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Backpacking: A Different Way Of Camping
... natural beauty cannot be surpassed. With car camping the only real
limitation is one's vehicle. A person is limited to the vehicle's capacity to
carry or tow. For example, a camper will bring a stove, a twelve man tent, two
coolers of meat and potatoes, five gallons of water, and maybe tow a camper. On
the other hand, when backpacking, the circumstances are very different. One is
limited to his or her own capabilities: the amount of weight that can be
carried, endurance levels, just to name a few. Provisions must be carefully
measured. If overloaded, it can affect performance while hiking to one's
dest ...
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Machiavelli’s View Of Human Na
... of a strong state by his subjects gives them a false sense of security.
He states in paragraph fourteen that “since they (men) are a sad lot, and keep no faith with you, you in turn are under no obligation to keep it with them”. Machiavelli believes that men will lie, cheat, or steal if it has some benefit to them, and while a prince shows them his benefits, they are devoted to him. He also contends that because of this sad condition of man, it is alright for a prince to break his word when such fidelity would damage him or when the reasons that made him promise are no longer relevant. This advise would not ...
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Heaven
... closer and closer to the light. The light became warmer as she grew nearer, and yet she still had no fear. Off in the distance, she could see sparkling gates; they looked as sparkling gold, so pure that they were transparent, like glass. As she looked through them she could see a man. Standing next to the gates she could see the man in full-detail. He was clothed with a long, white robe, and a golden sash across his chest. His head and his hair were as white as snow, his eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many water ...
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Phonology And The Dutch Stress
... be called the three-syllable restriction. This produces three different stress patterns: final, penultimate and antepenultimate. Primary stress is prohibited further to the left.
The three-syllable-window restriction:
…()#
Data: ANT PEN FIN
VV# Amérika macaróni individú
VC# Jerúzalem catamáran kameleón
Furthermore, stress is restricted to a two-syllable windowin words containing a prefinal (or diphtongal) syllable. This means that antepenultimate stress (third syllable from right side of the word) only occurs in words with an open syllable next to it (an open pe ...
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Utopia
... attempts were made to actually establish
communities which followed the beliefs of a utopian society. Most were
experiments in utopian socialism. Although they differed considerably in their
specific views, most of them agreed that ideal societies could be created
without much difficulty. They felt all that was needed was to have the
formation of a few small, cooperative communities made up of their followers.
The comte de Saint-Simon regarded technological progress and large scale
economic organization as being the most important keys to the establishment of
these communities. It was felt that industrial gr ...
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Public Schools Vs. Private Sch
... the student not only for the opportunities of the present, but also for the future. This may create a more difficult and more discipline environment for students but also adds more factors that might be more of a public school would.
Public schools are the choice for the majority of the population in the state. They provide government funding, teachers, and standards set by the state to unsure the success of the students. The government funds public schools, so they do lack some of the financial resources a privately funded school would.
Public schools also have been known to have less one on one time betwee ...
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Human Nature
... can arise in the form of appetite and aggression. Appetite can be sexual or physical desires, while aggression seeks to overcome others and assert itself when confronted with an obstacle. When someone is constantly giving into to his or her aggression and appetites they will loose the ability to control these impulses, consequently resulting in making it harder for them to reason. If a person learns to control their desires and impulses they will gain the ability to reason. According to Aristotle this is how we should live our life. Being able to reason is what makes human beings unique. It is believed in ...
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Latex Products In The Work Pla
... although it cannot be blamed alone for the development of latex allergies, does contribute to the problem.”
The repeated use of latex in the work place can lead to allergies that affect the worker’s ability to function both at work and at home. “The allergies developed can result in degree from a minor irritation to an anaphylactic shock. Out of the many types of allergic reactions only two types, Type I and Type IV have been observed as being related to latex. Type IV reactions have proved to be a response to additives used by the manufacturer. They are uncomfortable, but not life threatening ...
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Youth In Today
... to create images of themselves that interrupt, invert or at least answer the ways in which they are defined by those in power” (p.179). Lipsitz tells the reader in this statement that young defiant people often rebel from domination in order to become free of any laws or rules that govern them. Lipsitz states, “Despite endless rhetoric about “family values,” the wealthiest and most powerful forces in our society have demonstrated by their actions that they feel that young people do not matter, that they can be our nation’s lowest priority” (p.177). This quote declares that young ...
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Prejudice Child Of Ignorance
... child's parents may have put him in an environment where everyone is considered acceptable. His parents may have been wealthy, and put him in a private school that only other rich kids can attend. This would be an environment where there may not be racial differences. Because of the way, he was taught and raised, the child has become prejudiced, and the beliefs that his parents once had are now his own. When this child leaves that school, he has not had any contact with anyone from a different lifestyle. He will not know how to react to someone like a homeless person on the street. Like the child, everyone in ...
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