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    Progress with Technology: Do More With Less David Powell Thomas Edison State College Advancements in collecting information‚ spending cost‚ and daily incoming data is ever growing. Moving forward in business needs can and will grow your company. As the world evolves in many aspects of life‚ the needs of a company’s evolution are also a part of those changes. We once rode in horse and buggies and using that horsepower‚ developed into a much faster more efficient way of travel. Stepping

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    Quote: “What mattered for the early Buddhists was obviously the individual’s progress on the path toward enlightenment‚ and not the individual’s gender” (p. 86) “...early nuns were full members...recognized for their extraordinary intellectual and spiritual talents…” (p. 86) Question: Reading Leona Anderson and Pamela Young’s book Women and Religious Traditions “Women in Buddhist Traditions” I was intrigued‚ and later upset‚ to learn that early Buddhist nuns were not stereotyped as a result of

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    Wedding Traditions

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    light-colored dress‚ particularly at their first marriage. If dancing is offered‚ the newlyweds first dance together briefly. The type of flowers the bride clutches during the wedding ceremony signify her emotions towards the marriage. The bride can choose what color that the bridesmaids will wear. The color usually coordinates with the other themes of the wedding‚ such as similar to the color of the flowers chosen. Rings‚ because of its circular shape‚ symbolize eternity‚ endlessness… thus a never-ending

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    2. What do we want to learn?  What  are  the  key  concepts  (form‚  function‚  causation‚  change‚  connection‚  perspective‚  responsibility‚  reflection) to be emphasized within this inquiry  Key concepts: ​ Form‚ responsibility‚ connection  Related concepts:​  cooperation​  or ​ conflict‚ interdependence  What  lines  of  inquiry  will  define  the  scope  of  the  inquiry  into  the  central  idea?  What  teacher  questions/provocations will drive these inquiries?  Lines of inquiry 

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    PSYC 100 6380 Introduction to Psychology (2145) Class Project 06/20/2014 Faces in the Face of Death Soldiers in war zones often experience life-threatening events that put their lives at stake. The present study examined how these exposures shape soldiers’ social behavior‚ manifested by recognition of facial expressions. In addition‚ we investigated how explicit awareness of one’s eventual death affects sensitivity to facial expressions. Veterans of elite military combat units were exposed

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    Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific   ii Copyright © 2011‚ World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Calle Capitán Haya‚ 42 28020 Madrid‚ Spain Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific ISBN-13: 978-92-844-1380-5 Published and printed by the World Tourism Organization‚ Madrid‚ Spain First printing: 2011 All rights reserved The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinions

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    Bob sheldon and some other socs beat up Johnny and Pony‚ but bob ends up drowning him in a fountain. As johnny lies anxious and afraid‚ he confronts Bob‚ and stabs him. accidentally killing him. 4. What causes Johnny and Ponyboy to come back to face the police? Johnny and Ponyboy came back to face the police because johnny wanted to tell the police that it was self defense(that he killed Bob Sheldon).In the text it states‚ "I got a good chance of bein’ let off easy‚" Johnny said desperately‚ and

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    Many teachers are worried that grades will go down when kids stop playing sports. Teachers want an alternative motivation for good grades. According to “Do Athletes Face Unnecessary Parent Pressure” most kids require a scholarship to be able to afford college. There are not just sports scholarships. There are also academic scholarships which can motivate kids to get good grades to be able to apply for these scholarships. Alternate preexisting and possible activities would help the large majority

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    Most people today do not believe that Puritans had the right idea about how we should live our lives; however there are advantages to having Puritan views and values such as religious peace and a close knit community. Religion is a complicated subject that varies in each society and can create conflicts between them‚ but the Puritans were able to live amongst themselves in harmony. The English Puritans were persecuted for not conforming to the country’s religion: Protestantism. Due to this discrimination

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    Tradition In The South

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    Findings explain how traditions were formulated and carried out for so long with such importance. Traditions are strongly held up in the South and while some slipped through the cracks and there is a need to determine whether this was a positive or negative attribution to history in the South and contemporary Southern culture. All of this together will answer my question of; how did tradition in the South prevail and how it affected the culture. While there are numerous outlooks of the South‚ such

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