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    each other to perfect these ideas. They wanted more power‚ wealth‚ resources‚ and perfection of society. They wanted to create utopia. But what is a utopia? The word was first mentioned by Thomas More in his book titled Utopia‚ published in 1516. (8) This was after the beginning of European exploration in the Americas‚ yet it holds key information in understanding the concept of utopia which the royal families of Europe held so dear. In his book‚ More describes an ideal island and its customs. The

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    Modern Day Slavery

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    Modern Day Slavery Most people believe that slavery was abolished when the Thirteenth Amendment was passed in 1865. What most do not know is that there are still many people being used for forced labor and sex illegally in the United States and across the world today. It has become an increasing problem in the last ten years‚ and the numbers are growing every day. According to the Polaris project in 2007‚ 27 million was the number of people being forced in this modern day slavery‚ with 80 percent

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    hands behind my back‚ and began to whip me with a wire attached to a broomstick (Bales 2)." I tried to grasp the magnitude of the situation. I tried unsuccessfully to tell myself that this couldn ’t happen in modern times‚ especially in a city such as Paris. How could this be happening? In the following pages of Kevin Bale ’s shocking account of the rampant problem of modern day slavery‚ I learned of more gruesome details of this horrific crime against humanity‚ such as the different types of

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    modern day america

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    Period 1-2 9/13/12 Ancient Rome V.S. Modern Day America When comparing Ancient Rome to the Modern Day America‚ it’s difficult to find a reason for what’s different between the two. Even though the two are separated between over two thousand years of history‚ Ancient Rome has helped shaped to what is America today. Rome’s ancient culture is very much like the American culture and has many similarities. Some examples on how Ancient Rome is similar to the Modern Day America are the

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    Modern Day Pirates By KaustiC What is modern day piracy well According to the International Maritime Bureau the definition is “Piracy is the act of boarding any vessel with an intent to commit theft or any other crime‚ and with an intent or capacity to use force in furtherance of that act.” Why is modern day piracy different than the piracy we see in movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean you ask? Robert Louis Stevenson’s type of piracy or the commonly known piracy in the 16th & 17th

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    phones‚ factory operations‚ and everyday household items are just a few examples of what modern day technology has brought to us. Modernized technology has given us a new way of life and has flipped our society upside down. So the question is have cell phones‚ PDAs‚ and computers changed the standards of living? The progression of artificial intelligence has made many aspects of our lives easier then the day of my parents. In spite of their benefits however‚ there are some faults in the growing

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    resulting in situations unsolved and my fear to yet again barge into my life. Fear will always effect the way I act‚ think and feel‚ it is the emotion that can take me over and make me surrender with second. As Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ once said “ Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the

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    Modern Day Prophets

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    Dictionary‚ a prophet is a member of some doctrine‚ cause‚ or movement but there is a lot more in what a prophet actually is. When someone thinks of a prophet they might think about prophets from the old testament‚ or maybe some prophets in the modern day. Some of the prophets that are most common in the Old Testament are Isaiah‚ Jeremiah‚ Lamentations‚ Ezekiel ‚ Daniel‚ and Jonah. Some prophets in the modern day are Martin Luther King‚ Pope John Paul II‚ and Mother Teresa. A prophet is someone who

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    Modern Day Thanksgiving

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    also made up of three days which included: more eating‚ hunting‚ and entertainment in honor of the pilgrims first successful harvest. But it wasn’t until a couple centuries later that Abraham Lincoln made it a national holiday on the last Thursday of November because a woman named Sara Josepha Hale. It took her over 30 years to get it passed as a national holiday‚ but in the end she got her wish. But‚ our modern day thanksgiving food wasn’t what the pilgrims had back in they day; roast goose‚ corn

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    Chapter two by Hakim‚ Pocock and Rapoport‚ the contemporary workplace needs to undergo changes to fall more into line with contemporary behaviours‚ attitudes and job expectations of employees and their families. This‚ in turn‚ should result in a more flexible workplace for women and a resulting higher retention rate of women‚ post-maternity leave. In short‚ contemporary women in the modern day work force need flexibility to juggle the continuingly blurred line of work and family life in order to

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