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Buddhist Teaching Southeast Asian
1,133 wordsIn keeping with their emphasis on the oldest and most fundamental teachings, Theravada Buddhists produce only a narrow range of Buddhist imagery. Nearly every Southeast Asian Buddha image is made in one of these postures (mudras) that can easily be identified by the position of the hands: Dispelling Fear: Hand raised with palm facing outwards and fingers extended in a universal gesture of protection, benevolence, and peace. Teaching: Hand raised with palm facing outwards and index finger forming...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Middle And Upper Class
1,817 wordsDelinquent behavior, whether in children, adolescents, or adults, is childish and anti-social behavior and usually not in the long-term best interests of its perpetrators. Most adolescent delinquents are extremely dependent upon their peer groups, primarily because they have no functioning families, effective parenting, nurturing, or positive adult role models to rely on. These young people come from all ethnic backgrounds and live in middle- and upper-class neighborhoods as well as in ghettos. ...
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People Of Today Young People
586 wordsHandguns and teens do not go together. Why then is the number of young people being killed by handguns increasing each year. It is against the law for anyone under the age of twenty-one to handle a gun, but it seems that this law is not being followed by the world today. Many people have guns in their homes, for protection they say, but one can not honestly say that the weapon killing young people is a good means of protection. As a nation, a society, the people of today should stand up for what...
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Life Or Death Child Abuse
1,209 wordsSources of information vary, but it is estimated that one in five children are physically, emotionally or sexually abused in our country. There are many who believe, most abuse is nothing more than parents exerting their right to discipline their children and letting it get a little out of hand. People are tragically missed informed thinking beating children is a moral choice, which then makes it their decision. If one thinks its morally right to hit a child, then when the day comes where they b...
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Anorexia And Bulimia Beauty Myth
1,868 wordsWolf's basic thesis states that there is a relationship between female liberation and female beauty: "The more legal and material hindrances women have broken through, the more strictly and heavily and cruelly images of female beauty have come to weigh upon us... During the past decade, women breached the power structure; meanwhile, eating disorders rose exponentially and cosmetic surgery became the fastest-growing specialty... pornography became the main media category, ahead of legitimate film...
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Women In Afghanistan Male Relative
612 wordsSince the Taliban took power in 1996, women have been persecuted and threatened in public for not following the laws of the Taliban. First of all, Women are not allowed to work or even go out in public without a male relative. Secondly, Depression is becoming so big that it has reached emergency levels. Lastly, It is a t the point where the term human rights violations has become an understatement. Women have been beaten and stoned to death for not following the strict laws and rules of the gove...
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Animal Species Billion Dollars
1,345 wordsIn recent years one of the biggest threats the world as a whole faces is the destruction of our environment. The destruction of the Brazilian rainforest is probably the most important issue that should be taken into consideration because it is the cause of other major ecological problems we are facing such as: global warming, the depletion of our ozone layer, and noticeable climate changes around the world. Brazil's deforestation problem has turned into earths deforestation problem. Experts say ...
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Thousands Of Years Town Meeting
1,593 wordsOnce upon a time, there was a town called D-town. IT was the home of all the gods of the ATL, the leading state in Fruitoria, the land of milk and homes. The people in Fruitoria enjoyed a higher standard of living than any other group of people in the world because the Atlien, the god of the whole world, originated from Fruitoria, the D-Town to be exact, and showed extreme favoritism upon these people. The Atlien had personally assigned his favorite cousin, Supacris, to look over and protect D-t...
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Global Warming And Alternative Energy
1,056 wordsPeople are inflicting major damage to the Earths environment, and if we dont do anything to stop the destruction soon, the results could be devastating. Most people know about global warming and think it may be a serious problem in the future. What most people dont understand is that global warming is happening now, and we are already feeling some of its destructive power. Because of the dangerous effects of global warming, alternative energy sources need to be aggressively pursued. Finding and ...
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Spouse Abuse One Day
1,199 wordsMarriage and Romance are everywhere in our society. Almost everywhere you look there are signs of them. Magazines, movies, books, most bare stories of this nature reflecting the wonderful perfect relationship between a man and a woman, or at lest how to be in one. Childrens stories of the Prince that saves and marries the Princess are just as common. We grow up hearing about this perfect and wonderful thing, where the prince who is strong and handsome loves and cares for the princess who is beau...
