Is Magic Rice a Good Thing? Magic rice has been developed for decades and it has got both praise and blame. What is magic rice? Magic rice is the kind of crop produced by crossing two varieties of a particular crop. It is also called the hybrid rice. The idea of magic rice is that if you cross two parents which are genetically distant from each other‚ the offspring will be magical‚ particularly in terms of yields. Is magic rice a good thing? Although the magic rice can increase the yields‚ it is
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The Good Things about Filipinos Amidst all the negative things hurled to us‚ Filipinos‚ by peoples from various and distant lands (or even by our own blood-brothers)‚ it will never be denied that we have good characteristics that we can be proud of. We even have attitudes that we are the only ones who have. These good things about us are those that compensate for the almost indelible negative things that we have. And majority of them are obviously the product of being imprisoned for more than
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preconception when experiences such as losing a loved one or harboring a feeling of jealousy are all too common‚ or even inevitable‚ in our society. Take Raymond Carver’s stories about the middle class‚ for example. He shows the typical human experience of jealousy and losing a loved one and presents it in a manner that deems it as being a normal act of human nature. His character’s in “Neighbors” and “A Small Good Thing” present actions that are only a predictable act of nature in order to convey the idea
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Outline In the extemporaneous method of speaking‚ an outline is created to make sure all material is clearly developed and well-organized. For practicing and delivering the speech‚ the speaker does not use the outline‚ but instead uses brief notes that are based on the outline. Too Much of a Good Thing Arlene Chico Lugo General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to be cautious in using medicines and supplements that are usually considered beneficial Central Idea:
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smoking has been proven to be very dangerous for health. As one cigarette contains more than 4000 chemical substances‚ therefore‚ it causes for many dangerous diseases such as heart attacks‚ asthma‚ bronchitis or lung cancer. According to a recent report in Britain close to 3‚500 people are killed each year in road accidents and 120‚000 are killed by smoking. Furthermore‚ smoking costs governments millions of dollars because of the large number of people who need treatment in hospitals for smoking-related
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Failure is a Good Thing “We learn from failure‚ not from success.“ What that means is when you succeed you do not learn anything because in your mind you did everything right. Success is a problematical victory because you learn nothing from doing something right. “I wished her success. I was lying. What I actually wish for her is failure. “I believe in the power of failure.” (Carroll). In “Failure is a Good Thing‚” by Jon Carroll‚ he talks about how he wishes for his granddaughter to fail
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this post is not going to be about making sure you keep your work secure while flying on planes (although this little story could have served as an important reminder of that fact)‚ nor is it about how the ability to spy on other people’s work is a good auditor trait (which it is because‚ in spite of what we might say‚ we are spies at heart – just really boring spies)‚ nor is it about how there really isn’t enough room on an airplane seat to read your book‚ eat those peanuts‚ and properly read over
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Are Zoos A Good Thing Or A Bad Thing? Do animals belong in zoos? Do animals like being in zoos? Do animals get all the proper care they need in zoos? Many animals in early zoos were diseased and treated poorly. Over time zoos have changed‚ zoos are very different from what they were before. Although some people have opinions that zoos are good for animals‚ zoos can be pursued differently. Animals should not be in zoos because they don’t have room to run and play‚ the wild is their natural habitat
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Case 6.10 – Martha Stewart: Not Such a Good Thing 1. What issues did Martha Stewart‚ Bacanovic‚ and Faneuil miss in making their decisions about selling the ImClone stock in their conduct following the sales? Apply the models and make a list of suggested questions they could have asked that might have affected their decisions. I do not feel any of them were thinking about any consequences! Why was this small amount of money so important to them‚ especially Ms. Stewart‚ who was a multi-
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Ontario‚Quebec‚ Nova Scotia and New Brunswick confederation in 1867 ; there was still much debate for the remaining colonies on whether to join. There is definitely an argument for both sides‚ but in my opinion --- I believe confederation was a good thing. One advantage of confederation was that when the colonies were united as a country‚ we would be able to fend off attacks from the South. Also it would act as a symbol to intimidate the Americans into submission and prevent manifest destiny. Another
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