Introduction – For the last fifty years‚ Buddhism has been gaining followers in numerous Western countries such as Australia (website). This development has progressed so far‚ that one could even say Buddhism is becoming completely mainstream in a sense that it is no longer confined to an Asian immigrant minority. The attractions of Buddhism are threefold and these account for its popularity. Firstly‚ Buddhism emphasises peace and harmony which are very desirable to modern driven men and women.
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Smaller families are better than larger ones Small families are those families which consists of three or four members. This means maximum two children. On the other hand‚ there are large families consisting of more than four members. These families may have three children or may have four children or may be more than that. The biggest no. of children a woman ever had was 69. In this family‚ the mother gave birth to a total of 69 children – sixteen pairs of twins‚ seven sets of triplets and four
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Oak Trees versus Acorns: Which is better? It has been argued for centuries now‚ that people do not grow their full human potential‚ largely because they do not participate in a reasonably sophisticated refinement . John Stuart Mill‚ in his book Utilitarianism‚ claims that "It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied" [Mill JS: 1863]. This essay will show that the advantages of being a "human dissatisfied" are better than those of a "pig satisfied". But before this can be proven
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was to the twentieth century’. In many parts of the world‚ people lack access not only to clean‚ safe drinking water‚ but also to the basic sanitation systems such as toilets and sewerage systems that we take for granted. In 2008‚ the International Year of Sanitation‚ the World Health Authority estimated that 1.1 billion people did not have access to safe drinking water and between 2 billion and 6 billion lacked access to basic levels of sanitation. Approximately 2 million people in less developed
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Why is faith better than beliefe ? A few days ago I had a quote on my FB timeline and I saw it made people think : "Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking." R. Buckminster Fuller I was inspired to write about because I remembered something I have been reading about long time ago in Germany. It was a book from Dr.Bernie Siegel And I see it is still He has been working with Cancer patients‚ There was a statistic that only 20% of Cancer patients survive
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Modern life is very different from life 50 years ago. Some people think the changes in our lives have been very positive while others think they have been more negative. What do you think? Fifty years ago life was simpler and some people think things were better back then. While it is true that life today has some negative aspects‚ I think the modern lifestyle is better than the way people lived in the past. Some people like my grandparents say there were a number of positive things about life
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And (THE BUYER) Recitals The Seller‚ with Full Legal and Corporate Responsibility agrees to sell to the Buyer the herein specified AUTOMOTIVE GAS OIL (AGO) in the quantity and quality as agreed. The Buyer‚ with Full Legal and Corporate Responsibility‚ agrees and irrevocably commits to purchase the said AUTOMOTIVE GAS OIL (AGO) in the quantity and quality herein stipulated. The Parties mutually desire to execute this Agreement which shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each
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Dogs are better pets than cats Yukako Taketani English 122 Instructor Chang March 17‚ 2013 Dogs are better house pets than cats In the world‚ there are only three types of people: dog lovers‚ cat lovers‚ and please-no-dogs-or-cats-around-me people. Between the dog and cat lovers‚ there is always a big debate on the subject which animal is more suited as house pets and has better companionship with humans. According to the article‚ “U.S Pet Ownership Statistics‚ there are 78.2 million owned
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the late 1970’s. Today when it comes to frame material more and more people are choosing carbon fiber instead of aluminum. But why are they choosing carbon fiber instead of aluminum? Carbon fiber has many advantages that make it better than aluminum. So is carbon fiber really better than aluminum? What is carbon fiber? Carbon fiber is a very lightweight carbon material used to in many things such as cars‚ aircraft‚ and bikes. What does carbon fiber have that’s so much better than aluminum? Carbon
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was different from the concrete we have today. The concrete from ancient Rome were made with slaked lime‚ volcano ash and volcanic rocks also known as pozzolana. The concrete was surprisingly better than the concrete we use today because the concrete from the past was more environmentally friendlier then modern concrete‚ it also endure chemical decay and last even longer when submerge in sea water.
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