...Should euthanasia be legalised or not? Euthanasia may be defined as bringing about the death of another person with that person's consent There is no straightforward answer to the question of whether euthanasia should be legalised or not. In this essay l will therefore first ofall consider the arguments against legalisation and then the reasons in favour. I shall conclude by arguing that euthanasia should be legal, but only under certain conditions. Those who oppose the legalisation of euthanasia do so for three main reasons Prima they fear that it will increase the number of murders. They believe this is likely because it will be dificult to be sure in certain cases whether the cause ofa person's death was their own wish or not. Someone wishing to murder an ill or elderly person will be able to make the death look like euthanasia. Therefore from this point of view, euthanasia is likely to endanger lives. The second main objection is medical. lf euthanasia is permitted, some doctors argue that they would inevitably be the ones who were called on most often to carry it out. This would place an intolerable burden on them. It would thereby mean that the patient would be able to make decisions about whether to live or not regardless of the doctor's judgement. Doctors would effectively no longer be in a position to do whatever they thought was in the best interests of their patients. A further reason usually put forward for opposing euthanasia is that it is against...
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...how bright the appear to us in the sky. The scale is somewhat arbitrary, as explained above, but a magnitude difference of 5 has been set to exactly a factor of 100 in intensity. Absolute magnitudes are how bright a star would appear from some standard distance, arbitrarily set as 10 parsecs or about 32.6 light years. Stars can be as bright as absolute magnitude -8 and as faint as absolute magnitude +16 or fainter. There are thus (a very few) stars more than 100 times brighter than Sirius, while hardly any are known fainter than Wolf 356. Star, large celestial body composed of gravitationally contained hot gases emitting electromagnetic radiation, especially light, as a result of nuclear reactions inside the star. The sun is a star. With the sole exception of the sun, the stars appear to...
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...looked up and I was able to see the stars that lit up the sky above me. As I walk down to the lake, I was able to hear the crickets’ chirping and the owls hooting as they hear the crackling of the snow that I’m stepping upon. As I look through the horizon of the snow, I saw the never ending slope falling towards the lake that apparently was frozen. As I sat on one of the unfrozen steps, I looked up once again, and I see the beautiful full moon sitting on a cloud. The stars shined even brighter when the moon glistened its light down to Earth. The lake looked really calm and I only saw a couple of ripples being caused by a female duck and her ducklings swimming in the middle of the lake. In the morning when I looked outside the window, the sun shined beautifully through the icicles that dangled down the side of the house. When I drove down to the city, you can see the cities that are at sea level. As I continued looking down, I see the clouds climbing up the mountains. And as I reach out of the car’s window, I can feel the refreshing mist that touches my fingertips. The scenery of the cities down below can’t no longer be seen because of the clouds the cover the scene like a...
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...JASON MRAZ LYRICS "I Won't Give Up" When I look into your eyes It's like watching the night sky Or a beautiful sunrise There's so much they hold And just like them old stars I see that you've come so far To be right where you are How old is your soul? I won't give up on us Even if the skies get rough I'm giving you all my love I'm still looking up And when you're needing your space To do some navigating I'll be here patiently waiting To see what you find 'Cause even the stars they burn Some even fall to the earth We've got a lot to learn God knows we're worth it No: I won't give up I don't wanna be someone who walks away so easily I'm here to stay and make the difference that I can make Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use The tools and gifts we got, yeah, we got a lot at stake And in the end, you're still my friend at least we did intend For us to work we didn't break, we didn't burn We had to learn how to bend without the world caving in I had to learn what I've got, and what I'm not, and who I am I won't give up on us Even if the skies get rough I'm giving you all my love I'm still looking up, still looking up. I won't give up on us (no I'm not giving up) God knows I'm tough enough (I am tough, I am loved) We've got a lot to learn (we're alive, we are loved) God knows we're worth it (and we're worth it) I won't give up on us Even if the skies get rough I'm giving you all my love I'm still looking...
