Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful‚ we must carry it with us or we find it not. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Some think the quote is saying that you need to appreciate beauty where ever you are. That there is beauty in everything‚‚ if you just stop and look. When first reading the quote I thought the same thing. It was my initial judgment. It was a non emotional response. However‚ after reading it several times and using critical thinking‚ I came to the conclusion it
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getting rid of insects. At that time‚ scientists discovered pesticides that would kill the insects and end the war between farmers and insects that attacked their crops. Rachel Carson introduced her point of view from her scientific research to the public through her book titled Silent Spring‚ which is about humans destroying the entire earth and all the living things including humans themselves instead of supporting life. As Rachel Carson was a little girl‚ she already knew that she wanted to be
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In the 1930’s‚ Richard Dogmagk experimented with a red dye called prontosil and found that it had strange healing effects‚ when he injected the dye into mice with severe streptococcus infections‚ they all survived. Dogmagk had discovered the one of the fist antibiotics‚ specifically the first Sulfa drug. When scientists isolated the active part of the prontosil molecule they discovered how it and all sulfa drugs work. Sulfa drugs contain a sulfur atom that has six total bonds (shared electrons)
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Emerson was a 19th century writer who led the transcendentalist movement with his beliefs in individualism and nonconformity. In Emerson’s essay‚ Self Reliance‚ he denounces traditional institutions like the “dead church” and encourages originality in thought and beliefs. Emerson perceives nature as a spiritual awakening that allows us to transcend from the ties of society‚ creating a moment of wonder. Nature serves as a haven for wonder and speculation‚ which encourages the reader to seek the same
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IS PHILIPPINE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION?*Professor and Dean‚ National College of Public Administration and Governance(NCPAG)‚ University of the Philippines Diliman‚ and University Researcher (NCPAG)and former instructor of Saint Paul University Philippines‚ respectively.The assistance of Kate Asilo in the preparation of this article and of PaulynBautista (with her insights and contribution in developing the section on GawadKalinga) is gratefully acknowledged. Philippine Journal of Public Administration
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can tell physically...Its what the person believes in. What a person outlook is on life is and what they believe and stand for. Not race‚ gender‚ money or long you live in America. In the short story " In the Response to Executive Order 9066 " by Dwight Okita there is a Japanese American female who is 14 who doesn’t really understand the effect of the order. The order of 9066 was initiated during WW2 after the pearl harbor attack. It made all people of Japanese
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Before Dwight D. Eisenhower became president of the United States in 1953‚ he had been a career military man.Shortly after the end of World War I‚ then-Lieutenant Colonel Eisenhower participated in a War Department project.It involved a convoy of army vehicles driving from the East Coast to the West Coast.Right? Well‚ at that time‚ there were few highways.The War Department hoped to make a point: There was a desperate need for better‚ safer‚ and faster highways in America.The convoy‚ consisting of
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Engineering is not science. Engineers generally don’t "do" science. Science is about discovering the natural. Engineering is creating the artificial. The critical roles of engineering in addressing the large-scale pressing challenges facing our societies worldwide are widely recognized. Such large-scale challenges include access to affordable health care; tackling the coupled issues of energy‚ transportation and climate change; providing more equitable access to information for our populations; clean
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Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States. She became a leading public health activist during her lifetime. Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3‚ 1821‚ in Bristol‚ England. As a girl‚ she moved with her family to the United States‚ where she first worked as a teacher. Despite widespread opposition‚ she later decided to attend medical college and graduated first in her class‚ thus also becoming the first woman to receive her M.D. in the United
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Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower made two strategic decisions using four components of the Gerras’ Critical Thinking Model that could have long-lasting impacts on the War in saving lives. Saving lives was an area that Eisenhower valued most in accomplishing the mission. The two decisions are his delayed decision to relieve General Fredendall of command and his decision to support the Transportation Plan. Eisenhower clarified the concern that Fredendall did not add value in commanding
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