After Alexander the great died‚ he was given the title "the great" due to his success in conquering Europe. People thought he made many great to change Europe. Was that really the reason he was given the title the great? What goals do you have to achieve in order you can receive the tile of "the great"? Someone great should be a leader that contributed to the society greatly and made a significant achievement to change the world and make the way we live today better. He should be someone who is respected
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1. You have a friend who is of Jewish heritage; however‚ she has no religious belief. She asks you why‚ if God is good‚ He permitted the Holocaust to happen. What would you tell her? 2. You want to convince your professor that the reading load he has assigned is too heavy‚ given that you also have to write a research paper. You are asking him to eliminate one book from the class assignments so that you can concentrate on your own research. 3. You are writing an article for a theological journal
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My Experience as a Kiva Fellow Kiva is a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Kiva combines the poverty alleviating power of microfinance with the mass participation of the internet. It lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world. Since 2005‚ nearly 570‚000 people have used Kiva.org to fund +$200M in microloans through MFIs to more than 526‚000 working poor entrepreneurs around the world. Source: Kiva
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In D.Bornstein‚ How to change the world: Social entrepreneurs and the power of new ideas(pp.233-41). Oxford: Oxford University Press 2 Dees‚ J. G.(2007). Taking social entrepreneurship seriously. Society‚44(3)‚ 24-31 3 Poptech Social Innovation Fellows (2010) Can You Help Solve These Social Entrepreneurs ’ Challenges? 4 Woodward.C (2011)Stockbox Grocers: the Food Store That’s Kind of a Tech Startup (Inside a Shipping Container) 5 Joslyn.H (2010) Social Entrepreneurship Brings Challenges for Fund
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Asoka was one of the greatest rulers of ancient India. He was the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya of Magadha who established the first Indian empire. Chandragupta reigned for twenty-four years before relinquishing his throne in favor of his son‚ Bundusara (Asoka’s father)‚ who left no noticeable mark upon the empire. Asoka was born in 304 B.C. and was known in his youth as Canda Asoka (the fierce Asoka) because of his aggressive nature. Asoka came to the throne in 270 B.C. after a power struggle
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“This is a story based on legends. Some characters‚ events and places have been fictionalized for greater dramatic appeal. This film does not claim to be a complete historical account of Asoka’s life. It is an attempt to follow his journey.” (actual quote from Asoka) These are the words that launch Santosh Sivan’s 2001 historical drama film Asoka. Alas‚ this attempt has been wrongfully directed at one of Asoka’s love interests and later wives‚ Kaurwaki‚ and not at his actions following the Kalinga
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A Close Encounter in Emily Dickenson’s “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass” The subject of Emily Dickenson’s “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass” is the snake that the young boy encounters in the grass. The poem shows how simple life was when this poem was written. Through elements of poetry Emily Dickenson helps us figure out what the poem is about. She uses the elements by using the speaker as well as the setting‚ descriptive words and the title. The speaker of the poem is a young man recalling one of
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Recycling Good morning to our beloved teachers‚ Puan Rusni and my dear fellow friends.Standing here today‚I would like to deliver a speech entitled‚"Recycling." According to the Asian Development Bank‚rapid development‚rising personal consumption and unprecedented levels of waste in Asia where cities will generate on estimated 1.8 million tonnes of rubbish per day by 2025.In Malaysia alone‚we produce over 15‚000 tonnes pf rubbish daily and it is a matter of time before we run out of space to
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featured on the final exam What effect does Kennedy hope to have on his audience through his speech? What is a possible theme from the speech? What is Kennedy’s tone? Read Kennedy’s speech and break down the paragraphs: Example: …In your hands‚ my fellow citizens‚ more than in mine‚ will rest the final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded‚ each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered
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In Plato’s Gorgias‚ Socrates and a fellow interlocutor‚ Callicles of Acharnae‚ fervently discuss the relationship between pleasure and good. It is in this philosophical debate that Callicles states a good life as one that consists of having as much unrestricted pleasure as possible; therefore‚ implying that the pleasant and the good are identical. However‚ Socrates contends otherwise‚ and attempts to convince Callicles of the error in his ways by proving that good is ultimately not the same as pleasure
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