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    police station of the future‚ the police station of today. Radebaugh’s illustration of this future police station was featured in his Sunday comic “Closer Than We Think”. It is here that Radebaugh depicts a police station run less like a police station‚ and more like “a sort of always-connected war room” (Novak). In this edition of “Closer Than We Think”‚ the precinct is adorned with television screens‚ perhaps broadcasting live-feeds of the surrounding area. A dispatch officer is seen barking commands

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    Practicing meditation and mindfulness will make you 10 percent happier. In the book 10 % happier‚ Dan Harris offers us an interesting story from his own experience about how mindfulness change his outlook of life and how leaving the default mode running rapid in our life will lead us astray. Harris is a high achiever and intelligent person. He starts off by telling the readers about his work experience externally (what events are taking place) and internally (how he feels and how is body and mind

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    the citizens. “Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker‚ it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” –Louis D Brandeis. When it comes to the government‚ America knows that there are many secrets kept away from us. These secrets may make this world better‚ or it may not. What is not understood‚ is why they have to hide things from us citizens who obey. If we do wrong‚ we are given jail time

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    at we are i An individual’s existing social class often results in a desire to move into a new world. Rita fights against the distinctly working class culture of being a stay at home mum‚ and wants to ‘be the kind of woman who knows the difference between Jane Austen and Tracy Austin’. Again‚ Russel draws on the dichotomy between the upper class culture of classical literature in Jane Austen‚ and the lower class sporting culture in the reference to tennis player Tracy Austin. Therefore‚ we see

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    time when our opinions and beliefs begin to differentiate from those around us. During this time‚ some people may discover where they belong‚ whereas many others do not. It is not solely one stage of our lives when we are confronted with an identity crisis‚ but a continuous challenge throughout our lives as we encounter new experiences that will alter our thoughts‚ emotions and perspective on ourselves. Most of us are following the “norms”‚ society expectations but deep down inside‚ we desire for

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    things throughout our lives and the learning phase never ends. In my opinion‚ the best way of learning about life is through personal experience. Some people‚ on the contrary‚ believe that we can learn about life by listening to the advice of family and friends. Below are the reasons that support my point of view. To begin with‚ I think learning and experience are intertwined with each other. We learn by our past experiences which help us making the right decisions. The end results of our actions always

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    Do We Learn from our Mistakes? Architecturally speaking‚ I think we learn very little from our mistakes‚ as there are so many thousands of mistakes to make in architecture without repeating a single one. A child may learn not to touch a hot stove‚ but that is because the child receives an immediate response for doing so. This is not true with the mistakes we make as architects. Sometimes years go by before we learn the results of our errors; mostly our ethical errors. Most of the time this

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    about what people see‚ taste and experience in general about food. According to “The Name Game from Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think” through senses such as sight‚ taste‚ and the sound of brand names can alter your willingness to consume certain foods and beverages. First of all‚ Brian Wansink discusses how the look of food someone is about to consume is somewhat how we‚ as observes‚ tell whether or not the person consuming the food is actually enjoying it. In the beginning of his article

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    In the movie GATTACA‚ the audience is shown a new‚ futuristic world‚ in which the genetics of any offspring can be changed and altered to create a genetically perfect child‚ known as a "valid". In this new society‚ having an embryo genetically altered‚ and then inserted into the uterus of the mother‚ much like IVF‚ is seen as the "normal" way to conceive‚ and the previously normal‚ now atypical "faith birth" wherein intercourse is the cause of conception‚ is frowned upon‚ as it produces genetically

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    Summary Of “The Men We Carry In Our Minds” In his essay “The Men We Carry In Our Minds” Scott Russell Sanders explores the relationship between gender roles and social classes in both men and women. Sanders disputes that‚ the personal experiences of individuals within our society‚ lead to conflicting perspectives about the gender roles for men and women. The varied social classifications of both male and female citizens allows for different opinions and prejudices’ to arise. Throughout the essay

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