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    Maths Exploration Introduction The Inflation rate changes every month and year‚ affecting the value of the money in the country. Inflation reflects a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money‚ causing the price of goods and services to increase. Although people seem to see inflation as “evil”‚ but it is a necessary side-effect of a growing country‚ as economist sees that a small (<2%-3%) consistent amount of inflation is actually good. Without inflation the prices in the market will

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    An Exploration of Christian Education: An Administrative Perspective A Major Assignment Submitted to the Faculty of the Regent University Graduate School of Education In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education - Leadership in Character Education Donna Ivery-Little 12SP EDIP 540/ETLC 542 Phil/issues in Ed & Foundations of Ed (01) Dr. Joan Hoskins April 17‚ 2012 ABSTRACT TITLE OF MAJOR ASSIGNMENT: An

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    Ethics and Space Exploration Christen Boyd PHI107: Philosophy of Human Conduct Prof. Carol Parker October 14‚ 2010 Ethics and Space Exploration In recent years‚ there has been a rise in debate over government spending on space exploration. It is hard to say that the deck is stacked in either way. There is much validity in the arguments from both sides of the gun. In this debate‚ I believe‚ the sides are both coming from the perspective of utilitarian ethics. Basically‚ it is a disagreement

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    The Chinese Voyages of Exploration Succeeded by the non-Chinese Qing Dynasty‚ the Ming Dynasty is considered to be the last native dynasty to exist. The Ming Dynasty lasted from 1368 to 1644 and is known as the greatest era of social stability and organized government (European). Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty; he is also known as Hongwu‚ Taizu‚ and Ming Taizu. Hongwu died in 1382‚ leaving his grandson‚ Huidi‚ the next heir. However‚ Chengzu‚ or Yongol‚ created a military campaign to

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    the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)‚ the U.S. Spends about 18.7 billion dollars a year on space exploration. While that sounds like a large number‚ you must ask yourself if that cost is worth the advancement of mankind. To put that number into perspective‚ Americans spent 110 billion dollars on fast food for 2009. Does that justify the cost of space exploration? Maybe not‚ but it should be mentally noted that the quest for knowledge in regards to space and how the universe works

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    Space exploration has always been fascinating. It gives us hope of finding something new. Humans have always been explorers. When people from old times didn’t know about unknown lands they were compelled to explore them. The idea of space exploration has a sense of mystery and excitement about it. We have achieved some of the goals but not all. Through our space probes we were able to find new planets stars and even galaxies. Space exploration should continue because it could help solve many problems

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    wanted to explore. There are four major reasons why Europeans wanted to explore Asia. The reasons included economy‚ culture‚ politics‚ and technological advances.The European were looking for new ideas to bring back to Europe. The first reason for exploration is economics. Europeans wanted spices‚ perfumes‚ silks‚ precious stones‚ exotic foods‚ and tightly woven colorful rugs. Asia had all of these goods. European Merchants realized that they could make a fortune selling these goods back at home.However

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    Necessity of Space Exploration Earth is the only planet that we know in the entire universe where life exists. The human species is the only species on Earth that has ability to think‚ communicate and pass down technology from generation to generation‚ which in affect allows us to accomplish anything we set our minds to like for instance exploring space. “The most recent astronomical observations suggest an estimated age of the universe of around 13.7 billion years” (Big bang theory) and‚ Humans

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    ------------------------------------------------- Resolved: Private sector investment in human space exploration is preferable to public sector investment. "That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind". –Neil Armstrong Giant leaps for mankind will not be possible in this economy. Public sector investments are preferable in the human space exploration branch. To clarify the resolution I offer the following definitions: -Human Space Exploration: the investigation of physical conditions in space and on stars‚ planets

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    Causes and Effects of Spanish Exploration and Colonization Spain played a critical part in the exploration and colonization of the Americas. At the heart of the Spanish exploration‚ was the desire to gain access to the spice and silk routes to increase their power and wealth. This would prove to be a venture with many obstacles but also many fortunous outcomes. The exploration opened the door to new trade‚ new people‚ and the future of the world. For many years‚ the Spaniards and the Portuguese

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