1. Describe a moment in your life when you took on a great challenge. What was the outcome? It was a rainy and windy day In Valladolid‚ where the Spanish Rugby Championship was being held. Thirty teams had managed to enter the tournament; the Spanish crème de la crème (including little ol’ me)‚ but now only eight remained. The other seven had withered away like leaves on an autumn wind. The other team seemed ready; an orgy of feelings flooded the pitch: fear‚ excitement‚ and anxiety… Our team
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Human Potential in the World of Digital Technologies In the excerpts from his work You Are Not a Gadget for the first time‚ Jaron Lanier seems to be criticizing his colleagues‚ the developers of digital technologies‚ for limiting human experiences. However‚ after reading it more closely‚ phrases‚ such as “faith in human nature” and “different potentials in human nature”‚ begin to stand out in the text. Seeing as the title of his work is also referring to the user of technology in second person‚
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Our soldiers leave wars in foreign countries only to fight another war at home. David Finkel explores the hidden pain and suffering of war-families and veterans in his book Thank You For Your Service. Finkel‚ winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of a New York Times Best Book of the Year‚ has spent hours upon hours researching‚ interviewing‚ and simply documenting what a two-decade war does to a soldier and their family. With no specific target audience‚ it is at least suggested those unfamiliar
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Who Owns Your Body Parts ? These last few decades have seen a huge spreading of the illegal organ trade all around the world. It becomes one of the most preoccupying situation for the government of many countries as this illegal trade touches almost all the world population. In fact‚ rich countries are used to take advantages of poor countries because they do not have enough organs for people on the waiting list and need their organs for transplantations. However‚ for some time now there have been
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irresponsible use of resources‚ and the excessive use of conventional fuel such as fossil fuel and nuclear energy. Part of the efforts to save our planet is to shift from using conventional fuels to alternative ones such as wind energy‚ solar‚ tidal‚ wave‚ thermal‚ biogas and biodiesel‚ alcohol and gasohol‚ and agro/industrial wastes. While others may argue that great amount is needed to make that shift‚ we should all realize that its long-term benefits far outweigh the cost of investment
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To say that only one person inspired me in my life would be the understatement of the decade. Many people go through life with only one inspirational person that they always look up to. I have had the privilege of having twenty-nine people inspire me all at once in a way that no one else could. In the 2008-2009 school year‚ I was informed by a friend of an audition for the first production of Rent at the Orlando Youth Theater. Right away I jumped to this opportunity to be in this world renowned musical
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Save Earth‚ Save Life...Stop Global Warming The group of young and and socially concerned citizens have got together to begin the mission of saving earth‚ saving Human life of generations ahead by contributing to reduce the global Warming. Global Warming is not a small or localized environmental problem. The effects and consequences could be horrific. Temperature changes‚ alteration in rainfall patterns ‚ and an increased frequency of cyclonic activity are occurring and being measured around
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How to wire your own ethernet cables and connectors. What You Need: Required: Cable - bulk Category (Cat) 5‚ 5e‚ 6 or higher cable Wire Cutters - to cut and strip the cable if necessary For Patch Cables: RJ45 Plugs RJ45 Crimper For Fixed Wiring: RJ45 Jacks 110 Punch Down Tool Recommended: Wire Stripper Cable Tester About the Cable: You can find bulk supplies of the cable at many computer stores or most electrical or home centers. You want UTP (Unshielded Twisted
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over-negligence of the environment by we humans. Today‚ there is greater need to bring our focus back on our environment and to make every small effort to save it from depleting and getting more polluted. Saving the environment is our prime focus today because by directly saving the environment‚ we indeed make small efforts in making our own lives healthy and happy and also the lives of our coming generations. There are many factors that contribute in ruining our environment and depleting it
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