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    freedom and dependence

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    Freedom and dependence “Of course‚ neither total freedom nor total dependence are to be found anywhere in society. Both are imaginary poles between which real situations are plotted - and oscillate.” (Bauman 1993‚ 30) We believe we live in a ‘free’ society‚ where individualism is valued and dependency is avoided. Bauman attempts to examine exactly how ‘free’ we are as a society. Firstly Bauman believes there is no concept of freedom without there being dependency. Unless there are a group of

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    Cocaine Dependence

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    anesthesia. By the end of 1885‚ Halsted had performed over 1000 operations using cocaine as an anesthetic. Unfortunately‚ Halsted also discovered another of cocaine’s properties: he became addicted to the substance and spent many years overcoming his dependence. Harvey Cushing (1869-1939)‚ a student of Halsted’s‚ coined the term "regional anesthesia" for this local use of cocaine‚ in contrast to the "general anesthesia" produced by ether. In the 1880s James Leonard Corning (1855-1939)‚ a New York neurologist

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    Love or Dependence

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    Love or Dependence? Romance can cause both men and women to act frivolously‚ which makes the difference between love and lust difficult to distinguish. The desire of another human being leads to irrational thought and actions. Sometimes one will create sensations of love where no love exists. As demonstrated in both William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron‚ and Po Hsing-Chien’s The Story of Miss Li one may create feelings of love in order to overcome a recent

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    Smartphones Dependence

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    The Dependence of People on Smartphones. The excessive use of smartphones has not only changed the way we see technology but also the way we live our lives. In the year 2000‚ the first touch screen phone was introduced and people who loved technology were amazed by this cellphone technology that did not required a physical keypad to work or access the cellphone main menu‚ although not that many special features were added to this cellphone besides the digital touch screen tech lovers fell in love

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    Convenience Store Survey

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    I observed one 7-eleven store located in Taft Avenue. I noticed that the location of this particular convenience store is very strategic. For one‚ it is located around the University Belt. Furthermore‚ it is situated just below a condominium. I noticed that most of the tenants of this condominium are either students or young professionals. I was informed that the management of the condominium does not allow the tenants to use “gasul” to prevent accidental fire. This knowledge came very

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    Taylor Sheridan English 201A Professor Jim West 15 May 2012 The Hidden Cost of Convenience Human beings have had a relationship with the Earth through farming since 10‚000 B.C.‚ and to this day humans remain dependent on that very relationship. The development in farming techniques has exploded since the early 1900’s with the development of chemical pesticides and Genetic Engineering (GE). GE crops treated with pesticides produce larger quantities of food at an immensely faster rate. Approximately

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    Enormous selections‚ great prices‚ convenience and service are all just one click away with the latest innovation of online shopping. Today‚ people all over the world can buy almost anything without leaving their homes. Online shopping allows people to purchase anything from plane tickets‚ to apparel‚ to cars‚ to groceries‚ to stocks and shares and the list continues. However‚ one of the hardest problems is to decide where to shop online. Classifieds‚ auctions‚ online companies‚ shopping services

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    Informer Stock broker convicted of convenience store murder Joshua Richardson is found guilty of second degree murder after trying to plea bargain for a shorter sentence. January 29‚ 2013| By Anthony Mancillas [pic][pic] |Eric Baron‚ left‚ Joshua Richardson‚ right. | In the late evening of July 16th‚ 2012‚ an armed robbery in Santa Barbara‚ California led to the gruesome murder of Eric Baron. Baron a cashier at a local convenience store‚ was shot twice in the chest

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    Computer Dependence

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    Most of the gadgets that makes our life easier have a computer. Some people says‚ its a great relieve that their work are much easier with the aid of computers. Other people taught that being too dependent to computers has a consequential negative outcome to mankind. In this essay‚ I will discuss the arguments for and against using computers.        Firstly‚ computers are widely being used in different work field. Example of it‚ in airline industry‚ one of the most important component is computer

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    Correlation Correlation Co-efficient Definition:      A measure of the strength of linear association between two variables. Correlation will always between -1.0 and +1.0. If the correlation is positive‚ we have a positive relationship. If it is negative‚ the relationship is negative. Correlation Correlation can be easily understood as co relation. To define. correlation is the average relationship between two or more variables. When the change in one variable makes or causes a change in

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