...CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Most universities talk about "foreign language", they mean a language other than the main one spoken in your home, or other than the main language that most of your subjects were taught in when you went to school.To be considered a foreign language, the language has to be a language used by humans - so it can't be a computer language like C++ or Java. But if you're a native English speaker, it could be Spanish, or French, or Russian, or Mandarin, etc. Or yes, often, it can be ASL. A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to or other than the main language that most of your subjects were taught in when you went to school. In recent years, computer-assisted language learning has been integrated into foreign language education and computer programs with varying levels of interactional relationship between computer and the language learner have been developed. Language learning aids such as foreign language writing aid and foreign language reading aid, targeted at the specific language skills of foreign language learners, are also alternative instruments available for foreign language learners. Instructional courseware can be defined as “software developed for the purpose of providing instruction” (Gibbs, Graves, & Bernas, 2001). The term ‘courseware’ was introduced by SCORE! Educational Centers, the pioneering developer...
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...Elements of Religious Traditions Paper Elements of Religious Traditions Paper Religious tradition plays a significant role in the lives of human beings around the world whether a person believes in a higher being or believes that there is no God or gods in control of the way the world works. Religion is said to have different meanings, but my understanding of the word religion is that it is a belief system or cultural system that can help re-connect the human reality with the sacred world by being a moral guide for the way human beings live although they are on earth. In this paper I will discuss how religious tradition describes or encourage relationships in many different aspect of life. Relationship with the divine can mean anything from being an obedient child of God that knows he or she is not perfect and is willing and able to ask for forgiveness of his or her sins. The relationship could be one not of belief, because of the many different events that have taken place in a person’s life that has lead them to think there is no god. What is the divine, the divine is said to be of, from, or belonging to god. A person’s relationship with the divine depends on many events and teachings that he or she experience throughout their life’s journey. Having a relationship with the divine helps he or she walks in the light and live according to god’s law or of the light of the religion in which a person or culture follows. While some may think a relationship with the divine can...
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...Paul Youman Professor Galvez PHI 130 25 February 2015 The consequences of Human Embryonic Stem cell Research To say there are a few topics or ideas out there which cause both scientific and moral arguments is an understatement. Arguably, one of the most divisive scientific advances of the twentieth century and likely an advance with the most potential to improve the wellbeing of mankind; is met with an equal amount of derision and moral objection. The human embryo is nothing more than a mass of stem cells, or cells without specific function, yet. The embryo isn’t likely to have feelings or sense of awareness, but it is how every human starts life and if given roughly 14 days in the womb, would develop the beginnings of a heart, brain and...
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...public. As the waves of change rage a paradigm shift often falls in its wake. Looking at hospitals as healing communities as opposed to the traditional place to cure a disease is an example of a current paradigm shift taking place in healthcare today. Viewing hospitals as Healing Communities can change the way moral issues and work conditions are approached, perceived, and managed. Community is defined as people in the same place operating under the same laws working together for a common goal. Also there is an element of ownership among community members. Thus in a Healing Community each member not only has an opportunity to heal but a responsibility and obligation to promote healing through their words, actions, and attitudes. This paper will address components of healing hospitals and their relationship to spirituality, challenges and barriers of creating a healing environment, and Biblical support of the healing hospital concept. There are 3 main components of healing hospitals, a healing physical environment, the integration of work design and technology, and a culture of radical loving care (Golden Thread of Compassionate Care Defined). The concept of a healing physical environment concentrates not only on how patients are cared for, but also the interactions and attitudes between staff and family members as caregivers. Creating an environment that is loving, compassionate, and aesthetically pleasing can help reduce stress enabling patients and families to better...
