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    A hero isn’t always what you would automatically think of‚ not all heroes fly‚ or use super strength. Heroes in the modern day are expected of a lot. They need to resist the bad things that are constantly surrounding them‚ and show that they care about their surroundings. They should choose good‚ even when everybody else is doing the wrong thing. There are heroes around us everyday. A hero can save the world‚ and do amazing things. But we tend to overlook the heroes that walk around with us everyday

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    towards the principles of pacifism and peacemaking. If Canada had to conscript its people into war in this modern age‚ the old method would simply be ineffective. Hence‚ Canada should modify its conscription policy in order to best fit this generation.

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    It also has a secondary definition of “interpret‚ explain”. Deriving from the Old English word rǣd‚ “rede” is also related to the Dutch word ‘raad’‚ meaning “counsel”‚ and the German word ‘rat’‚ meaning “advice”. Though this word is rarely used in modern‚ common conversation‚ It has very significant meaning in certain groups of people. For example‚ often when the word “rede” is recepted‚ one’s initial thoughts will go to The Wiccan Rede. These are very significant guidelines to Wiccans‚ which we will

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    Modern Day Slavery Today

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    Slavery was made illegal by the emancipation proclamation in 1863. Today‚ however modern day slavery is a multi-billion-dollar industry. Broken‚ lost‚ and barely getting by four billion people around the world are not protected by their legal system which allows perpetrators to commit crimes with little fear of repercussions. The definition of slavery is anyone held in servitude or legally owned by another human being. Today there are 28 million slaves‚ which is the highest number on record. Although

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    They believe they are imitating Christ in what they do. In their view: “When [Catholics] see monks‚ they think we don’t do anything for anybody‚ but when a person does a good thing‚ it affects everybody. It’s the Communion of Saints.” The Modern Day Hermits have the same understanding of solitude as we do but their practice of it is varied Because as mentioned‚ they dedicate their entire lives to it. We only dedicate varied lengths of time to this discipline. They have also stated that Protestants

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    the novel’s subtitle is “The modern-day Prometheus.” that is a reference to Titan from Greek mythology named Prometheus. Prometheus makes the primary of mankind out of clay and then makes the big mistake of stealing hearth from the Gods in order that mankind can live on and prosper. and then he’s punished in a ridiculously painful manner regarding birds tearing out and consuming his liver. This punishment is everlasting via being reincarnated every day with the same fate killing him. Frankenstein

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    Allegory of the Modern Day Cave “Plato’s Allegory of the Cave” was the philosophical story of people who lived in this cave‚ and never left. They were bound to one spot‚ and could never move. The only light was this fire in the middle of the cave‚ that was on the other side of a wall that separated the fire from the cave dwellers. There were also other people who carried objects above their heads on the fire side of the wall. This made shadows on the actual cave walls‚ which were the only things

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    Burnside‚ Bobbie Descriptive Essay ENC-1101 26 Jan 2011 Word Count- 1‚057 A Modern day Sleeping Beauty Once upon a time there lived a young couple who had found true love and were bound together by fate. His name was Brian and hers was Melody. They lived it the beautiful city of Anchorage‚ Alaska. Brian was a C-17 Pilot stationed at Elmendorf AFB and Melody a 1st grade teacher at local school. Melody was a beautiful sight; her body was athletic‚ her hair fell over her shoulders and was

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    Puritan perception and modern day perception though sometimes still can be viewed as similar have changed drastically over time. There are several concepts that were viewed as shameful in Puritan times that people in modern day will just look pass. For example‚ going against the bible by sinning was look upon way more harshly than in today’s society. There are still concepts Puritans had to deal with that we still see being took into affect today‚ such as shunning. The act of shunning can be done

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    Activity 1 I was wondering about the night life here in wellington since it was my first few days in the country. My flat mate (receiver) is from a conservative muslim family who don’t live a night life‚ when I’ve (sender) asked him (channel) about it in more details but he seems less aware of the night life and so I said to him that he’s a “momma’s boy” (noise) of which he wasn’t happy about (massege) and started going bonkers (feedback). Hehe anyways then I had to explain (context) more in details

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