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    Why Cats Make Us Feel Better Have you ever been angry or upset while petting or being around a cat? Probably not right? Maybe there’s a reason behind why you feel good around cats. What are the benefits of owning a cat‚ both long term and short term. I’ve experienced somehow feeling happier around my cats then when I’m not with them. Cats are soft which maybe humans find comforting that makes us feel good or could it have something to do with hormones. My original assumptions are that cats are very

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    Poe makes us understand that the narrator is mad by making him talk and shout directly at us‚ by using exclamation marks as his punctuation. When you read what the narrator is saying to you‚ you can feel the emotion‚ and hear the speed and volume of his voice. He does this by the use of punctuation‚ short sentences‚ and putting some words into capitals; one example of a capital worded sentence is‚ ‘it was A LOW‚ DULL‚ QUICK SOUND – MUCH SUCH A SOUND AS A WATCH MAKES WHEN ENVELOPED IN COTTON.’ The

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    Q. Explain the factors which make it difficult to amend the US Constitution (15 marks) To amend the US Constitution‚ a bill has to go through a two-stage process: proposal and ratification. The proposal stage has to have two thirds majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Every successful amendment has started this way and even the failed ones. A proposal can also be made by a Constitutional convention‚ which is a one-off body which is put together for a specific purpose‚ and

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    Heavenly Father‚ I thank You for making us Your bride. I wait patiently and with joy for the return of Your Son Jesus Christ. I dedicate my marriage to You and I also dedicate my spouse to You Lord. I pray that Your Kingdom will come in my marriage as it is in heaven. I pray that our marriage will honor You and obey Your decrees and commands as it relates to the Biblical foundations and doctrine of marriage according to faithfulness‚ love‚ submission toward one another‚ and Mark 10.6-9. I pray

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    “The US government has betrayed the internet. We need to take it back” By: Bruce Schneier ​The internet has changed drastically for the worst the past couple of years and it is time for a change. The NSA has taken over the privacy of our internet access‚ which is not appropriate. When the internet was invented this is not what the creators thought would happen. The computer engineering community needs to step in and take it back from the NSA. Companies that host our private data that we once trusted

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    Book Review: HOW GOOD PEOPLE MAKE TOUGH CHOICES This book is aimed at helping people make ethical choices‚ through a readable mixture of analysis‚ guidance‚ and case studies. It was easy for me to identify with the case studies. The basic premise is that tough choices revolve not around questions of right vs. wrong rather tough choices revolve around questions of right vs. right. Based on study of thousands of real ethical dilemmas‚ Kidder presents four ethical paradigm pairs: Truth

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    Summary and Response of “How Technology Makes Us better Social Beings” In “How Technology Makes Us better Social Beings” Megan Gambino (2011) believes that although there are some research shows technology is harmful to people’s public relationship‚ there are more studies prove that technology can build more relationship for people. The author lists many different researches about both negative and positive effects of technology. Gambino is trying to let the reader believe the technologies have

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    living the American Dream. It is not hard to see why the US is so appealing. As US citizen’s‚ immigrants can earn more and are protected with the rights of the constitution‚ they are less likely to be living in poverty and there are endless opportunities. Often‚ these pull factors exceed anything compared to what they would have in their native country. For example in Mexico roughly half of the population live on less than $5 a day. As a US citizen‚ you are protected by law with the national minimum

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    factors. In his song‚ “Imagine”‚ Lennon describes what divides us and what should be uniting us to make heaven on Earth. In the first stanza‚ John Lennon wants us to forget about our worries and just live life for the day. Most people believe in a higher power‚ or life after death but he wants us to “imagine there’s no heaven” (Lennon line 1) so we can just live life for what it is. There’s no need to live life worrying about “no hell below us” (3). Be happy and live life “for today” (6). Because you

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    What Makes us Human Culture? Why is culture Important? Humans are animals Unlike other species‚ we attain our needs through culture. Culture is.. Humans primary adaptive tool We change our environment to suit us rather than biologically adapting to them Culture converts biological needs into practices‚ beliefs and customs Defining cultures single biggest debate in anthropology Characteristics of Culture Culture is learned - via enculturation Enculturation - The process by which

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