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Examined Life: Philosophy is in the Street [A Zeitgeist Video]
Examined Life: Philosophy is in the Street [A Zeitgeist Video]
“What's at stake here is really rethinking the human as a site of interdependency,” says Judith Butler. She's speaking near the end of Examined Life, Astra Taylor's lively, compelling assembly of philosophers, ...
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WEB PORTAL
Web Portal
Web Portal
A portal that is specialized for a scientific community has been built by the Math-Net project, an initiative for "setting up the technical and organizational infrastructure for efficient, inexpensive and user driven information services for mathematics" [Dalitz, Grötschel, & Lügger1997]. At http://www.math-net.de/ the portal for the (german) ...
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Bobbie Ann Mason's “Shiloh,”
This is the question that often arises throughout the story of Shiloh. The author, Bobbie Ann Mason uses her words carefully and links together the language, plot, setting, and theme almost perfectly. She is an author that uses a varied of different symbols from the beginning, to ...
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Child and Adolescent Foster Care Mental Services
Child and Adolescent and Foster Care Mental Services
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The system of care philosophy arose from the recognition of children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance in the form of lack of population with unique service needs (Stroul & Friedman, 1986). The main features ...
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LI-YOUNG LEE'S "PERSIMMONS"
Li-Young Lee's "Persimmons"
Li-Young Lee's "Persimmons"
Introduction
As a subject of my literary essay, I have chosen `Persimmons', a poem by Li-Young Lee. Among several poems in the handout our instructor gave to us, this poem attracted me the most. My wife Marina and I discussed it and argued ...
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Immigration Restrictions between 1840-1990
The first immigration law in the United States was the Alien Act, which dealt with deportation and whose intent was less to deal with immigrants than to suppress the Jeffersonian opposition party. (Higham, 13-22) After Jefferson repealed the Alien and Sedition Acts, aside from the Naturalization Act ...
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ENDORSEMENTS
2008 US Presidential Candidates Endorsements
2008 US Presidential Candidates Endorsements
Barack Obama, a member of the Illinois Senate Illinois Senate The Illinois Senate is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the state of Illinois in the United States. The body was created ...
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BRITISH PETROLEUM TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
British Petroleum Training & Development
British Petroleum Training & Development
Introduction
Training both physically, socially, intellectually and mentally are very essential in facilitating not only the level of productivity but also the development of personnel in any organization. Therefore, training can be put in a contact relevant ...
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BANKRUPTCY IN UNITED STATES
Bankruptcy in United States
Bankruptcy in United States
Many would scoff at this notion. They'd point out that the country has never defaulted on its debt; that its debt-to-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio is substantially lower than that of Japan and other developed countries; that its long-term nominal interest ...
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Poem Discussion
Pat Mora's book of poetry, Agua Santa: Holy Water, beautifies the experience of the Mexican-American woman. Each poem has its own distinct image and story, while maintaining a greater theme that brings the book together. Agua Santa is a perfect read for someone looking to learn about the Mexican ...