Many individuals claim that there is nothing worse than death. But what about the great misfortunes and cruelties one endures long before they meet their demise? Perhaps something worse than death is the actual living itself‚ when a person’s differences are constantly condemned and excoriated by those around them. Andre Gide writes‚ “Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.” For gay teens‚ the vitriolic diatribes by peers at school‚ the ostracism
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What I can do? As a family‚ there are few things that we could do to reduce fuel consumption‚ it would help if other people see us and try to do the same. The most we can do is if we go to one place and we are all going‚ we will just use one car and try not use the air conditioning because it makes us consume more fuel. Also‚ if we need to buy some clothes‚ shoes‚ food or pay bills‚ we do it in one mall that has all the stores we need‚ because that make us spend less fuel. We should also try to
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of the entrepreneurs is a key asset. This active network needs to be married with a proven ability to manage and grow businesses. Finally‚ for such a niche industry‚ the entrepreneurs need to truly believe in the business opportunity and be passionate about it (Chell et al‚ 1991). This combined with the tenacity to overcome potential failures is important because this is a relatively new e-commerce market. Differentiated position Considering the market from a resource partitioning perspective (Caroll
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Plants grow when put under a sunlight. If a plants is placed under a red light‚ a blue light‚ a green light‚ and sunlight then which will grow the most? The hypothesis was if a plant is placed under a blue‚ red‚ green and sunlight‚ then the plant under the green light will grow the tallest of all plant. The experiment’s independent variable was the type of light the plant is placed under. The dependent variable was the growth of plants (in cm). Some variables that were ceped the same was the amount
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Deviant burials are widespread in the archaeological record‚ both from the present day and from centuries past. Examples can range from pone burials‚ burials with unusual orientation of the body‚ decapitations‚ stones or coins placed in the mouth of the deceased‚ and more (Gardeta & Kajkowski‚ 2013). Deviant burials occur for several reasons. For instance‚ one possible goal may be to extend punishment on the deceased as a result of a crime committed‚ or a personality flaw seen by society. It
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What are the effects of growing up in poverty? This is a loaded question filled with possibilities‚ and what ifs. The effects of growing up in poverty are said to be far reaching. Researchers argue that growing up poverty can contribute to lower cognitive functioning‚ lower nutrition levels‚ and how their emotions function overall. (Brown‚ L. & Pollitt‚ E.‚ pp 38-43) Essentially growing up in poverty can cause high levels of stress‚ poor education‚ increased risk of teen pregnancy‚ and poor overall
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they can only learn that in schools. But I agree with the saying “learning can occur anywhere”. There are still some things people learn outside of schools. People can gain general knowledge from books and media‚ can learn how to make things they want to do from the experts‚ and can distinguish what is good or bad for In schools‚ only the related information about subjects is learnt. In my experience‚ when I read a passage about a war in the textbook‚ I know only about what happen
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Poverty – a social phenomenon which exists regardless of location. Even the United States‚ one of the wealthiest countries in the world‚ faces serious problems with poverty. Some major causes of poverty include obvious reasons such as lack of money‚ but other causes can grow to include overpopulation‚ lack of or poor education‚ hunger‚ war‚ and natural disasters. A recent World Bank study concluded that roughly 400 million children across the globe are living in extreme poverty. There are also
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Case StudyWhat Can Businesses Learn From Text Mining?Text mining is the discovery of patterns and relationships from large sets of unstructured data – the kind of data we generate in e-mails‚ phone conversations‚ blog postings‚ online customer surveys‚ and tweets. The mobile digital platform has amplified the explosion in digital information‚ with hundreds of millions of people calling‚ texting‚ searching‚ “apping” (using applications)‚ buying goods and writing billions of e-mails on the go.Consumers
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The Play Station 4 The Play Station 4 is expected to be released around November but theirs is just two problems.. No one really knows what the PS4 is going to look like or exactly how much it’s going to cost but what we do know is some of the new features it’s going to possess. There are going to be many minor changes to the consol but probably one of the more noticeable changes will be the controller. The controller will look similar to its predecessor but there will be some changes to it. Like
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