Responsibility of Inventions Inventions have shaped the growth of civilization since the beginning of time‚ but can an invention actually do more harm than good? Who is at fault? Should those who came up with the ideas be to blame? In answer to the first question‚ yes. Take gunpowder as an example; gunpowder was first used in China for entertainment‚ such as fireworks (Pyro universe‚ History of fireworks). However‚ when the invention went into the wrong hands‚ it became a weapon‚ which made it
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When I started to plan my presentation‚ I had a hard time deciding what‚ exactly‚ I was going to say. I had started with the idea that I would just basically go over the main points in my paper in the order I wrote them in. I had a hard time getting anywhere with that idea. Then I did the Exhibition Fair. I realized that one of my more common talks that I did during the fair would be a good order for me to cover things in my presentation. So away went my old order and in came my new idea that
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HITLER AS DICTATOR - 1934-39 Was Hitler a "weak dictator"? The old view (historians in the 1950’s) was that NAZI Germany was a "totalitarian" state. Hitler was the all-powerful dictator. Orders flowed downwards from Hitler. The system of government was like an efficient‚ well-oiled machine. Recent research by historians (1970’s/80’s) now disputes this view. It is now accepted that Nazi Germany was NOT a "well-oiled machine". It was more like a medieval court - with a king (Hitler) surrounded
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was based on the great success of BC Rivers Day‚ which started in 1980 in British Columbia‚ Canada. The BC event was founded by the acclaimed river conservationist Mark Angelo. This year‚ for the third time‚ World Rivers Day‚ with the theme "Revisit Your River‚" is going to be observed in Bangladesh by a volunteer initiative to revive rivers‚ and other organisations As a riverine country‚ Bangladesh’s economy is dependent on rivers. About 800 rivers including tributaries flow through the country
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Dear Jason‚ How are you? How is your girlfriend? I hope that you all are fine. Sorry I did not reply before‚ because I am doing refurbishment of my flat so I have been really busy. Albeit the construction work‚ I have decided to improve my English and I am taking the evening English courses twice per week. I am really excited to hear that you have decided to visit my home town. So‚ to begin with‚ I’d want to inform you that my flat will be completely done by your arrival‚ and you can stay there
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and ready to go‚ you must follow these instructions in order to save yourself some time of relaxation. Before you start your vacation‚ first‚ you have to make a list of things that is necessary to bring with you. Making a list is a helpful way to sort out which items to bring or not to bring on the vacation. Next‚ you need to find a suitcase or a duffle bag to put your items in. Then‚ look through the list and find the necessary items to bring with you‚ like a small tube of toothpaste and a
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Personal Goal Setting - Planning to Live Your Life Your Way How to Use Tool: Goal setting is a formal process for personal planning. By setting goals on a routine basis you decide what you want to achieve‚ and then step-by-step move towards the achievement of these goals. The process of setting goals and targets allows you to choose where you want to go in life. By knowing precisely what you want to achieve‚ you know what you have to concentrate on to do it. You also know what is merely a distraction
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1. “Your fears distort your reality” – He called it the “awfulizer” • When I applied to Indiana State‚ I was told by a high school teacher that this school was a horrible choice and that I wouldn’t graduate. Can you imagine how that felt? Well that fear stopped me from taking my ACT again because I was afraid of what would really happen. I constantly told myself that I couldn’t do it. Believe it or not‚ I actually didn’t go to school second semester of my senior year for two weeks because of that
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Table-1. Profession of the respondents profession | number | percentage | Student | 2 | 8 | Service holder | 8 | 32 | Business | 9 | 36 | other | 6 | 24 | I interviewed a total of 25 account holders of the Bank and checked their profession. From the above table ( tabe-1) ‚ it shows that majority of the respondents belong to business group and this is 36%. The next group close to business group is service holder and their percentage is 32% which also seems significant. Only 8% of the
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To what extent do you believe that members of your family or your friends use consequential‚ nonconsequential‚ and virtue theory? The consequential theory is when a person is concerned what the consequences would be after they do something or make a choice that was not right. Consequential theory is the nature of a secondary result‚ meaning that it can have significant consequences. “The two major consequentialist ethical theories are ethical egoism and utilitarianism” (Otto‚ 2014‚ p. 30). These
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