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    best part of the beauty is that which no picture can describe". My love of adventure is natural to me of course‚ the degree of love varies from person to person. My adventuresome one nature promoted me and a cousin of mine suggested to visit Murree Hills. Murree. a beautiful valley situated between the huge mountains of Himaliya range. It was almost mid of July when we all cousins left for Murree. We enjoyed the whole journey from Lahore to Rawalpindi. We reached Rawalpindi at 10 o’ clock. We rested

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    People have bodies and minds. With our bodies‚ we eat‚ talk‚ breathe‚ move and touch the world. With our minds‚ we think‚ understand‚ memorize‚ desire and create ideas. Modern science can well explain what goes on in our bodies as a result of biomechanical and electrochemical interactions. But what about our minds? It seems that thoughts are not substances; they have no shapes or weights and cannot be touched. It is always controversial that whether our minds are immaterial souls or our minds are brains

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    Running head: Dreams: The Movies of Our Minds Dreams: The Movies of Our Minds Dreams: The Movies of Our Minds According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ dreams are a series of images‚ ideas‚ or feelings that are going through your head while sleeping. Dreams can be very clear or very blurry‚ depending on how your brain perceives the image (Cherry‚ 2011). Humans spend about six years of their life dreaming (“Dream Facts and Tidbits

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    assumed qualities contribute to negative stereotypes of Black women. Dominant ideologies use these negative portrayals to oppress and control Black women‚ ultimately elevating white male ideas and interests (Collins‚ 1989: 7). This method of suppressing Black feminist thought – what Patricia Hill Collins refers to as “controlling images” – is especially pertinent to Dorothy Roberts’ claim that naturalizing characteristics such as lasciviousness and neglectfulness onto Black women leads to icons such as

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    basis are meant to oppress and define the culture in which they live in‚ ultimately objectifying them in the process. The indefinite struggle that African American women must face due to these controlling images are highlighted throughout Patricia Hill Collins’ novel‚ Black Feminist Thought. She also embraces a sense of self-empowerment in an attempt to negate these images which were created by the dominant other‚ reinforcing that these images are typically maintained to justify the ideology of race

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    Rehabilitation in our Prison System Rehabilitation in our Prison System When Jeannette Brown first got out of prison in April 2000‚ she had nowhere to go. With felony convictions for battery and gun possession‚ and little education or special skills‚ Jeannette couldn’t find a job to support her five kids. Had she found one‚ she still wouldn’t have had a driver’s license or a car to get there. Jeannette met regularly with a parole officer‚ but their relationship was hostile

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    -1Is the internet altering our minds ? The internet resembles the modern world‚ an infinitely complex circuit of networks‚ seemingly finding some sort of order in the randomness and chaos. For centuries we have adapted to technological change but it is only now with the modern science of neuroplasticity we can see in detail how these new inventions are effecting our brains. Millions of people right now are browsing the web and doing innumerable things from checking there bank balances

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    Travel broadens our mind

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    Travel Broadens the Mind With the economy booming‚ travel has made its way into ordinary families as a superior choice of entertainment. It is superior for not merely can it delight our heart but also it will certainly broaden our mind by the scene that appeal our eyes‚ by the people we meet during the journey. World is far from what we see on a screen‚ that’s why we take on a journey. You may stay your sight on the picture showing the Scandinavian fjord‚ but you will not feel its wild‚ until you

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    about it‚ at least not yet in millions of years. Therefore‚ traveling is a wonderful way for a person to broaden his mind instead of staying at a same tiny corner of the giant earth. Traveling here doesn’t necessarily mean going to the ends of the world. It can be called traveling as long as we separate ourselves from the old place and visit a new one where our spirits and minds are enriched. Yet traveling brings us all the new and exciting experiences when we have to adapt to new environments

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    Understanding the macromolecules in our bodies that are essential to our lives is what makes up molecular biology. One of the many things to understand about the macromolecules in our bodies is to first know about how they interact and types of interactions that are involved with each other‚ especially down to an atomic level. These interactions are included within types of covalent and non-covalent bonding. Covalent bonding involves the pairing of electrons that are shared between atoms‚ whereas

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