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Plato Vs. Aristotle
Number of Words: 1919 / Number of Pages: 7
... he believes it is
the necessary element to creating a stable government. His less metaphysical
approach to politics makes Aristotle more in tune with the modern world, yet he
is far from modern.
Plato's concept of what politics and government should be is a direct
result of his belief in the theory of forms. The theory of forms basically
states that there is a higher "form" for everything that exists in the world.
Each material thing is simply a representation of the real thing which is the
form. According to Plato, most people cannot see the forms, they only see their
representation or their shado ...
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The Role Of The Front Office
Number of Words: 341 / Number of Pages: 2
... number. Conversely,
someone asking for a specific room number over the telephone should never be
connected until the caller identifies whom he or she is calling and the hotel
employee verifies the identity of the person in the room requested. A person
inquiring at the front desk about a guest may be asked to use the house phones
so that they connect only to the hotel operator. The caller can then be
properly screened to provideadditional security. Front office staff may also
inform guest's of personal precautions they may take. For example, front desk
agents may suggest that guests hide and secu ...
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The Consumer Price Index
Number of Words: 453 / Number of Pages: 2
... growth companies, NASDAQ has two tiers. The NASDAQ National Market, with NASDAQ's larger companies whose securities are the most actively traded, and the NASDAQ Small Cap Market, with emerging growth companies. The current market value of the NASDAQ National Market is around 2,553.2 billion dollars. The market and its value reflect the tendencies of the American people regarding their finances. If the market is up and the volume is up then the economy is thriving and booming. Conversely if the market is down and the volume is down then the economy is dying and starving.
The graphs show the CPI over th ...
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Embracing The Change
Number of Words: 921 / Number of Pages: 4
... be available. This system is faster, more exact, cheaper and less likely to fail than traditional methods.
Plants can now be engineered to be resistant to pesticides, insects, and diseases. The environmentally-friendly herbicide Glyphosate is very successful in killing weeds, but unfortunately kills crops as well. Crops are now being engineered to be resistant to such herbicides. Grazing crops now have improved nutritional qualities to enhance livestock productivity. Pasture grasses, for instance, that have been developed with Lucerne strains become sulfur rich, which produces highe ...
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Making A Web Page
Number of Words: 474 / Number of Pages: 2
... java, and cgi. You now need to select one of the many programs that allow you to make a web page, using html, java, and cgi. Once you find this program, you may now start to enter your html, java, and cgi coordinates. After long hours of work you may now test your web page, depending on the program you are using, there is usually a button that you may press that enables you to look at the web page you have made. After revising and checking your web page, it is time to place it on the internet. To do this, you may have to contact your internet provider, and ask them if they allow their customers to p ...
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Schools 2
Number of Words: 681 / Number of Pages: 3
... are in form 5, and the STPM examination when they are in form 6. All the lessons in the primary and secondary schools are, with the exception of the English lesson, are conducted in Malay.
There is only one type of Tamil school in Malaysia and they are the government ones. Tamil schools are very much like the Malay schools with the exception that all lessons except English and Malay are in Tamil. Their syllabus is a lot like the syllabus of the Malay schools. The only difference is that they have to enter a Malay school when they go to form one. They normally spend a year in a special class after they ...
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A Two Career Family Vs. A One
Number of Words: 617 / Number of Pages: 3
... "Are we eating out again?" Being a two-career family is just what pays the bills. It is not an option; it's a must! Spending time with your children is usually minimal when two parents work in the same household. When both parents are working, that means both are equally tired and stressed when arriving home. So when are they spending time with their children? Quality time on weekends should be a time to catch up and find out what your children are learning and how they are comprehending these learning experiences. Spending quality time with my parents is very important to me. For one of my p ...
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Existentialism 2
Number of Words: 700 / Number of Pages: 3
... which is more appropriate for designating human reality in its totality. For the same reasons, the traditional opposition between subject and object, or between the self and the nonself, loses all sense. Dasein is always particular and individual. It is always a self; but it is also always a project of the world that includes the self, determining or conditioning its modes of being.”
This worldview is very different from a Christian worldview. Virtually ever aspect it differs from the views displayed by the Christian religion. First of all, in the Christian religion God is the greatest, he ma ...
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Stereograms
Number of Words: 1535 / Number of Pages: 6
... to the original rectangle, except that the dots within the small shape have been shifted to the left. (fig. 3). When the two rectangles are viewed together as a stereo pair, the image of the circle appears to float above the background. (fig. 4).
In 1979 Christopher Tyler discovered that the offset scheme could be applied to a single image. This was the birth of the single image random dot stereogram (fig. 5).
Depth perception depends on having two eyes. Most people who have depth perception can see a Magic Eye image. People with impaired depth perception or people who have one eye w ...
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Aggressive Behavior Equals Man
Number of Words: 596 / Number of Pages: 3
... backfield. Defensive players must be aggressive also, so that they can make tackles.
Basketball is another athletic event that rewards aggressive behavior. Although basketball seems harmless, it is a sport that requires a tremendous amount of aggressive behavior. When I was younger, before basketball game I would always get a pep talk from my dad. He would tell me to be aggressive and to take the ball inside. He always told me to play tough, work hard for rebound, play good defense, and when somebody came into the paint make them pay for it. Our basketball coaches in junior high taught us that w ...
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