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    decreased and didn’t pose a serious enough threat in the society. However‚ the anti-feminist rage at L’école Polytechnique on December 6th‚ 1989 shattered this perception and opened the eyes of the Canadian public to the reality – inequalities do exist and something must be done about them so that another Montreal Massacre won’t happen. A revolutionary wave hit our country as everyone tried to improve the status of women. The government on its part funded the new women groups; and created panels

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    Altruism One of the main parts of evolution is natural selection. Natural selection in evolution eliminates the weak from the animals most fit for their environment. If evolution is true why do animals do things that would be against the rules of natural selection? We can find the answer to this question by searching nature itself. Certainly all living things must seek out food and safety‚ and every animal must hunt for nourishment and become aggressive in its own defense

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    Altruism/kin selection “Dream as if you’ll live forever‚ live as if you’ll die today (James Dean)!” By this being said ants and bees are there to protect and provide for the queen at any means necessary. This is where altruism and kin selection play a huge role in the lives of bee’s and ants. Kin selection and Altruism is equal with social insects to dominate many terrestrial habitats that they can hardly describe it as colony of organisms because the individuals appear to operate as a unit

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    Dear Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holms‚ Your book Sunny Side Up was a great book. I enjoyed it a lot. This book has taught me the hardships of having a brother that has an addiction to alcohol‚ but to still somehow stay happy. My favorite part of the book is when Sunny went to Disney World. Sunny was not so excited when she found out that she was going to visit her grandpa in Florida. The upside to that was that Disney World was in Florida‚ so she was hoping that her grandpa would take her before

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    Does Life Truly Exist on Other Planets? Life is defined‚ by Merriam Webster‚ as “an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism growth‚ reaction to stimuli‚ and reproduction.” Every single person in the world at this moment is alive and is experiencing life. Planet Earth is home to thousands of species of living animals and was home to thousands more that have now become extinct. Humans have only existed a fraction of the time the Earth has. Many animals predate our own existence. Throughout

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    In the article “Extreme Altruism: Should You Care For Strangers at The Expense of Your Family” by Larissa MacFarquhar‚ the concept introduced is donating all of the money you do not need to charity because everyone is equal and someone needs it more than you do. The character Julia Wise practices living by the standard of treating everyone as equal has led her to spiral into the deep obis we know as depression. The reason why she has all of this depression is because she has an overwhelming amount

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    The question of “Does God exist‚” is a question that many people have tried to answer throughout many centuries. Although the answer to whether He exist or not is unsolved and most likely never will be solved‚ the answer to whether we can prove that he exists is a relatively easy one to answer. The answer is simply‚ no. We cannot prove whether He exist‚ but on the other hand no scientist or philosopher has ever been able to prove that He does not exist. Although the answer is quite simple‚ we can

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    to be relying heavily on the assumption that the subjects truly believe the scenario that is being played out. The validity of the research hinges significantly on the acting abilities of the experimenter and the degree to which he/she convinces the subject that there is a true emergency that requires intervention from a helper. The research validity also requires that the experimenters accurately determine when the subjects have suspected the scenario not to be a genuine emergency. Whether the

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    their better half. Her progression father expected that the dismissal would cause contention and brutality which he didn’t need‚ for that he ensured each Helen needing man would make a pledge to secure her. Her picked prep was Menelaus‚ the ruler of Sparta.

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    his dreams but the she vanishes‚ he destined to find her. In The Call of the Klondike‚ Stanley wanted to find gold and get rich‚ he goes on a dangerous stamped. In The Other Side of the Sky‚ Farah wanted to get to freedom‚ even with her prosthetic leg. As you can see people undertake mission by having faith and courage which gives them hope and strength. In The Song Of Wandering Angus‚ Angus sees the girl of his dreams but she vanishes ’’It had become a glimmering girl with apple blossom in her

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