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    the Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones‚ who was responsible for ordering the members to suicide. According to an article “Why Do People Join Cults?” by Adrian Furnham‚ Ph.D.‚ a cult is a group with “powerful and exclusive dedication and devotion to an explicit person or creed‚” with a goal to “reprogramming the way people see the world” (Furnham). In summary‚ a cult‚ as explained in “Cult Influence & Persuasion Tactics” by Kelton Rhoads‚ Ph.D.‚ “displaces a person’s former

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    in a time of depression‚ after the 1st world war. He gave Germany reasons for their misery by blaming the Jews and therefore provided them with hope for the future. Germany was left with nothing after World War 1‚ but Hitler changed that‚ he provided German people with employment‚ education‚ and hope. After World War 1 Germany was economically depressed‚ the people were unhappy‚ they didn’t have confidence in their government‚ they were a broken country. The Treaty of Versailles put such heavy restrictions

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    College is beneficial to people that attend college then the people that don’t‚ because it extends what people may or may not know about the careers they’re going into. If people don’t know certain procedures‚ they might be putting a company at risk. Everyone needs a refresher even if they think they know‚ because you never know what new and exciting things you might learn when you’re in college. In school students are taught that college is everything‚ and without college only few

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    I’d first like to address Group 4’s question which questions‚ “Why do you think that the majority of people who have a disability have always been poor‚ powerless‚ and degraded?” Disabled persons are part of the biggest minority in the world‚ and naturally the minorities get less benefits than the majority. United Nations Enable states that “Persons with disabilities are routinely denied these basic rights: Receiving an education‚ Living independently in the community‚ getting jobs‚ even when well

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    Summary: Do the Right Thing takes place in Brooklyn on a hot day. The movie starts at Sal’s Famous Pizzeria. A young African American named Mookie works at Sal’s and is the only black man working there among a family of Italians. This pizzeria is a very popular spot for the people of the town which is made up of a lot of African Americans and HHispanics. The movie shows different stereotypes and the conflicts between different ethnicities. The movie escalates when an AAfrican American named Buggin

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    When doing the countries project there was a lot of good information. In Colombia they ride zip lines to school. I can see the dangers which come with that‚ but that would be awesome to ride zip lines to school unless it is raining. All the countries mainly speak spanish‚ but some of them speak english. A lot of the places export out coffee beans so it must be popular down in South America. A lot of dancing and singing happens in these countries‚ like the United State but it’s more traditional music

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    Why Is Being Bored Bad

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    Is being bored bad? Today we are constantly occupied. What if we stopped for a moment and let our thoughts run freely. If we would welcome boredom and not hate it. When people get bored they tend to think about things. If people start thinking‚ they tend to try to do the things they think about. When people start doing things‚ they start to accomplish them. Great things can happen when we think‚ then do‚ and then accomplish. Just think of the great things that could happen. When someone

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    Abstract Moral dilemma is a situation where people have to choose between two equally unpleasant alternatives. Moral dilemma is worse than anything‚ because whichever option people choose‚ someone or something will suffer. In a moral dilemma‚ people have to decide on the morally correct course of action‚ not just the one they would prefer. In the video Harvard University’s Justice with Michael Sandel‚ he discusses a lot of situations that deal with moral dilemmas. However‚ he focuses more on the

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    What Should People with Education do. By Dr. Michael E. Dyson In the speech that Dr. Dyson had spoken‚ he had made some very strong points about what people with education should do. He touched on everything you could think of that was important. He once said in his speech “You can throw up the hood but don’t let the hood rest on your shoulders.” Its many people out there that have a decent education‚ but still lack common sense and that would try to help their “friends” who didn’t go out and

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    Things I Like to Do

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    Things I like to do I like playing the guitar. Though I am not very good at it and am still learning‚ I can play some tunes. I spend quite a lot of time playing the guitar so much so I get scolded sometimes by my mother. I suppose I do tend to spend a bit too much time with it. Anyhow‚ playing the guitar is very enjoyable. I also like taking evening walks around my neighborhood. In the evening the air is cool and refreshing. The children are busy playing and the neighbors are friendlier

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