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    Francis Keala was Honolulu Police Department’s former chief‚ beginning 1969 and retiring in 1983. He is a Saint Louis graduate‚ and went to the University of Hawaii and got his bachelor’s degree in sociology. Not much is known about his early life. In the Honolulu Police Department‚ he spent 25 years as the police chief. His main goal was to focus on the drug abuse in Hawaii. He had commanded several operations‚ including “Operation Hukilau”. Francis is the first police chief with a college

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    1. Francis Joseph became emperor in 1848 over the Habsburg domains and ruled until 1916. However‚ his reforms in his administration and government proved to be a weakness in the empire. The basic weakness of the empire was created in 1860‚ when Francis Joseph issued the October Diploma‚ creating a federation among the states and the provinces of the empire. This dictated the abolition of local diets dominated by the landed classes and a single parliament. In 1861‚ he issued the February Patent‚ creating

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    or‚ the origin of knowledge. Two of the most famous philosophers of epistemology are rationalist Rene Descartes and empiricist David Hume. Rationalism is the idea that reason and logic are the foundation of knowledge. It states that awareness is instinctive‚ and that it cannot come from sources such as the senses. Rationalists theorize that people are all born with the foundations

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    St. Francis College of Commerce BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY St. Francis University was a medium-sized private University‚ located in a major port city in Visayas. The University is well known for its engineering and Science degree courses and was one of the better private universities in the city. The university had a total enrollment of about 26‚000 at both the graduate and the undergraduate levels. The College of Commerce was a major unit of the University. However‚ it has only 3000 student enrollees

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    Biography of Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake was the 1st Captain to circumnavigate the globe from start to finish ALIVE. Since Magellan was killed on his journey‚ that gave Drake the distinction of being the first. Name: Sir Francis Drake Date of Birth & Death: 1540 – January 27‚ 1596 Country of Origin: England Sir Francis Drake’s Main Accomplishments Drake’s biggest major accomplishment would be the circumnavigating the world from 1577 to 1580. He is the 2nd person to circumnavigate

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    but Pope Francis changed history once again. The Pope directed‚ “He is not a Christian if he said those things”‚ towards Donald Trump. The Pope disagrees with Trump’s intention to build another wall between the U.S.-Mexico border. Pope Francis also does not understand why Trump is trying to build walls instead of building bridges‚ in other words‚ helping to make the Nation prosper with structures where they are needed. Trump does not care about the Pope says and declared that Pope Francis should not

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    writings of Plato and Descartes share many similar theories on knowledge and being absolute certain about something. For instance‚ in the movie the Matrix Neo has no clue that everything he is experiencing is a dream. But when he is told the truth his knowledge grows which is exactly what Plato proclaims in his writing to the republic. He claims that as the prisoners who have been chained in the cave since childhood begin to ascend their knowledge expands. And in Descartes writing the meditation

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    Reflex acts were one of the first human reactions to being studied. Descartes was the first beginning a study model of reflex acts‚ this to be able to demonstrate that the body worked like any other machine. Another scientist in studying this phenomenon‚ Robert Whytt. He was a Scottish physicist and physicist. He inclined his research around action-reflex‚ differentiating voluntary and involuntary movements. Describing the pupil reflex to light (reflecting Whytt)‚ he further proposed that the arches

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    America I’m Zaquane Cooper. Today we will be interviewing Catholic leader Pope Francis. We are going to be discussing his focus on poverty‚ which he presented during his speech to congress. Pope Francis calling on them to have compassion for most Vulnerable among and we are going to find out why he is called “Slum Pope” and” a Pope for the poor. So everyone let give it up for Catholic leader Pope Francis. QUESTION 1 Pope Francis‚ welcome. I know this is one question everyone has been meaning to ask‚ so

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    Understanding Descartes’ Method of Doubt Clear your mind‚ if you will‚ of everything you have ever seen or known to be true. To begin understanding Rene Descartes’ method of doubt‚ you need to suspend all prejudice and prior judgments and start with a clean slate "for the purpose of discovering some ultimate truth on which to base all thought." (Kolak‚ Pg.225). Discouraged with much skepticism from his own beliefs‚ Descartes was embarrassed of his own ignorance. He set out to try and accomplish

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