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    Confessions of a Liberal Gun Owner . I am a New England liberal‚ born and bred. I have lived most of my life in the Northeast — Boston‚ New York and Philadelphia — and my politics are devoutly Democratic. In three decades‚ I have voted for a Republican exactly once‚ holding my nose‚ in a mayoral election in which the Democratic candidate seemed mentally unbalanced. I am also a Texas resident and a gun owner. I have half a dozen pistols in my safe‚ all semiautomatics‚ the largest capable of

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    the early identification of a student’s possible learning disabilities. The RTI process begins using a higher instruction and screening of all students in a general education classroom. Those that showed they were struggling are given specific interventions at different levels to accelerate their pace of learning. The special education team monitors a student’s progress to collect data and assess the learning rate and performance. The RTI has two main purposes. The RTI process is used to ensure that

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    claim to be the birth of Liberal Democracy? The Netherlands can use the work of Hugo Grotius‚ Justus Lipsius and Dirk Van Coornhert to support the claim that they are the birth of Liberal Democracy. However‚ one must also look at the influence Ancient Greece had on the birth of Liberal Democracy‚ as many of the leaders and theologians helped to create Liberal Democracy. One of the key figures that support the idea that the Netherlands can claim to be the birth of Liberal Democracy is Hugo Grotius

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    Conservatives Vs Liberals

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    conservative or liberal is used to describe political and economic views and affiliations. The meaning of "conservative" or "liberal" is different in social‚ economic and political views and standings. Liberals are more open minded and believe in change. Conservatives on the other hand like to keep the old structures in place they feel there is no room for change. Conservatives value group cohesion like [family‚ race‚ religion‚ and nation] because groups evoke stability. Liberals value groups a

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    Coastline Systems Consulting Information Systems Facilities PCs • Each technician works uses a Dell notebook: o Pentium M class machines with 512 MB RAM‚ 30-50 GB hard drives • The bookkeeper/receptionist has a Dell Optiplex desktop running a Pentium 4‚ 256 MB RAM‚ and an 80 GB hard drive: • Operating systems - MS Windows Windows XP Professional • Tools - MS Office 2003 suite plus other software depending on use • Internet Browser – IE 6 and Mozilla FireFox • E-mail Client - Mozilla Thunderbird • Various

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    Multiple Intelligence: Its uses and implication in Education Abstract An overview of Gardner’s theory on Multiple Intelligences is presented. This is shown to question and challenge the current bias of schooling towards language and logic. Some implementations of the theory are also considered‚ and general educational implications of the theory summarised. Theory of Multiple Intelligences has several implications for teachers in terms of classroom instruction. The theory states that all seven

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    What are liberals and conservative philosophies? These two philosophies are how our political parties are based on. The Democratic party takes a more liberal ideology. While‚ the Republican party takes a more conservative stand. So which philosophy is the best? Liberal and conservative have a essential ideology which they base their beliefs. Liberal believe that government should act in our daily lives to achieve equal opportunities and equality for all. In the other hand‚ conservative belies in

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    The Use of the Computer in Medical & Nursing Education Computers are as common as stethoscopes and pens and paper in nursing and medical education. Both personal computers (PC) and hand-held devices (PDA) are showing up in classrooms and at the patient’s bedside. Computers in Nursing "The use of computers in health care is no longer a question for discussion and debate. Their application in nursing is a reality in many centers ..."@Cite(HannahKJ88a "‚ p. 263"). With this

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    Explain the liberal challenge to realism‚ and assess its effectiveness. Liberalism poses as an alternate framework to realism for understanding international relations. There are three main positions held by liberals that contrast those views held by realists. The issues of conflict and cooperation‚ relative and absolute gain‚ and the pessimistic and optimistic outlook on individuals will be focused on. Liberalism is effective‚ to an extent‚ in illustrating the rather one-dimensional approach

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    Matrix Liberal Humanist

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    In The Matrix the protagonist Neo is the liberal humanist. The being free from the structure of society and able to make choices without the bias thrown upon us through media and language. However within the first twenty minutes of the movie the theory of the liberal humanist begins to collapse around Neo. He learns that his life has been pre decided and machines control the reality he believes to be truth. The irony in finding out that his whole life is essentially a lie is that he does obtain the

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