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    Joseph Smith Beliefs

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    was for the restoration of the early Christian church and a new way of life to live by. While Smith visions and ethics have been controversial at times, millions still follow his teachings and the religious culture he started in 1830. Today the Mormon Church has over 15 million followers and has grown to touch many parts of the world with its 83 thousand missionaries. (A Prophet) Visionary Leader From an early age Joseph Smith had an interest in religion. But he was

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    "WARNING: Not responsible for damage to personal property while on Greensboro Coliseum premises" After selling tickets with this quote printed on them Greensboro Coliseum, and their employees are free from liability, and responsibility from anything that happens to peoples personal property within their property during the time of the basketball game. Since Jeff paid for the ticket he was agreeing to the terms the Greensboro Coliseum were offering, which is basically a doctrine stating that he is

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    MQ-8 Fire Scout Should Move to Point Mugu, California The United States Navy is moving in the direction of the Chief of Naval Operation’s tenets “Warfighting first, operate forward, and always be ready”. Part of his guiding principles is to fully integrate unmanned systems in the air and water which will employ greater autonomy with manned counterparts within the next 10 to 15 years (CNO’s Sailing Direction, 2011). This vision will provide tremendous improvement to the military’s surveillance

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    I attended the Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle choir, Orchestra at Temple Square and Bells on Temple Square. The event was held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints conference center building. The building holds approximately 21,000 people. This particular musical performance was for Christmas time. Every year they feature a special guest. Usually it is an famous American singer or story teller, but this year it was more of a cultural experience. This year their guest was Ronaldo

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    Brian Stokes Mitchell

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    Brian Stokes Mitchell Brian Stokes Mitchell was born in October 31, 1957. He is a powerful baritone singer and had won Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2000 for his performance in Kiss Me Kate. Mitchell was born in Seattle, Washington and has 3 other siblings. He was the son of George Mitchell, who was an electronic engineer, and Lillian Mitchell, who was a school administrator. He grew up in several military bases overseas. As a teenager he lived in San Diego, California where he began

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    Every person, or group of people, has an identity and a culture. An ‘identity’ is the image that one project out into the rest of the world, and ‘culture’ is the image which one has of themselves. Countries are no exception; every country over their course of history has created an identity and culture for themselves. It has been said that the worst act one could perform on another would be to strip them of their identity, and deny them of their culture. This is why, in order for a country to become

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    California Trail Essay

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    Migration of humans is not a new concept, from hunter gather tribes, to colonists of the Americas, to those migrating west on the Mormon, Oregon, and California trails. However, the motivations and end goals for those travelling westward differentiated them greatly. For those on the California trail: prosperity. For those heading to Utah on the Mormon trail: religious freedom. In the early republic, with new territory being acquired by the United States westward expansion was driven by population

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    the Mountain men of Utah and about the Native Americans. I love how it is super detailed, and it’s organized and everything is easy to find. “Mormons.” Countries and Their Cultures, www.everyculture.com/multi/Le-Pa/Mormons.html. This website talks all about the Mormon Pioneers. It tells important dates, people and events. It talks about the history of the mormon church, when and where they settled, how they interacted with others, the education that they taught, Holidays that they celebrated and much

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    Hole-In-The-Rock-Trek Jade Vea Paper Length: 1513 At a time when the mormons arrived in the valley of Great Salt Lake and expanded settlements, the Hole-In-The-Rock expedition took place. The Explorers explored several places along the way and encountered different environments such as The Four Corners. These encounters and exploration lead to the creation of the Hole-In-The-Rock in 1880. This is significant because it is an example to all Latter-Day Saints of the power available to us

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    So, they would want to avoid messing with their state of mind, because they want/need to be in a calm or peaceful state of mind to have a better rebirth. Mormon Joseph Smith was 14, and he was trying to find a church to go to. He wanted to know the full truth. He went to a grove to pray. He was was hit by a light, and Jesus and God stood. They told him that the other churches were not true. They also told

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