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Written by Charmita Hobson
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Wednesday, 23 April 2008 |
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It's spring time and along with the beautiful budding flowers and our pollen transporting friends we call bee's, there are allergies. North Carolina has a high tendency to pollen (the yellow stuff all over everything just in case you are new to the area) and it causes thousands of us to suffer from running noses, watery eyes, and sinus pressure.
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Written by Avant Garde Zero
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 |
A meme is a contagious idea that is passed on from mind to mind-through mimicry. Memes function the same way genes do, propagating through communication networks and face-to-face contact between people. Memes exist in symbiosis with human minds and often affect the behavior of their hosts. They are created by advertising agencies and songwriters, and reproduced by photocopiers and radio stations. Certain memes, like the behavior of HYPERLINK "javascript:alert('which spreads through mimicry and is therefore memetic')" cigarettte smoking can be toxic to their hosts; other memes, like fascism, can be toxic to an entire society and can bring it to the brink of war or collapse. Other memes are therapeutic and help people live more positive, aware lives.
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Written by Avant Garde Zero
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 |
The end of the world is a subject that has been speculated upon virtually every generation since the dawn of humanity. There are thousands of possible scenarios that could wipe out or totally transform our civilization. The reality is the destruction of life on this earth maybe inevitable; it is just a question of when and how. This has been a subject discussed by religious, scientific, and government institutions all across the world. No one knows the answers to these questions; yet there is a substantial amount of scientific evidence that suggests environmental problems are the biggest crises that the earth currently faces. This essay examines a few of the many problems that put our planet in an endangered state.
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Written by Avant Garde Zero
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 |
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Nothing speaks louder than something creative. No one can define "creative" but we all know it when it's present.
Unfortunately, most of us traffic with societies demanding little in the way of creativity. We can get by, and even be very "successful" with partial participation, re-cycling culture and conversation ad infinitum.
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