... them and how they learn. A growing volume of research is also available which recommends reader response approaches and introduces cognitive teaching strategies, techniques, and activities that promote creative, active, collaborative learning in literature classroom in order to make literary study life-relevant and personally meaningful to students. In this regard Showalter (2004), Egan (2005) and Moore ( ... helps reader see silences and gaps in recorded histories and critically investigate the established discourses of history. These poststructuralist approaches are reader based as they...

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... to love another, and their work (Frankl, 2011). A person's work helps them to define a sense of themselves. Moreover, can contribute to their feeling of usefulness, and helps to keep them active (Frankl, 2011; Shacklock, 2006; Waddell & Burton, 2006). These benefits occur at any age; therefore, by continuing to remain in the workforce elderly people can both produce benefits to their community ... older adults in the workforce and will make recommendations as to how to implement practical interventions that will assist to keep the elderly population active and productive. A brief discus...

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... , economy and culture, which seems to be stealing identities from many countries and people as they become increasingly interconnected. Combining with a seemingly unstoppable trend of Globalization, nationalism is still being active. This paper will first give a brief introduction of the term globalization and nationalism. Then it wills analysis the countervailing effects globalization placed on nation and nationalism. Finally by discussing Chinese ... movement is one actuated by a sentiment of this kind. (Gellner, E. 1983:1) Although fluctuated from time to time, nationalism has always ...

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... of companies that were focused on providing a well balanced approach to social responsibility while many other hotels were not very focused in their CSR efforts (Holcomb, 2007). Companies that were active in the sphere of social responsibility were enjoying many benefits by virtue of their socially responsible activities and the most apparent benefit is an improved corporate reputation. This is essential ... to attract customers, investors and business partners (Slattery, 2009). Besides that, it contributes to a stronger and more potent brand name for the organization in question. Anoth...

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... , especially trades in the Muslim world. Persian Muslim traveler and Ismaili spy Nasier Khusraw's (Doc #3) report on Cairo depicts a vivid prosperous image of the Muslim city of Cairo as an active trading city, with all the services like caravansaries for caravan traders and the two thousand ships belonged to the Sultan, shows that Muslim cities at that time period were on ... influence of Muslim cities in the aspect of economy and trades, it could be seen from the map of "Muslim Trade Routes" (Doc #4) that trades among Muslim cities were so active then that a massive trading network ...

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... pertaining to the business in addition to offering incentive packages to motivate employees. As a result, employees view themselves as partners rather than the average worker and this in turn motivates active attention towards innovation and trends, both of which evolve at a high speed and contribute significantly to the success of the company. Rapid change also requires the utilization of modern tools ... through self-help and educational programs; although it understands that making a difference is a long term challenge, requiring the efforts of many. At all corporate levels, Starbuck...

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... own political rights and ultimately prevented the British government from asserting any constructive policy. The Board of Trade from 1740 onwards attempted to regain the initiative through a new approach of active policy making but drastically failed to provide cohesion. Sudden switches to imperialism no longer suited the colonies, which had increasingly been influenced by the progressively democratising and empowered assemblies. Therefore ... shifted from the English-appointed governors and councils to the American-elected assemblies. Complaints by the Privy Council in 1745 about the e...

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... to be misleading, and in order to make fair determinations of materiality. Outside auditors must also assess the quality of work of the Board of Directors' audit committee. The more active and thorough the audit committee, the greater the assurance of management oversight and its effectiveness. To determine the quality of the audit committee's work, the outside auditor should prepare a checklist ... of markers of possible wrongful behavior. The first order of business must be education that permits the auditor to understand the industry in which the company being audited is materially a...

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... market learning. 3. Corporate Memory: preserve corporate memory through mentorship, intranets, online filing systems, exit interviews etc. 4. Organisational Learning: create a Learning Organisation (LO) encouraging interaction through socialising, cross-disciplinary learning experiences, active experimentation, and the development of learning structures. 5. Career Development: regular development reviews, internal movement and progression. 6. Involving and Empowering: encourage employee involvement through teamwork and task-based participation, empowerment, downward ... are confirmed by...

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... forces like Non-Governmental Organizations and other public organizations, which are able to awaken the consciousness of civil society in Kazakhstan, because it is undeniable that a healthy democracy requires the active, freely chosen participation of citizens in public life. And I suppose that the development of democracy directly depends on the willing of citizens to participate in public debate, elect representatives and ... ...

