Is Peace Achievable In Our Time? Peace. What is this elusive word that seems to escape us‚ no matter how hard we struggle to find it? How can it be such a momentous challenge? How can it be a friend to some yet an enemy to others? And why is everyone on earth searching for it? The Encarta dictionaries define peace as “freedom from conflict between people or groups of people” and “the absence of violence or war.” These statements‚ however‚ are furthest away from the truth when describing planet Earth
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enable her to react "automatically". Finding Our Needs Hidden Under Our Emotions Like all living organisms‚ we have needs‚ which emotions are the messenger‚ and that must be satisfied under penalty of negative experiences. We are much more accustomed to returning tirelessly to the triggers of our emotions (an unpleasant remark‚ an endless wait at client’s place‚ a staff member who shows selfishness) than to detect the underlying need (s) of our
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As young college students we often have jobs that are customer service oriented. We can all relate to what Quentin Schultze is saying in the section “Putting Our Hearts into Our Stations” we he says “My first paid job was cleaning and restocking shelves in a family drugstore. After one week‚ I had mastered the work and grown bored (Schultze 37).” This is so relatable to me. Growing up in Puerto Rico‚ I’ve been working since the early age of 14 and even before then I helped out my mother with her
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Upon the Burning of Our House by Anne Bradstreet LITERARY FOCUS: THE PLAIN STYLE The Puritans favored “plainness” in all things: in dress‚ in the architecture and design of their churches‚ in their forms of worship‚ and in language. Unlike the ornate “high style” popular in England at the time‚ the Puritan plain style used simple sentences and common words from everyday speech. The plain style contained few or no classical allusions‚ Latin quotations‚ or elaborate figures of speech. The plain
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The Universe and Our Galaxies The Universe and Our Galaxies Examples of Elliptical (Messier 87 ) and Spiral Galaxies (NGC 3559) Examples of Elliptical (Messier 87 ) and Spiral Galaxies (NGC 3559) Edwin Hubble was one of the first people to actually realise what a galaxy is‚ the measurement of the “Hubble Tuning Fork” Classification scheme shows how round or rightly wound their “arms” are. E0 means that an elliptical galaxy is extremely round‚ whilst E7 is flat. However not all galaxies
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BY: Lillian Richard Hemp to Save Our Trees Worldwide we are seeing a devastation of our forests due to paper production. Consumption of wood products has risen 64% since 1961. Globally‚ pulp for paper‚ has risen from 40% in 1998‚ to an expected 60% over the next 50 years. The industry expects that demand to double by 2050. The U.S. consumes 200‚000‚000 tons of wood products annually‚ increasing by 4% every year. U.S. paper producers consume 1 billion trees each year (735 pounds of paper for
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We Are Our Environment’s Keepers God made everything in this world very good as reflected in the book of Genesis 1:31. Beautiful trees‚ colorful birds‚ fragrant flowers‚ sparkling springs‚ and clear blue skies. We live on such a wonderful place that offers beauty‚ pleasure and abundance. The earth deserves to be treated with the highest of respects. Sadly‚ we have a problem of destroying the environment by polluting and depleting our natural resources. Nowadays‚ as much as our environment is
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Our Declining Education System According to "A Nation at Risk"‚ the American education system has declined due to a " rising tide of mediocrity" in our schools. States such as New York have responded to the findings and recommendations of the report by implementing such strategies as the "Regents Action Plan" and the "New Compact for Learning". In the early 1980’s‚ President Regan ordered a national commission to study our education system. The findings of this commission were that‚ compared
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and praise Allah SWT and praise Him for His tolerance and goodness. We bear witness that there is no one worthy of worship except Allah. He has ordered us to honour and be good to our parents. We bear witness that the Holy Prophet Muhammad SAWS is the true Messenger of Allah‚ who warned us not to be disobedient to our parents: Allah has made disobedience to parents one of the major sins. O Allah‚ shower Thy choicest blessings on him‚ his friends and relatives -- all those who were tolerant of one
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Our founding fathers were united in their desire to establish a new government strong enough to rule our nation‚ but not so strong as to threaten the liberties of the states and of the people. They believed good existed in man‚ but they also realized human nature and self-interest would always be a threat to the common good of the people. In Federalist Paper No. 51‚ James Madison states this: “But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels
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