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| x Teacher |
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Teacher Appreciation Day |
In education, a teacher is a person who educates others. A teacher who educates an individual student may also be described as a personal tutor. The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out by way of occupation or profession at a...
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| x Secretary | Administrative Professionals' Day |
A secretary is an administrative assistant in business office administration.
The executive secretary (sometimes called administrative assistant or associate) has a myriad of administrative duties. Traditionally, these duties were mostly related to...
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| x Racism |
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Racism is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. In the case of institutional racism, certain racial groups may be denied...
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| x Mormonism |
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Criticism of Mormonism |
Mormonism comprises the religious, institutional, and cultural elements of the early Latter Day Saint movement and its modern denominations deriving from the leadership of Brigham Young. Most specifically, the term Mormonism is used to refer to The...
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| An Insider's View of Mormon Origins | ||||
| Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon | ||||
| The Mormon Prophet and His Harem | ||||
| Mormonism Unvailed | ||||
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| x Wikipedia |
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Criticism of Wikipedia |
Wikipedia
(IPA: /ˌwikiˈpiːdi.ə/, /ˌwɪkiˈpiːdi.ə/, or /ˌwaɪkiˈpiːdi.ə/ (Audio
(U.S.) is a multilingual, web-based, free content
encyclopedia project. Wikipedia is written collaboratively by
volunteers; the vast majority of its articles can be...
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| x Islam |
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Criticism of Islam |
Islam (Arabic: الإسلام al-’islām, pronounced [ʔislæːm] ( listen)) is the religion articulated by the Qur’an, a book considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of the single incomparable God (Arabic: الله, Allāh), and by the Islamic...
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| 23 Years | ||||
| Alms for Jihad | ||||
| American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us | ||||
| Apology of al-Kindy | ||||
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| x Christianity |
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Criticism of Christianity |
Christianity
is a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of
Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the Holy Bible. Christians
believe Jesus to be the Son of God and the Messiah prophesied in the
Old Testament. With an estimated 2.1...
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| 500 years screwed but Christian | ||||
| The Age of Reason | ||||
| American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America | ||||
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| x Muhammad |
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Criticism of Muhammad |
Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullāh (Arabic: محمّد; Transliteration: Muḥammad; pronounced [mʊħɑmmæd] ( listen); also spelled Mohammed or Muhammed) (ca. 570 Mecca[مَكَةَ ]/[ مَكَهْ ] – June 8, 632 Medina), is the founder of the religion of Islam [ إِسْلامْ ] and...
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| x Wal-Mart |
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Criticism of Wal-Mart |
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (branded as Walmart) is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large, discount department stores. It is the world's largest public corporation by revenue, according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500. The company was...
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| x Pokémon |
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Criticism of Pokémon |
Pokémon (ポケモン, Pokemon, English pronunciation: /ˈpoʊkeɪmɒn/) is a media franchise published by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games,...
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| x Islamism |
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Criticism of Islamism |
Islamism (Islam+ism; Arabic: إسلام سياسي) is a set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only a religion but also a political system; that modern Muslims must return to their roots of their religion, and unite politically.
Islamism is a...
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| x Roman Catholic Church |
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Criticism of the Roman Catholic Church |
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church. With more than a billion members, over half of all Christians and more than one-sixth of the world's population, the Catholic Church is a...
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| x Patent |
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Criticism of patents |
A patent (pronounced /ˈpætənt/ or /ˈpeɪtənt/) is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state (national government) to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for a public disclosure of an invention.
The procedure for...
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| x Internet Explorer |
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Criticism of Internet Explorer |
Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer; abbreviated to MSIE or, more commonly, IE), is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems...
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| x Hinduism |
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Criticism of Hinduism |
Hinduism is the predominant religion of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as Sanātana Dharma, a Sanskrit phrase meaning "the eternal law", by its adherents. Generic "types" of Hinduism that attempt to accommodate a variety of...
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| x Libertarianism |
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Criticism of libertarianism |
Libertarianism is a term adopted by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which advocate the maximization of individual liberty and the minimization or even abolition of the state. Libertarians embrace viewpoints across that spectrum, ranging...
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| x Facebook |
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Criticism of Facebook |
Founded in February 2004, Facebook is a social utility that helps
people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family and
coworkers. The company develops technologies that facilitate the
sharing of information through the social graph,...
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| x GNU/Linux |
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Criticism of Linux |
Linux (commonly pronounced /ˈlɪnʌks/, LI-nuks in English, also pronounced /ˈlɪnʊks/) is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and...
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| x Bible |
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Criticism of the Bible |
The Bible contains the central religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. Modern Judaism generally recognizes a single set of canonical books known as the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, as it is written almost entirely in the Hebrew language, with some...
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| x Qur'an |
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Criticism of the Qur'an |
The Qur’an (Arabic: القرآن al-qur’ān, literally “the recitation”; also sometimes transliterated as Quran, Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran or Al-Qur’ān) is the central religious text of Islam. Muslims believe the Qur’an to be the book of divine guidance and...
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| x CNN |
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CNN controversies and allegations of bias |
Cable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is an U.S. cable news network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first network to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news...
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| x College and university rankings |
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Criticism of college and university rankings |
In higher education, college and university rankings are listings of universities and liberal arts colleges in an order determined by any combination of factors. Rankings can be based on subjectively perceived "quality," on some combination of...
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| x Communism |
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Criticisms of communism |
Communism is a socioeconomic structure and political ideology that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless society based on common ownership and control of the means of production and property in general. Karl Marx posited...
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| x Multiculturalism |
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Criticism of multiculturalism |
Multiculturalism is the acceptance of multiple ethnic cultures, for practical reasons and/or for the sake of diversity and applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the organizational level, e.g. schools, businesses,...
