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    My future

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    Preparing my future This part of my life...this part is all about trying to make the right choice for my future. The right choice so I can pursue my dream. I got a dream and this dream is to have a degree from an English university and have a career within the UN after volunteering. The fact that I want to volunteer for the United Nations is also based on my personal experience. From an early age‚ I was taking part in voluntary activities at the local and community level. It helped me understand

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    the future of policing

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    The Future of Policing CJA/214 October 7‚ 2013 Jason Huskey Outline I. Introduction A. The future of policing could dramatically change the way law enforcement operates in today’s society. II. GPS Satellites A. Parolee B. Drug trafficking III. Aerial Surveillance A. Bomb threats B. Undercover operations C. Video surveillance IV. Autonomous Vehicles A. Less traffic B. Save lives V. Conclusion GPS tracking could be implemented into each agency. In our society

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    Future Shlock

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    – roughly 0.00007% of the world’s population at that time. What changed? Progress. A word Neil Postman doesn’t seem to acknowledge in his essay‚ Future Shlock. You see‚ Mr. Postman has a theory. He essentially states that after future shock‚ a phrase that describes “the social paralysis induced by rapid technological change”‚ a phenomenon called future shlock occurs. This phenomenon is a “cultural condition characterized by the rapid erosion of collective intelligence.” It’s a cute concept; one that

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    A BETTER DAUGHTER

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    A Better Daughter “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” My eyes opened to the familiar sound of the lady singing from my alarm clock. It was two days after Christmas‚ 8:00 a.m. in the morning. I slowly spill out of bed‚ very slowly‚ continuously murmuring‚ “Why do I have to wake up? I’m not even in school anymore.. ugh..” As I was crawling up the stairs to the dining room‚ I can already tell by the sound coming from kitchen; my father was very ready to start our day. The major plans for

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    Power

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    LITERATURE REVIEW The Definition of Culture Culture is defined with different terms depending on the time and personal idea of the scholar and for that reason it is a really complex phenomenon. Kramsch(1998) defines culture as ‘membership in a discourse community that shares a common social space and history‚ and common imaginings.(p.10). On the other hand‚ Liddicoat‚ Papademetre ‚ Scarino and Kohler(2003) describe culture as a complex system of concepts‚ attitudes‚ values‚ beliefs‚ conventions

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    Future Worlds

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    also called genetic modification‚ is the direct manipulation of an organism’s genome using biotechnology. With the development of this technology‚ future generations are then able to select and reject specific traits and genes for their children. Contention: I believe that Genetic engineering should not be a technology pursued by society and future generations as it raises many negative consequences that defy the basic foundation of the human race. Arguments 1. Loss of individuality Firstly

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    Will to Power

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    The "Will to Power" Nietzsche believed the will to power to be the fundamental causal power in the world‚ the driving force of all natural phenomena and the dynamic to which all other causal powers could be reduced. I believe Nietzsche in part hoped the will to power could be a theory of everything‚ providing the ultimate foundations for explanations of everything from whole societies‚ to individual organisms‚ down to simple lumps of matter. The will to power cannot be known. It must be understood

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    Laptops Are Future

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    Laptops Are Future In the 21st century‚ laptops had become a big part of our life and it became very important to our education. Laptops had help teachers or students can no longer limit to the traditional way of teaching. Nowadays‚ most schools have computer labs and many students have computers at home too. In addition‚ some students will bring their laptop to class. Although there has been a strong push to get education technology into hand of teachers and students‚ there are still some problems

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    Ideas for the Future

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    Taken from http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/1766936.html [Accessed on December 18‚ 2008] 5 New Ideas To Power Our Future - October 2005 Cover Story from Popular Mechanics With the outlook for oil uncertain‚ it’s time for new ideas. Here are five emerging technologies--from buoys that harness the power of waves to bacteria that extract electricity from wastewater. Together they can keep the world humming. BY KRISTIN ROTH Illustrations by Flying-Chilli.com Published in the October

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    Power

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    With control comes power and power becomes a need for control. It is in our human nature that we feel a sense of individuality and in essence total self-empowerment of our own lives. No one is born with the aspiration to be submissive‚ though we are all born with the longing to lead our lives to our own fate. Though when all is lost‚ what is left? By exploring concepts and themes within the Shakespearean play “King Lear” and the film “The Truman Show”‚ we are able to comprehend a clearer understanding

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