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...John Donne's “The Sun Rising” 1. Type of poem: 1. Lyric 2. Rhyming: abbacddcee fggfhiihjj kllkibibmm (note that the last stanza has a slightly different rhyme scheme). 3. Three stanzas of ten lines apiece. First two lines are shorter than the rest. 2. Title & implications for theme: 1. Literal meaning; happens everyday 3. Approximate date & implications: 1. 1633; thus, this is a part of Donne's earlier, secular poetry (not the later, religiouslythemed poetry) 4. Elaborations re. theme: 1. Sun, for them, is centered on their bed (& bedroom) 2. Inevitability of natural cycles 3. Beloved as Petrarchan ideal (at least to a certain extent) 5. Structure of poetic argument: 1. Sets up several rhetorical questions & answers them 1. Use of the interrogative voice 6. Styles: 1. Informal; lucid (but dense); emotional; descriptive (and also somewhat analytical, because of interrogative structure). 7. Sources of the principle effects: 1. “Busy old fool, unruly Sun” (Donne 1:137). 1. Personification. See also “[s]aucy pedantic wretch”1 (Donne 5:137). Personification of the sun is evident throughout the poem. 2. “Love, all alike” (Donne 2:137). 1. Alliteration 3. “If her eyes have not blinded thine” (Donne 15:137). 1. Her eyes could (metaphorically) blind the (personified) sun. 1. Thus, tells us that she's linked to the Petrarchan ideal of feminine beauty. However, she also isn't because she's obviously attainable (being that she's in bed with the male narrator). 4. “Princes do but play us;...
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...astrological blue Moon. A blue Moon usually only occurs if it is the second one in a single month. This blue Moon is an astrological one because the Moon has been stuck in Leo and Aquarius since the last full Moon on July 22nd. It is what is called a seasonal blue Moon It will present the third of four full moons to fall in the same season. A season is defined as the period of time in between a solstice and an equinox – or vice versa. This full moon is the third of four full moons to take place in between the June 2013 solstice and the September 2013 equinox. That makes the August 2013 full Moon a Blue Moon! This Moon is also called the Sturgeon Moon or the Corn Moon. This Aquarius full Moon has an extra bit of creative magic with the Sun in Leo. The time is potent to follow our hearts to create new pathways. There is a simultaneous shedding and emerging as we focus to ground our visions into form. Some deep activations happening as well so we must move with the changes, allow what wants to come forth, and trust our inner knowing and guidance. Your enthusiasm, idealism and creativity could be at an all-time high. You could be bursting with new ideas. You could have sudden insights. You can move from breakdown to breakthrough. You are experiencing a transformation in consciousness. Sometimes your growth can feel weird and strange when you are no longer connecting to your past. But truly, the old way of living no longer works for you. You are experiencing new aspects of...
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...Richard Bernal July 5, 2013 World Religions Professor McCormack Can Science and Religion Co-Exist We hear from different scholars and people that science and religion can co-exist and some says it cannot. I say that it can to a certain extent. I believe that science is what God wants us to know and he has helped us throughout the ages discover new things. We discovered that the Sun is the center of the Milky Way and that the planets revolve around it. We discovered that the Earth is round and that people will not fall off. New planets are being discovered and old planets becoming something else (poor Pluto). I will also explain why I believe that science and religion can co-exist to a certain point later on in the paper. According to Professor Ayala, “Science and religious beliefs need not be in contradiction if they properly understood. They cannot be in contradiction” (NPR, 2010 ). I have always asked myself, how did God created the Earth? I still ponder that. We know from the first book in the bible that God created the world on day one (whatever that means in God years). So what if science has a few theories on how it happened. What if science may be on the right track into figuring it all out? In this case I do believe what Professor Ayala said that religion and science does not need to be in contradiction for as long as they are understood. Now here is my issue, the origin of life. Professor Ayala explains that religion tells us how to get to heaven but science...
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...boring as hell That he needs to play a trick on the people One day he decide to play a not-so-fun trick on the people So he turns himself into a sun Rising with the sun at the same time So there are two suns in the sky that day People are all sweating balls over the deadly weather The humid weather haunts the people like no other They can’t work their ass off for money as they used to (not to mention the partying) They had no food and their stomachs are growling like crazy Can you imagine the life without food and crops That’s not the life worth living So they prayed to their so-called god The gods do not respond They scream and shout everyday on top of their lungs The sun continues to give people bad bad droughts With no food to fill their stomachs God knows how they lived Without water and food But they don’t know what to do Finally The so-called god heard their prayers And sends a man called Ceres Man, this Ceres, He is famous for shooting around and shit with his archery bow He does nothing but shoots around with his bow all day It’s no doubt that his shooting ability is good The sun continues to give people bad bad droughts With no food to fill their stomachs God knows how they lived Without water and food But they know what to do This Ceres, try to be cool and all Talks to the other sun Hoping to settle this...
