problems of ecology. What should we do to protect our planet? Since ancient times Nature has served Man‚ being the source of his life. For thousands of years people lived in harmony with environment and it seemed to them that natural riches were unlimited. But with the development of civilization man’s interference in nature began to increase. Large cities with thousands of smoky industrial enterprises appear all over the world today. The by-products of their activity pollute the air we breathe‚ the
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of our ever-increasing use of computer technology? We are living in the modern developed society and it’s extremely difficult to imagine our casual life without computer technologies. Nowadays it’s hard to define any device as the earliest computer. Some years ago people needed to create some appliance which could make complicated calculations and control technical spheres of our life. New technology was invented to make the life easier but nobody thought
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To what extent do we need evidence to support our beliefs in different areas of knowledge? Natural science reflects on understanding the world in naturalistic approach but also obeying rules or laws of natural origin. Natural science is also used to distinguish those fields that use the scientific method to study nature from the social sciences‚ which use the scientific method to study human behavior and society. Human science is investigating the human life and human activities via a rational
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Do We Learn from our Mistakes? Architecturally speaking‚ I think we learn very little from our mistakes‚ as there are so many thousands of mistakes to make in architecture without repeating a single one. A child may learn not to touch a hot stove‚ but that is because the child receives an immediate response for doing so. This is not true with the mistakes we make as architects. Sometimes years go by before we learn the results of our errors; mostly our ethical errors. Most of the time this
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Do we love our pets too much? My ten year old pitbull mix was having problems with her hips. She barely got up‚ but when she did‚ she would skid on the floor. From doing so‚ she had scrapped off a piece of her skin on her forearm. It got infected after we would clean it and wrapping the wound‚ she wouldn’t stop opening it. She eventually couldn’t get up anymore. We all knew it was her time to go. According to Burkhard Bilger in his essay “The Last Meow” in the New Yorker‚ he explained what people
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soldiers that returned from fighting. That is what it is like for most American troops that come back from fighting‚ but once they get their life moving from the battlefield they realize that the government that they fought for was not helping them after the fight. No matter how much the general public supports them it still will not help when going down the road. Even though some live life well and easy does not mean they all do. The government does not do enough for the veterans. To start off‚ veterans
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While we deal with the challenges of our lives‚ our identities change continuously. Our identity is how we view the world‚ our lives and ourselves. This is shaped by the results of our challenges; either success or failure‚ as well as the groups of people we belong to. Yet there are some aspects of identity that have been naturally given to us such as family‚ religion‚ culture and appearance. Everybody will always have different personalities due to our different experiences. Our identities are
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war to our economic crisis today. Adversity‚ or as some may say struggle‚ is inevitable and unavoidable. The question that arises from overcoming adversity is value or meaning that comes from difficult times and/or catastrophic events. “ That which we obtain too easily‚ we esteem to lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value.” Thomas Paine is reflecting his belief that people tend to naturally care more about things that come or seem easy. Any human being will value only what they
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Chez Evans KSP 220W Reflection We Shall Remain The film We Shall Remain explained what happened after the first Thanksgiving feast. In southeastern Massachusetts a leader of the Wampanoag tribe by the name of Massasoit Negotiates a friendship with new English settlers. Due to the sickness of the english Massasoit decided to help them survive through the winter‚ as the settlers started to bring more of their people to this new land the Wampanoag
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What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Service∗ Adam Davis There is this odd thing happening: a vogue for service. Look around and you can’t help but see it: more community service‚ more service learning‚ more compulsory volunteering. Elementary schools‚ high schools‚ and colleges across the country have adopted community service programs quickly‚ seamlessly‚ and with relatively little opposition or argument. Students are no longer simply concerned with their classes or even with their
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