Human Nature
.... impulses, consequently resulting in making it harder for them to reason. If a person learns to control their desires and impulses they will gain the ability to reason. According to Aristotle this is how we should live our life. Being able to reason is what makes human beings unique. It is believed in this view that we are an immortal being with a purpose in life, that has the ability to reason.
The Judeo-Christian view of human nature claims that humans are made in the image of God. Unlike the Gre .....
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Greek Myths
.... refashioned by various story tellers over time so that it is impossible to tell what really happened. In this last aspect myths have a legendary and historical nature.
The word mythology has two related meanings. Firstly it refers to a collection of myths that together form a mythological system. Thus one can speak of "Egyptian Mythology", "Indian Mythology", "Maori Mythology" or "Greek Mythology". In this sense one is describing a system of myths which were used by a particular society at some .....
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The Atomic Bomb Anad Nuclear Bombs
.... atoms cause the atoms to split into pairs of nuclear fragments, releasing energy and more neutrons. Once the reactions begin, the neutrons released by each reaction hit other atoms and create more fission reactions until all the fissile material is exhausted or scattered.
This process of fission releases enormous energy in the form of extreme heat and a massive shock wave; this is the intense explosion. In addition to its nearly unimaginable destructive force, consisting of pressure waves, flash bur .....
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Comparison Of The Mustang And The Camaro
.... in the low five second range with 0-100 approaching in the low thirteens. There has been little change in the SS's from last year to this. The addition of audio controls on the steering wheel, an optional 12-disc CD changer, new interior fabrics, and new alloy wheels (available on all Camaro's).
The Mustang GT is also a great "American Muscle Car." The GT produces a low but above average 260 horsepower, this will you from 0-60 in 5.5 seconds and 0-100 in 14.1 seconds. The base price of the Mustang i .....
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The Fibonacci Sequence
.... number in the sequence equals the sum of the two previous numbers. The Fibonacci sequence is called a recursive sequence because each number is a function of the proceeding two numbers, both of which change as the sequence progresses. (1) The formula for Fibonacci numbers is: Fn=Fn-1. (4)
To show his sequence he often created interesting problems or stories. Probably his most famous problem is this one:
A man bought a pair of rabbits on Jan. 1st, and bred them.
The pair produced one pair o .....
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'Spanglish' Presentation
.... It's widely used among those who are Bi-lingual. Spanish on one hand is emotional and very descriptive. For example the word 'hot' in Spanish is three different words; caliente (hot to touch), calor (hot weather) and picante (hot food). Were as in English is much more concise and efficient and often confusing. The word hot can mean many different things: hot property (stolen), hot body (sexy), hot food (spicy), hot to the touch, hot weather, hot tempered, hot pursuit, hot tip (fresh news), hot air and .....
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Winter Celebrations Of The World
.... and girls. If the child were bad, Santa would leave a stump of coal in their stocking, (but what type of parent would do that!) Santa Clause delivers gifts by riding magical reindeer and enters houses through chimneys. Depending on parts of the world, he is also known as “Father Christmas,” “St. Nicolas,” and “Pere Noel.” The figures of Santa Clause also vary diversely, from being an elf who delivers gifts in shoes, to a saint who died in A.D. 300
Christmas originated in the Bible under a story of t .....
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Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance
.... if they care that it isn’t romantic.
I believe I have mostly romantic understanding under this lid of mine. I tend to think with my heart instead of my head. I see a flower for its beauty, not its pistil and stamen. I’m more interested in literature and poetry than science and math. I would rather create photographs than dissect a squid.
That having been said, I doubt if any person is strictly one or the other. The classical self in me has taken apart an old camera body, just to see what w .....
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Kwanzaa
.... people reaffirm bonds between them. They also celebrate the good of life, and thank the lord for creation. Furthermore, during this period, celebrants reinforce the Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles) These seven African values are Umoja (Unity), Kujichagulia (Self-Determination), Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (Purpose), Kuumba (Creativity), and Imani (Faith). These values speak best of what it means to be African.
Throughout the century, Kwanzaa ha .....
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Central Theme Of The Upanishads
.... delineating the glory of God, the process of creation, prescribing different methods of upaasanaa, Eschatology, recommending meditation, devotion etc. have to be relegated to a secondary position, as they are essentially dealing with the machinations of the unreal Avidya, which vanishes into "nothing," when the soul is liberated and discovers its identity with the formless and attributeless Brahman. In other words, much of Upanishadic texts are worthless and untrue in the domain of the final reality. On .....
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Egyptian Cuisine
.... sun, while plain aysh comes in long, skinny, French-style loaves. Hard, dry aysh can be softened in water, and if you have a fire available, warmed over an open flame.
Along with aysh, the native bean supplies most of Egypt's people with their daily rations. Ful can be cooked several ways: in ful midamess, the whole beans are boiled, with vegetables if desired, and then mashed with onions, tomatoes, and spices. This mixture is often served with an egg for breakfast, without the egg for other meals .....
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The American Basketball Association
.... a rule which said that the draftee did not have to be a college graduate. The NBA had a rule which said that the draftee must have graduated from college. As a result, many college stars began to go straight into the ABA before graduating. One which did this was Moses Malone, he was the first player to come straight out of high school into professional sports. This was a revolutionary event in the history of professional sports.
The ABA had a style of its own. Newsweek once described them, “Sex, d .....
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Maroons
.... in particular were a community to be reckoned and bargained with and are believed to have come into existence around 1655 with the capture of Jamaica's capital St. Jago de la Vegain. They were numerous and made a refuge for slaves escaping from the estates. The military were posted in these territories and were provided with dogs to catch raiders who tried to slip through the defenses of the estates. The Maroons disturbed the peace but did not directly affect estate discipline. There were rebelli .....
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Animals And Their Purpose
.... John Gurdon. A nuclear transfer was used for success. In 1997 geneticists in Scotland said that they had for the first time cloned an adult mammal a ewe. They used a technique called nuclear transfer where they removed the nucleus from an egg cell, and with an electric pulse fused the denucleated egg cell with a whole cell. The electric pulse also stimulates the egg to start dividing which makes it become an embryo. The embryo is implanted in a surrogate mother. Then it grows in the mother, an .....
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Boeing 700
.... a fear of the jet because of lack of reliability, but with the advancement of technology the jet engine now had become more even reliable than the piston engine. The need for a jet engine powered plane was growing. Airlines still were looking for a plane that could cross the Atlantic Ocean without a refueling stop. The Lockheed Super Connies, a piston powered plane, were able to cross the Atlantic Ocean with out stopping on the eastbound leg, but they had to stop in Gander, Newfoundland to refuel on the .....
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