We often ask ourselves if our lifestyle is healthy. Whether we live long and happily very much depends on how we live and how we treat our bodies. The most obvious health safe-guarding steps are the following: regular checkups‚ exercising every day‚ quitting smoking‚ shedding excessive weight‚ controlling daily stress‚ relaxing and sleeping enough. Also eating well is a very important thing. As far as a diet is concerned‚ we should always give priority to simple wholefood over richer and meatier
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What does it mean to be human? What makes who we are? What drives us? Could it be the desire of becoming better‚ faster‚ and stronger‚ perhaps? All throughout history‚ humans have been known to have advanced in their respective eras through planning and their own advancements in technology. Technology is one of the many things that people in the 21st century debate about‚ whether it’s good or bad‚ or even neutral. Why do so many disagree with the idea of becoming better through the advances in technology
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In Tennysons essay‚ The Eagle‚ he depicts a descriptive scene but denoted it has a different meaning that is underlying. The poem could have several different interpretations. The interpretation that our group discussed in class was that he was a suicidal but powerful yet lonely man. In line one the words‚ crooked hands‚ could mean that the guy was powerful but because he did shady dealings in business and that it was psychologically messing with his psyche. Also in line one the words‚ clasps
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The theme our group has chosen is acceptance. The virtue of acceptance means we accept ourselves and others just the way we are. It means to love and welcome everyone just like Jesus Christ. There is nothing wrong in being different because we’re all perfect. God created all of us and He makes no mistakes. An accepting person is happy with who he/she is‚ treats everybody equally‚ and is non-judgmental. This is especially important in today’s society because we face so much discrimination. Discrimination
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What does it mean to be Caribbean? To be Caribbean is sitting together with family laughing and crying eating home cooked meals seasoned with the rich herbs and spices of the land washed by the Caribbean Sea. Being Caribbean is sugar spice and everything nice. We as a people give helping hands to one another ignoring what race or culture we come from because it is natural to us because everyone is mixed; being Caribbean is adapting and accepting to things that seem different to others but is
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Marines represent what it means to be a perfect warrior and a gentleman. In the 1800’s battles were fought with what is now known as rules of war. A Marine Corps General of a modern army in those days wanted to be seen as a gentleman and therefore demanded the respect that a gentleman would receive both on and off the battlefield. In order to receive that respect‚ it was said that a battle should be fought humanly or as a gentleman. Though in most armies only officers were considered gentlemen
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What does it mean to Learn? Learning is an incredibly complex process that does not have a clearly defined biochemical or physiological mechanism of action. I suspect if you asked a cohort people what it means to learn you would get many divergent‚ yet similar definitions. In my opinion learning can be many things: instant‚ gradual‚ external‚ or internal. Yet beneath these straightforward criterion there is one unifying principle about learning –it results in an intrinsic change in a subject. Once
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What Does it Mean to Be Free? “O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!" When Francis Scott Key wrote these closing lyrics to our national anthem in 1814‚ he clearly understood what it meant to be free. But do we know what freedom really means? Webster’s dictionary defines freedom as a state in which somebody is able to act and live as he or she chooses‚ without being subject to any undue restraints or restrictions. When the founding fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence
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What does it mean to be German? an essay by Max Zöfeld This is a hard question‚ which may sound a bid jingoistic in the wrong ears. A blonde person with blue eyes‚ well organised and every time punctual is that kind of person‚ which comes to the mind of many people in other countries when they here the word “German”‚ but the question is why? Maybe they are influenced by the Aryan standards which became known in the time of the national socialists. However my own opinion distinguishes from this
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What does it mean to be a consumer : Issues‚ Problems‚ Challenges‚ Attractions? A consumer can be defined at its most basic level as “an individual who buys products or services for personal use.” There is a common misconception that we can only consume tangible products or things which we can physically use. However‚ as mentioned in the definition above we can also consume leisure activities- such as watching television‚ surfing the internet or going for a swim‚ we can consume education by
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