Why are people living longer? The fact that people today are living longer than in the past is obvious. A certain number of people can live over a hundred years these days. But why is that? There are many factors contributing to this which I would like to describe in the following paragraphs. It is commonly known that the cause of most deaths is illness. Thanks to technological and scientific advancement‚ we have discovered lots of ways to prevent them. Medicines‚ medical
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Why people become vegetarians? According to the growing population on Earth‚ there are approximately 17 million vegetarians in the world. Vegetarians are people who have decided to say “NO” to products of an animal origin. Today vegetarianism also is considered a slimming diet. But in origin‚ about a thousand years ago‚ the idea of animal origin product refusal had more religious character. The first vegetarians were ancient religion and the philosophical representatives‚ which supported
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Jaramillo 1 Ambar Jaramillo Professor Bucchino EBS-011-00ZA September 27‚ 2011 All People Wants to be Happy By examining happiness we found that all communities are looking happy to have a better life. If happiness exists in our life‚ we will see life in other points of view. When people are happy‚ they are in a good mood‚ they like to help‚ and they like to bring happiness. “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life‚ the whole aim and end of human existence” by Nichomachean
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Taking Risks What I Already Known/What I Want to Know While reading Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air‚ I began to wonder why individuals take extreme risks. Over the course of this novel‚ a team of highly trained mountain climbers attempts to climb Mount Everest in 1996. Several die‚ get injured‚ and go missing. Death becomes very familiar to the team of climbers. In the book‚ Hall and Hansen get stranded‚ Hansen runs out of supplemental oxygen and cannot continue; Fischer also gets stranded‚ Hansen
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WHY PEOPLE KEEP PETS Today owning a pet is a widespread phenomenon and is also becoming a trend in our society. Pets always have something to offer whether it is companionship or protection. Some people even have pets just for the sake of it. As stated in the dictionary‚ pets are a domesticated or tamed animal or bird kept for companionship or pleasure. The reason why people keep pets is pets can improve your health‚ a source of exercise and provides companionship. There are many benefits from
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said‚ “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need‚ but not every man’s greed.” In the play The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ Macbeth goes from a guy that wouldn’t hurt a fly to killing serval people just to become King of Scotland. We all wonder if power can change people for the worse and in this play Macbeth did just that. This vicious act later results in Macbeth becoming a king who battles with guilt and fear‚ continuously murdering individuals believing this will satisfy him
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Why do students cheat? It is a rare individual who actively chooses to be dishonest. But why do a few students make compromising choices? What can lead people to act in ways that they aren ’t proud of? Below are some underlying beliefs and confusions which students at Carnegie Mellon give as explanations for slipping standards of integrity. A Victimless Crime? Students generally are familiar with the disciplinary actions and penalties for getting caught. However‚ they may fail to understand
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Although we say it would be wrong to judge them‚ our society judges people of different social status’. Our society has grown to take one look at someone and judge them for what gender they‚ what their skin color is‚ and what religion they follow. These are some of the things that should not be judged by people because either they were born that way or they choose to follow that religion. Lastly‚ it is wrong to judge people for the way that they live or how they were born. If someone is a religion
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Helping people is undoubtedly an honorable thing to do in some instances; however‚ by no means is it morally obligated all the time. Therefore‚ I negate the resolution “Resolved: Individuals have a moral obligation to assist people in need.” Individual (The New Oxford American Dictionary‚ Oxford University Press‚ 2001): A single human being as distinct from a group‚ class‚ or family Moral Obligation (Black’s Law Dictionary): a duty that is based only on one’s conscience and that is not legally
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Why People Use Social Networking Sites Petter Bae Brandtzæg and Jan Heim SINTEF‚ Forskningsveien. 1‚ 0314 OSLO‚ Norway pbb@sintef.no Abstract. One of the recent popular social media platforms is the social networking site (SNS). Thus far‚ few previous studies have empirically investigated people’s motivations for SNS usage‚ especially not outside the U.S. This study combines a large-scale quantitative and qualitative research design‚ by asking 1‚200 SNS users an open question regarding their
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