Corruption is defined as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It is one of the biggest global issues, ahead of poverty, unemployment, increasing cost of food and energy, climate change, and terrorism. Corruption is the big enemy of the economy, hampers economic development, weakens democracy, and exacerbates inequality, poverty, social divisions, and the environmental crisis. Analyzing the effects of corruption, first of all, attention should be paid to the fact that it violates human rights and freedoms. It...
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In life, villains ought to be avoided, but in fiction, they are simply unavoidable. Without a villain, there is no hero, and a story without a villain and a hero isn't a story. Great villains can have a significant effect on the value of their stories as a whole, but what makes a great villain? One example is Felix from Christina Barnaby's novel 'Keepers of Light', whose frightening appearance, terrible misdeeds, and conflict with the hero make him the ideal...
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When you think of the word 'friends' or 'friendship', what is the first thing that comes to your mind? I guess some vivid memories that excite you to the deepest down, a person or a bunch of people so close and attached to you that losing them gives a sore feeling. I wonder what origin came up with the term 'friend', a pure relationship of understanding, forgiveness unforgetful memories, even if you lose contact. Old English 'frēond' means 'one attached...
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My name is Grace Niego and I am currently a senior at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School in Chicago, Illinois. The problem of net neutrality has come to my attention in a recent class. Net neutrality, otherwise called the Open Internet, is the rule that Internet service providers should empower access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without preferring or blocking specific items or sites. Net neutrality is important to me because I believe that...
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How to make it: For the baking of cake, the first step is to preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In next step for the baking chocolate cake is to coat the ramekins. Ramekins are coated with the help of cooking spray. Sprinkle the ramekins with 3 tablespoon sugar. In the third step for this take a bowl and then add 1/4 cup,1 tablespoon sugar,1/2 cup water,2 tablespoon butter, and egg yolks also in it. For the complete combination stir...
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I want you to picture this. You look down to see a notification. A Snapchat. You open it to see your friend pulling a silly face and you pull one back. You start to open other Snapchat, and before you know it you’ve scrolled through your Instagram feed, and then your Facebook. “Time to start the worksheet” you hear your teacher say as you snap back into reality. What class am I in? What was the task we had to...
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One famous quote reads “People do not have to bring a silver fork for eating good food”. It can be referred from this quote that when family members dine together, their relationship is strengthened. But this tradition has started to fade from recent lifestyle. Globally the advancement in technology and modernization overpower the traditional method. However, sometimes, it is not possible for the new generation to follow traditions. Research shows when family members stop dining together, their relationships are affected...
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In the twenty-first century, despite the American Dream do not have an exact definition, Carballo (2019, 22) and Cullen (2003, 06), assume that it became a structure that keeps the character and the identity of the U.S as a nation, which one can see throughout the history. Sometimes, as Cullen (2003, 05) stated, the term American Dream is “more meaningful and compelling than some terms, for instance, democracy or even Constitution”. Moreover, besides those author mentioned other authors also has...
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What is bullying? is when a person or a group of people tend to pick on someone who does not have the power to speak up for their self. (Stopbullying.gov) article states that “bullying is unwanted aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power Imbalance”. Bullying does not have to be physically it can be words also. Criticizing as one of the ways of bullying in a mental way. Bullies are people who have problems...
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Winston is the main character of 1984, with Julia coming in later in the story. Winston and Julia are interesting characters, because - unlike the protagonist you usually see in books in movies - they don’t agree with the government but they never physically fight against it. However, they often break the smaller laws and constantly commit what is known as thoughtcrime in their society. Winston is probably one of the favorite characters I’ve ever read about because he’s not...
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A few years ago, my softball team and I during Christmas time decided to go buy toys, wrap them up, and go give them to a shelter for girls who got removed from their families. As the girls only spoke Spanish, I had a bigger role than expected as I was the only one who spoke and understood Spanish, so in order to communicate with them I was the assigned speaker. My communication skills came in handy as I translated...
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Cities are considered successful when they can bring diverse people, of different backgrounds, together. Policymakers believe that socially mixed communities are healthier and safer, and will attract investment, tourism, and economic development. However, in my perspective, mixed neighborhoods are not always a good idea and this is due to three major problems that will occur: different costs of living, difficulties to change the status quo, and it may not lead to a tight-knit community. In my view, tackling the segregation...
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Walmart is an American multinational retail company that operates a chain of supermarkets, departmental discounters, and grocery stores. The corporation was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton, and now its headquarters are located in Bentonville. Walmart has approximately 11,496 stores and 57 clubs and operates in 27 different countries around the world. This is the world's leading revenue collection company and the largest private employer with approximately 2.2 million employees. With the development of global marketing, Walmart’s marketing campaign has...
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For many people, their wedding day is a long-awaited day, with many days of planning set aside for the signature, life-altering event. One major piece of a wedding is a wedding gown. In this essay, I will be talking about the evolution of the European wedding gown between the 1950s to the 2000s. I will also discuss the unique colors that describe a bride, and last but not least, the factors that determine the cost of a wedding gown. The...
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As I listened to the TED talk of Sherry Turkle, I realized that technological know-how brings us to a tricky connection to a delusion world. Turkle states that technological know-how turns into an effective psychological device that controls humans. Nowadays, human beings use technology to join extra regularly than have physical communication. This state of affairs is authentic and observable. Some reasons would possibly be due to the fact of painful truth that no one is listening to us, in...
