The main differing of reasoning is the definition of the word 'free', in which compatibilists suggest that being free is not being constrained psychologically or physically. ... Leaders in this field accept that it is possible to have causal determinism and free will. ... Another stance many philosophers have taken on free will is libertarianism. ... It is important to note that for this theory to be credited, an agent makes the choice without the influence from hereditary, environmental and laws of nature swaying their judgement and leading them to the same action. ... A strong arg...

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Department of Transportation's "Traffic Safety Notes" from 2009, 995 deaths and 24,000 injuries had reports of cell phones as a distraction in driving. ... Asking these questions leads to the possible answer of hands-free technology. ... " Pictured below are some of the different hands-free apparatus. ... To put it bluntly, no, hands-free devices are not a solution to cell phone-distracted driving. ... Phone companies probably support the use of hands-free technology simply to increase sales. ...

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While each of these influences are separate and distinct, it also important to note that each of them are intertwined and always manipulating each other. ... It is important to note that this train of thought directly influenced the very characters telling the stories. ... Early in The Decameron, as the seven women discuss matters in the church, one of them enviously notes that the people who pursue this "free-spirited" outlook "draw no distinction, as I have frequently heard and seen for myself, between what is honest and dishonest; and provided only that they are prompted by their appetite...

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What is more, the book prompts sober reflections on the ethics of "free" market labor practices and on the stupendous idiocy of endorsements--how, for a billion gullible suckers, Jordan somehow endows shoes, Wheaties, Hanes underwear, Coca-Cola, Gatorade, and corn flakes with his excellence. ... He tells how Phil Knight, genius founder of Nike in the 1960s, studied the efforts of his Oregon track coach, Bill Bowerman, to produce a lighter track shoe, scientifically calculating that if one ounce could be shaved from the shoe's weight, the runner would be freed of 550 pounds during a mile ...

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Repeated notes invented by Monteverdi are adopted by Classical music from Baroque, which have a special meaning, in the early music (prior to 1600); they only appeared in onomatopoeia when the tone is divided into syllables. Many Classical symphony movements are composed over stereotypical repeated eighth notes in the basses, which results in a strong feeling of excitement and tension emanating from the accompaniment. And in Classical music today, endlessly repeated eighth or sixteenth- notes are often played just like they were simple repeated or sixteenth "notes and not in force repea...

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One writer notes how popular the site has become in a short time. ... A researcher notes, "Like its relative the yearbook, the facebook is a photographic document created by a community for the purpose of visually defining community life" (Miller, 2007). ... Another writer notes, "There are social networking sites for musicians, for mountain climbers, and for particular political persuasions. ... People are free to be someone they aren't. ... Another writer states, "And yet, as a generation, Rose notes, many may not have much historical perspective, or understand how say, government o...

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Over the last few decades, western society has continued to dig itself into a whole that is getting progressively harder to get out of. Every day we continue to deplete the earth's resources significantly faster than they can be replenished. The practices and social norms of Western culture have led...

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Therefore, this left the states little room to push the freed slaves back into submission. ... In response to these changes, the states organized efforts to limit the political, social, and economic status of the freed slaves. Since the states knew that they could not prevent the freed slaves from voting. Since the majority of the community worked menial jobs and could not read, they issued poll taxes and literacy tests to increase their prevention of freed slaves voting. ... While on a much lighter note, the third and final demonstration of discrimination and hatred towards the black communit...

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Although there isn't necessarily a "clear" volta in terms of its use as a "twist," something Paul Fussell notes as "indeed indispensable" due to its lack of execution, we see the seventh and eighth line summarize the metaphors in just one line as opposed to it being spread over two as is the case for the rest of the octave, a "turn" of some sort. ... Even within the "volta," there is no solution to the argument at hand as its use would usually entail, but rather it offers us a kind of "warning" that "if we may not let the Muse be free, She will be bound with garlands of her own." ... Usin...

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In Finland, for example, free education is provided for every citizen from birth to the University level. ... According to the Denver Post interactive database of the 2014 Transitional Colorado Assessment Program scores, the higher percentage of FRL (free and reduced lunch) students in a school is usually associated with lower scores on mathematics, science, and reading. ... Before moving on to possible solutions for our education system, I want to note an interesting point made in the final chapter of Ryan's book, Five Miles Away, A World Apart that is the basis for my thesis. ... Citie...

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Getting inside one's religion in order to have a proper view that's proper and free from all kinds of biases and all prejudice. ... After naming the phenomena, the phenomenologist notes how they are interrelated and identify process among them. ... The scholars ability to note relations and processes among the phenomena, therefore results from his creative interaction with his research data (Cox :36). ... In conclusion, the phenomenological method strives to bring accuracy results that are free from any biases, distortions and judgements. ...

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To be quite blunt, reparations, even if they may be deserved, are not possible under any system or economic departure indeed such an undertaking would only not remedy the situation, but it would sink Africa and her people deeper into the cycle of poverty and oppression that they have so struggled to free themselves. ... Indeed, it is unfeasible to say who did and who did not, as any logical observer would note. ... While perhaps the ideas that Mazuri presents are perhaps worthy of noting or discussion, we find that there are many unanswered questions in the issue - the risks of the distribu...

