“Better Late Than Never” by Yolanda Paul There he was again‚ peeping through the window with worn‚ yellow eyes. His coat was moth-eaten and quite shabby. His skin was dirty as though it had not been scrubbed and cleaned thoroughly in quite some time. His shoes had many holes allowing too much ventilation and they appeared to have no soles. The old man shuffled into the coffee shop and ordered his normal cup of coffee without sugar and many times‚ I would see him looking longingly at the delicious
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of peripheral social awareness (Wikipedia‚ 2015). This awareness comes from constant contact with people via social networking platforms like Facebook‚ Myspace‚ Twitter‚ Blogger‚ etc. We see this term being a big part of Clive Thompsons book Smarter Than You Think and is an essential element to understanding technology today. According to Thompson‚ ambient awareness is “almost like being in the same room as someone and picking up on his/her mood and thoughts by the stray signals he/she gives off” (Thompson
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Why are mothers better parents than fathers? Mommy’s Baby‚ Daddy’s Maybe” In a climactic scene in the 1999 horror movie The Blair Witch Project‚ Heather Donahue’s character‚ sensing her and her friends’ impending deaths in the woods‚ turns the camera on herself and says “I just want to apologize to Josh’s mom‚ and Mike’s mom‚ and my mom.” Given that her film project eventually led to Mike’s and Josh’s (as well as her own) deaths (sorry for the spoiler)‚ an apology might make sense. But why
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between two tasks. This enables full attention to be given to each task separately‚ and small texting breaks can be taken while making dinner while still being able to focus on not ruining the food. When people are communicating with each other through cellular devices‚ calling can be the best way to
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HEALTH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WEALTH Talking about health and wealth‚ different people will have different opinions. Some people believe that wealth is everything‚ which can help them realize their dreams. Wealth can buy many things such as clothes‚ cars‚ houses and so on. However‚ some people do not agree with those people. They believed that health is more important than wealth. Although wealth is important to us‚ it is certainly not the most important thing in our life. As the proverb
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Though this is the case‚ diethylamine is a stronger base than aniline because of the benzene ring attached to it. The benzene ring is electron withdrawing making it a stronger acid (and weaker base) than the electron- donating ethyl groups that are weaker acid (stronger base). Comparing aniline which is an aromatic amine and benzyl amine‚ which is an aliphatic amine‚ benzyl amine or aliphatic amines in general are stronger bases than aromatic amines. Also‚ it is because in aniline‚ the lone pair
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Athens vs. Sparta Athens and Sparta were rival city-states who battled for control over Greece. Spartans prided on their courageous men instead of the arts‚ learning or architect. While‚ on the other hand‚ Athens glorified itself on its’ beautiful temples and buildings‚ its poetry‚ and its philosophy that dominated all other places in the known world. Many historians debate whether it would be better to live in Athens or Sparta. It is know that it would be better to live in Athens because of their
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feeling like you have a chance of getting away with the crime. If someone feels like a police officer is watching them‚ they are less likely to follow through with a crime because the chance of getting away is less. 3. Does your community have more or less crime and disorder than average? On what do you base your opinion? I believe my community has less crime and disorder than average. This hypothesis is based on how much crime I hear about in my community compared to every other communities. I’m sure
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creating more value with less impact foreword In 1991‚ we in the then Business Council for Sustainable Development were looking for a single concept‚ perhaps a single word‚ to sum up the business end of sustainable development. Finding no such concept on the lexicographer s shelf‚ we decided we would have to launch an expression. After a contest and much agonizing‚ we came up with eco-efficiency. In simplest terms‚ it means creating more goods and services with ever less use of resources‚ waste
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Emotional Intelligence : Is is more important than IQ For decades‚ a lot of emphasis has been put on certain aspects of intelligence such as logical reasoning‚ math skills‚ spatial skills‚ understanding analogies‚ verbal skills etc. Researchers were puzzled by the fact that while IQ could predict to a significant degree the academic performance and‚ to some degree‚ professional and personal success‚ there was something missing in the equation. Some of those with fabulous IQ scores were doing
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