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Hopes And Dreams
Words: 736 - Pages: 3.... but the minority, look at what is surrounding you. Go ahead and take a walk down an inner city street if you dare, where the homeless sprawl across sidewalks and children roam the streets like wild dogs. The real world is lying right under there feet.
We are starting to believe that the poor will always be with us, its something we must learn to live with. So we build more prisons and hire more police to protect us from the underclass. Unfortunately we forgot to ask ourselves a very important question, is that the way to cooperate with the poor? It is not there fault that they were born penniless, but it is our fault for abandoning .....
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Ben & Jerrys
Words: 655 - Pages: 3.... seem sincere to want to make a noticeable difference in the world.
The Ben & Jerry's foundation, established in 1985, receives 7.5 percent of the company's yearly pretax profits, which is donated to charities. Ben & Jerry's has two bottom lines: one is profit and, the other is "how much the company contributed to the quality of life." The Peace Pop and Ice Cream bar on a stick was packaged with a message saying, "One Percent for Peace" and, donated one percent of the profits for peace efforts. They also used their ice cream shops for voter registration sign-ups, giving every voter registering one free cone. They helped register t .....
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Why Do We Believe In Angels
Words: 1189 - Pages: 5.... 13:2 it says “Be not forgetful
to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” There are over
300 references in the bible about angels. For example, in the new testament angels
announced the birth of Christ, in Luke 2:8 angels told shepards where to find the infant
Jesus, also in Luke an angel went to a tomb of Christ to announce his resurrection
(Auburn University 1).
Billy Graham wrote a very good perspective of angels in his book Angels: God’s
Secret Agents. He stated:
Lucas 2
“ I am convinced that these heavenly beings exist and that they provide
unseen aid in .....
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In Search Of Excellence
Words: 656 - Pages: 3.... a graphical representation to visualize. This shows the businessman that problems can be managed. For example, anyone assuming that a new manager of a Macdonald’s will perform exactly as the old manager did is ridiculous. The workers must adjust and adapt to the new manager's way of business.
The first principle is a bias for action. This is basically saying "Stop talking and do something about it." When Macdonald’s has a rush of customers and their supplies for making food are low, they (usually) don't say "You know what, I have no more cheese" or "Could
someone get me some more cheese?" They take action and get the cheese, make i .....
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Bungee Jumping
Words: 1233 - Pages: 5.... Every
spring villagers there collect liana vines and wind them into long cords.
The men then scale six story wooden towers, attach the vines around their
ankles and jump. A successful leap is considered a demonstration of
courage. In 1979, a bungee cord was incorporated with this tribal ritual.
Members of the Oxford University's Dangerous Sports Club read about and
designed a safe form of the practice. Atop the Golden Gate Bridge, dressed
in tuxedos and top hats, the first form of bungee jumping came to existence.
In 1987, bungee jumping moved to the American commercial scene. Two
brothers, John and Peter Kockelman, began jumping .....
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Drugs In Football Making An Ap
Words: 1570 - Pages: 6.... drugs. Both
types have the most deadliest consequence in common, death. Each type
has its own pros and cons. Yes, there are some positive effects, but they are
not worth the later consequences.
Some athletes need help to maintain a mental edge on their game and
opponents. Some need help getting psyched up before a game. Those
athletes that do, turn to drugs. The most used drugs that athletes turn to are
amphetamines. Amphetamines effect the central nervous system. They
prepare the body for action by stimulating the rate of respiration, heartbeat,
and raising the blood pressure. Many coaches and trainers agree that no
o .....
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Enterprise Project Management
Words: 386 - Pages: 2.... It stores all relevant data and disseminates information to all the various managers involved in all projects. It is the only office that has a global view of all the corporate projects and their history.
One function the project office can provide is assistance with resource availability for the project managers and project teams. As resource requirements and assignments are submitted to the project office, that information can be entered into an enterprise project database. This gives the project office the ability to not only track resource allocations for a single project but also determine the assignments and constraints of resources .....
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Smile...Come On...It's Free !!!
Words: 1065 - Pages: 4.... that we take it
for granted. Look around; smiles are everywhere. From the most depressing
depths of poverty to the fenced in lives of the wealthy, we all find
something to smile about. A smile helps us display our feelings to the
world. Feelings of love, joy, or just pure uncensored laughter; all put on
display with a smile. The darkest of days; brightened by a simple
"flexing" of seventeen muscle in the mouth. Smiles are crooked teeth,
perfect teeth and everything in between. Rich or poor, black or white, boy
or girl, everyone deserves a smile. Smiles all convey some type of emotion
that is tangible and real. A joy that can be f .....
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Hobbes Philosophy
Words: 983 - Pages: 4.... no matter how charitable or benevolent, is done for reasons which are ultimately self-serving (p.43-47). For example, if I were to donate to charity, I am actually taking delight in demonstrating my power. Hobbes believes that any account of human action, including morality, must be consistent with the fact that we are all self-serving. His theory notes that humans are essentially equal, both mentally and physically, so that even the weakest person has the strength to kill the strongest (p.44). Given our equal standing, Hobbes believes that there are three natural causes of quarrel among people: competition for limited supplies of m .....
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M.O.O.M.B.A
Words: 575 - Pages: 3.... summer of my seventh grade year changed my life. It also changed the way I thought about life. I recieved a phone call from a teacher whoose name is Mrs. Bell. She is the most patient, kind, and heart-warming person I have ever met. We had a short conversation about life at school, and then she told me the news. I was chose out of 180 students to be in the first class of AVID, at Sullivan Middle School. I was astounded and tremendously proud, but the first question I asked was, "Why me?" Without any hesitation Mrs. Bell replied, "Because you deserve it."
When school started, I felt proud and confident. I felt like I amounted to something. I .....
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