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| x Food and Drug Administration | Criticism of the Food and Drug Administration |
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or USFDA) is a Government agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for regulating and supervising the safety of foods, tobacco products, dietary supplements,...
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| x Coca-Cola |
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Criticism of Coca-Cola |
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines internationally. The Coca-Cola Company claims that the beverage is sold in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia,...
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| x The Da Vinci Code |
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Inaccuracies in The Da Vinci Code |
The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery-detective fiction novel written by American author Dan Brown. It follows symbologist Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu as they investigate a murder in Paris's Louvre Museum and discovers a battle between the Priory...
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| x EDO Corporation |
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Criticism of EDO Corporation |
EDO Corporation was an American company, which was acquired by ITT Corporation in 2007. EDO designed and manufactured products for defense, intelligence, and commercial markets, and provides related engineering and professional services. It employed...
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| x Voting system |
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Criticisms of electoralism |
A voting system (also referred to as an electoral system) or voting theory, allows voters to choose between options, often in an election where candidates are selected for public office. Voting can be also used to award prizes, to select between...
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| x Family Guy |
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Criticism of Family Guy |
Family Guy is an American animated television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of Peter, Lois, Meg, Chris, Stewie, and their pet dog Brian. The...
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| x New Testament |
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A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament |
The New Testament (Greek: Καινὴ Διαθήκη, Kainē Diathēkē) is the name given to the second major division of the Christian Bible, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament, both terms being associated with Supersessionism. The New...
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| x Google |
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Google Watch |
Google
Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG and LSE: GGEA) is an American public corporation,
specializing in Internet search and online advertising. It's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. ...
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| x Greenpeace |
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Criticism of Greenpeace |
Greenpeace is a non-governmental organization for the protection and conservation of the environment. Greenpeace uses direct action, lobbying and research to achieve its goals. Greenpeace has a worldwide presence with national and regional offices...
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| x Human Rights Watch |
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Criticism of Human Rights Watch |
Human Rights Watch is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Its headquarters are in New York City and it has offices in Berlin, Brussels, Chicago, Geneva, Johannesburg, London, Los...
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| x Intellectual property | Criticism of intellectual property |
Intellectual property (IP) is a number of distinct types of legal monopolies over creations of the mind, both artistic and commercial, and the corresponding fields of law. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights...
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| x IPCC Fourth Assessment Report | Criticism of IPCC AR4 |
Climate Change 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is the fourth in a series of reports intended to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information concerning...
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| x Pope John Paul II |
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Criticism of Pope John Paul II |
Pope John Paul II (Polish: Jan Paweł II, Latin: Joannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II), born Karol Józef Wojtyła (pronounced [ˈkaɾɔl ˈjuzɛv vɔi̯ˈtɨwa] ( listen); 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) served as Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic...
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| x Mozilla Firefox |
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Criticisms of Mozilla Firefox |
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. Firefox has 24.05% of the recorded usage share of web browsers as of October 2009, making it the second most...
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| x Marxism |
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Criticisms of Marxism |
Marxism is the political philosophy and economic worldview based upon a materialist interpretation of history, a Marxist analysis of capitalism, a theory of social change, and an atheist view of human liberation derived from the work of Karl Marx...
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| x National Health Service | Criticism of the National Health Service |
The National Health Service or NHS is the publicly-funded healthcare system in England (though the term is also used to refer to the four national health services in the UK, collectively). The NHS provides healthcare to anyone normally resident in...
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| x Pledge of Allegiance |
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Pledge of Allegiance criticism |
The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States is an oath of loyalty to the republic of the United States of America, originally composed by Francis Bellamy in 1892. The Pledge has been modified four times since then, with the most recent change...
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| x Naturism |
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Criticism of the clothes free movement |
Naturism or nudism is a cultural and political movement advocating and defending social nudity in private and in public. It may also refer to a lifestyle based on personal, family and/or social nudism.
The naturist philosophy has several sources,...
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| x Socialism |
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Criticisms of socialism |
Socialism refers to various theories of economic organization advocating public or direct worker ownership and administration of the means of production and allocation of resources, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all...
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| x Space Shuttle program |
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Criticism of the Space Shuttle program |
NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States government's current manned launch vehicle. The winged Space Shuttle orbiter is launched vertically, usually carrying five to seven astronauts (although...
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| x Sport utility vehicle |
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Criticism of sport utility vehicles |
A sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a generic marketing term for a vehicle similar to a station wagon, but built on a light-truck chassis. Usually equipped with four-wheel drive for on- or off-road ability, and with some pretension or ability to be...
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| x Technology |
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Critique of technology |
Technology is a broad concept that deals with human as well as other animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt to its environment. Technology is a term with origins in the...
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| x Torchwood |
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Criticism of Torchwood |
Torchwood (pronounced /ˈtɔ:tʃwʊd/) is a British science fiction television programme, created by Russell T Davies. It deals with the machinations and activities of the Cardiff branch of the fictional Torchwood Institute, who deal mainly with...
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| x War on Terrorism | Criticism of the War on Terrorism |
War of Terror is a pun used in protest or criticism of the United States policy called the War on Terrorism, also known as the War on Terror. It is also used to show the lack of universality (philosophy) of the term terrorism.
The pun is used by...
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| x Water fluoridation |
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Opposition to water fluoridation |
Water fluoridation is the controlled addition of fluoride to a public water supply to reduce tooth decay. Fluoridated water has fluoride at a level that is effective for preventing cavities; this can occur naturally or by adding fluoride....
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| x Java |
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Criticism of Java |
Java refers to a number of computer software products and specifications from Sun Microsystems that together provide a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform environment. Java is used in a wide variety of...
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