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Is Canada Losing Its Identity
Words: 1279 - Pages: 5.... The question is, do many people still view themselves as proud Canadians? Many think we are simply the 51st state or a refugee dump station for other countries.
As the world drives into the 21st century, technology is taking an increasing role in everyone's lives. New innovations, such as the Internet, are making every corner of the world closer. This is known as globalization. Where before countries were thought to be quite distant, today, we can travel and converse quicker then we ever could before. I believe it's this reason why Canadians feel that they're no longer their own sovereign country. This makes our country more accessible to ot .....
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A Couple Of Yahoos
Words: 626 - Pages: 3.... student. He was admitted to Stanford University, where he obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degree in electrical engineering in 1990. It was there that he met David Filo.
Filo and Yang were doctoral students in computer engineering. As one of their assignments they were working on the computer-aided design of computer chip circuitry. For this project they were set up in an “office” which was really a trailer that was filled with computers and equipment. “ I was terribly bored,” Filo stated, “And with our faculty advisor out of town we started to fool around on the World Wide Web.” They soon became very frustrated .....
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Words: 1208 - Pages: 5.... independence, and cleverness. is one of the greatest women who ever lived because of her accomplishments, her benefits to mankind, and her motives to accomplish her goals.
Helping other people was what lived for. There were many accomplishments made by this woman in social and political matters. For one thing, she spoke out for women to make them more equal to men. In 1928, she helped originate the nation-wide web of active units of Democratic women (Lash, 49). Eleanor believed that women could do just as much as men, especially in politics. The League of Women Voters was where she was "grounded in citizenship and government" .....
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Alcohol An Issue Within College Society
Words: 2215 - Pages: 9.... being away from home for the first time with a new found freedom to live as they please. College life is a new experience and the pressures that come along with it have an effect on a student’s path to success. Unfortunately, alcohol is one of these pressures. Alcohol abuse is a major problem that many young men and women encounter throughout their college experience. Drinking on college campuses is a problem that affects everyone.
Let’s first begin by understanding what alcoholism is and what it does to us. Alcoholism can be defined as an illness or a chronic disorder that comes from constant drinking. It obviously has serious .....
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Crime And Punishment
Words: 944 - Pages: 4.... a two categories which crimes fall under. "Indictable"
which is the same as our felony crimes that make up all of the major
crimes. These crimes consist of: Murder, armed robbery, burglary,
larceny, rape, and assaults on the police. The next called category
is called " Summery " crimes which is equal to our misdemeanor crimes.
Summery crimes were all minor crimes such as: Property crimes,
Vagrancy, Drunkenness, Prostitution, Minor Larceny , and all other
minor offenses.
Probably the most famous criminal in the Victorian period
was " Jack the Ripper ". Jack the Ripper was " the first modern sex .....
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Man Is Our True Enemy
Words: 409 - Pages: 2.... which explode at an imaginary force. And he would use them to slather millions of innocent individuals just to achieve his goal. This was proven to us in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombing.
We are also our enemy in our awry day lives. Example Transportation such as unsafe vehicles likes cars, motorcycles and airplanes. In fact 40% of all unnatural deaths occur in vehicle accidents.
We also harm our self in nourishment by eating unhealthy products, which have artificial color and flavor, which result in heart diseases and strokes.
Another reason we are our own enemy is because we made our selves weak and entirely dependent .....
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Descartes Meditations
Words: 1991 - Pages: 8.... have changed dramatically over the course of history. Also, he considers the generally excepted view that our senses dependably report the absolute nature of reality. Like authority though, Descartes discards the senses as a source of truth because of the ‘Dream Argument’ or the belief that based on the senses there is no definite way of proving that you are dreaming or that you are awake. Therefore it is possible that everything we believe is false, making the senses an unreliable source. Upon establishing this, Descartes doubts the existence of a physical or external world. Despite that he has an idea of things in the wo .....
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American People
Words: 701 - Pages: 3.... and from my friends. The first thing I heard about was from my friend who had lived here for years. He told me that the United States is unbelievable life. The time here goes so fast and you will enjoy your life without feeling homesick and he give me a great impression of and how they are helpful and always friendly. Also he tells me about the safety in his state and how you can have fun any time you want out side you house. In addition there was something I heard about that makes me very happy to come here is that there is no discrimination between people, because I have been in many bad situations in eurpe, which people treat us .....
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Binge Drinking 2
Words: 847 - Pages: 4.... or athletics important and those who drink to get drunk appear most likely to binge drink or to drink heavily (Shalala, 1, 1995).
Although alcohol use by adolescents is frequent, alcoholism is very rare. Still, alcohol consumption by adolescents hinders normal development. Alcohol intake by children can result in learning impairment, hyperactivity, and personality and behavior problems, because today's society has accepted the casual use of alcohol (Effects, 1996, 1). Among men, research suggests that greater alcohol use is related to greater sexual aggression (Shalala, 1995, 2). Students living on campuses with higher proportions of bin .....
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The U.s School System
Words: 828 - Pages: 4.... with such a severity, that they will either realize the error of their ways or that they do not belong in a public school. Through my few years in high school, I have noticed some students who are always breaking rules. And for some of these students, they are so regularly in trouble that the standards for their behavior is lessened , being permitted to break small rules because the standard for their behavior is lessened. This is a excellent example, why I believe in not only stern punishment, but set disciplinary action. A student should not be allowed the chance to break rules simply because that is just the way they are. Their bad habit .....
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