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Clinical Supervision

in finding a better way to supervise (Rossi, 2007). Students and professors agreed that the existing process of supervision was no...

The United Nations System

One may consider this initial promise an alliance. Of course, this early United Nations would grow. It should also be said that th...

Modern Gladiator Days

pankration matches were held in a confined arena space with a referee presiding or few rules beyond the prohibition of eye gouging...

Israeli-Palestinian (Arab) Conflict

Theodor Herzl, who published the manifesto known as Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State) (Remnick 72). It expressed what another rad...

Genetic Diversity and the Origin of Life

According to one theory, the universe and its components were formed in a single cataclysmic explosion between ten and twenty mill...

Stress Theory And Coping With Stress

results (Posen, n.d.). When the rats were examined, they had "swollen and hyperactive adrenal glands, shrunken immune tissue (thym...

Greek Mythology, Hesiod’s Five Ages of Man, and the Story of Zeus and Other Olympic Deities

period of blissful co-existence between gods and humans, when differences were few. A utopian time of eternal springtime, people ...

Three Events in the History of Higher Education

the fees and students came from "all walks of life," but primarily from the "poorer families of knights, or from among townspeople...

Seneca Falls and the Women’s Movement

simply did an overview of the movement. One of the things that is most striking about the Seneca Falls convention is that the Dec...

Starbucks; From Humble Origins to Global Phenomena

can be examined. 2. History The first coffee shop was opened in Pike Place Market in Seattle, however, as with many...

Rise of Islam

It only began to assume its own unique identity after combining various faiths and incorporating other cultural traditions. Traci...

Presentation on the History of the US Army

his 12 slide PowerPoint presentation traces the history of the US army from the origins of the army through to the twenty-first ce...

A Review of the Field of Knowledge Management

a company (Knowledge Management, 2002). He changed the accounting procedures in his company and published his ideas in a book (Kno...

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Maximilien Robespierre

In five pages this research paper discusses Maximilien Robespierre's political writings and the Declaration of the Rights of Man i...

American Labor Movement

In seven pages this research paper discusses the labor movement in the U.S. in a brief historical consideration of its origins. O...

Jean Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, and Their Personal Property Theories

In five pages this paper examines Rousseau's On the Origin of Inequality and Locke's Two Treatises of Government in a comparative ...

International Convergence in HRM

through taking up and adapting to what is deemed to be best practice. HRM has reflected many different management models where th...

Free Will and Determinism in Buddhism

one may see it as quasi-scientific determinism. Yet, from a Western point of view, Buddhism is considered to be indeterministic (A...

Differences Between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism

18). The words of Buddha were not written down until several centuries after his death and the first divisions within Buddhist b...

A Comparison of Sex as Embraced in Christianity and Buddhism

Yet, this movement includes many who are in a minority. Today, regardless of religion, sex is everywhere. This was not always the ...

Buddhism and Its Teachings: Effective or Ineffective?

old age, death, and finally, a monk "who had given up everything he owned to seek an end to suffering" ("Following the Buddhas Foo...

The Shaping of Buddhism and Jainism

Eastern religions share numerous similarities but there are also many contrasts....

How My Life Was Changed by Buddhism

because of the construct of human nature, and the constant conflict caused by physical needs, sexual urges, and the desires for lo...

Buddhism, Western Culture, Consumerism And Disharmony

notes how this continual desire to control keeps people anxious and powerless to their own misery, which is exactly why so many pe...

Comparing Christianity and Buddhism

of the Divine somewhat differently than do Christians, as while they believe in a variety of "celestial realms," which includes be...

Zen Buddhism Term Satori and its Meaning

In one page this research paper defines the Zen Buddhist concept satori as heightened enlightenment comprehension. One source is ...

Beliefs and Texts on Confucianism, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity

The world's greatest religious texts are used to determine the similarities and differences that exists in the beliefs of each in ...

Yoga in Buddhism and Hinduism

from around A.D. 300, which is one of six classical systems of Indian philosophy. The literature on Yoga stems from the set of sut...

Comparative Study of Hinduism and Buddhism

In six pages historical and contemporary perspectives are used to compare these two religions in terms of enlightenment goals, tea...

Islamic, Buddhism, and Christian Architecture

In nine pages this paper examines and compares the architectural styles of these three world religions. Nine sources are cited in...