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...u07a1 Architecture in Town Washington DC Temple, the only peaceful and beautiful building I know! This is perhaps the most pleasurable paper and research I have done. I love the Temple and I went every weekend when I was in Alexandria Virginia. It took me 45 minutes to get there if there were no traffic, and about 1 hour and 30 minutes when there were congestion and accident. It has been a while since my last visits, and that was on my son’s wedding in August. When I moved here in Pennsylvania, I visited only every month, because of my job and the distance I have to travel. Washington DC Temple is in Kensington, Maryland and it takes 2 hours [one way] from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania to get there. When I have a chance to go, I sometimes invited some members of the church and invited my son if he is available to accompany me. I must plan and prepare going to the temple because it is a long drive. I avoided stopping for any reason so I can to get there punctually and faster. I bring snacks and plenty of drinks as a precaution because most of the time there is traffic and sometimes accident. When this happens, I am stuck longer on the road and it is best to have something to eat and drink in case of emergency. I am always excited to see and visit the Temple. Anyone who will see the Temple from the Capital Beltway [north of Washington D.C.] would wonder about the white lit gloriously building. They always expressed their appreciation on how beautiful it is, but they did...
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...3/3/2013 ABSTRACT The paper will cover the religious traditions some paperwork on how the religions is practices and some stories about the religion. This paper will also cover the way the religion is practiced the different types of rituals and traditions. This paper will discuss the chain of command for a certain religion and the way they coexist with the people. What a religious tradition says—its teachings, texts, doctrine, stories, myths, and others Religions are based on ancient teachings in the religions of the modern world they still refer to the god’s or goddesses of their time; everything is passed down from one generation to another thru these books. The sacred books hold the knowledge of that religion the arts and how to conduct oneself as a human. The Buddhist religion believes that humans should be perfect so there is no need for law. The Buddhist religion is amongst one of the only religions who do not have a scared God they praise Buddhist praise humans in general. They prefer to know that it is real and provable then just try to follow the super natural or fantasy. Un like the catholic religion or the Christian religion the Buddhist do not praise the dead but they praise the people who are alive. There is a story of the kalames from the village of kesaputta, the clan was asking the Buddha who the clan should follow and who has come thru their village bearing truth. Buddha simply replied follow what is true to the family in your hearts. Do not follow any men...
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...LIBERTY UNIVERSITY ONLINE THE FORMULATION AND RECOGNITION OF THE CANONICAL BOOKS A PAPER SUBMITTED TO PROFESSOR C. PAUL KING IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HISTORY OF THE CHURCH I 301 DEPARTMENT OF CHURCH HISTORY BY GLENN ROGERS LYNCHBURG. VIRGINIA 10 NOVEMBER 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 Reason or Need for Adoption of a Canon of Scripture 4 Key Events that were Influential in Recognition of the Canon 5 Individuals and Councils that Helped Shape the Canon 6 Conclusion 8 Works Cited 10 Introduction The Bible is one of the most intriguing books ever written. There is no other book in history that covers the same amount of time or the comprehensive aggregation of people and cultures as found in the pages of the Bible. The mysteries and wisdom of the Bible have held the attention of Biblical and non-biblical scholars for centuries. We know from the study of history that not all Jews agreed on which books belonged in the Bible. As a matter of fact Christians also debated what to include and exclude in the New Testament Scriptures. This was a major problem in the first two centuries of Christianity. Biblical historian Paul Johnson wrote in his book entitled History of Christianity, “After more than two centuries...
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...Introduction A.Literature Review 1. Research Abroad Carson McCullers is one of the most brilliant writer in 20th century America. In 1939, she finished her first novel, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. It is this novel that launched a 22 years old girl to fame. As early as the 1940s, the western literary world began the criticism about Carson McCullers and her works. At that time, a large majority of the researches used the method of New Criticism. Through a close reading of the texts, they tried to analyze the internal structure and the poetic character of her works. Those new critics did not pay attention to the connection between the novel and the personal experience of the author. And they did not find the profound social significance behind...
