Your Excellency Honourable Maithripala Sirisena‚ Ministers‚ the Principal‚ Teachers‚ Parents‚ Guests and my dear prize winners. For all of us at Zahira‚ today is a historic occasion as our chief guest is the much loved President of our motherland. I welcome you Sir on behalf of my board‚ my Principal‚ teachers and dear children. I wish to highlight some matters which are very near and dear to my heart. Initially Zahira was a leading school in Sri Lanka. Our archives evidence students who came
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The feature articles ‘No Time to Stop’ written by Kate Legge and ‘The Ugly Truth about Beauty’ by Julie Hosking‚ embody a range of generic conventions. Both articles make use of conventions such as a descriptive opening paragraph‚ graphics and omission‚ to allow the journalists to present their ideas and opinions effectively to the reader. A common idea evident in both texts relate to children and society; the first article conveniently stating that if only we more willing to help and were less engrossed
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spokesperson in official communications with a variety of governmental and community groups (Thacer‚ Lowell)." Chiefs are responsible for making sure that all necessary resources for his department to be able to function properly‚ are in order (Thacer‚ Lowell). Chief Davis exhibited his external role quite often. Chief Davis came into office with a clear vision‚ build a relationship with the community. Chief Davis would sponsor meetings to meet with anyone who had an opinion about his department. Not only did
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Throughout the Classical Period Buddhism and Christianity were very widespread religions. While Buddhism and Christianity differ‚ they are contain many similarities. Buddhism‚ is a trip of the mind and it focuses on reaching enlightenment. Whereas‚ Christianity focuses on salvation‚ and becoming one with God. From the person they worship to the way they worship‚ these two religions are very different. In addition to their differences‚ these two religions also have basic principles that are in common
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Essay: Hinduism and Buddhism The Hindu religion dominated India thousands of years ago‚ which defined the government and social views throughout the country. Around 534 BCE‚ a Hindu prince named Siddhartha Gautama saw that the Hindu social views were impacting his country in an oppressive way. Thus‚ he felt the time for religious change in India had come‚ leading to Buddhism. Siddhartha’s ideas changed the religious and social views for many Indians. Although Hinduism and Buddhism shared the beliefs
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Explain the contribution of King Asoka to Buddhism King Asoka‚ the first Buddhist Emperor of the Mauryan Empire‚ can be seen as a crucial figure to the contribution to the development and expression of Buddhism. Asoka contributed to the development of Buddhism through his expansion of his Buddhist state to neighbouring empires. Asoka‚ through missionary‚ expanded Buddhism to modern day Sri Lanka and Nepal. This expansion was made possible by Asoka’s decision that only five monks were needed to
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4/3/2013 Cul 260 Prof. Grohe Zen (or Chan) and Lotus Buddhism A Comparison Essay Buddhism‚ like many other major religions has expanded past a simple definition. There are a large number of regions that practice this astronomically large religion‚ and throughout the years since its introduction to the world it has developed a large number of ways to practice the belief system. The sect with the largest number of temples in Japan is Zen Buddhism‚ the second largest number belong to the Lotus‚ or
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Chief Complaint Followup for inpatient stay for "complicated migraine". History Patient is a 54-year-old right-handed white female who has a long history of migraine headaches. She states she had headaches as a child. When she started having her menses‚ they became menstrually related. It would also occur during ovulation. For a while‚ she was on Topamax and other medications. She went through menopause four years ago with a marked decrease in her migraine frequency. She did note that in
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September 2014 AP World Pd_1 Mrs. Chevits Christianity and Buddhism C&C Christianity and Buddhism are both religions that affected masses of people. Their origins are both offshoots from older religions. Christianity is an offshoot from Judaism and Buddhism is an offshoot from Hinduism. Buddhism originated in Nepal‚ India in 536 B.C.E.‚ while Christianity originated in the Roman Provence of Judea around 33 A.D. Through 500 B.C.E. to 600 A.D. Buddhism spread from east India to the northern and western parts
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Is kidnapping always seen in a negative way? When you think “kidnapping” your first thoughts are fear. But in The Ransom of Red Chief we see kidnapping in a different light. It is funny and not serious unlike Lindbergh baby kidnapping. To begin‚ both versions of the kidnapping have different tones. In The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry a humorous tone is being used to express kidnapping. “I was only funning” is Henrys way of portraying the humor. This is funny because it is not the way most people
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