Which way are we headed…Life is just a dream With the progress of technology humanity is headed towards two different directions. On one hand there is absolute annihilation. We all realize there exist WMD’s that can wipe the entire human race many times over. On the other hand immortality seems to be just round the corner. It might not be possible to immortalize human body per se. Creating a media to take a back up of human soul is surely not a distant dream. Human consciousness is undoubtedly
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In Ursula K Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas‚” the theme of scapegoatism and “ignorance is bliss” are very apparent. I see the theme of “ignorance is bliss” to be a fitting theme for this story because of all the secret wrongdoings that were happening within the story. The Omelas story starts out depicting a beautiful utopia in summer during a festival (249-250). Even from the beginning of the story‚ the reader gets this idea and belief that the people of this city live a blissful and
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Age is just a Number What is age? Does age define who you are? As a nurse in Long term care for fifteen plus years I have learned to look past the number found in the persons chart. I have learned when I as a caregiver look past that number that represents the date the Elder was born; the Elder too tends to look beyond that number and will follow along leading to experiences one might not think Elders of LTC facilities might still accomplish. Here is what Betty has shared with me about her experiences
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There many different writing strategies used in “The One Who Walk Away From Omelas”‚ but the conflict is the one that best develops the passage. Will you ever gave up your child‚ to reach happiness? In this story‚ the society of Omelas sacrifices a child to reach utopia because that’s their tradition. Conflict is the problem that happens in this story. The author uses conflict to show the central idea. One example of how conflict shows happiness will never happen unless others are suffering is when
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I don’t want them to assume that I’m mad at them. I smile because I think it looks good on me. Funny. I’m always told that I’m funny. I make my friends laugh unintentionally. Personally‚ I don’t find myself funny at all. It’s just that I’m outspoken. Sometimes‚ I’m just mean and everybody thinks I’m joking. It’s amusing because I’m dead serious in saying my ‘inappropriate comment’ then there’s them‚ laughing. Then after a while‚ I realize that I’ve said something funny and laugh with
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What is your imaginative uptopia? In the scientific fictional novel‚ "The Ones Who Walk Away from the Omelas" by Usula Le Guin‚ utopic‚ ideal world where everyone feels happiness is portrayed. In the novel‚ it suggests that the utopia in the story is both perfect and flawed. First‚ Le Guin uses vivid imagery to depict the city of Omelas as a vibrant and beautiful place. This is described as "the rigging of the boats sparkl[ing] with flags...between houses with red roofs and painted walls‚ between
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functions with bounded variations. We also propose an iterative algorithm based on the linearization technique for the associated nonlinear EulerLagrange equation. PACS (2001): 87.19.Dd (information processing in vision and hearing); 87.57.Nk (image analysis). Keywords: Weber’s Law; Vision; Psychophysics; Image restoration. 1 Introduction: Weber’s Law As information carriers‚ all images are eventually perceived and interpreted by the human visual system. As a result‚ human vision psychology and psychophysics
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My heart sank when I heard that Shaxton was my partner for the day’s hike. He wasn’t a bad kid‚ but he was small and a little clumsy‚ and I don’t think I’d ever heard him speak. The other campers tended to avoid him. When I opened my mouth to protest‚ I realized I had no choice. Partnering with the campers was one of the most important duties of a junior counselor. Protecting their feelings was another. Sure enough‚ hiking with Shaxton was painfully slow. As he picked his way over the roots and rocks
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Chapter 8: Nutrients‚ Enzymes and the Digestive System. 1.) Define polymers. 2.) Explain the difference between saturated and unsaturated fatty acids. 3.) How does a catalyst affect enzyme reaction? 4.) Define “active site”. 5.) Describe the function of the gallbladder. 6.) How is pesinogen converted to pepsin? As well as what is the use of pepsin in the body? (Provide detailed explanation). 7.) Define enterogatrone and gastrin? How are the two related?
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Bride burning: An example of violence against women Imagine the horror of being forcefully tied down‚ drenching in kerosene oil and being set on fire alive. It would not be a surprise if the mere thought of it is already disturbing to you. How much more so would it be that this bitter fate is truly faced by many married women in India not at the hands of some psychos or strangers‚ but by their own so-called beloved husbands and or in-laws? A young woman is either being burnt alive‚ beaten to death
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