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    Civic Sense

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    Civic sense‚ or rather the lack of it‚ is a topic that has been widely discussed and argued in India. Somehow‚ most Indians do not care much for civic sense. And this attitude is prevalent across all sections of society. People today are so driven towards their personal goals that civic sense as an ethic has become a low priority‚ almost a nuisance. But this attitude could be harmful for India in the long run. Civic sense has dropped to an all-time low in recent years‚ as is rather obvious from

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    Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776. It was advocating independence from Great Britain to the people of the thirteen colonies. “It captured the imagination of the colonists as had no previous pamphlet” (Paine‚ page 9). The pamphlet was written clearly and persuasively in the fact of getting the 13 colonies to rebel against King George III and Britain because colonists thought that they should not be ruled by a king across the sea and have all these taxes and rules placed on

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    Popular culture is constantly evolving and adapting to new influences and influencers. Although there are many changes‚ there is always a universal theme that can be found. Similarly‚ traits that are adapted through natural selection‚ they are not thought about and purposely chosen by all the different types of species but there is a fundamental baseline in which species emerge from. Although the presence of popular culture may be neglected due to its overdramatization and glamorized Hollywood appearances

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    Common Sense

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    privateer‚ an excise‚ and finally a journalist. Paine became an important figure publishing many of his works including “Common Sense”‚ an influential piece that pushed for independence‚ which was published in 1776 and followed by “The American Crisis”. Later in his lifetime‚ he was arrested for not supporting the execution of Louis XVI and was put away in jail for some time. However‚ Paine escaped the Guillotine with the help of James Monroe and returned to the Colonies after being invited by President

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    Organ senses

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    Organ Senses Definition of each Sense Organ 1.) Eyes -The human eye is an organ that reacts to light and has several purposes. As a conscious sense organ‚ the mammalian eye allows vision. Fun Fact: *In the dark‚ a substance produced by the rod cells increases the sensitivity of the eye so that it is possible to detect very dim light. 2.) Nose - The nose is the organ responsible for the sense of smell. The cavity of the nose is lined with mucous membranes that have smell receptors connected

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    How to Handle Difficult People – A Tao Perspective How to deal with difficult people. “To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill.” — Gichin Funakoshi‚ father of modern Karate   “The Chinese call it Chi; the Japanese‚ Ki; the Indians Prana – it is the life force‚ and it is incredibly powerful…it can’t be explained adequately except to those who have already experienced it‚ but it’s one of the very few willable miracles.” — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar‚ 19-time NBA All-Star‚ describing how

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    1. What prominent northern hemisphere star was the first to have its spectrum photographed? 2. An interstellar cloud of gas known as an H-II region is mainly composed of what? 3. What celestial object is known as the morning star or the evening star depending on when it is seen in the sky? 4. Which planet of the Solar System is accompanied by two moons named for the Greek gods of fear and terror? 5. On what kind of diagram are stars plotted according to their surface temperature

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    The 5 Senses

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    The results when I asked people what sense would they rather lose were as follows: two people for hearing‚ two people for taste‚ and then one person for touch. The two people who choose hearing had about the same explanation for why they lose that one. The two people that also choose taste also had the same explanation for choosing to lose that sense. I was surprised when I asked the fifth person which they would rather lose an they choose touch‚ because for me‚ that is one I would hate to lose.

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    Humor is not a tool that can be used limitlessly as there are certain societal boundaries that prohibit jokes from exceeding levels of acceptable humor. This kind of prohibition is known as a taboo. In unit five of Alison Ross’s textbook‚ The Language of Humour‚ Ross discusses on these common taboos: sex‚ excreta‚ death‚ and religion while also explaining how jokes sometimes break taboos‚ but at the same time keep limits to where these jokes are accepted by society. The topic of sex and excreta

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    Life as a teenager is difficult A teenager’s life is not as simple as many think. The changes each teenager goes through are big. Many people believe the change is only physical‚ which is completely untrue. The greatest change teenager faces are those within their brain‚ in other word‚ psychological. Teenagers are constantly pressured by their surroundings‚ which explain the reason for them being stressed. In our society‚ especially‚ the teens have a positive and negative influence from their

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