Reportage- Natural Disasters: How do they affect the human beings? It is the 31 December of 2004. We are heading for a new year with new expectations‚opportunities and goals. However we have experienced a Tsunami that just very recently struck Thailand. This has left some traces and marks. How has this natural disaster really affected the human beings? I am about to find out. As I walk the beach of Khao Lake I see destruction so far from the paradise pictures I am used of seeing. It is forenoon
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In complete honesty‚ the ideas outlined in “I used to be a human being” by Andrew Sullivan are not anything that I recognize to be particularly unique or revelatory. Especially as a young adult‚ the idea of social media addiction is something that I have been consciously aware of since the obsessive use of the internet became an augmented reality within my generation. Something that I did find interesting though were the extreme lengths Sullivan needed to go to in order to rid himself of technology
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Gilgamesh begins his journey with a flawed self-image‚ obsessed with finding immortality and destroying anything in path to gain what he believes he deserves. The physical journey does not change him‚ as he gains nor loses anything. Gilgamesh begins his expedition‚ afraid of death‚ ignoring the teachings of others and unable to see beyond what is in front of him. He inadvertently destroys the poles of the boat in his great hurry to reach his destination to Utnapishtim‚ and does not even recognize
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of Industrial Pollution on Ecosystems and Human Well-Being Exploring the links between ecosystems and human well-being‚ this article looks at the effects of industrial pollution on water quality and their impacts. Informed by a recent UNEP report “Clearing the Waters: A focus on water quality solutions”‚ released on World Water Day‚ 22 March‚ 2010‚ and also by other UN reports‚ the article highlights pathways to arrive at the sustainable management of human activities and processes within ecosystems
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is very similar to the flood story in the bible known as‚ "Noah’s Ark." When people tell me or ask me about the Epic of Gilgamesh I automatically assume they are talking about the flood in the bible. Mostly every Christian was taught about Noah’s Ark‚ and most have no clue what the Epic of Gilgamesh is‚ like me. It makes you wonder and have questions like the video of the Epic of Gilgamesh says‚ "who had it first‚ the Mesopotamian’s or the biblical world?" Also‚ how is it even
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but‚ only a handful of those people have been exposed to the flood story in The Epic of Gilgamesh. By observing the similarities in both stories one should come to realize that one of these stories must have been written before the other. According to Britannica‚ the clay tablets which the Epic of Gilgamesh was imprinted on predate any recordings of the flood story from the Bible. Since the Epic of Gilgamesh is known to be nothing but a gripping story‚ much like Greek epics‚ containing glorious adventures
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Many comparisons come from the Old Testament in the story of Noah’s Ark‚ both the Bibical religon and The Samerion religon delt with a great flood. In both stories that the “sins” of man have angered their gods and so the gods will punish the human race. They both had warning this was going to happen‚ alon with specific instructions on how to spare themselves along with carrying out the certain wishes of the gods. Noah had instrucions‚ as Gilgamish did. Noahs instructions were “Make thee an ark of
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The journey that Gilgamesh took after Enkidu died was a turning point of his life. The reason it was so meaningful to Gilgamesh and the story was because it showed Gilgamesh and the readers reading the book‚ that no one life has immortally. Gilgamesh was very distraught and he set on a journey to seek immortally for himself. “…did bitterly weep as he wandered the wild…” (Gilgamesh 70) Gilgamesh thought that he was immortal but seeing could what happen to Enkidu he could not let that happen to himself
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invented more and more tools‚ agriculture replaced hunting and gathering became the main path food comes from. Because of the higher productivity agriculture has and agriculture’s need of settlement‚ people settled down from then on and cities came into being at that time‚ which happened at Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt at first. As the population grew up in these cities‚ people met with the need of better organizing. As a result‚ leaders were needed for the first time. What made leaders different from
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BEING DIFFERENT‚ BEING UNPOPULAR In the world there are a lot of people‚ but nobody is the same. Every person looks different‚ maybe he has a black skin‚ green hair‚ is blind or deaf‚ but all humans have positive and negative characteristics. In small social groups‚ such as a normal class in school‚ differences are very clearly visible. Some children have better possibilities to study and have a lot of expensive things. If somebody of majority of schoolmates does not wear costly clothes or does
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