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... protection act. Chevron could help to increase the standards in several developing and emerging nations as part of what is conspicuously new focus of the risk-management strategy by embracing a active role in transferring the clean technologies and more effective environmental management structures. In spite of the instability of energy markets, current predictions from both the EIA and the IEA advise ... ...

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... automatic rifles from an undercover FBI agent who was posing as an Al Qaeda operative was going to attack the Tampa bay but was thwarted because of the use of active intelligence and tips given by local Muslim's to local authorities. The second part of this question is why haven't IED's been effective on American soil versus how effective they have ... ...

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... I am working with. This will ensure that the project's main principle is built upon the notion of improving the community based on what the people want. In order to achieve active collaboration with the community in planing this project, I will need to look at ways to access information from the community through research and direct consultation. To acquire this information, I have ... ...

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... IT COULD WELL BE THE CASE THAT CITIZENS WOULD RALLY TO REINFORCE THE SYSTEM AGAIN, THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION. This all leads to the conclusion that even a democratic regime with little active participation can still be a legitimate one. It should be emphasized that such a democracy with limited voter turnout can only be considered legitimate in a society where the institutions of the country ... ...

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... process and in their ability to influence government decisions. When introduced, interest groups were intended to provide equal opportunity for all groups and gave poor people a chance to be politically active. However, interest groups today do not properly represent average American's as intended, and oppositely, pose a threat to American Democracy. This can been seen in interest groups ability to influence public ... ...

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... appropriate health promotion and prevention interventions at the community level. By using these core competencies in community-based nursing, the CHNs can help in empowering the communities to become more active in community programs, targeting health promotion (Reed & Shearer, 2011). Thus, this empowerment has the potential of reducing health threats and leading to improved health outcomes. Conclusion The main goal of ... ...

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... the task of not only convincing themselves, but also the parents and the students on the importance of CCE. CCE is vital to creating a strong society where everyone is an active contributor to society, while engaging and empowering this generation to make a positive difference in their communities (Tan, 2011). By yielding to the pressure of a result-oriented culture, a beginning teacher risks ... ...

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... a notable increase in the level of political participation of general populations across the world an example being the civil rights movement in the US and many feminist movements that were active at the time. Many sociologists have inferred that this is not a coincidence in itself and instead is due to the formation of a growing 'movement society' or an increase in ... ...

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... that 'to be consistent as a liberal, it was necessary to be a Marxist.'23 Certainly, as well as liberal movements for moderate reform, more radical strains of thought also proved an active presence in the political landscape of 1920's Japan. Interest and involvement in anarchism and socialism had increased steadily in the years following the Rice Riots of 1918 and the expansion ... ...

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Cannabis is a drug that originates from the plant, cannabis sativa. It contains an active ingredient called delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, found on the flowering tops and upper leaves in the female plants. Cannabis comes in the forms of marijuana, sinsemilla, hashish, hashish oil, and hemp. Cannabis ... ...

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... more had shifted his focus toward Gay Rights, in which he had seen as an extension of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s in which he became active in the gay community to amend the New York City law that banned homosexuality and at the same time, battled with politicians who had supported the ban in the same ... ...

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... of time till you see the bad aspects arise. Globalization has both beneficial and detrimental effects in military, cultural and political aspects. Through key historical events that were outcomes of active globalization it can be concluded that; alliances have provided for each other but also have resulted in immense league wars, foreign entities have endowed countries with great technological inventions but ... ...

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... their development if even the World Health Organization recommends a diet free of meat? It is time to stop giving justifications and see once and for all that everyone is an active participant in the society and if they want to stop the deterioration of planet Earth, they must stop supporting activities that help deteriorate it....

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... a free political order in a democratic society: freedom of the press, of association, of forming parties, of religion, and competition between parties"10. "That American political life was so active and varied", Richter continues, "he attributed in large part to the immense power of a free press, which 'circulates political life throughout every part of this vast territory ... ...

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... civilization has ever seen. They again added that the Athenian democracy was the first known democracy that developed in a small size city-state which provided its citizens with a sense of active engagement in public affairs. Ancient Greece recognized three types of people, citizens with women excluded to a large extent, metics or resident aliens and slaves. Athenian democracy was limited to only ... ...

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