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Violent Crime Socially Constructed
627 wordsThe prevalence of violent crime in North America, including Canada, can be attributed to a deadly combination of cultural values, economic conditions, and biological and environmental factors. These factors are part of Bronfenbrenners Ecological Systems Theory, which explains how the interaction of different parts of an individuals life can shape and form who they are and how they act (text p 7). Violent crime, specifically homicide, suicide and accidental death by a gun, are more prevalent amon...
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York Oxford University East India Company
1,076 words... n to Barre and pushed through the Stamp Act. Eventually the Colonists began an embargo on stamps. When stamps were brought to the colonies, merchants who had ordered them had to keep them in a safe place otherwise the colonists would steal them and burn them up. By the end of 1765 the governments in 9 of the colonies had passed resolutions which denounced the Stamp Act. Even more importantly they denied Parliaments right to tax the colonies for revenue. (Middlekauff 83) In October of that ye...
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Great Depression Stock Market
439 wordsThe Great Depression, the worst economic downfall ever in United States history, began late in 1929. Supposedly triggered by the stock market crash. It lasted for nearly a decade. The main cause for the depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920 s and the extensive stock market speculation that took place during the latter part of that same decade. The devastating economic losses of the 1930 s were not limited just to the United States: the e...
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Censorship Of The Internet Offensive Material
1,051 wordsThe Internet is a wonderful place of entertainment and education, but like all places where people conspire, there are some corners that people would prefer children not to explore. World society as a whole attempts to protect children, yet there are no required technological constraints to Internet surfing. In a civilization where people have become demented and twisted, aiming to please themselves with naked pictures of women and children, it may be necessary to censor this material for the mo...
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Ho Chi Minh U S Government
1,124 wordsVietnam today is a country on the eastern edge of the large Asian landmass known as Indochina. Before the Vietnam War many Americans did not know where it was located. When American troops finally came home, they sometimes found themselves still embattled. One of the most painful events in all of Americans history was the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was an unsuccessful effort by the United States and the South Vietnam to prevent the communists of North Vietnam from uniting with the South Vietna...
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Quantity Demanded Crude Oil
556 wordsHeating Commodities Jennifer Loughery 082970 Introductory to Micro-Economics 1011 - 107 Dr. Pryor November 25, 1996. Back in the middle of October, the price of natural-gas had risen because a gas company was forced to shut down a pipeline due to the need for repairs. This impending shortage led to the decrease in prices for other heating commodities, as well as larger profits. The demand for energy was becoming greater and greater because it was that time of year when consumers began storing en...
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Henry Ford Assembly Line
1,625 wordsHenry Fords Influence on Society In E. L. Doctorow's, Ragtime, a classic novel set in the early years of the twentieth century, Henry Ford appears for only one chapter, but in that chapter it becomes clear that Doctorow saw him as a democratic industrialist. In that chapter, J. P. Morgan invites Ford to have lunch with him at his Manhattan mansion. In this meeting of the two industry giants, Morgan invites Ford to go on an expedition to Egypt with him. Ford declined because he believed that Morg...
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Franklin D Roosevelt Executive Order 9066
569 wordsIn May of 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which called for the eviction and internment of all Japanese Americans. After Pearl Harbor, all Japanese were looked upon as being a threat to America. The interments began in April of 1942. The Japanese-Americans were transported on buses and trains to camps in California. They were always under military guard. The Japanese-Americans were housed in livestock stalls in the beginning, or in windowless shacks that were cr...
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Holy Spirit John Wesley
488 wordsJohn Wesley, a believer in the small group pattern for church growth, felt that this was most important. Howard Sender once noted, Virtually every major movement of spiritual renewal in the Christian church has been accompanied by a return to the small group and the proliferation of such groups in private homes for the Bible study, prayer, and the discussion of the faith. This was a definite at Sicklerville, not only in the home were they meeting, but also at the dinner and in the school. John W...
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Greek City States Greek City People
426 wordsThe way of life in Greek city-states remained mostly the same for a long time. Depending on their wealth, people in the urban center lived in low apartment buildings or single-family homes. Homes, public buildings, and temples were where people gathered for conversation and to buy food and crafts at daily markets. Citizens also lived in small villages or farmhouses scattered around the city-states countryside. In Athens, more people lived outside the citys wall than inside. Houses were simple, c...
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