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Edgar Poe is famous for his Gothic style of poetry. One of his most popular poems is ‘The Raven’. It is impossible to read this poem without wondering whether the narrator is insane or not. Insanity is exhibited as the narrator of the poem imagines a raven entering his room in December at midnight. The narrator proceeds to lose his mind as he converses with the bird only to get the reply, “Nevermore”. This lapse of mental control may be...
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As children, one of the biggest rewards that we can have is when our parents allow us to play outside with our friends or with our toys. However, aside from being a fun activity children can enjoy, play is also considered one of the most effective ways we help children’s overall growth and development. Even though most children today spend more time indoors and looking at their computer or gadgets’ screens, or simply because of overprotective parents, studies have proven...
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In the darkness, we show our true colors. Behind the walls when no one is watching, we do things we wouldn't normally do in front of others. This is greatly expressed in Oscar Wilde's quote that states: “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth”. For some of us, it is natural to put on a completely different identity when we are around others. Not showing...
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When I remember growing up, I wasn’t much of a reader, despite having a mom who has probably read every book ever written. Reading isn’t the butter to my bread. I got distracted by my phone when I got my first iPhone in year 6, reading didn’t feel important to me anymore. I had just turned 11, and I was long how I had a life on social media and didn’t need to read because I didn’t care about how...
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Google Cloud Pricing Philosophy Last year Google committed to continuously driving down costs for their customers in alignment with Moore's law. Since then they announced three major price reductions and keep leading the industry in combining strong performance with low cost as well as flexible commitment-free pricing options. Google believes its cloud platform delivers better performance at a lower cost than other cloud providers. You may wonder how they are able to do this. Firstly, they are creating infrastructure that's...
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• Point of parities(POP): The two businesses are identical on the basis of their founders; they all depend on the creativity of brilliant self-motivated businesspeople. Bill Gates, Microsoft's co-founder, is a respected man worldwide for his dream of putting computers on billions of desks, and also as a mentor. Steve Jobs, Apple's co-founder, is both a shrewd businessman and a thinker with a free mind. In fact, all represent outstanding market skills. Around 2004 and 2010, they were both rated...
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It could be clearly noted that gender issues have a crucial role in The Tempest. The lack of female characters can be obviously seen when dealing with gender issues in The Tempest. This could be possible because the only present female character is Miranda in the play and the other two characters such as Sycorax and Claribel do not appear. Despite the fact that they do not appear on the stage, they're even told about by a male character who...
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Pelé was probably the best soccer player in the world. Some people even think he is the greatest athlete of all time. He is a hero in the soccer world. Pelé was originally named Edson Arantes do Nascimento after Thomas Edison. He got the name Pelé when he mispronounced the name of the Goal Keeper Bile, pronouncing it ‘Pelé’. To get some extra money he was a tea shop waiter. Since he didn’t have enough money to buy a soccer...
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According to the Cambridge Dictionary (2020), a demonstration is “the act of showing someone how to do something, or how something works”. The ability to demonstrate a skill competently to participants is a vital part of coaching, and it is the most common means of communicating skill performance. The aim of teaching using the demonstration method is to indicate the procedure of occurrence of an event coherent to the teaching, how they are achieved, and how easy it is for...
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Reading has been a vital source of knowledge for human beings. In today’s world reading has become a part of our daily activities. Right from newspapers, magazines, entertainment stories, and books. The role of reading has increased compared to ancient times, because in the past people used to hear stories from their older ones. The elders used to narrate stories to their youngsters. Reading is gaining information and increasing knowledge. In our daily life, we come across many newspapers, articles,...
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What is an educated person? An attempt to answer this question was made by Alan Simpson in his essay ‘The Marks of an Educated Man’. According to him, there are different marks of an educated man. It varies from person to person and from generation to generation. The term ‘educated’ can have a different meaning depending on the person being asked. Some might define it as someone who is good at speaking, some might think that a person who reads...
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As humans, we feel a strong need to belong. To one another, to our friends and families, to our culture and country, to our world. This is because belonging is primal and fundamental to our sense of happiness and well-being. Many sociological and psychological studies have investigated the sense of community. One of its definitions, proposed by McMillan and Chavis, is as follows: “Feelings that members have of belonging, of bonding with each other and with the group, of shared...
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Art has consistently been a prominent form of self-expression, even from the most primal to the most chaotic times in human history, as it depicts the most relevant topics and issues of the time. creations. One of these aforementioned modern forms of expression includes music, a platform on which singer Elton John has been known to speak his mind relentlessly. Elton John is a renowned composer and musician, born in 1947 in England. His music focused on the concept of...
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I am now currently finished with the second half of the book 'Tuck Everlasting' by Natalie Babbitt, and in this essay, I want to share my thoughts on it. The second half of the book starts off with the man in the yellow suit knocking on Winnie’s door. The grandmother answers, and he tells her he knows where Winnie is. The grandmother was probably thrilled to find out where Winnie was hiding. Tuck was very nervous about all of it....
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Growing up, I tended to shrug off the fact that I was of Hispanic origin. Like many immigrants, I became Americanized, meaning there was a disconnection from my homeland. I was unknowing of the significance of pride many Latinos held that represented loyalty to their country. I had no recollection of my country after arriving in the United States. All I had were stories that my parents told me about their lives in Ecuador, this gave my brother and me...
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