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The Newbury Centralized School
1703 Words - 7 Pages.... School, being an exceptional
school for its time, met the needs of the students and the community in
1930.
The Newbury Centralized School was a great school, however,
building the school and getting the vote for permission to build the school
were slow in coming. These goals were delayed due to a couple of reasons.
One of the reasons is that the community did not want to pay for the school.
At first, in 1925, the future school’s price was calculated at $85,000.
This calculation was reached by an architect, whose name was Walter A.
Rabold, was hired by the Board of Education to draw up plans and reach an
estimate (Bottger Newbury’s One Room Schools) . This pr ....
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Parts Of A Bomb
466 Words - 2 Pages.... roof of the building, spreading fire over a wide area.
The case of one kind of bomb used to destroy dams has special wings. When this bomb hits the water, its wings make it skip across the surface like a flat stone until it hits the dam or some other obstacle. The bomb then sinks and explodes underwater.
The cases of hand grenades are lightweight because troops carry these small bombs and throw them at the enemy. Most time bombs are built according to the circumstances and concealed next to their target. They may consist of explosives and a timer in a cardboard box or some other inconspicuous casing.
Without fins to stabilize them in flight, bombs would be almost impossible t ....
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When Filing For Bankruptcy In
1879 Words - 7 Pages.... Act, also deals with corporate receivership. A receivership is not the same as a bankruptcy. By the same token, a receiver is not the same as a trustee in a bankruptcy. However, the two systems have a lot in common and a receivership of an individual or a corporation usually occurs at the same time as a bankruptcy.
Corporations that have become insolvent can try to avoid bankruptcy and receivership by reorganizing their finances. The Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act deals with reorganizations and another federal statute, the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, may offer relief to some corporations. Some of Canada’s biggest news stories of the p ....
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Kingdom Of God
1319 Words - 5 Pages.... is God and what is the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus, through his sayings and parables showed that the kingdom was being revealed in his own life and work. He preached his message of the coming of the kingdom through memorable stories, which in his day could and did relate to things of everyday life. Though most of Jesus' followers didn't recognize the kingdom till after his death it was still brought to them by the Holy Spirit with a full understanding of his word and actions. Yet it was evidently difficult for them to understand before his death due to the previous ideas of the kingdom as a whole. Like many people of today those in Jesus' time viewed Gods' kingdom as a place ....
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The Errancy Of Fundamentalism
3981 Words - 15 Pages.... expressed in the following manner:
1. If the Christian god (as defined in footnote [2]) exists, there is a being who is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good. [propositonal function]
2. If there is a being who is omnipotent, omniscient, and perfectly good, his revelation is error-free, unambiguously clear, and objectively verifiable as true. [propositional function]
3. The Bible is neither error-free, unambiguously clear, nor objectively verifiable. [proposition based on observation]
C. The Christian god does not exist.
We shall begin by examining the nature of this god and what implications it has for our analysis of the Bible.
2. T ....
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Describe The Affect Of Utilita
1424 Words - 6 Pages.... any values on human life. In the Utilitarian point of view, every human life is worth the same. No matter what the status of the entity. Even if he were a president, or a teacher, or a janitor, or a beggar, everyone would be considered as one “unit” of human being. What Utilitarianism is all about, is consequences. How an action results in a consequence. If the consequence of an action is something good, then we gain positive utility, and negative utility otherwise. Therefore, Utilitarians justify their actions by calculating the utility they derive from the consequences of their action.
Even in Utilitarianism, we could categorize them into mainly two parts. Bent ....
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The Issue Of Block Scheduling In Schools
525 Words - 2 Pages.... shown that the average student has an attention span of 45 minutes. That is the length of a normal class period. By implementing a block schedule there are now 90 minutes of class instead of the old 45. If students only have a 45-minute attention span and there is 90 minutes of class, then really the additional 45 minutes of time is actually being wasted. Another problem with 90-minute classes is that students are less likely to remember the same amount as they would in a regular class time. As humans we tend to remember the things we do first (primacy) and the things we to last (regency). The time in the middles is sag time and is remembered at a much lower percentage ....
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Philosophies Of Socrates, Plato, And Aristotle
434 Words - 2 Pages.... being asked were
to have people to their own thoughts and opinions toward life. He did not think
a person with the right mind should follow the steps of their ancestors.
Instead of going around asking questions, Plato, another philosopher, would
write his own conversations with imaginerary people. These conversations would
cover much of the same topics that Socrates had tried to cover earlier. These
topics mostly dealt with life such as government, opinions toward justice and
how people really viewed education.
Aristotle also had his own theories towards his belief of the "right
government". He wanted his results to show happiness among the people.
He'd mai ....
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