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    “Hey mom I need a story about one of our family members who have been a great influence to me and our family.” “Well you could do your great grandfather who was in World War II.” “Can you tell me the story of him in World War II.” “He was captured in World War II and was put in a German controlled camp about a year. In order for him to get to the camp‚ though he had to walk days just to go to a train that lead to the camp. The only thing that was wrong though‚ was that he couldn’t walk. Both of

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    weather was perfect the entire weekend with mild temperature and plenty of sunshine.  The festival was not extremely crowded‚ bathrooms and tent grounds had plenty of room.  Camped on Grandfather Mountain Campgrounds‚ a truly badass place at the base of the mountain.  An icon of Western North Carolina‚ Grandfather soars to almost 6‚000 feet in elevation‚ a major peak in the Blue Ridge. No problems throughout the festival‚ ran smoothly.  Railroad Earth killed it every night‚ great lights and awesome

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    Liar's Paradox Analysis

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    I knew that a paradox was a contradiction but I had never gone into the depth of what all in considered to be a paradox. A paradox is " a statement or situation that may be true but seems impossible or difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics " ‚ with that said many things are paradoxes. This video talked about multiple types of paradoxes the two I found interesting were the Russell’s and the Liar’s paradoxes. Russell’s paradox is a paradox where either way

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    The paradox of tolerance was created by Karl Popper‚ on whether or not people should tolerate the intolerable. His main reason for this concern of toleration is as states‚ “Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance.” Practically stating that‚ tolerance will no longer exist if people are tolerant to the intolerant. He believes and states‚ “We should therefore claim‚ in the name of tolerance‚ the right not to tolerate the intolerable.” So‚ from his statement he is saying that

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    Paradox Of Missing Harm

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    paradoxes that Davis claims the standard theory give rise to are the paradox of burden‚ the paradox of missing harm‚ and the paradox of failure. According to Davis‚ the paradox of burden perceives the whistle-blower as a good Samaritans because they take on substantial risk in their career‚ financial securities‚ and personal relation. The standard theory does not provide sufficient condition to justify such risk. Second‚ the paradox of missing harm argues that the whistleblower is reported damage after

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    There are many people in life to admire. When asked most people’s minds become as clogged as a Friday five o’ clock traffic jam on a Chicago highway. But there is usually one person that lingers in the back of your mind. That one person you look up to like a superhero leaping enormous skyscrapers with but one agile bound. Or maybe someone who as far back as you can remember has been the spider in the web of your family that has kept it together. The person I admire is a man of unconditional

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    Papa’s Speech Good evening everyone‚ For those who don’t know me‚ my name is Pooja. I want to say a few words in memory of my grandfather. On December 17‚ 2001 my mom and myself immigrated to CA for a better prospect. From that day till his last breath my grandfather took up the responsibility of being a father figure to my brother Raj and I‚ since our father passed when we were young. Papa was the best gift given by God to my family and me. He meant everything to us and every moment I cherished

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    Water Diamond Paradox

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    EXPLAINING THE WATER-DIAMOND PARADOX One of the most famous puzzles in economic theory is why Diamonds are more expensive than water. In our case we consider GOLD in case of DIAMONDS. Water is essential for life; it is so useful that without its consumption one cannot live or survive. On the other hand‚ diamonds‚ though attractive and beautiful‚ satisfy less human important needs than water. Then‚ how it can be that in the market a less useful commodity like diamonds is so expensive and a useful

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    and why could an Alabama Paradox occur? The Alabama Paradox means that if the total number of items to be apportioned increases‚ the group or state may loss an item. Explain how applying the Huntington-Hill apportionment method helps to avoid an Alabama Paradox. The Huntington- Hill apportionment method was an equal proportions method. It had a fixed house to avoid conflict and by using a fixed house number‚ the Huntington- Hill method helped to avoid an Alabama Paradox. Based upon your experience

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    Meno's Paradox Analysis

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    reasonings has been introduced to solve the so called “Meno’s Paradox”. Through Socrates‚ Plato lays out an argument and also tries to show a so called example to prove his argument. “Meno’s Paradox” stems from a discussion about virtue. In the dialogue Socrates claims to not know what virtue is but wants to “examine and seek together” with Meno as to what virtue is (Meno 80d). Meno lays out a “linguist puzzle” known as “Meno’s Paradox” or “The Paradox of Inquiry” with three questions (Cline 2). “How will

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