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...Explain Plato’s analogy of the cave. (25 marks) The analogy of the cave is written in Plato’s famous book known as Republic. It is one of the three similes he uses to illustrate his theory of Forms. Plato uses analogy to help describe philosophical difference between physical world and the difference of the world of forms. In short the analogy explains to others about the physical world as nothing but full of illusion. He describes the true reality is to be found in the eternal unchanging world of forms. The analogy begins in the cave. The cave represents the visible world or the world of sense experience, where the shadows seem more real than truth itself. It indirectly represents the human body, which imprisons the soul preventing it from seeking the true knowledge. People are chained up in the cave such a way that all prisoners are facing the wall. They are chained up in a way that they can only look ahead of them at the wall of the cave. The only light in the cave comes from the fire. There is a wall behind the prisoners and fire is located behind the wall. Behind the wall other people are walking up and down carrying statues on their heads. The prisoners observe the shadows that flicker before them. The prisoners believe the shadows are reality as that is all they are able to see. If they hear the people behind the wall they associate the sounds made by individuals with the shadows. They think of the shadows as the true reality. Plato represents our condition as human...
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...which are more important than others. In this essay I am going to describe and explain each factor involved. Insolation is the incoming energy from the sun in shortwave ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The distribution of insolation over the Earth’s surface is complicated; however there are patterns to be seen. Insolation has numerous aspects to it that each affects it in turn, which are divided into three categories of long term, short term and local. Quite possibly the most important aspect is latitude, a long term factor. The effect of latitude on the heat budget can be seen all over the globe, but the most striking examples are that the annual amount of insolation in the Arctic region, located 66° north of the equator, is 75 W/m2 however it is 275 W/m2 in Egypt, located 26° north of the equator. Latitude holds such a large effect on insolation because a variation in latitude means variations in the altitude of the sun. Altitude of the sun affects insolation because as the angle of the sun in the sky decreases and becomes more oblique, the land area to be heated up by the rays and the depth of atmosphere they must travel through increase. Therefore the amount of insolation lost through absorption, scattering and reflection increases. Areas in lower latitudes have higher temperatures than those in higher latitudes, because the sun is at a higher angle of incidence. One might expect the highest amount of insolation to be found on land directly below the equator, due to the sun’s highest...
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...think that astrology is all about their Sun sign but it isn’t! Sun - Ego, Conscious will, individuality. Who you are as a person. Moon - Your feelings and emotional side. Ascendant also known as Rising - How others see you. How you act around people you don't know. Think of it as a "front". Venus - Your love style. How you act in friendships and personal relationships. Mars - Your aggressive side and sexuality. Jupiter - Growth. Expansion. Your generous side and tolerance for others. Saturn - Restrictions Signs in the planets, show how that sign will express that planet's energy. The other planets are like generation planets. Not that important. Since they aren’t I’m mostly going to focus on the planets above. Each sign of the zodiac is made up of the four elements in the natal chart. Earth, Air, Fire & Water. Fire Signs - Aries, Leo, Sagittarius Water Signs - Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces Earth Signs - Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn Air Signs - Gemini, Libra, Aquarius Just a quick rundown on what that means and what traits the elements possess Fire Enthusiastic, impulsive, confident, impatient, energetic, and passionate Earth Earthy, grounded, practical, cautious, reliable, conservative, realistic Air Detached, curious, social, distant, unemotional, flighty, and aloof Water Emotional, private, moody, psychic, spiritual, feeling, compassionate Jenny Sex F Bay City, MI 26 United States 01/03/1991 04:15 Sun in Capricorn Capricorn is a feet-on-the-ground...