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...Code of Ethics Paper Ethical dilemmas in medicine are nothing new. They have been recognized and discussed in Western medicine since a small group of doctors. The Hippocrates was invented around the fourth century. New graduated doctors are to uphold this code of practice till today. In earlier times when doctors had only limited abilities to change the course of disease today can they intervene in ways that most fundamental processes of life and death. Ethical dilemmas in medicine are no longer considered the sole region of professionals. Professional code of ethics offers some guidance, but they are usually unclear and uncertain about what to do in specific situations. These codes assume that whatever decision is to be made is up to the professional not the patient. Today patients, families, and clergy want to become involved in ethical decisions. In large societal decisions such as how science medical resources, including high technology machinery, newborn intensive care units, and the expertise of doctors. While the doctors and patient relationships and individual cases are still prominent in bioethics. Bioethics began in 1950’ s as an intellectual movement among a small of doctors who started to examine the questions raised by the new medical technologies that were starting to emerge as the result of heavy costs of public funds in medical research after the war. That was joined by a number of scientists who has become disillusioned with what they saw....
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...Inipi, the Lakota Sweat Lodge Ceremony Shawn Peverill ANT351: Anthropology of Religion, Magic and Ritual Instructor: Katie Bojakowski July 23, 2014 Inipi, the Lakota Sweat Lodge Ceremony In this paper, I will be conducting research at a fellow Spiritual Leaders ceremony his name is Ed Fox, He has a sweat lodge built on his property in which I will be participating in. The Lakota sweat lodge ritual, or Inipi, is a familiar aspect of Lakota religion, incorporated and appropriated from reservations to urban areas, from traditional native ceremonies to New Age religion (Pickering, K.1999). I have spoken to him and gained his permission to describe the events of this ceremony. First the fire is to be built around the stones to be used, each of the first seven stones are blessed with tobacco along with a prayer conducted by the chosen individual to build the ceremonial fire. The ceremony itself consists for four rounds. In this ceremony, I will ask him why he has chosen this path and accepted the responsibility of the people’s lives that come to his ceremony. Also, if he feels that the creator speaks through him, or if he feels he is just a messenger for the creator. In this ceremony I will be interviewing the men of the ceremony since this will be a “Men’s Lodge”, there is also a woman’s lodge going at the same time but men are forbidden to attend because it is said that woman have more power than men since they have the power to give...
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...According to the Bible, marriage is a sacred vow between a man and a woman. For centuries, the society has been clear on the element of marriage that it involves a male and a female. However, the attitudes and perception of people towards the traditional marriage have changed recently. The society started to accept the marriage between two persons of same gender and believe that they are entitled to be treated as the normal marriage. Since 2000, many countries have begun to allow marriage between same sex partners. There are now eleven countries which have legalize same sex marriage including Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Sweden and several sub-national jurisdictions of Brazil, Mexico and the United States. It can be seen that same sex marriage is no longer an unacceptable relationship in the current society. Home Secretary Theresa May and Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone said, “It's not right that a couple who love each other and want to formalize a commitment to each other should be denied the right to marry." The legalization of same sex marriage has become a hot topic in the county. The rising question is whether same sex marriages a threat to the institution of marriage or a benefit to the cultural change? This paper examines the advantages and disadvantages of same sex marriage and the comparison between different jurisdictions will be drawn. Marriage is a fundamental human right. The core of marriage...
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...TITLE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS WHO REGULARLY EAT BREAKFAST AND THOSE WHO SKIP BREAKFAST AMONG SELECTED PUPILS OF MAUBAN SOUTH CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL II S.Y.2014-2015 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM This study is concerned on the significant difference in the academic performance of students who regularly eat breakfast and of those who skip breakfast among selected pupils of Mauban South Central Elementary School II S.Y. 2014-2015. Specifically, it sought to the answer to the following questions. 1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of: a. grade level b. sex 2. What are the breakfast food intakes of the selected pupils? 3. Is there a significant difference on the food intake of the selected pupils when they are grouped according to demographic profile? 4. What is the mean academic performance of those students who regularly eat breakfast? 5. What is the mean academic performance of those students who skip breakfast? 6. Is there a significant difference in the academic performance of the students who eat breakfast regularly and of those who skip breakfast? 7. Is there a significant relationship between the academic performance and the food intake of selected pupils during breakfast? 8. What (your output) can be developed from the findings of the study to (purpose of the study)? COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS WHO REGULARLY EAT BREAKFAST AND THOSE WHO...
