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    In the 1800’s‚ women’s rights‚ dress reform and suffrage had begun to really become a global issue. Mary Edwards Walker was a women’s right activist and several other things including‚ a nurse and later a surgeon in the Civil War‚ a writer‚ an abolitionist and a feminist. During her lifetime‚ she accomplished many extraordinary achievements‚ including being awarded The Congressional Medal of Honor for her service during the war. She was the first and only woman as of 2015 to have been awarded this

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    on establishing and then developing relationships as mandated by Jesus‚ in each of these two assumptions or philosophies‚ God considers people to be invaluable resources‚ but not His greatest asset. Before I continue‚ I agree with Hull’s four philosophical assumptions‚ as they greatly align with my own. Reviewing the passages in both Matthew and John‚ not only does God see people as being invaluable resources but perhaps‚ liabilities as well. In John‚ God calls us as branches to abide in the true

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    By definition philosophical anthropology is a part of philosophy that intends to merge the empirical investigations of human nature for the purpose of understanding human beings as both creatures of their own environment and creators of their own values. This area of study questions the human nature and the human condition in order to answer questions regarding human nature by using the diverse humanistic approaches and scientific methods. There are a few similarities‚ as well as some differences between

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    What were the two greatest successes and two greatest failures of the Wilson government 1964-70? This period of Labour rule is often marked down as a poor performance on behalf of the labour party‚ critically looked upon by many historians. There were many failings under the rule of this government however the circumstances they were placed in caused severe restraints in their options. Wilson had been voted into government with the promise of central planning and “the white heat of new technology”

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    Philosophical Ethics: Part A 1. Name and briefly describe the four main aspects of the AU decision-making process. i. Scope → Includes all those affected by the act‚ either directly or indirectly ii. Duration → Considers the length of time of each effect iii. Intensity → Considers the force or strength of each resulting experience iv. Probability → Considers how likely each effect might be‚ given that we don’t know ahead of time which of the many possible effects will actually occur.

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    Part Two: -So last slide I made some comparisons between Haiti and the United States. Now I want to go more in depth about the two countries’ relationship to one another. It is a long rap sheet between the two so bear with me! -1804-1862: After Haiti declared its independence; it began to seek to build relations with foreign countries.  Because Haiti produced the cash crops of sugar and coffee‚ it relied on trade to bring food crops into the country.  By declaring independence from France‚ Haiti

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    them being Residential schools‚ which has added to many other issues and arising problems. Starting early 1800-1900’s‚ kids were taken from their families and forced to attend these schools. There were a variety of the schools across Canada. The schools were government funded‚ and run through churches‚ where priests and nuns taught; some of the teachers were hardly educated themselves. Families were told that their children must attend these schools‚ because of the Indian Act that had been implemented

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    course of the last century‚ and since the pre-industrial world‚ Germany and the rest of Europe have experienced an approximate increase of 0.9 degrees Celsius in temperature. (Pg31 (Germany‚ 2010))Human-intervention is the highest contributor to the increase of temperature. In the last few generations of humanity‚ humans have managed to consume mass amounts of fossil fuels‚ which took millions on millions of years to form. Not only‚ are we consuming these fuels too quickly to allow them

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    what it is today. SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION: There were many new scientific discoveries during the Enlightenment. There were many discoveries‚ especially astronomic‚ that greatly revolutionized the knowledge we know of today. The scientists during that time advanced in science using the scientific method. Some discoveries include the way our solar system revolves‚ and the universal law of gravitation. All of these theories and observations were improved over the years with more technology and the

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    the early 1900s‚ the importance of airplane stability was not always obvious and was often taken for granted. For example‚ in the 1910s‚ airplane stability was often referred to as a confusing term that was valued as important based on a matter

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