The Enlightenment of Christianity and the Salvation of Buddhism “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters‚ yes‚ even his own life‚ he cannot be my disciple.” An excerpt from Jesus’ Teachings found in Matthew 5 and Luke 14‚ it is not unlike the First Noble Truth of Buddhism‚ the Truth of Suffering‚ which discloses that‚ laconically‚ all life is suffering. The principles of Buddhism are set on this truth and aim to oppose such
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PPS: The first trait I believe would be a strength area in PPS is accepting challenges from the dominance dimension. I do well with accepting challenges because it shows my leadership and my Airman that I’m willing to do whatever it takes to assist them no matter the challenge or problem at hand. This area is strong because it helps with growth opportunities not only for myself‚ but for the Airmen I challenge to assist with undertaking new challenges. Furthermore‚ this is important because we
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The Strength in Challenges My ability to overcome difficulties throughout my life is by far my greatest strength. I have gone through more hardships than the average teen. Each time has forced me to look inside myself‚ and find the strength to rise up again. I’ve never resented anything that has come my way because each hardship has placed a brick on what is the base of my character today. Back in fifth grade my house had caught fire. It was one of the scariest things in my life. As
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0From Salvation To Self-Realization: Advertising and the Therapeutic Roots of the Consumer Culture‚ 1880-1930 T. J. Jackson Lears Lears‚ T.J. Jackson 1983. From salvation to self-realization: Advertising and the therapeutic roots of the consumer culture‚ 1880-1930. In The Culture of Consumption: Critical Essays in American History‚ 18801980‚ ed. by Richard Wightman Fox and T.J. Jackson Lears‚ New York: Pantheon Books‚ 1-38. Reprinted with the permission of the author. 1"On or about December 1910
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resources is one of the more basic concepts of economics. Scarcity needs trade-offs‚ and trade-offs result in an opportunity cost. While the cost of a good or service often is thought of in monetary terms‚ the opportunity cost of a decision is based on what must be given up as a result of the decision. Any decision that involves a choice between two or more options has an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost‚ scarcity and trade-off are important in our daily life because it affects us every day in different
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Every military installation has traffic safety rules that must be followed by all personnel that are permanent party of the installation or visitors. Even though each installation might have slightly different rules they all generally have the same purpose. The purpose of traffic safety rules in a military installation is to create a safer environment for all personnel on the installation. All these rules come from the installation management command; each military installation has an installation
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Apa sih opportunity cost? Untuk yang pernah belajar ekonomi pasti kenal baik dengan istilah ini‚ tapi buat yang lain‚ opportunity cost is : "...the cost of something in terms of an opportunity foregone (and the benefits that could be received from that opportunity)‚ or the most valuable foregone alternative." (Dictionary.LaborLawTalk.com) Kalau diterjemahkan adalah suatu biaya dari hilangnya suatu kesempatan dalam menggunakan sumber daya tertentu. Kalau kita melihat waktu sebagai sumber daya
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In microeconomic theory‚ the opportunity cost of a choice is the value of the best alternative forgone‚ in a situation in which a choice needs to be made between several mutually exclusive alternatives given limited resources. Assuming the best choice is made‚ it is the "cost" incurred by not enjoying the benefit that would be had by taking the second best choice available.[1] The New Oxford American Dictionary defines it as "the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative
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Opportunity cost Have you ever been in the situation deciding which cloth to buy? Have you ever facing the dilemma of to study or to play? Have you ever consider as a seller and choose to lower the price or raise it? In the field of economics‚ here’s a solution for you. The magic word is “opportunity cost”. Opportunity cost in terms of economy is the highest-value alternative one has to give up to engage in an activity. In other words‚ using the same resources such as money and time‚ the best
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Political opportunity structures‚ democracy‚ and civil war• Kristian Skrede Gleditsch University of Essex & Centre for the Study of Civil War‚ PRIO Andrea Ruggeri University of Essex • Paper prepared for presentation at the 6th SGIR Pan-European International Relations Conference‚ Turin 12-15 September 2007. A previous version was presented at the 48th annual meeting of International Studies Association‚ Chicago‚ IL‚ USA‚ 28 February to 3 March 2007. We thank Hein Goemans and Håvard
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