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    Western Hemisphere

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    and 9000 B.C.‚ across a land bridge‚ that was later submerged into creating the Bering Strait‚ connecting Siberia and Alaska. (pg.7) America--A Concise History by James A. Henretta/ David Body. "Most anthropologists believe that the main migratory stream from Asia lasted from about 15‚000 to 9‚000 years ago‚ then the glaciers melted‚ and the rising ocean waters submerged the land bridge and created the Bering Strait." While other nations were resided in societies ruled by kings or priests‚ the Native

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    Truancy

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    secondary school students. According to Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong‚ reported in The News Strait Times article entitled “Study on truancy - Education Ministry” dated January‚ 17 2012‚ "A total of 110‚218 students were involved in disciplinary problems. Of that figure‚ 72‚873 were from secondary level and 37‚345 from primary schools‚" students were involved in disciplinary problems are rising. Reported in The News Strait Times a survey conducted by the ministry‚ 58.85 per cent of truancy cases last year

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    What does Terra Nullius mean? From at least 60‚000 B.C.‚ Australia was inhabited entirely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with traditional‚ social and land rights. To the Aborigines the land was everything to them and is closely linked to their Dreaming stories. Dreaming is the belief system which explains how the ancestral beings moved across the land and created life and significant geographic features. In consideration‚ the Indigenous Australians are a people with a close

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    How to Buy Stock

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    my topic is about teaching everyone how to buy stock. I am going to introduce some strategies for stock selection step by step. Buy what you know Go with what you know. That is the advice of Peter Lynch‚ former portfolio manager of Fidelity Magellan Fund. According to Peter‚ during a lifetime of buying cars or cameras‚ you would develop a sense of product recognition like what’s good‚ what’s bad‚ what sells‚ and what doesn’t. The same applies to stock choosing. Fist of all‚ I suggest stock

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    Age of Exploration - 2

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    Exploration. During the 15th century‚ it is when Europeans set motion to exploring by sea in search of trading and trade routes. Throughout that time‚ people started to have curiosity about the outside world and brave explorers like Columbus‚ Magellan‚ and other famous explorers set out to discover the unknown. I believe‚ if it was not for the explorers‚ that we will not have known the world as it is now and how to do commerce trade with the lands that they did discover. Just reading and thinking

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    their shared possession of the new land with Portugal • 1500s – Spanish Conquistadores – dominant explorers • The discoverer of the Pacific Ocean‚ Vasco Nunez Balboa‚ said all lands washed by that sea belonged to his king • Ferdinand Magellan took a journey in 1519 from Spain‚ was killed in the Philippines but his ship made it back in 1522 being the first to travel around the globe • Encomienda allowed the government to give Indians to colonists that will Christianize them IX

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    Social Worker in Singapore

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    Running Head: The Recruitment and Retention of Singapore’s Social Workers. The Social Worker in Singapore’s Voluntary Welfare Organisations Diploma in Organisational Psychology – Organisational Development Abstract In recent months‚ the Social Service sector has received much limelight. Much attention is on this sector because our government has realized that with the falling birth rates and a rapidly ageing population‚ there is a growing social need to reach

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    Sociological Analysis

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    It started with fur traders who crossed the Bering Strait in the 1700. The first Russian settlers in America were fur traders who crossed the Bering Strait into Alaska in the mid eighteenth century. Fur traders began to cross the strait to secure land for fur trading. Alaska soon became a frontier society with explorers searching for fur and gold (Gorman). Members of persecuted religions such as the Molokan and Orthodox crossed the strait to escape government oppression in Russia. These people

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    students to understand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture as Australian curriculum must be relevant to everyone and must address the present-day issues that young people face. With this intention and the goals mentioned in Melbourne Declaration‚ Australian curriculum gave special attention to Cross-curriculum priority. One of the major priorities was to ensure that all young Australian must understand the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture‚ and their significance

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    ____________________________________________________________ _________________________ Reconciliation is a form of agreement that deals with the legacies of our history‚ provides justice for all‚ and takes us forward as a nation. It is the process of Aboriginal Torres Strait Islanders and non Aboriginal Australians moving forward into a phase of mutual recognition of healing and justice. Reconciliation began in 1939 on Australia day where the Indigenous people called a Day of Mourning which was a call for recognition

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