... regards a system of moral values is analogous to a system of monetary values Using this analogy, we see that a personalized approach to either system leads to absurdities We could assign value to our ... appropriate for the occasional bohemian, artist, or reformer, it fails as a general standard for society as a whole This is because it is so aggressively individualistic that it slides into relativism, ... our vague image of “the wise and mysterious old shaman,” and our feelings about Native Americans, etc But actually the shaman s statement is as deeply conservative, or at least traditional, as it...
Ngày tải lên: 03/07/2014, 16:08
... emotions as she may learn to later in life And what about the intellect? We are in awe at how much a baby and a toddler can learn She learns language, she is inquisitive, she explores and she asks a ... being: she needs to suck to live; she must be touched to thrive As she grows she actively uses all of her senses She looks intently at everything, she touches whatever she can reach, she tastes whatever ... was drastically different I loved my parents fiercely, but I admit I was embarrassed by their accents and Eastern European ways One day, when I was 10 years old, I was invited to a classmate’s...
Ngày tải lên: 24/02/2014, 10:50
A Guide to the U.S. Small Business Administration pdf
... established or growing small businesses sba.gov/content/sba-loans Resources for Existing Businesses Business Management, Leadership and Human Resource Tools To successfully run a small business, ... sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/counseling-training/online-smallbusiness-training/starting-business archive.sba.gov/assessmenttool/index.html Writing a Powerful Business Plan An effective business plan is a small business owner s blueprint to success ... actual funds to assist small businesses Loans include: 7 (a) Loans: The most basic and most popular type loan among SBA s business loan programs Express loans offer expedited loan procedures in which...
Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 02:20
a return to love reflections on the principles of a course in miracles
... that threatens to overwhelm us, and that s because, in a certain sense, it is and it does It overwhelms our small self, our lonely sense of separateness Since that sense of separateness is who we ... seems all hope is lost, when it seems as though evil has triumphed at last, our Saviour appears and takes us in his arms He has many faces, and one of them is Jesus He is not an idol, or a crutch ... as a strength and not a weakness, as a daily answer to the problems that confront us How is love a practical solution? This book is written as a guide to the miraculous application of love as...
Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 15:17
A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING’S SPEECH ‘BEYOND VIETNAM – a TIME TO BREAK SILENCE’
... Actor Goal Carrier Actor Behaver Actor Behaver Actor Actor Actor Actor Behaver Goal Goal Carrier Carrier Existent Actor Actor Actor Actor Actor Senser Actor Goal Actor Behaver Actor Actor Actor ... occurs is not Material Mental Material Material Material Relational Material Relational Actor Senser Carrier Senser Senser Actor Carrier Actor Actor Actor Sayer Sayer Sayer Sayer Carrier Sayer ... Identified Actor Actor Actor are adding must know are really involved must know realize has sent are create must cease must stop speak speak speak speak stands speak is ours must be ours is the message...
Ngày tải lên: 07/09/2013, 12:58
A discussion proposal on people''''s adaptability to floods in the Mekong river delta
... fields of the Delta Flooding water eliminates a great part of the salinity in the soil in the coastal areas and flushes toxicity released from acid sulfate soil Also, floods kill the insets and rats ... relation between the warm atmosphere and the storms in the tropical monsoon Asia Survey and forecast the effects of the dams and irrigation systems in upstream to the low parts of the basin Estimate ... large-and-medium-scale hydraulic works such as pumping stations, irrigation and drainage canal systems, crop protection dikes and dams have been built in the Mekong Delta Almost these water works were investigated...
Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 12:15
The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings: A Report to California’s Sustainable Building Task Force pptx
... Phillips Steve Prey Jack Safely Chris Schmidle Jennifer Seal Dave Sharky Lisa Skumatz Arnie Sowell Gail Sturm Scott Tomeshevski James Toothaker Barbara Van Gee Jed Waldeman Clark Williams Alex Wilson ... firm s design culture • Contractors, Property Managers, Real Estate Analysts, Budget Analysts, Crew Chiefs and Custodians are included on the Design Team • Selected sustainable design strategies are ... energy, water, and waste; lower operations and maintenance costs; and enhanced occupant productivity and health As Figure ES1 shows, analysis of these areas indicates that total financial benefits of...
Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 19:20
Research " THE RATE OF RETURN TO EDUCATION AND THE GENDER EARNINGS DIFFERENTIAL : A COMPARISON OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE REPULIC OF IRELAND " ppt
Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 03:20
Building blocks of matter a supplement to the macmillan encyclopedia of physics john s rigden
... Ithaca, New York, USA Hamburg, Germany Novosibirsk, Russia Stanford, California, USA Tsukuba, Japan Beijing, China Geneva, Switzerland Stanford, California, USA Stanford, California, USA Frascati, ... Inflation Neutrino, Solar Quark-Gluon Plasma Universe Basic Interactions Accelerator Types Accelerators, Accelerators, Accelerators, Accelerators, Accelerators, Colliding Beams: Electron-Positron ... Laboratory) Fermilab Japanese High-Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Accelerator Subsystems...
Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 14:37
REFORMING AMERICA’S HOUSING FINANCE MARKET: A REPORT TO CONGRESS pdf
... values in many parts of the country skyrocketed Mortgages became tools for speculative, short-term investments and a means to access easy cash Lulled into a false sense of an ever-rising real estate ... less easily available than before the crisis Any such changes should occur at a measured pace that allows borrowers to adjust to the new market, that preserves widespread access to affordable ... continue to take the necessary steps to ensure that Americans have access to an adequate range of affordable housing options This does not mean 18 all Americans should become homeowners Instead, we should...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 02:20
RESEMBLANCE AS REPLETENESS: A SOLUTION TO GOODMAN’S PROBLEM pot
... seems that there is a sense in which we can say that resemblance runs parallel to repleteness This is the case, at least, if we agree that a picture can resemble its subject to greater and lesser ... (1996:68) says repleteness is a measure of the features that have ‘representational relevance’ in the picture, which seems closest to what Goodman (1976:229-231) actually says These three readings of ... inasmuch as there is some likeness between A and B – a likeness for which there are many varying degrees There is, as far as I can see, nothing in this that should trouble Goodman, since it is...
Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20
Application of serum proteomics to the Women’s Health Initiative conjugated equine estrogens trial reveals a multitude of effects relevant to clinical findings pot
... intervals) of protein ratios to results from standard ELISA kits The t-statistic and moderated t-statistic were used to calculate 95% confidence intervals for ELISA and IPAS data For comparison ... Mean ELISA ratio (log2) Figure Comparison of mean ratios (1 year ET/baseline) by IPAS MS and by ELISA estrogen appears to have effects on cardiovascular risk characteristics We found that several ... interpretation SP contributed to data analysis and interpretation, and carried out immunoassays RP participated in the design of the study, statistical analysis, and data interpretation, and drafted the manuscript...
Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 14:20
gaia's garden - a guide to home-scale permaculture
... It 's not easy to separate the process of observation from analysis We almost automatically combine a raw observation, such as "this plant 's leaves are turning yellow" with an analysis: "because ... forest builds a tremendous reserve of organic matter and minerals All this biomass acts as a savings account, holding and recycling the forest 's valuables as insurance against drought, infestation, ... dynamic and resilient stability earlier phase Most landscapes only under certain environare a mosaic of many succesmental circumstances These sionary stages, at many scales include low rainfall, heavy...
Ngày tải lên: 24/04/2014, 13:49
a study of the market's reaction to superior sustainability reporting as demonstrated by the financial performance of publicly traded companies
... enhanced disclosure as best in class business practices that increase value If sustainability reporting is embraced as a standard business reporting practice, additional information is made available ... market to test the non-causal relationship between sustainability and risk and reward as the variables of interest Sustainability was considered as a manifestation of ethical leadership due to ... causes Sustainability reporting seeks to provide enhanced transparency to firm s operations and facilitates communication amongst various stakeholders A review of previous research shows that...
Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 00:48