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    What’s the difference between myths and theories? Well that’s an easy question to answer isn’t it; myths involve fiction while theories involve facts‚ we should not make any parallels between science and superstition. There‚ we’ve answered the question‚ or have we? Although many people will agree that myth and theory are two totally different things‚ I would debate that the line between the two is much thinner than one would think. In fact in some cases the line is inexistent and myths make up theory

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    It was only after the 1990 after the demise of the communist regime in Eastern Europe that Albania opened its doors to the modern capitalist world and the economy switched from state to private administration. Construction and real estate were the first and the biggest industries that reflected this drastic change on the capital ownership‚ demographic movements and cultural developments of the society. The demand for construction mainly for housing was rapidly rising but construction was seen as

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    What is Philosophy?” According to the famous Greek philosopher Socrates‚ “The unexamined life is not worth living”. But what does he mean by this? He means that we should look and think through life deeper. Examination of life is more than just a use of common sense. Hard thinking is necessary even though it disturbs. With the use of Philosophy‚ we better understand things and answer the most important questions in existence. Philosophy‚ according to the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle‚ begins

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    What is the Difference Between a Cosmetologist and an Esthetician? Although a cosmetologist (with the right training) is sometimes also an esthetician‚ an esthetician is not usually a cosmetologist. That’s because cosmetology incorporates general care for hair‚ skin‚ and nails whereas esthetics‚ as a career‚ is solely about specialized skin care. Licensed estheticians‚ in general‚ have received more advanced training than cosmetologists in various facial beauty treatments‚ makeup application

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    What is Philosophy? 1. E) My idea of philosophy is that Philosophy is a World-View. By this I mean philosophy is the attempt to understand all matters of the universe‚ encompassing anything the human mind is capable or incapable of thinking up. It is a personal perspective that can differ even among the smartest of humans. In a world-view‚ there are always contradictory proposals because it is not dictated by scientific verification. Take the case of Lucretius and Hegel. Lucretius imposes that

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    The Differences and Reasons of Food Habit between Chinese and Western Jiahui Sheng San Francisco State University HTM 0421-01 Abstract Currently‚ with much more frequent culture exchanges between Chinese and Western‚ people from different countries have more and more opportunities to meet new friends with different religions. However‚ it is hard to avoid meeting some conflicts during the culture exchange because of differences of cultures‚ and the difference of food habits is one of the distinct

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    Response: “What is Philosophy”? Upon reading the opening chapter of Cahn’s‚ “Exploring Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology”‚ I was immediately drawn in by the opening statement from Beardsley and Beardsley: “The study of philosophy is unlike the study of any other subject…The only prerequisite is an inquiring mind” (Cahn‚ 3). For a science major‚ my first reaction is excitement‚ for there is no need to memorize “dates‚ formulas‚ or rules” (Chan‚ 3). As I continued reading however‚ I start

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    Phil McGraw once said “There’s a big difference between infatuation and falling in love.” In both stories ‘Araby’ by James Joyce and‚ ‘A&P’ by John Updike‚ two very diverse young men feel they are in love with a girl whom they know very little about‚ and who do not notice them in a romantic way‚ then later in the stories they grasp insight that they do not love these girls. On thus journey of coming to realization that it is not love but infatuation‚ both young men face a series of struggles

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    Understanding wood Trees are in essence‚ plants that can be harvested. If most plants have a fairly short rotation time‚ measured in week or months‚ depending in what kind of soil they are growing or in which type of climate‚ trees are a bit more permanent. What we mostly use from a tree‚ it’s its trunk. Of course there are oils and resins‚ but wood would be by far the ‘ingredient’ we use the most from a tree. That trunk‚ stays upright for years and it gives the tree the possibility to constantly

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    with promises of financial and personal incentives‚ where only those who fit the health qualifications can travel. The colonies run a stark difference from the earth‚ though; they are clean with a fresh environment and decent climate‚ while earth is portrayed as industrialized‚ bleak‚ and overpopulated with the residing population on earth only shown as Eastern Asian. But above all‚ the Tyrell Company resides both physically and figuratively in a pyramid that looks down on the city that seemingly controls

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