planet but so far‚ peace on earth has continued to be an elusive dream. There are many movements‚ conferences‚ brotherhoods and fraternities all over the world that promotes the idea of world peace. Philosophers‚ theologians‚ politicians‚ and other great thinkers from the past up to the present have offered so many formulas and ideas for achieving peace but no one has yet came up
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Earth Day is an annual event‚ celebrated on April 22‚ on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970‚ and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year. In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco‚ peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of peace‚ to first be celebrated on March 21‚ 1970‚ the first day of spring in the
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The Reading Process 1 Introduction Reading is one strand of literacy. The reading process is complex and multi-dimensional. Effective teachers have an understanding of this complexity and are able to use a range of teaching approaches that produce confident and independent readers. Recent work completed by the NCCA (Research Report 15‚ 2012) identified a number of components that need to be considered in the teaching of reading towards recognizing this complexity. Among these are:
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tNokia: The Troubled King of the Indian Handset Market Dr Andal Ammisetti Introduction Nokia has had the history of shaping the mobile handset market in India. Its customized handsets were available in every nook and corner of the country. It was quick in churning out new models. Nokia’s innovation‚ customization‚ product quality and extensive distribution made it a market leader. It enjoyed almost 60% of the handset market till 2005. Though there were many players in the mobile handsets industry
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Earth Day Founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues‚ Earth Day is now a globally celebrated holiday that is sometimes extended into Earth Week‚ a full seven days of events focused on green awareness. The brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson and inspired by the antiwar protests of the late 1960s‚ Earth Day was originally aimed at creating a mass environmental movement. It began as a "national teach-in on the environment" and was held on April 22 to maximize the number of
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Ga John Galsworthy (1867 — 1933) TO LET (1922) This novel is the last volume of the Forsyte Saga. It marks both the end of the first stage in the development of the Forsytes and the beginning of the second‚ post-war stage in the chronicles of their doings. That final stage is the subject of Galsworthy’s second trilogy‚ the Modern Comedy‚ where the younger generation of the Forsytes are depicted against the background of England’s post-war decay. In the following extract
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Legalizing Rare Earth Industry in Malaysia Rare earth minerals‚ to be defined in a simple way‚ are 17 elements located on the periodic table and essential to the production of high-tech gadgets such as smart-phones‚ flat screen televisions‚ catalytic converters‚ low-energy light bulbs‚ hybrid cars‚ wind turbines‚ and laser devices just to name a few. Lynas‚ an Australia rare earth company‚ was the first to bring rare earth production into the industrial estate of Gebang near Kuantan‚ east
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