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- 7311: Oh Boy
- ... grass and grain. Not all of the Hindu people are vegetarian, they are given the freedom to make their own decisions. Hinduism claims over 793,076,000 people, which is 13.7% of the world's population. Most of the Hindus are concentrated mainly in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal. The Hindu purpose is basically to learn all that they can from this life so that they can pass their knowledge ... Taoist beliefs are that there is no god and that Tao is a force that flows. There are no personified beliefs in Taoism and they do not pray to a god. They seek out life's problems through meditation and observation. Much like Hinduism, time is cyclical. There are five organs of the earth water, fire, wood, metal and earth. Lao-Tse developed "Yin" and "Yang" which are two competing energies ... of rituals, cosmic renewal, and controlling spirits. Spirit Claud Taoists are Masters of Methods or Headed Taoists they concentrate on meditation, not rituals. There is not a specific number of Taoists in the world. It's hard to find the exact number of Taoists because at one time a person in China could be a Buddhist, a Taoist and a Confucian. The main concentration of Taoists are in China and ...
- 7312: Using the Student Study Sheets in the Classroom
- ... each study sheet and suggested responses to the discussion questions posed in each sheet are provided here: Political Freedom: An Expression of the American Mind This study sheet focuses on the pivotal event of Jefferson's early years in public life, his authorship of The Declaration of Independence. The sheet calls attention to Jefferson's writing style as the most distinctive feature of the Declaration, which for the most part, as Jefferson acknowledged, restated ideas that were commonplace at the time. A comparison between the most memorable passage of Jefferson's document and a parallel passage from George Mason's nearly simultaneous "Declaration of Rights" should help students appreciate that Jefferson was but one voice in a chorus reciting the reasons for self-government and, ...
- 7313: AIDS: A Life or Death Issue
- AIDS: A Life or Death Issue Imagine this, one morning you wakeup next to someone who you only know by their first name. You can't believe you took this person home with you. Then a month later you find out that by sleeping with this person you have contracted the HIV virus. All your goals and dreams shattered by a ... HIV. You have AIDS if on contracts certain kinds of puenomia of rare types of cancer. After contracting AIDS you will likely die in a very short amount of time. First, when it originated. AID's originated somewhere in Africa about 25-30 years ago and was thought to have been brought here in the '70's. It first appeared in heterosexuals of both the sexes. It was probably spread so quickly through female prostitutes. AID's has already become a crisis of staggering proportions in parts of Africa. In Zaire, ...
- 7314: Elisa Allen
- The Chrysanthemums The Chrysanthemums is a story that takes place in the Salinas Valley of California. The story\\'s main character is Elisa Allen. Elisa is thirty-five years old. She is a character that goes through development and many changes in the story. Through out the story Elisa Allen goes through both physical ... all happy when Henry asks her to do this. Elisa tells Henry that she would like to go to town. \\"She said she would like to go to town with him like she really didn\\'t get to spend much time with him\\". Elisa\\'s mental attitude changes once again when the man tells her that he wants to give the chrysanthemum seeds to a lady that he sees during his trip. When Elisa heard what the man wanted ...
- 7315: William Faulkner
- William Faulkner William Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County, with Jefferson as its county seat, is both a mythical and actual place. Yoknapatawpha county is 2400 square miles in area and has a population of 15,611 persons. Jefferson has an actual jail, town square, old houses, and Old Frenchman's Place, even a railroad. Faulkner's "Yoknapatawpha County" is in reality Lafayette County, and "Jefferson" is actually Oxford. The Faulkner family lived there since before the Civil War. This is where most of his stories take place. He pondered the ...
- 7316: The Future of the GOP
- ... forest of the future! I am your tour guide, Uncle Sam, and this is my buddy GOP. Yes, I do realize that he is an elephant! Now, for all of those of you who don’t know his name, spelled G-O-P, stands for “Grand Ol’ Party!” He is here to assist me today in taking you on the tour of the Dysfunctional Democratic Forest of the Future. So, my ... Issues,” then we’ll move onto frightening “Graveyard of a Democratic Future,” and lastly, I’ll take you to my favorite place. That, of course, being the plush “Valley of Future Republican Leaders.” Well, that’s about all. So, I guess we’re all ready to start this voyage. Unfortunately, there are many problems that are, in recent times, plaguing the nation. First thing that you’ll notice is a large growth of unnecessary government spending. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, our national debt has now reached over $5.5 trillion, is increasing at a rate of nearly a billion dollars a day, and has gone up over 1.5 trillion just since ...
- 7317: The Power of The Judiciary
- ... they created the three branches of government; Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary. The plan was to have the Legislative make the laws, Executive enforce the laws, and the Judiciary interpret the laws, and it was Madison's system of "Checks and Balances" that would keep the three in check. No one branch would be able to exploit it's power without the scrutiny of one of the other branches, it seemed to be the perfect system. However, when the Federalists proposed this system of "Checks and Balances," they really didn't consider the Judiciary that much of a threat of power, and because it wasn't considered a policy making branch like the Executive and Legislative, it really wasn't thought of as part of ...
- 7318: Politicians
- ... Every time election year rolls around we begin to hear the usual complaints of how politics is morally corrupt. It typically means we get to see the superficial image-oriented campaigning, negative attacks against one's opponent, and the thirty-second spot commercials that intrr upt our favorite sitcom. Experts note that the rates of political participation in the United States, as measured by the percentage of eligable voters who register ... that citizens are disgusted with the conduct of political campaigns. From this we can clearly see overall impact of this type of politics does infact undermind how the populus acts in 3 ways: 1)don't watch televison 2)don't care and 3)don't vote. This then brings us to the second point of how this is harmful to democracy. As I stated before it turns political campaigning into a childlike game for ...
- 7319: History Repeats Itself
- History Repeats Itself History repeats itself. This concept applies not only within the realm of a singular nation's history but throughout and between nations. That is to say, that what one nation endures, throughout its economic and political history, may be compared to and be strikingly similar to that of many other nations ... by the governing structures of foreign nations, to powerful nations. Between the fifteenth and the sixteenth century, SPAIN ruled as a great power among other nations. Its empire began when, in 1492, Spain financed Columbus's expeditions and explorations to conquer territory in the New World. Once it held its new established territory, Spain relied on the influx of gold and silver from the New World. Spain was the first country ... on seafaring and the economic success of Amsterdam until around 1620. "By mid-century, however, they had used their technical sophistication and control of vital raw commodities to build successful industries . . . and supported by Holland's bourgeois virtues, trading preeminence and credit, Dutch manufactures soon dominated a number of European markets" (BP 198). Holland remained in power until its decline began in the middle of the eighteenth century. In 1750, ...
- 7320: Relations Between Men And Wome
- ... and Women in Genesis The relations between men and women in Genesis are characterized by deception and lies on the part of the women. Women in Genesis were originally explained as being created as men s helpers. The women were supposed to be dependent on men and not think for themselves. God explained this by saying, It is not good for man to be alone; I will make a fitting helper ... 18). However the women in Genesis are always using their femininity to deceive men in different ways not only to help themselves but sometimes their loved ones as well. This is a contradiction to God s purpose for women. There are many examples of deception in Genesis, but I am going to concentrate on the stories of Adam and Eve, Rebekah and Isaac, and Rachel and Laban. Eve is the first ... tree. Then after eating the apple and knowing it was the wrong thing to do, she gave Adam some of the apple without even telling him what it was. Adam took the apple trusting Eve s judgment not questioning her. Eve purposely tricked Adam into eating the apple so that she would not be all alone in her error. God then punished both Adam and Eve for eating the apple ...
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