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    between Westerners and non-Westerners. China was under a dynastic rule‚ which punished every crime‚ no matter how inconsequential‚ in similar fashion. Because of this‚ many Westerners would be wary of going to China or would be aggravated if punished for a crime that they did not understand. The inquisition was based on a theocracy‚ which was set to unite everyone under the Christian doctrine and punish those that refused or saw a different path in the Christian religion. Both Westerners and non-Westerners

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    used mainly to investigate the gastrointestinal tract. Telemetering capsules ( ’radio pills ’) capable of recording pressure‚ temperature‚ and pH have been produced and a review of these devices is given elsewhere (Mackay‚ 1959‚ 1961; Jacobson‚ 1960; Wolff‚ 1961). They transmit a frequency modulated signal in the frequency range 300 Kc/s to 10 Mc/s. The pressure pill modifications described in this paper enable the construction of a simple‚ reliable and inexpensive device. 7 The frequency on which the

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    Ancient Greeks

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    Greeks in many ways. The westerners learned the concept of hominocentrism‚ sea trade and sea power; raise livestock‚ democracy and creation of the Olympics from the Ancient Greeks. The concept of hominocentrism‚ saw human beings at the center of the universe‚ was created by the Ancient Greeks. Even though today we don ’t use the term "hominocentrism" we still do believe that we are the center of the universe and this very concept helps us achieve our goals. The westerners adopted the idea of sea

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    Concurrent jurisdiction is a mechanism that some states use that involves a juvenile being placed both under the juvenile court and the adult court concurrently. This occurs when juveniles meet certain predetermined stipulations regarding the case (Tobias‚ 2014). The states’ varying

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    have a totally different perception of time than Westerners. In traditional African culture time is a chain of events. Once made‚ it belongs to zamani. Westerners want to have trains running on schedule and fly to the moon. Africans have different aims in life. Time and reality end now‚ the future is unreal. There is no future yet. It still is to be made by the interaction of all forces in the world. To an African as compared to a Westerner the present is larger and the future is smaller.

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    “Just past the house‚ Tub slipped and threw out his hands to catch himself. The boards fell and Kenny tumbled out and rolled to the bottom of the drive‚ yelling all the way” (Wolff 6). Tub saved himself rather than his friend Kenny‚ who had just been shot. He is so inconsiderate and self-absorbed‚ that when he slipped‚ he was only worried about himself. Kenny is helpless and now in danger of infections along with hypothermia

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    their high-end snowboard business in Ottawa‚ Ontario. The pair was frustrated by shopping carts that didn’t allow custom design and integration with other business systems‚ so why not build one from scratch? An experienced programmer in his own right‚ Tobias embarked on a journey to reinvent the online store industry. After a lot of hard work and $450‚000 in family and angel funding‚ Shopify was launched in 2006. GROWTH OF WORKERS FROM 2008 - 2013 The journey wasn’t easy over the next two years‚ with

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    the everyday action of social life in a group’s culture. The westerner put his hand out to greet the tribe leader with a friendly handshake. Now this may appear to be a normal practice in western culture‚ it was evident that the Toulambis tribe member was taken-back by this gesture and would not extend his hand to reciprocate the handshake. Even though the member of Toulambis tribe did not extend his hand to the westerner‚ the westerner was able to put it into perspective and display cultural relativism

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    transwoman went into a male’s restroom they would risk getting teased or possibly even physically hurt. But if a transwoman used a woman’s restroom they would immediately be labeled as dangerous. Either way they are put at risk. According to Jacob Tobia‚ author of “Why All Bathrooms Should Be Gender Neutral” and who identifies as genderqueer says‚ “For most trans people‚ particularly young trans people who are still understanding their identity‚ no gendered restroom is safe.” If college students feel

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    Cate Blanchett through the Sociological and Technical Analysis in: Elizabeth (1998)‚ Charlotte Gray (2001) and Babel (2006). Recently‚ there has been growing interest in studying Hollywood movies and criticizing their content‚ their message and their cast. The relationship between the actors and the movies they starred in has been investigated by many researchers. One out of an entirely ‘legion’ of Hollywood actors is the Australian actress‚ Cate Blanchett. During the last years of the twentieth

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