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    Positive and Negative impact of electronic devices and gadget to the Children. Nowadays‚ we can easily found children as young as two years old are playing with an electronic devices and gadgets anywhere. That is not only the video games that make the children stay‚ it is also includes television‚ mobile phones and smart phone application‚ computers‚ tablet computers‚ PSP games and etc. Children tend to be active consumers‚ many electronic products and gadgets’ commercial have been targeted to young

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    Transcendentalism is a movement that believes in individualism and being separate from society’s standards. It was started by Emerson and his thoughts were shown throughout many texts. In the text “Self Reliance” Emerson states that individualism is when one makes his own decisions independently from others thoughts. Emerson inspired many men and one of them was Thoreau who went to the woods to live deliberately and be an individual. However‚ in the past 2 centuries our ability to be a complete individual

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    Examine the positive and negative effects of globalisation on people and the environment. The international monetary fund (IMF) defines globalisation as ‘the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide through increasing volume and variety of cross border transactions in goods and services‚ freer international capital flows and more rapid wide spread diffusion of technology. Globalisation can only work if a country embraces it. The world is divided in 2 at the moment. The ‘core’ and

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    The industrial revolution brought many positive and negative effects to the factory workers‚ but a majority of negative effects‚ along with health problems and children working however‚ a positive effect jobs for women. To begin‚ during the Industrial Revolution‚ factories lead to health problems to the men workers‚ in addition to pollution. In document seven there is a photograph where there is an enormous amount of black smoke in the sky causing pollution. All the black smoke in the air

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    The Apology‚ by Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ can be observed through many different aspects. Emerson‚ representing one of the greatest advocates for transcendentalism‚ has applied the idea of seeking a God within nature to multiple poems. The Apology is boasting with this trait‚ for Emerson states‚ “Think me not unkind and rude‚/ That I walk alone in grove and glen;/ I go to the god of the wood/ To fetch his word to men.” (Emerson‚ lines 1-4). Emerson describes how he seeks nature for spiritual relief‚ just

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    technology. In the United States alone‚ as of 2008‚ the national average of vehicles per household is 2.28 ("Auto Spies"). Google‚ however‚ currently attempts to revolutionize the car by making it driverless. These driverless cars generate both positive and negative outcomes on society. The Google car creates equal opportunities for those who cannot drive. Sergey Brin‚ Google’s co-founder‚ states that “Too many people are underserved by the current transport system. They are blind‚ or to young to

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    Saying Ralph Waldo Emerson is the same as saying Transcendentalism. A word not many understand‚ a concept seen in his convictions; not only a literary movement but a lifestyle movement and the beginning of a long term change in society.” What is popularly called Transcendentalism among us‚ is Idealism;” (Emerson‚ The Trancendeltalist‚ from Lectures‚ 1842)this movement allowed intellectual support and leadership to a number of social reforms that would not have been able to occur without the ideals

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    November 2017 Are transcendentalists ideas dangerous? G. W. Cooke (1903‚ repr. 1971) and P. Miller (1950; 1957‚ repr. 1981) This article basically defines the word Transcendentalism. The meaning of the word in literature is a philosophical and literary movement that flourished in New England from about 1836 to 1860. Transcendentalism originated in small groups that consisted of intellectuals who were reacting against the orthodoxy of “Calvinism”(the Protestant theological system of John Calvin and

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    way of life started to slowly progress.There were many types of growth including economic‚population‚and agriculture. It had many positives and negatives ‚but the positives overshadowed the negatives. There were also things that were both positive and negative throughout the Industrial Revolution. During the Industrial Revolution there were many positive changes happening. Factories were being built which meant more jobs for people. The more jobs that came the population grew. People

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    Hernan Cortes a positive or negative force in history? Villains aren’t always just found in the stories we pass down from generation to generation. They can be found in everyday life throughout history from all across the globe. But what makes someone a villain? The definition of villain is someone that is blamed for a particular evil or difficulty (Webster). Hernan Cortes fits this description and the actions taken while in Mexico can be viewed as evil‚ making him a negative force in their

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