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    Drugs in Our Society

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    The consumption of drug has been done in all societies for ages‚ but with the pass of the time it has changed the characteristics of the consumption. This situation is because the influence of social factors. Now days‚ our society is infest with this issue “DRUGS”. The use of most of the drugs are illegal‚ however it had become normal to use it. It is frequently see that its consumption can be from a regular kid to a high executive person. As an example we can go to the street and find a lot

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    Dualism; Mind v Body

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    Dualism; Mind v Body Throughout the history of philosophy one of the strongest thesis’s in Descartes time as a philosopher was the idea of dualism. What is dualism? In short it is the theory that the mind and body are two separate substances. Although Descartes has his own arguments and support as to why dualism is true. The idea of dualism has been debated for centuries; it is basically on what one’s beliefs are if they think it is true or false. Descartes explanation of dualism was in his second

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    The mind-body debate works to answer the following question: What is the bond between the mind and body? Descartes claims: “the fact that I can vividly and clearly think of one thing apart from another assures me that the two things are distinct from one another - that is‚ that they are two.” This notion of the mind and body claims humans to have both physical properties (the body and brain) and mental properties (the mind). The physical properties being: sensation‚ reproduction‚ movement‚ etc.

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    Hidden Dangers of Cell Phones Within the essays‚ “Our Cell Phones‚ Our Selves‚” by Christine Rosen and “Disconnected Urbaism” by Paul Golderger‚ both authors expressed concern about the usages and the path our society was heading down. Furthermore‚ it is remarkable that within 30 years the cell phone went from a large mobile phone called the brick to what it is today. Additionally‚ if we are not careful with the cell phone and our dependence on it‚ our social communication skills will be permanently

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    made up of material that was created from star dust. We humans are also in the noble possession of a mind. We are capable of thinking‚ feeling‚ and we can also exercise free will as Eve when she ate the apple of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The relatively old mind-body problem is basically how our minds or soul is one with the body. For centuries It has been known that our minds and bodies are somewhat related to the brain. The ancient

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    Themes Of Our Araby

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    earlier writer’s description of coastal southern California as “our Italy.” Hollywood quickly adopted this theme. Scenes from The Sheik‚ starring Rudolf Valentino‚ were filmed at Thousand Palms Oasis in 1921‚ the first of many movies filmed there over the years. Though the city of Palm Springs today bears scant resemblance to Chase’s pastoral descriptions‚ many of the surrounding natural features remain much as he described them in Our Araby and in his better known California Desert Trails. Route descriptions

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    Problem in Our Society

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    In our world today we come across a lot of problems on a daily basis. Not all situations can be fixed they may be prevented but not forgotten. For example the major issue of society that we face today all crime everywhere everyday. Crime begins and then the more dangerous come out and well teens begin drinking and using drugs which lead into teen pregnancy. Crime is not lack of disciplinary measures inflicted by the legal or police‚ prisons‚ judges‚ and our youth. The cause of crime is society

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    Homelessness in Our Nation

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    Introduction Homelessness is not new to our nation‚ and it has greatly increased over the past ten years. (Hombs‚ 1-4) For growing numbers of people‚ work provides little‚ if any‚ protection against homelessness. Low national un-employment levels do not mean that all working people are well-off. (Blau‚ 21-24) What is homelessness? According to the definition stated by Stewart B. McKinney‚ for purposes of the 1987 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act‚ "a homeless person (homelessness)is one who

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    Music in Our Life

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    Music plays a very important role in our life. We can almost hear music anywhere. Different music serves different functions in our life. Why is music important to many people? Can you imagine any type of dance without music? Dance steps are created according to the rhythm and beats of different types of music. Operas‚ plays and musicals all revolve around music. While watching different dance forms and musicals‚ you also enjoy the music that is a part of it. Dancing and music cannot be

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    Our Constitution Uk

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    federal or unitary in structure. Our UK constitution is unwritten however it possesses strong core constitutional principles‚ such as parliamentary supremacy‚ a responsible government‚ the rule of law and the separation of powers. It also has many key characteristics that shape it. As mentioned in Hilaire Barnett ’s statement‚ the UK constitution is largely unwritten. Unlike the USA we do not have a document that states the system in which our country is run. Our constitution is like a jigsaw‚ as

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