protects the human body. 2. The skin is a sensory organs which is sensitive to touch. 3. The human skin sonsists of two layers: (a) The epidermis layer which consists of dead cells and acts as a protector. (b) The dermis layer consists of living cells‚ blood vessels‚ nerves and sweat glands. The dermis also has receptors which are sensitive to head‚ cold‚ contact (touch) and pressure. 4. Receptors are the ends of the nerves which are very sensitive to stimuli. 5. Each receptor is
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own future. Often times‚ a family’s pride and social status highly depends on whether they have a son or not. I is revealed in the article that a woman is deemed to be a failure if she fails to honor the family with the birth of son and she would always be the one that others put the blame upon. With the unimaginable amount of social pressure to have a son‚ households in Afghanistan resort to a practice that might appear to be obscure to the western culture – this is known as ‘bacha posh’
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electors‚ which are electors who cast an Electoral College vote for someone other than the person pledged. Currently‚ twenty-four states have laws punishing these electors; however‚ when electors gain their position they have to take an oath. Another drawback is the possibility of electing a minority President. The only way for this to happen is if the country was divided politically and if the minorities name was heavily concentrated in only the states it needed to win. I think that the Electoral College
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How Is Living In a City Better Than Living In a Rural area Some people prefer to live in the countryside because they consider that living in the countryside is more healthier. But here is a fun fact: city counties ranked healthier than the rural. Generally‚ people might think living in the countryside would be healthier than living in cities‚ but it is not necessarily‚ according to a study comparing relative health among cities‚ suburbs and rural areas. Since one of the most important factor
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Living without manners can ruin your life Life generally would not be enjoyable if human beings were to live in disrespectable and socially unacceptable manner. It is always important that people in the society should interact well and demonstrate certain degree of respect‚ care and consideration with relevant amounts of etiquette. This makes manners a fundamental aspect of human life both collectively as a society and individually as a person. Good mannerism enables one to live a good life‚ one
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The Importance of Nutrition and Health WE all need to be conscious regarding our health‚ daily exercise‚ and nutritional habits. Although a small number of people incorporate some sort of diet and exercise into their daily schedule‚ the majority still do not see this as a priority. Even though there are many new and fast acting diet and exercise regimens advertised to help over weight individuals‚ not many work. “The ultimate cure for obesity is exercise”. The reality is that people need
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with men. (8) The city provides various means of recreation. In a city there is scope for personal advancement. The multifarious associations of the city cater to the multiple needs‚ interests and tastes of the people. (9) That is why‚ as Quinn says‚ “the great civilisations of antiquity—Mesopotamian‚ Egyptian‚ Greek‚ Roman‚—were cradled in cities‚ that urban communities typically have led in the creation of art‚ the advancement of science‚ and the dissemination of learning”. (10) The city
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1. Describe a range of appropriate investigative methods that can be used to explore diversity in a community. There are a number of different ways to investigate and expolore diversity within the local community and on to a larger scale‚ your town‚ city and even nation or country. These can be done by simple observations by one or more observer‚ either direct observations such as standing in a busy place and observing at a specific place over a particular time scale or collating data through
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to Book 1 Part 3 Section 1 (Of knowledge) of Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature‚ paying close attention to Hume’s discussion of mathematic and geometric certainty. Furthermore‚ the following will ask four substantive questions: What does Hume say about knowledge? How does he say it? Why is the section important to the Treatise? And‚ lastly‚ is Hume’s theory on knowledge persuasive‚ or do his arguments crumble under greater scrutiny? In the section at hand‚ Hume attempts to offer his standard for epistemological
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A squatter settlement is an area of residence‚ the settlements are generally illegal because people have not got authority to build or legal ownership of land. In squatter settlements homes are generally built out of scraps (for example scrap metal and discard wood). These settlements are usually found around railway lines‚ waste tips and on rivers. People who live in squatter settlements work very hard just to survive‚ and to provide for their families. Residents of squatter settlements usually
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