The Shakers‚ also known as the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing‚ are a religious sect most known for their faith‚ craftsmanship and handmade furniture. They are‚ however‚ more than meets the eye. These quiet people are generous beyond their means‚ humble to a fault and remarkably forward-thinking as well as technologically inclined. The Shakers were born out of frustration from Quaker reformation in England. This reformation addressed a specific practice in which followers
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In our readings‚ we have seen examples of how society can be undermined or destabilized. Among the major causes of such damage are: injustice‚ lack of respect and responsibility to others‚ self-interest‚ abuse of power‚ conflicts‚ war and fighting. For example‚ in Hesiod’s “Thegony”‚ we can see that Auranos and Cronus were unjust and self-interested leaders‚ because they only cared about themselves. Auranos was only interested in mating with Gaia. He did not care about his children; therefore
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For you‚ what is normal? After browsing lousily in the blog topics given and after three garbage drafts of different topics‚ at last‚ I found the one topic I really get to put my mind on. Actually‚ it interested me to write about this topic because this is one topic which a friend and I debated about. At that time‚ we had different views on how we say that a certain person is normal. I think everyone is just too normal and ordinary that everyone does different things
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4th pERIOD | China | Report on China | | Willie Thomas | 11/6/2012 | | Table of Contents History‚ Culture‚ Clothing 3 Religion‚ Food‚ Major Languages 4 Bibliography 5 China History China’s first great thinker and teacher name was Confucius. He came up with the golden rule‚ which stated: “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.” Confucius urged people to “measure the feelings of others by one’s own‚” for “within the four seas all
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Essay: To what extent was Japan modernized by 1920s? Modernization is a process by which human beings progress in political‚ economic‚ social‚ intellectual and military aspects for the betterment of society as a whole. In the early 20th century‚ Japan achieved different levels of modernization in political‚ social‚ economic and cultural aspects. Although Japan still kept many traditional beliefs‚ it was the most modernized country in Asia at that time. Here‚ I will evaluate to what extent was Japan
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creative.) This article relates to the following areas of knowledge: ethics‚ history‚ religious knowledge systems and human sciences. In my opinion‚ one of the most important areas of knowledge is ethics‚ because from what I can gather from most of the previous posts is ’to what extent is this ethical?’ Many people think that it is not ethical to raise your child genderless because if God/destiny (or whatever you believe in) created you with a penis they should be raised as boys and the same goes for
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To what extent has theory and research on families been successful in transcending the individual-society dualism. One of the interrogative themes in social psychology is that of individual-society dualism refers to the extent to “whether the individual or society is privileged in the explanation of social psychological phenomena” (DVD). There has been a great deal of psychological theory and research into the composition of families and the subsequent construction of self in children‚ however
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Project – Why isn’t China a fascinating country? In this paper‚ we shall look at China from different aspects – Economic Growth‚ the One Child Policy‚ Culture‚ Food‚ and Political System. From all these aspects‚ we can understand China’s structure thoroughly and distinguish why China isn’t a fascinating country even though it is one of the leading countries in the world. (1) Economic Growth Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 until late 1970s‚ China had lived in a Soviet-style
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To what extent is CSR beneficial to a company’s performance? Corporate social responsibilities (CSR) and its influences on business success has been a controversial topic over the last few decades but it is not until 1988 was CSR officially stated in the Malcolm Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence (Foote‚ Gaffney & Evans‚ 2010). Proponents point out that socially-responsible company will be more likely to be financially successful‚ while critics contend that CSR is contradictory to the
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To what extent can Alexander II be credited with the label ‘Tsar Liberator’? Alexander II succeeded his Father‚ Nicholas I after his death in 1855. As Alexander was at the mature age of 36‚ he was viewed as a very experienced statesman with a broad and thorough education which had reared him from the throne. Alexander II’s reign did not start as promising as one would have hoped‚ with his inheritance of the bloody and draining Crimean War‚ which eventually ended in 1856 with the Treaty of Paris‚
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