The Curse of Being First As a child Thursday nights were my favorite. My nana‚ my family‚ and our uncle’s family gathered for our traditional dinner‚ consisting of undercooked pasta and old ‘Jeopardy’ reruns. Our family would sit on the floor draped in blankets‚ huddle around the small TV in the living room‚ and surround ourselves with space heaters. While the adults spent the evening passively watching and talking‚ us kids pretended to be contestants on Jeopardy; shouting out wrong answers (as
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Anti-Missionary/Anti-Cult Materials Blessing & Curse‚ How Much Is In Our Own Hands? Commentary to Parashat Ki Tavo By Rabbi Ariel Bar Tzadok Copyright © 2000 by Ariel Bar Tzadok. All rights reserved. In this parasha we read one of the most ominous sections of the entire Torah – the blessings which come along with our observance of the mitzvot and the curses which come about as a result of our rebelliousness. While the blessings are sublime and lofty‚ the curses boggle the mind. How could so many
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TERRORISM A CURSE OR BLESSING TO INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW Executive summary This paper looks into terrorism and the effect it has had on international humanitarian law. Whether it has had a negative impact on the already existing laws that deal with conflict situations or whether it has had a positive impact. It also looks into the situations terrorism has led to and the various ways the fight against terrorism has been used to undermine human rights and given states a leeway to commit
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the celebrity culture. In fact‚ being famous is a target hunted by an enormously large portion of the population. If you think about it‚ who wouldn’t want to be insanely rich? Who wouldn’t want to be the center of attention? We have this idea that being famous is having an idyllic life in which you get whatever you want‚ you go wherever you want and see whoever you feel like seeing. Put in other words‚ for us “originals” or should I say “non-famous” people‚ being famous is like the seventh heaven
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Environmentally friendly cars will soon cease to be an option … they will become a necessity. FUJIO CHO The Scales Are Tipping Over Cars are an integral part of society‚ and life is almost unimaginable without them. Most parents drive to work in them‚ drop their children to school in them‚ and even get their groceries home in them! The object of countless boys and girls’ fantasies‚ cars have been pronounced “modern marvels” by the History Channel [1]‚ and the mass produced car one of the
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Kimberly Avilez Phil 1301 Genius Aristotle provided the best foundation for the Theory of Forms. Being a pupil of such a great philosopher like Plato and considering the respect and admiration that Aristotle professed to his mentor‚ it had to be a challenge to respectfully provide strongest foundations. Regarding the Theory of Forms‚ Plato and Aristotle both use their definitions of ‘form’ to defeat their relative problems with knowledge. For both philosophers form is able to categorize all
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Genius is one percent inspiration‚ ninety-nine percent perspiration. * Spoken statement (c. 1903); published in Harper’s Monthly (September 1932) * Variants: * None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. * Statement in a press conference (1929)‚ as quoted in Uncommon Friends: Life with Thomas Edison‚ Henry Ford‚ Harvey
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The Cost of Genius When you hear the word “genius”‚ what does it mean to you? Does it bring to mind someone who has a high IQ? Of course it probably does. This is what we have had instilled in our minds throughout our lives‚ that a genius is someone who is incredibly brilliant. But who came up with this idea anyway? Who decided that certain things equal brilliance as compared to mediocrity? Did someone have the right to dictate to us that an IQ test score is what makes someone intelligent? Whoever
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A Blessing Deanna Jane B. Dagsallo It’s amazing how love greatly affects everybody. Peace‚ happiness‚ and security these are only some of the attributes of love. To love and to be loved was one of the best feelings I had experienced. I was raised by the family with love that makes me feel that I am always safe. The love that makes me smile‚ trust and care. The love that keeps me strong to overcome all the disappointments and challenges I dealt with. My family supported me and made a better
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Genetic engineering will eventually prove to be more a curse than a blessing. Do you agree? In this era of huge scientific and technological advances‚ the debate often centres on whether genetic engineering will eventually prove to be more a curse than a blessing. The term ‘genetic engineering’ refers to the deliberate and controlled manipulation of the genes in an organism with the intent of making that organism better in some way. First and foremost‚ genetic engineering may raise ethnic problems
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