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It is important to note that in order for leases to run with the land on assignment before the 1995 Act two conditions were required; privity of estate and the concept of 'touch and concern'. ... Despite a lot of discussion on the position of the original tenant, 'it is important to note that the same principles apply to the landlord, who will be presumed to have covenanted for himself and his successors in title' again, down to Section 79 of LPA.8 It cannot be dismissed however, that an original covenanter could compensate through indemnity. ... As although an outgoing t...

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It is important to note that the term physics stems from the Greek word 'physis' which means to discover the essential nature and constitution of all things. ... First, the particle is isolated during the preparation process and during this stage the observed system must be free from external disturbances caused by the process of observation, during its preparation and measurement. ... It is important to note that in classical physics, when an event took place, it was believed to be independent of an observer. ...

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There are various types of applications designed for online learning and these applications are normally used to download educational contents such as lecture notes or tutorial questions. ... There are some online courses that its average fee varies from one another due to the university's or sources' offer rate while most of it are for free. ... A person tends to go back over the notes if he or she misses out something while reading and this process consumes more time. ...

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The born free USA Organization shares a similar point of view by noting that, during the past 22 years, the population of the African lion (Panthera Leo) has declined by 48.5% and its range has been reduced to a mere 22%. ... Murphy (70) notes that the African lion can tolerate a range of habitats, but mainly they reside in the savanna and woodland areas in the Southern African region. ...

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In addition, the author points out about his subject's actions when notes: "torpedoed one competitor after another because they were better stock pickers and better managers", as well as by saying "anything that didn't produce revenue was gone. ... Each statement is aimed towards a different quadrant in the organization's domain. (2003) Daft writes: "Free play of market forces, conflict is legitimate and expected" (2003). ... Closing these notes is pertinent to call an old philosopher to remark about the ethical dilemma the consumer has to face in his/hers everyday decision m...

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Chung and Ngara (1985), note that theory divorced from practice is barren. ... Enoh (1995), says that it is only in a democratic community where there is give and take and free interaction between individuals and social group exists. ... In this sense, a limitation with regard to the effective and efficient implementation of pragmatism in the Zimbabwean situation that does not have adequate state-of-the-art scientific gadgets and laboratories is a point to note home. ...

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While black Americans were technically freed from the bonds of slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment, given American citizenship with the Fourteenth Amendment, and guaranteed the right to vote with the Fifteenth Amendment, the reality of life for African Americans was marred with slavery to whites due to poverty, second-rate citizenship and the denial of voting rights throughout the twentieth century. ... In Coming of Age in Mississippi, Moody notes that the tone of the skin color of a black person determines their treatment from other blacks and the white community. ... Moody, even at a young...

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Jackson also had a history of misgivings with banking and paper money after he dealt with bankruptcy when he accepted bank notes that later depreciated in value. ... Citizens were free from any sort of commercial monopoly giving them more opportunity of business operations (and a great theme for a board game J). ... This act crushes the backbone of democracy, free speech. Fear of economic conflict led to the removal of inalienable rights, which develops that the Democrats did not desire a free society, but rather a society where a white man had economic advantages over all. ...

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Again, an idealization of nature combined with an open disapproval of conventional thinking in areas of technology and religious dogma, put together with a free flow of imaginative thinking, as well as the fact that God is mentioned in the poem easily qualifies it as Romanticism. Also, when combined with the unique way Wordsworth implements his more free-flowing poetic style in The World Is Too Much with Us, all these factors put together qualifies this poem as an excellent example of Romanticism in the 19th century. ... The poem begins on a depressing note, "Well, they are gone, and ...

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In these scenes, the slaves and freed slaves seemed to show an allegiance to their free, white counterparts. ... His family, including cousins, is half-free and half-slave, as he tells his Jackson one night when they pray together while pausing after a march. ... In fact, there was only one worth note. ...

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Moreover, Stephens et al. (1998, p. 205) note that marxists assert that education is used to distinguish between middle and upper class workforce entrants from those of the working class. ... Such fragmentation of the workforce, notes Van Krieken at al., makes it difficult for the employees to unite against the upper reaches of the hierarchy because " control can be maintained because of the principle of divide and conquer" (2000, p. 194). ... However, rather than simply accepting the roles that individuals are socialised, or stratified into, conflict theory proposes that those exploited do...

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Globalization can be said to give people more individual freedom and free them from the "tyranny of geography." ... The major disadvantage of this free communication is the threat that a handful of corporations will limit cultural expression by only broadcasting, televising, and printing what they want.. ... Corporations push for more free trade between countries and that would also lead to greater ease of transportation for goods and people. ... Labour unions in already developed countries are not happy because they feel that the push for free trade with all nations will take jobs away from t...

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The offered education makes them return home with hope and confidence, having with them capability to find and hold satisfying jobs in a wide range of fields, which radically makes them less likely to return the prisons as they are now far better prepared to lead fulfilling and productive lives when free (Lockwood, 1991, p.27). ... By giving inmates liberal arts from the college studies, they are able to develop free thinking and thereby becoming humane and independently minded citizens, which constitute a foundation for a genuine democratic society. ... It would, therefore, be wrong to offe...

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