Megan: Malala is our role model. Saffron: When she was shot it was not the first time that she had been seen in the public eye as she has been advocating for girls’ education since she was 11. In 2009‚ Malala started blogging about living under Taliban rule for the BBC. She later became a national figure in her country‚ appearing on television as a spokesperson for girls’ education. Saatchi: But then‚ when she was only 15 years old‚ she was shot by the Taliban. Malala was aboard a bus in 2012‚ campaigning
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events happened last semester‚ but I did not attend any of them because I was not aware of the decision that I am going to participate in this program. However‚ I did have the chance to see the video about the Opus Prize Leadership Ceremony held at Creighton University. The Opus Prize recognizes unsung heroes who are conquering the world’s persistent social problems. Those three nominees are all faith-based entrepreneurs who fundamentally change individuals‚ families‚ and communities. One of the
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Functioning Eye (Emmetropia)</b> <br>The eye is the organ of sight. It is used in almost everything we do‚ from playing sport to reading. A normal and well functioning eye can focus objects and images‚ both near and far‚ perceive depth and adapt to changes in light. <br> <br>The perception of depth is due to having two separate eyes creating two separate images‚ while the ability to adapt to light change is attributed to the iris and the dilator muscles. However these two aspects of the eye are not
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An Eye For An Eye‚ A Tooth For A Tooth The age-old adage‚ "an eye for an eye‚ a tooth for a tooth‚" when viewed as a justification for capital punishment‚ raises serious ethical‚ moral and social questions. Proponents of capital punishment argue that‚ for justice to be served‚ the punishment must befit the crime. Hence‚ a murderer should have his life taken from him! This kind of perverse logic‚ which has seldom been supported by the victims’ families themselves‚ fails to be convincing. In a similar
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Capital Punishment: An Eye for an Eye For many years there has been a constant debate between supporters and non-supporters of the death penalty. Many people argue that the death penalty is as much a murder as the crime committed by the offender. Others may say that it provides closure and justice. I am a strong supporter of the death penalty. There are many others like myself. The world is full of the most dangerous and ruthless criminals that should be put to death. There are many pros that the
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the potassium‚ K‚ rich end member. At lower temperatures‚ the K-feldspars will seperate from the albite in a process called exsolution. The albite will form layers inside the k-feldspars crystals. Some times these layers are discernable to the naked eye and the stone is referred to as perthite. Albite by definition must contain no less than 90% sodium and no more than 10% of either potassium and/or calcium in the cation position in the crystal structure.. Albite is the last of the feldspars to
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Nobel: The Man behind the Prize. Alfred Nobel is known for starting the Nobel Prize. This prize is given every year to some of the greatest minds in the world who through their work‚ help to better society. In opposition to the improvement of society‚ is the fact that Nobel ’s other known inventions brought much death and destruction to the world (Frost). This combination of inventions helps to pose the question who was Alfred Nobel‚ and why did Nobel create this prize to help the world. In this
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means Nobel Prize time. That’s when committees in Stockholm and Oslo announce the winners of what many consider the most prestigious awards in the world. This year’s Nobel season kicked off Oct. 5 with the medicine award being announced for the 106th time. The prize in medicine was awarded jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura and Youyou Tu. Daily announcements follow this week with physics on Oct. 6 being awarded to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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The Nobel Prize Winners In Economic Sciences On October 14th The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2013 was awarded jointly to Eugene F. Fama‚ Robert J. Shiller and Lars Peter Hansen "for their empirical analysis of asset prices". The first one of them Eugene Fama is an American economist born in 1939 and working at the University of Chicago. He is the author of the theory that asset prices perfectly reflect all available information. Fama was mainly honored
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In William Faulkner’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech‚ Faulkner takes the opportunity to talk to the “young men and women‚” who are also dedicated writers. Faulkner explains to the “young men and women” what valuable writing is. Faulkner implies that man cannot write about physical dangers‒ man must write about the universal truths. Faulkner defines what valuable writing is through parallel structure and repetition in his address. In his Nobel Address‚ Faulkner incorporates parallel structure to answer
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