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    different people go through different experiences. According to Arendt "morality cannot exist in this fashion because as it would simply be too subjective" (Arendt 124). When an issue is considered to be subjective, it means that that issue changes as time changes, as people go to different places and also changes depending on the particular individual. Therefore, memory and remembering does not require a bad or painful experience for one to refrain from wrongdoing, but instead it is derived…

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    Boredom is the lack of excitement at any given moment that causes one to look to outside means to entertain themselves. In today’s modern age people have become dependent on their electronic devices as a way to cope with what seems like never-ending boredom. With all the technological advancements made in the last 30 years, younger generations have had life easier than people who didn’t live with laptops, smartphones, or television. With little to nothing to care about with their daily lives,…

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    In this essay, both of McGregor’s concepts of ‘Theory Y’ and ‘Theory X’ (McGregor, 1960) will be explored. However, it must be mentioned from the outset that one can argue to a greater extent that Theory X provides a more universal approach towards management within the leisure industry. Despite this, some elements of Theory X are undoubtedly outdated. The autocratic style of Theory X leadership no longer governs industries as effectively as it once did – due to many factors including an…

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    Universal determinism is the thesis that every event is fully determined by an event or several events that proceeded it. It was Pierre Laplace who pointed out that the present state of the universe is the effect of its preceded state (Litch 121). It is the past that creates the present and it is the present that determines the future. Everything is what is now because it was determined by something in the past. According to Mary Litch, “Events in the past are determined and fixed: we may regret…

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    Emerson's Over-Soul Essay

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    By keeping our divine origin in mind, we keep our discontent in a proper perspective. Emerson advances his essay on the Over-Soul with this question: “What is the ground of this uneasiness of ours; of this old discontent? What is the universal sense of want and ignorance, but the fine innuendo by which the soul makes its enormous claim?” His answer follows: “ … Man is a stream whose source is hidden. Our being is descending into us from we know not whence.” If you are dissatisfied with something…

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    Comcast Marketing Plan

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    interested in these networks they will need to subscribe to premium packages resulting in more sales for the Comcast Corporation. Also, a network is very successful and popular, that allows for the network itself to charge more to advertisers for commercial time, which can be very lucrative. Filmed entertainment is also a large portion of NBCUniversal’s…

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    studied Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and Maximus the Confessor where he discovered a hope for the salvation of the world. During his time as a chaplain in Basle, von Balthasar met the protestant theologian Karl Barth, who would go on to become close friend and major influence upon von Balthasar’s theology. While friends, von Balthasar was nonetheless critical of Barth at times, fearing Barth’s program led to “apokatastasis panton,” a set of beliefs von Balthasar feared to claim too much knowledge…

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    Sense of Time discusses the term “a sense of place” and the increasing importance of a sense of time in today’s society. Jackson examines the role that a sense of place and a sense of time have by discussing the history of the phrase “sense of place” and the contemporary American landscape. Overall, Jackson writes about the loss of meaning of a sense of place in America today and about his interpretation of the significance of space and place by focusing on the fact that our sense of time is…

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    Lpr Treatment

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    American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, treatment for LPR should be more aggressive and of longer duration than treatment for GERD (Koufman, Aviv, Casiano, & Shaw, 2002, as cited in Rees, 2008). This is due to the extensive amount of time necessary to repair the mucosal damage caused by LPR, which usually requires between two and six months with pharmacologic treatment. When determining a course of treatment for your client, it is best to determine the symptoms with which the…

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    forever. However, Nagel suggests that even if we took up a larger portion of the universe, or if we lived forever, our lives would still be meaningless; our meaninglessness would just take up a larger percentage of space, or exist for a longer amount of time. Nagel states that these reasons are attempts to express the absurdity of life which arises from the paradoxical conscious awareness of our gratuitous stance in the world in combination with our need to take our lives seriously. Nagel…

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