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    People should not view life as just one color‚ but in multiple colors. In order to succeed‚ some people feel as though we need to conform to society. Most succeed when adapting to the ways of society‚ but in order to truly accomplish what we want in lifewe need to stray away from the “normal” and choose our own individual path. A unique person may not always have crazy hair or clothing‚ but may also be someone who follows their own road. Living as a transcendentalist means becoming your own self

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    measure air pressure and predict changes in the weather. Meteorologists use many tools to aid in their weather forecast‚ but the barometer is a trusty tool that has been around for many years. Throughout this paper we will determine when and where the barometer was discovered‚ what it does‚ and how it affects us. Evangelista Torricelli is not one of the top five inventors that the majority of people are familiar with‚ but he developed one of the most useful instruments in weather forecasting.

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    What Makes a Leader?

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    Daniel Goleman’s article “What Makes a Leader?” was a very interesting analysis of the traits that make a leader. The article provides an examination of the relationship between emotional intelligence and the effective performance of leaders in organizations. His article looks at each component that makes up emotional intelligence and describes how to recognize these characteristics and their manifestations in the work environment. Goleman tells us that leaders need basic intelligence and job

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    What Makes A Hero?

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    A hero is someone whose only fear is what will happen if he runs away. I believe that anyone can be a hero; all it takes is a little bravery. Heroes come in all different shapes and sizes‚ and they are not a certain type of person. They can be mothers‚ fathers‚ homeless people‚ pastors‚ alcoholics‚ anyone. Some people’s heroes are celebrities‚ mentors‚ or a hero can even be your role model. There are of course differences and similarities in all of those people though. I believe that a celebrity

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    Life as we knew it

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    by volcanic eruptions‚ Miranda tries to live life as normally as possible. She goes to the pond to ice skate for as long as she can breathe. She visits her friends‚ who are not the same people they were before the disaster. The question is‚ how long can Miranda and her family survive with minimal water‚ a dwindling food supply‚ no heat or electricity‚ and subzero temperatures? When so many people are giving up hope‚ starving‚ and dying of diseases we rarely get‚ Miranda is still clinging to normality

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    Life As We Knew It

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    Life As We Knew It” by Susan Beth Pfeffer Danielle Graves What would I do? This is what I kept asking myself as I was reading “Life as We Knew It” by Susan Beth Pfeffer. The book follows Miranda and her family through their day-to-day struggles to survive the aftermath of a life-changing event. Astronomers miscalculate the density an asteroid that hits the moon‚ and it pushes the moon closer to Earth. The gravitational pull results in natural disasters that happen

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    What Makes a Hero?

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    What is a Hero? What is a hero? What makes him or her different from everyone else? In Phillip Zimbardo’s article “What Makes a Hero?” he states that heroes surround us. One in five or 20 percent of people qualify as heroes. Seventy-two percent of people report helping another person in a dangerous emergency. Sixteen percent report whistle blowing on an injustice. Six percent report sacrificing for a non-relative or stranger and fifteen percent report defying an unjust authority (1). Although

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    Life as We Know It

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    Life as we know it‚ is short‚ there are many things that we can comprehend and some that we are not meant to. The human race‚ rich with its diversity of people‚ is coming to an end as we speak of it. Who is to be arraigned of bringing such mobocracy to the human race? We are the ones‚ we have brought this dilemma upon ourselves‚ we invented and innovated technology without thinking of its aftermath. Where do we stand today? In the field that builds and destroys. Almost everything is stereotyped‚

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    inescapable. In life if there’s one thing that is certain‚ apart from death and taxes that is‚ it’s that no matter how hard you try or how noble your intentions may be‚ you’re going to make mistakes‚ and as a result hurt others and yourself. It’s merely human to and isn’t that what we are? So what does happen after we make the inevitable mistakes we do? For all our justifications of making mistakes because we’re human‚ I think that where we differ is with the choices we make after we falter. There’re

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    What Makes A Dystopia?

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    Utopias and Dystopias are fictional places that have been written about extensively since the era of Thomas More and his work‚ “Utopia”. What makes a utopia? It is an imaginary place‚ or a place of “nowhere” as Thomas More puts it‚ a perfect place. Lyman Tower Sargent worked to define Utopia to establish a universal understanding of it‚ he was considered the first utopian scholar. He establishes the framework by discussing the three faces of Utopia‚ social contrivance‚ communitarians and utopian

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