To understand how one’s work is related to one’s community‚ it helps to understand what a community is and why they form. There are basically two parts to the definition of community. The first part of the definition states that a community is “A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.” The second part of the definition describes a community as “A group of people having common interests. To me‚ this means that along with the two definitions‚ there are mainly two
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When our teacher asked to us: “What is language?” I couldn’t give a specific answer‚because the language means many things.So‚my mind was bombarded by lots of things.I said to myself: “Language is our identity‚language is our culture‚language is words‚rules‚interfaces‚signs‚reaction‚action‚verbal‚non-verbal‚discourse...”I was confused by that attack of the opinions and couldn’t choose a specific word that identifies language for the teacher’s question.After the class‚when I came to home on the bus
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Introduction - What is Tourism? Online Lesson Since the beginning of time humans have traveled. Food‚ water‚ safety or acquisition of resources (trade) were the early travel motivations. But the idea of travel for pleasure or exploration soon emerged. Travel has always depended upon technology to provide the means or mode of travel. The earliest travelers walked or rode domesticated animals. The invention of the wheel and the sail provided new modes of transportation. Each improvement in technology
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Introduction Information Technology (IT) delivers a chance for companies to improve their productivity and efficiency‚ and even to gain competitive advantage. The introduction of IT is likely to cause changes in work procedures and increase computer knowledge among the employees. IT can help in controlling and reporting each single activity done by the employees and help the management to take an appropriate strategic decision. Also IT does create value that is reflected in the market value of firms
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The issue of segregation has been a prominent topic bringing up pre-existence discourse such as the case of Brown v. Board of Education where the Supreme Court declared separate but equal schools unconstitutional 60 years ago. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)‚ now acknowledged as one of the greatest Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century‚ unanimously held that the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. (Alex McBride
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Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that states that the best action is the one that maximizes utility. Jeremy Bentham‚ the founder of utilitarianism‚ described utility as "the sum of all pleasure that results from an action‚ minus the suffering of anyone involved in the action." (Encyclopedia Britannica) Followers of utilitarianism have disagreed on a number of points‚ such as whether actions should be chosen based on their results (act utilitarianism) or whether followers should conform to rules
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citizen of the United States of America; however‚ I prefer the Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of the word American‚ which is “a person born‚ raised‚ or living in the United States.” This definition more accurately captures the true idea behind what it is to be an American in a number of ways. The first is the fact that it does not include being a citizen‚ which pays heed to the origins of America where people were seeking out a new land‚ one of opportunity and freedom‚ the first people to pursue
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Recent carbon tax pricing which is estimated to be $4 Billion The new mining tax which is worth $3 Billion The winding back of the school building program worth about $13 Billion www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-08/budgets-winners-and.../3998972 What it will be spent on http://www.budget.gov.au/2012-13/content/at_a_glance/html/at_a_glance.htm Families While Wayne Swan is taking with one hand he is giving with the other. Revenue from the Minerals Resource Rent Tax will: increase family payments
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Q : What is Abhidhamma? The Buddha preached “Abhidhamma” in the plane of Tavatimsa for three months especially dedicated to his mother Deva and the rest Devas and Bhahmas from the whole universe. At that time‚ the Buddha preached by very wide and very details way. Buddha repeated it to Ashin Sariputtaya by shortest way. Ashin Sariputtaya handed it on to five hundred of his disciples not too long and not too short. This way is what we have been learned in nowadays. According to tipitaka‚ Abhidhamma
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What is causal-comparative research? Also known as “ex post facto” research. (Latin for “after the fact”). In this type of research investigators attempt to determine the cause or consequences of differences that already exist between or among groups of individuals.Causal-comparative research is an attempt to identify a causative relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable. The relationship between the independent variable and dependent variable is usually a suggested
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