Jared Diamond is… interesting. The argument that Jared Diamond makes in his article‚ “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race”‚ is completely refutable. There is very little evidence in the article that makes sense‚ and most of it appears to be that Diamond just has a grudge against the laziness of the modern world. This is where Diamond and I agree. The modern world is incredibly lazy. We now live in a world where fast food is a food group‚ and technology is being used incorrectly‚ resulting
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PROCESSING OF DATE PALM KERNEL (DPK) FOR PRODUCTION OF EDIBLE JAM BY KAMIL MUHAMMAD ISMAIL 05/17107/2 SUPERVISED BY: ENGR. DR. ODEY OSHA SUBMITTED TO: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMME ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY‚ BAUCHI IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT O F THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (B. ENG). IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OCTOBER‚ 2012 DECLARATION I hereby that this research project report was written by me is a record of my own research work at Abubakar Tafawa
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Analysis of Kevin Wilson’s “Worst-Case Scenario” and “Blowing Up on the Spot” Everyone has a sense of longing in life‚ but there are some people who can never see the good in it. The book‚ Tunneling to the Center of the Earth‚ written by Kevin Wilson‚ has two short stories that show the best example of this: “Worst-Case Scenario” and “Blowing Up on the Spot.” These first-person stories tell us of two men who are always waiting for the worst thing to happen. In “Worst-Case Scenario‚” the narrator
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2 “Children were the worst affected by the Great Depression that swept America in the 1930s.” Express your response to this statement. It is extremely sad to realize that the primary effects of the American Great Depression of the 1920s and 1930s on children were that of hard
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Even though Franklin Pierce is considered one of the worst presidents of all time‚ he enjoyed a dazzling political career‚ with most of his better moments coming before his time as president. His abilities were shown at a young age when he entered Bowdoin College at age 15 and began to hone his public speaking skills. A large reason for Pierce’s natural ability was his father‚ Benjamin Pierce‚ who was a commander in the colonial revolution. Benjamin was also very involved in local politics and this
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Through careful sociological studies‚ one can see that the impact of agriculture is beneficial to life. In the article “The Worst Mistake of the Human Race” by Jared Diamond‚ he argues that agriculture “was in many ways a catastrophe” and “with agriculture came the gross social and sexual inequality‚ the disease and despotism‚ that curse our existence.” Although this may be somewhat true‚ many would disagree. Agriculture doesn’t lead to inequality nor diseases. The differences between humans lead
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Hermann Ajong College Writing I 1201 13 Shih-Kneel‚ Nancy Family Essay Date: 09-27-2013 Hero in my world Where would I have been without you mother? Destiny gives us opportunities to meet new people in our lives. Each one bringing a unique flavor‚ molding us into what we will become. There is always that one person who will walk in when the rest of the world walks out‚ the person that won’t sleep if I don’t sleep‚ the person that will run up and down looking for something for me to eat‚ the
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AP World History Must Know Dates Timeline To 600 B.C.E. 8000 B.C.E. - Beginnings of agriculture 3000 B.C.E. - Beginnings of Bronze Age - early civ’s 18th C B.C.E.-Hammurabi’s Code 1500 B.C.E.-Early alphabetic script 1300 B.C.E. - Iron Age 10th-7th C B.C.E. Assyrian Empire 600 B.C.E. - 600 CE 6th century B.C.E. - life of Buddha‚ Confucius‚ Lao Tsu(beginnings of Confucianism‚ Buddhism‚Taosim) 5th C B.C.E. - Greek Golden Age - philosophers. 323 B.C.E. - Alexander the Great 221 B.C.E. - Qin unified
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Social Media can be a person’s best friend or worst nightmare. For years and years social media has taken the world by storm with its great capabilities to allow people to regard what is happening in the world and communicate with others in a matter of seconds. Dramatically‚ improving people’s knowledge what is happening in their country‚ state‚ and city. Creating‚ vast amounts of friendships and relationships with others. Allowing‚ people to express themselves for others to examine. On the other
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House of Lords November 11th 1941 this phrase was made ( Many forms of government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed‚ it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.) This is only part of the speech this was a debate in the House of Lords to pass the Parliament Act of 1911. He questioned the House of Lords questioning him as
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