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...TITLE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS WHO REGULARLY EAT BREAKFAST AND THOSE WHO SKIP BREAKFAST AMONG SELECTED PUPILS OF MAUBAN SOUTH CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL II S.Y.2014-2015 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM This study is concerned on the significant difference in the academic performance of students who regularly eat breakfast and of those who skip breakfast among selected pupils of Mauban South Central Elementary School II S.Y. 2014-2015. Specifically, it sought to the answer to the following questions. 1. What is the demographic profile of the respondents in terms of: a. grade level b. sex 2. What are the breakfast food intakes of the selected pupils? 3. Is there a significant difference on the food intake of the selected pupils when they are grouped according to demographic profile? 4. What is the mean academic performance of those students who regularly eat breakfast? 5. What is the mean academic performance of those students who skip breakfast? 6. Is there a significant difference in the academic performance of the students who eat breakfast regularly and of those who skip breakfast? 7. Is there a significant relationship between the academic performance and the food intake of selected pupils during breakfast? 8. What (your output) can be developed from the findings of the study to (purpose of the study)? COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS WHO REGULARLY EAT BREAKFAST AND THOSE WHO...
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...COR 130 Individual Research Paper The Aztecs and the role of Human Sacrifice The Aztec was a culture that dominated the Valley of Mexico in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. All the Nahua-speaking peoples in the Valley of Mexico were Aztecs, while the culture that dominated the area was Tenochca. At the time of the European conquest, they called themselves either "Tenochca" or "Toltec," which was the name assumed by the bearers of the Classic Mesoamerican culture, stated in Manuel Aguilar-Moreno’s book, Handbook to Life in the Aztec World. Sadly, many of the Aztec didn't survive after the arrival of the Europeans. But during the earlier years, the Aztec became one of the most advanced civilizations because of their religion, war, and agriculture. The Aztecs gained an infamous reputation for their bloodthirsty human sacrifices with explicit tales of the beating heart being ripped from the still-conscious victims, decapitation, skinning and dismemberment. All of these things did happen but it is important to remember that for the Aztecs the act of sacrifice was a strictly ritualized process that gave the highest possible honor to the gods and was regarded as a necessity to ensure mankind’s continued prosperity. The Aztecs were not the first civilization in Mesoamerica to practice human sacrifice; human sacrifice was practiced to some extent by many peoples in Mesoamerica and around the world for many centuries. But it was the Aztec empire that really took the ritual...
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...ISLAMIC FINANCE: CAN IT BE A REMEDY FOR FINANCIAL CRISES? I. INTRODUCTION The financial system is at the heart of the modern economy. When this system works well, it enables to allocate resources that maximize the productivity of the economy. On the contrary when it does not work properly, the whole economy starts to decline. Because financial system must be considered as an in-built part of real economy in terms of credit mechanism. The recent global financial crisis began in August 2007 and after this time it spread gradually to the financial markets in the world. Although it is not severe as in its beginning phase but recovery is not but its aftershock is still going on. There has been numerous research conducted by many economists and analysts. According to the many of these studies, risky transactions, lack of surveillance, and greed that underlie this financial crisis. The relationship between Islamic finance and the financial crises has been discussed by many authors in some of these research. All those works has been done after the beginning of the global financial crisis. Thanks to its strength aspects include risk sharing mechanism, strict Sharia governance rules, tighter supervision and transparency policy, almost all of these works have been concluded that Islamic finance may make significant contributions to prevent financial crises like the current one. Also the reality of the limited impact of the current global financial crisis on Islamic Finance-based institutions...
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