eventually combined to form the moon. Studies also show that by measuring the ages of lunar rocks‚ we know that the moon is about 4.6 billion years old‚ or about the same age as Earth. So this seems to be a pretty accurate theory as to how the moon was formed. Many people today still have many questions about the moon such as‚ “Why do we only see one side of it?” “Why does the moon
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Technology is supposed to make us more connected. We can stay in touch with our friends all the time on Facebook‚ Twitter and Tumblr‚ and‚ of course‚ by texting. But are our smartphones actually getting in the way of real socializing? Could technology be making us more alone? In the article “Disruptions: More Connected‚ Yet More Alone‚” Nick Bilton writes about a YouTube video that comments on our smartphone-obsessed culture. Last weekend‚ I was watching television with a few friends‚ browsing
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To what extent should people embrace nationalism and how acceptable should it be until it becomes destructive? These two questions may have come in many minds of philosophers including the great Albert Einstein who once quoted‚ “Nationalism is an infantile disease‚ it is the measles of mankind.” He strongly believed that nationalism should not be embraced for it is infamous for the destruction it has caused on the society and is responsible for the childish idiosyncrasy embedded in the human
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The reason why people resist change. (1) Loss of status or job security in the organization. 失去现在的位置和工作的保障 It is not our nature to make changes that we view as harmful to our current situation. In an organizational setting‚ this means employees‚ peers‚ and managers will resist administrative and technological changes that result in their role being eliminated or reduced. From their perspective‚ your change is harmful to their place in the organization! Forcing the change has its place. This approach
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an immense amount of despair that it outweighs the hope that is left in the world. The reasons as to why that is deals with the homeless population‚ racism‚ and war. To be homeless means to have no home or permanent place of residence. It affects hundreds of thousands of people today. In the United States alone 750‚000 people experience homelessness every night. There are many reasons as to why one might become homeless in a short period of time‚ these reasons include substance abuse‚ mental illnesses
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Thurber (1894-1961) Funny how people despise platitudes‚ when they are usually the truest thing going. A thing has to be pretty true before it gets to be a platitude. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1879-1944) Integrity needs no rules. — Albert Camus (1913-1960) The price one pays for pursuing any profession‚ or calling‚ is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. — James Baldwin (1924-1987) Freedom breeds freedom. Nothing else does. — Anne Roe (1904-1991) The people who think they are happy should
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More than half of the global population believes in gods and religions. And according to some estimates‚ there are roughly 4‚200 religions in the world. Religious beliefs are complicated things. You can look at them and say these beliefs cause wars and manage billions of people’s lives. But have your ever thought about why do people have these beliefs? Why do these beliefs even exist? Take a look at the history you might say people created religions just because they wanted to rule the rest of
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and Professional Relationships with Children‚ Young People and Adults Study Pack Effective Communication and Professional Relationships with Children‚ Young People and Adults Study Pack 2011 Michelle Canning CACHE PIN: 30134483 CACHE No: 502.000 2011 Michelle Canning CACHE PIN: 30134483 CACHE No: 502.000 TDA 3.1 Communication and professional relationship with children‚ young people and adults. This pack has been produced to help people in a support role‚ raise awareness of the importance
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statement linking technology negatively with free thinking plays on recent human experience over the past century. Surely there has been no time in history where the lived lives of people have changed more dramatically. A quick reflection on a typical day reveals how technology has revolutionized the world. Most people commute to work in an automobile that runs on an internal combustion engine. During the workday‚ chances are high that the employee will interact with a computer that processes
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Most of the jobs that we have today were not known to our forefathers as early as the beginning of 20th century and they had this same equation with their forefathers going back another hundred years. What drives this changes ? And more importantly what impact does this evolution have on our lives ? The first question is simple‚ it’s caused by the advent of a new technology‚ which phases out some jobs whilst creating new ones going ahead. As for the latter question‚ let’s take a deeper look at
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