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...An issue in today’s world is the environment. There is dispute over what we should do about it. One issue in the environment is global warming. Global warming has become a problem around the world; it is caused by CO2 emissions and other gases in the atmosphere that cause the sun’s thermal energy to be absorbed, otherwise known as the greenhouse effect. Studies have shown that at least 20% of ice on Earth has melted since 1979. Although it may not sound so bad, every year we deplete the natural ice on Earth by using CO2-emitting machines such as vehicles, factories, and other heavy machinery. The depleting may accelerate until all naturally-made ice caps and glaciers are gone. Ocean levels will rise sky-high from the melted ice. Global warming is also causing change in both wind and ocean currents. The ocean currents have changed so dramatically scientists believe anymore change may cause catastrophic waves, not to mention the change in the flow of things. The wind’s change in direction may cause high-speed winds, and horrendous tornadoes. A mixture of the two would cause weather worse than Hurricane Katrina. Despite disagreements on this subject, studies have shown that this could possibly happen if we keep going the way we are. Of course, in 1972, scientists were afraid another ice age would happen because the temperature was going down half a degree between 1945 and 1968. Then, the temperature started rising. This shows that it may or may not happen. But from...
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...Newspaper readership is the people who read or are thought to read a particular newspaper. Decline in newspaper circulation and readership does not mean newspaper readership is aging. In fact, declining newspaper circulation and readership is happening at the same time with aging newspaper readership. Looking at the macro vision of aging newspaper readership, general social factors suggest that aging population and new way of newspaper reading by young people (i.e. reading online newspaper articles, reading free newspapers). In micro term, cohort effect, new reading style of non print news articles and cost of newspaper are three of the reasons why newspaper readership is aging. Aging of newspaper readership has impacts on societies and which aging readership has relationship to voter participation. Long-term Cohort effect and newspaper readership Cohort define people according to their birth of year (i.e. 1980-1989, 1990–1999). Cohorts are affected by age and the period of time that the groups grow. These make different cohorts have their only characteristics, and this is called as cohort effects. Cohort effect is further declining and aging newspaper readership. According to the characteristics of young cohorts, their readership level is lower than other older cohort groups.[8] Newspaper market does not target only the older cohort, young cohorts are also the targeted consumers of newspapers.[8] Comparing older cohorts to the younger, the way how the young cohort groups...
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...a high-end jewelry store and feels like walking on ashes from freshly extinguished fire. Despite the heat, walking on the warm, crystal sand pacifies my soul. I set up my folding lounger under the shade of a palm tree and explore my surroundings. The colorful towels spread out all over the beach are covered by bronzed figures. A net is up towards the water, and a few more figures dive to save a falling volleyball. Not far from the shore, you can see the coral sitting still in the wild and shallow water. People are laughing and playing in the burning sand, and others are relaxing on the beach reading their books while enjoying the bright rays of light coming from the sun. In a distance, I see occasional jet skis speeding over the waves, and sometimes, I can see a fish hop out of the water, its body shining in the sun. Not far away, a resort is attractively located right by the water, so all guests can look across the deep navy blue ocean each and every day. Also, houses line the beach on the left, just underneath the palm trees and the clear sky. It’s amazing to think that people get to live there, but what seems like paradise to me is just everyday life to...
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...time. Elisa Allen seems to be a typical obedient, docile wife who looks after her husband and their home. But as you read on, Steinbeck uses symbols that give deeper insight to Elisa, her marriage, and her feelings. It is realized that there is more to Elisa than initially thought. Elisa is sexually repressed and held captive by a male dominated society that thinks of women as nothing more than mothers and housekeepers. The first significant symbol is the discussion of the weather. Steinbeck describes the winter fog, and how it sits over the valley like a lid on a pot (para 1). This can be seen as a metaphor to describe Elisa feeling trapped in her boring life. There is the mention of the sun shining around the area, on the fields nearby, but no sun in the valley where Elisa lives. The sun is generally associated with warmth and happiness. The fact that it is not present in Elisa’s environment symbolizes that she isn’t happy. The most obvious of symbols is the chrysanthemums. The chrysanthemums are representation of Elisa’s being. She is isolated in the valley; there are no neighbors to speak of. Her husband, his ranch-hand and their dogs are the only people around. She takes pride in her chrysanthemums. This is obvious in the way she cares for them. She is meticulous in the way she trims each plant, killing any creature that may do them harm and prevent their growth. Even though Elisa gets immense pleasure from her flowers, they are still not enough to contain her nature...
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