Why Is Childhood Important? Written by Evan Bailyn on 06/20 at 11:43 AM “Our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.” We know nothing of what happened before our birth‚ and we certainly know nothing of what will happen after we die. Movies‚ slide shows‚ and accounts of what life was like in other times are all fascinating to contemplate‚ but we cannot ever truly know what it is like to exist outside of our lifespan. The only period of time over which we have
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to balance their time between working and putting aside some time for personal leisure. The increasingly more advanced technology which is expected to make lives easier has in turn made it more difficult. People are more dependent on technology‚ and so they will get frustrated easily should the appliances fail to work for some reasons. We have seen a lot of cases of “computer irritations‚” a situation where slow‚ inefficient computer systems have tested people’s patience and ended up in people slamming
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Why is freedom so important? What about our constitution makes people liberated from our governments’ all-embracing grasp? I ask these questions because you as American citizens deserve the right to know why “We the people” are united to secure the blessings of liberty we were granted so many years ago. The majority of our Founding Fathers were Federalists. They believed that one large government should not have absolute power over smaller ones. These men played a key role in the fight for independence
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Microsoft How is Microsoft so successful? The answer is simple‚ due to a motivated fork force. Microsoft is successful because of their workplace environment‚ empowerment of employee ideas‚ and their employee benefits. A motivated work force causes a team of motivated people to work towards accomplishing their goals. In order to achieve the company’s goals‚ Microsoft hires not only experienced people but also young and talented graduates who the company believes will contribute by bringing in fresh
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To store their food they would put their food in massive clay jars. Since refrigerators were not invented they would put the massive jars in the coldest area they could find. It was not hard for greece to have fresh food go bad because they would eat it. As I said greece had a very healthy diet. Armys Greece is the most successful civilization because of their outstanding battle groups who one many wars. For example Alexander the Great
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In this lab‚ we decided to investigate an important fact that normally goes unquestioned: why are cells so small? Would it be more efficient if everyone were just made up of one or two huge cells? A source of energy and molecules are required by all living organisms‚ which means that the amount of the cell that is able to receive molecules is important. The group’s hypothesis was that “cells are small because small cells have a larger surface area to volume ratio”‚ which is important because a larger
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Why is religion so diverse? I believe that one ought to know the definition(s) of religion and diversity before they can even begin to find the answer(s) to the above question. Religion is the belief in‚ worship of‚ or obedience to a supernatural power or powers considered to be divine or have control of human destiny. Religion is an organized collection of beliefs‚ cultural system‚ and world views that relate humanity to an order of existence. Diversity is a term used broadly to refer to
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A dream is defined as: a fanciful vision of the conscious mind; a fond hope or aspiration; anything so lovely‚ transitory‚ etc. as to seem dreamlike. In the beginning pages of Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby"‚ Nick Carraway‚ the narrator of the story gives the audience a glimpse into Gatsby’s idealistic dream which is later disintegrated. "No- Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby‚ what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest
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Perhaps one of the most famous cities in the world‚ Paris still ranks as the third most visited city in the world today. But what makes Paris so distinct? What made it so extraordinary that the Impressionists would paint it its scenes over and over again? Those who have visited the city recall the grand boulevards‚ neo-classical architecture‚ and wonderful social scene the city offers. If you think about paintings of Paris; Monet‚ Manet‚ and Renoir are recognizable names for those both familiar and
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Why are Tropical Rainforests so Important? Tropical rainforests occupy only 7.5% of the worlds surface and is 1.2 billion hectares‚ yet over half of all plants and animal species live or grow here. The largest rainforest in the world is Amazon which is 600 million hectares and covers nine nations- Brazil‚ Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Guiana‚ Ecuador‚ Colombia‚ Venezuela‚ Guyana and Suriname. Tropical rainforests are home to many rare plant and animals‚ they contain 80% of all insects and 90% of all primates
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