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    The Meaning of Freedom

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    The Meaning of Freedom America is the universal symbol for freedom. Freedom stands for something greater than just the right to act however to choose. It stands for equal opportunity for life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. Freedom is a word that is going to keep changing with every new generation or culture. Freedom also represents the soldiers who fought and died for their country. Our soldiers‚ who are the backbone of our military superpower‚ continue to put their life on the line to

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    pH and its meaning

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    chemical is‚ whether it is a stronger acid or a stronger base. pH is a measure of the concentration of protons (H+) in a solution. Danish Bio-chemist Soren Peter Lauritz Sørensen introduced his concept in 1909. The p stands for the German potenz‚ meaning power or concentration‚ and the H for the hydrogen ion (H+). The formula for calculating pH is: pH = - log [H+]  [H+] indicates the concentration of H+ ions (also written [H3O+]‚ the equal concentration of hydronium ions)‚ measured in moles per litre (also

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    Meaning of Life

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    The Meaning of Life The meaning of life‚ defined by Victor E. Frankl‚ is the will to find your meaning in life. It is not the meaning of life in general‚ but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a given moment. He believes that if you are approached with the question of "what is the meaning of my life" or in this case‚ "life is meaningless‚" then you should reverse the question to that person asking the question. For example: What are you bringing to me? What are you as an individual

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    The Meaning of Diversity

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    The true meaning of valuing diversity is to respect and enjoy a wide range of cultural and individual differences‚ thereby including everybody‚” according to Andrew J. DuBrin. People are being discriminated because of how they differ from others. A person who had a different color of skin would be treated unfairly. A person who had a sexual interest to the opposite sex would be bullied. A person who had a different way of religion would be teased. People in a diversity group would be expected of

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    Meaning of Life

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    The Meaning of Life Christopher Nieves Touro College Life is a gift. It is an honor‚ a spark‚ an excitement. We all have a world of our own.   Albert Camus‚ once said‚ “You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life” (Camus‚ 1946).   Life is about living to your fullest abilities. Why waste our time looking for the meaning of each breath we take? Each

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    Meaning of life

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    never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” People can define happiness in various ways‚ for ones it means achieving their set goals while for others happiness means serving for society‚ and finally some people interpret happiness as finding the meaning of their life. People can spend their whole time only searching for the meaning of life‚ and they forget or ignore the life and real time that passes by. Unfortunately‚ you can search for the meaning of life and still not find it‚ or it

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    The author talks about the dilemma she faced about her own language and how she represents herself through her language. Gloria Anzaldua who is a Chicano talks about how Chicanas have problems expressing their feelings. Since they lack a native language‚ instead it is a product of several languages. And their language Chicano Spanish has incorporated bits and pieces of several versions of Spanish. The author speaks about people who are neither Spanish nor live in a country in which Spanish is the

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    english words

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    English Words ‘The air is always thick with our verbal emissions. There are so many things we want to tell the world. Some of them are important‚ some of them are not. But we talk anyway. A life without words would be a horrendous privation.’ (from the Introduction) Words and language‚ keys to human identity‚ are fascinating subjects. The aim of this book is to arouse curiosity about English words and about the nature of language in general‚ especially among students who are not intending

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    Life Meaning

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    While humans try to find different meanings to what life is and try to give the concept deeper‚ scientific‚ philosophical or theological response will never be enough to describe the life‚ and while people look the concept of life are missing what it is‚ they have forgotten the real and have been replaced by concepts and explanations that my term‚ to take advantage of anything. We see what is actually already here‚ we rationalizations. Nobody can give you the meaning of your life. It’s your life and

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    The Meaning of life

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    inanimate objects. Popular beliefs "What is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives‚ most in the context "What is the purpose of life?" Here are some of the many potential answers to this perplexing question. The responses are shown to overlap in many ways but may be grouped into the following categories: Survival and temporal success ...to live every day like it is your last and to do your best at everything that comes before you

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