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Recontextualizing Student Writing will result in improved learning! This simple shift is not only mission critical educational reform, but a way to recapture the hearts and minds of our young people! by markgura, 3 years ago in Entertainment & Humor
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Does God Exist? If Not Then Who Else Answer Our Prayers?
Does God Exist? If Not Then Who Else Answer Our… existing than can be perceived by our senses or can be arrived at by our reasoning. As for Man, there are two dimensions to his existence: One of matter and the other of spirit. Reduced merely to the level of material existence, Man becomes a machine or a mere animal at best. But think of a machine that rebels against being a machine; or of an animal that refuses to be an animal. That is what man is! What is it that makes him rebellious, angry, disappointed, frightened or hopeful? What is his dimension by blue100sky, 4 years ago in Entertainment & Humor
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Ten things you thought you could eat but can Kill you
Ten things you thought you could eat but can Kill…
It’s true, its stuff you eat everyday and 2, 3 of it is always present at home. Well its only dangerous if the consumption is regular and in large amounts and of regular use. Some are veggies which we don’t eat anyways…. Please visit our site for more information by MeenaAlSaifSaif, 1 month ago in Health & Medicine
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TOURISM AND TRADE-ZIMBABWE IS THE NEW WORLD BEST TOURIST DESTINATION FOR 2014
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TOURISM AND TRADE-ZIMBABWE IS THE NEW WORLD…
European Journal of Tourism and Trade is dedicating a special publication to present World Best Tourist Destination Award Ceremony for 2014, held in Harare, capital of Zimbabwe. During the ceremonies H.E. President Robert Mugabe received the World Best Tourist destination kudos for Zimbabwe and Minister of culture of Zimbabwe-Mr. Andrew Landa also accepted the FAVORITE CULTURAL DESTINTION AWARD
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    Idea occurs: this is the stage when an individual thinks what he is going to say and who to.2. Message coded: this is the way that an individual puts his thoughts together with the way he is going to communicate, putting the thoughts into language or into some other code such as sign language.3. Message sent: this is stage is when an individual speaks or sign what they are going to say, in few words is the way the message is sent.4. Message received: this is where the person you are speaking to has listened to what you said and they have to sense the message by hearing or watching.5. Message decoded: The receiver has to understand the message that the sender has just sent. This could be misunderstood easily by interpreting words differently or they might make assumptions about your body language as well as words.6. Message understood: at this stage the message should be understood but it does not always happen at the first time, and if so the cycle needs to start all over... [continues]LIFE IS FULL OF ‘Ifs’ and ‘Buts’.”Good morning to one and all. Today I Abhinav Gupta is going to speak on the topic “Life is full of ‘Ifs’ and ‘Buts’.” Many of us have heard and even used the idiom – No ifs or buts at some point in our life. “Ifs and Buts” is a term used to describe the reasons people give for not wanting to do something. To show that you don’t wish to accept any excuses, you can tell somebody that you wish to hear no ifs or buts. We not only tell it to others, sometimes they tell it to us as well.By now you would have guessed that I’m not going to talk about the definition of this idiom. I’ll go a little deeper and wish to share my thoughts.Let me take the word IF first. The moment we start a sentence with this word, we are sending out vibes of doubt. We are putting condition on potential good actions by doubting that would even happen. Some examples are:1. If I get more money, I will do more charity.2. If I lose some weight, I can fit in that dress and be happy.3.…

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