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    On Thursday‚ October 11th‚ 1492‚ after Christopher Columbus interacted with the American people‚ he recommended that they should be converted to his holy faith by love rather than force‚ so that they could be freed from their error. Subsequently in aspiration converting the multitude to their holy faith would acquire large dominions and great riches and all of their peoples for Spain. Moreover‚ he believed that the American people could easily be converted to Christianity‚ due to the reason that

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    Why I Do What I Do

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    forget why you do what you do and who you do it for‚ and make sure everything you do honors that. What I’ve seen happen often times (especially in… yup‚ you guessed it: the education reform movement)‚ is that intentions start out good but the sword starts to swing the other way when money‚ power‚ and statistics are valued over the lives and humanity of students. “Kids first” and “For the kids” becomes merely rhetoric‚ as people jump to enact radically dangerous and untested policies that do anything

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    and the committee initiated a review of current standard practice for ordering transfusions within the surgical units of the hospital and also a review of best practices as supported by current research evidence. They discovered that the evidence from transfusion research revealed that transfusion therapy can result in a variety of adverse patient outcomes‚ including the transmission of infection diseases and allergic reactions. As a result‚ the hospital medical staff moved to adopt as its general

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    Critically assess the case that values are relative to culture and that therefore the International Bill of Rights has no applicability in some countries. Cultural differences are evident throughout all societies through religious beliefs‚ traditions or lifestyle choices. The International Bill of rights therefore cannot be applied to all cultures due to its opposing ideologies‚ however the most basic level of human rights are found necessary in order to protect human life. Evidently‚ cultural

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    Headed To A Brave New World? In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ he shows us what he thinks the future holds for the human race. The story takes place in the future‚ where the World State is simply an extreme version of today’s world‚ but is it too extreme? In society today‚ knowledge is no longer as appreciated as it has been in the past. Could we be headed towards a brave new world in our world just as in the story? My answer is yes‚ and there is much supporting evidence from Neil Postman’s Amusing

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    Why Do Aliens Exist

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    disbelief by stating that most who believe are conspiracy theorists. Are aliens real‚ though? Since the universe is so expansive‚ why wouldn’t they exist? 6EQUJ5‚ also known as the Wow! signal‚ could have potentially come from extraterrestrial life force attempting to contact us. On August 15‚ 1977‚ at 11:16 PM‚ an Ohio radio telescope detected a single pulse of radiation coming from the constellation of Sagitarious at the 1420 MHz hydrogen line. This signified that it is a possibility

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    The coconut plant is found vastly across the tropic area and in time‚ it has proven its title as the “Tree of Life”. It is known for its great versatility as seen in the many domestic‚ commercial‚ and industrial uses of its different parts. The coconut palm is grown throughout the tropics for decoration‚ as well as for its many culinary and non-culinary uses. Its versatility is even noted in its naming. In Sanskrit it is kalpa vriksha which means "the tree which provides all the necessities of life"

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    Most industrialized nations have long supported the idea that access to healthcare is a fundamental right‚ and have built centrally planned systems to accomplish that goal. The result has been universal coverage that delivers excellent quality outcomes at lower costs than the United States. In some countries‚ such as England and Canada‚ the government controls both financing and certain aspects of healthcare delivery‚ while in others‚ including Australia‚ Sweden and Germany‚ the system is publically

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    Speaking of which‚ freedom is a frequent theme that appears throughout the hero’s journey in every single work discussed in this honors course. With every one of these stories containing the theme of freedom‚ this could not be possible without some type of restraint or authoritarian regime present in such story. In 1984‚ it is the Party and Big Brother being that restraint; in Brave New World‚ that restraint is The Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning; in The Lion‚ The Witch‚ and The Wardrobe

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    Why do people conform?

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    Dear Reader‚ The main point of my paper is to show the underlining reasons as to why people confirm to different forms of government structures‚ democracy and authoritarian‚ based on their economic background. I attempt to do this by working backwards‚ first I show why they would revolt or protest‚ and then I extrapolate the reasons why they followed the regime in the first place. Before reading my paper‚ my readers probably think that each class supports the government for money and survival.

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