In our culture‚ friendliness is conveyed through a smile and it is agreed in the discipline of Anthropology that the smile is something that carries across all cultures. In every human society‚ smiles convey the same emotions: happiness‚ pleasure‚ excitement and other positive feelings. However‚ smiles seem to mean different things between the men and women‚ of our culture‚ who exchange them. As my step father said‚ a woman who smiles is seen as friendly‚ but also more likely single. Simply put
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Harriet wrote “Our Nig” which is considered autobiographical because it is the story line of her own life‚ except she implemented the character ‘Frado’ in place of herself. Harriet was in Boston during this time‚ working on her literature and dressmaking. Our Nig was published on September 5‚ 1859‚ this was known as the first published book by any African-American. For women writers in
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Losing my future is not like losing an election or a few points on the stock market. I am here to speak for all generations to come. I am here to speak on behalf of the starving children around the world whose cries go unheard. I am here to speak for the countless animals dying across this planet because they have nowhere left to go. We cannot afford to be not heard. I am afraid to go out in the sun now because of the holes in the ozone. I am afraid to breathe the air because I don’t know what
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Is Technology Destroying Our Life Technology is a wonderful thing giving us almost instant access to the world’s information. It makes our life easier‚ and enables us to stay in touch with distant friends and family. But it’s not all great. From big stuff like cancer to small stuff like being distracted texting‚ technology is killing us slowly every day. Texting while driving or walking is a killer People hate talking to people on the phone‚ so they’ve taken to texting. The problem with
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once wrote: "There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it." Clearly‚ Shaw had his heart broken once or twice. Shaw was right. As we strain to grasp the things we desire‚ the things we think will make our lives better: money‚ popularity‚ fame... we ignore what truly matters‚ the simple things‚ like friendship‚ family‚ love. The things we probably already had. This year‚ I got everything I wanted and everything I wished for. But in a way‚ I lost even
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How Will Our Future Be? The way the future is heading seems to be very clear but as before things may change. The time to come will never reveal itself until it has actually been. From this point of view I will try to describe the way I see the future coming our way. One of the major aspects when discussing the future is how will the law be handled and how power will be dealt with. Will we be able to decide for us self what we want to do with our lives and will the right of every individual be
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Religion In Our Lives Religion seems to find its way into almost every aspect of our lives. In the United States‚ the political mainstream describes a "separation of church and state‚" in order to separate this profound force of religion from the public lives of its citizens. Thus‚ the freedom to worship any religion remains a private and personal issue. However‚ in this imperfect world‚ it becomes virtually impossible to achieve this kind of separation. Some subtle examples of this can be
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Many municipalities already offer good recycling programs. All glass‚ cans and paper should be recycled‚ along with as much plastic as possible. By Jared Skye Everyone has some form of impact on their natural environment-- in an industrialized world‚ this is an unavoidable reality. However‚ the extent to which people negatively impact their environment can absolutely be mitigated through a number of means. Whether it’s making large efforts You may notice that cleaning products can be harsh
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The Future of Our Oceans The fact of the matter is that the levels of CO2 that this planet we call Earth is expelling is incredible. Like 30 billion tons per year incredible. This rate of change drastically effects everything‚ including the most popular type of surface we have on Earth‚ our oceans. Although the oceans are delaying the effects of global warming by taking in heaps of carbon dioxide‚ this does not mean the oceans go unaffected. This is not a small problem either. As oceans take
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Our Nation of Homelessness Amanda Turley SOC 331 Social Justice & Ethics Instructor: Emily Archer April 28‚2014 Homelessness is something that is happening to many people all around the world. Now when it comes to the United States‚ homelessness is not a phenomenon‚ and contrary to popular belief‚ the problem did not arise in the past few decades with the closer of mental hospitals‚ the influx of Vietnam veterans‚ or even the deep cuts into federal housing assistance. Homelessness
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