PART I ESSAY Origin of Essay History of essay as a literature form has begun in 1580 when Michel de Montaigne has published the book “Les Essais”. In French term “essais” means “try” or “experience”. It was a book written because of boredom; it did not have a distinct structure or plan‚ and consisted of individual chapters‚ formally unrelated to each other. Montaigne suggested his literary tests in form of initial essay‚ highlighting their subjective‚ relative‚ and inconclusive sides. In fact
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sound security-sector governance: security as a public good; comprehensive approach to security sector transformation; coherent external interventions; commitment of national leadership to a reform process; local ownership and capacity; confidence building measures; and importance of a long-term perspective. The paper concludes by considering encouraging the development of a contextual approach to external assistance. KEY CONCEPTS In thinking about how best to achieve democratic governance of the
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HONG KONG –Still the No.1 Financial Centre in China? Hong Kong has been a major financial centre in Asia for the past decade. Starting off as a fishing village‚ Hong Kong soon developed into a trading centre and then a financial centre. After overcoming a lot of difficulties‚ such as the handing over of Hong Kong in 1997‚ the 911 incident which caused the world’s stock market to fall by a landslide‚ Hong Kong is becoming increasingly prosperous. But with Mainland China’s accelerating economic
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International Financial Centre Comparison Hong Kong and Shanghai Both Shanghai and Hong Kong are ranked in the top five global financial centre according to GFCI‚ 2011[1]. Shanghai keeps up with Hong Kong in finance field in the recent years. We pick up four criteria including diversity of financial products‚ availability of qualified staff‚ taxation of capital gains and local currency convertibility to compare Hong Kong and Shanghai. Diversity of financial products The diversities of financial
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concerned about environmental issues‚ so many organizations devote themselves to attract customers via promoting green products and services. As a result‚ green products as well as greenwashing products‚ which are labeled as eco-friendly while actually they are not‚ have inundated the marketplace in modern society. However‚ some companies overstate their environmental claims so that customers have difficulty in distinguishing real eco-friendly products from greenwashing ones. This essay will show
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Culturally‚ Americans have a common trend; the celebration of holidays. In most recent days‚ holidays have been condensed to a festival of bargains‚ retail finds and materialistic trinkets. We have reduced some of our most sacred holidays into giving and receiving gifts. Christmas‚ Valentine’s Day‚ Halloween‚ and Thanksgiving are just a few examples of how today’s society has skewed the true religious‚ diverse meaning of the holiday. The prime example would be Christmas. Christmas is supposed
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shop online. Many online shopping websites over the internet spread like virus that broaden peoples’ choice in terms of products ranging from clothes‚ shoes‚ jewelry‚ electronics‚ and even gadgets. People are very much likely to shop online rather than going to the malls because the items available in online are very much accessible. According to Limcaoco (2000)‚ Filipinos experience themselves the convenience and accessibility of online shopping. That’s why online shopping has become an important
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In today’s modern society‚ online shopping has reached a new height. More and more young people choose online shopping instead of in-store shopping. Nevertheless‚ in-store shopping is still of great importance in contemporary society. There are many similarities and differences between online shopping and traditional shopping on the aspects of time‚ price and product selection. When it comes to time‚ both in-store shopping and online shopping are time-consuming processes because shoppers need to
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statement: Ryan Holiday is an extremist who is trying to make a difference in media manipulation. Body paragraph 1: • Concrete detail: “…I felt that if I could just get everyone’s attention and expose the problems in the right way‚ it could make a difference” (xvi) • Commentary: Ryan Holiday is using his own way to expose media manipulation. Instead of being nice about it‚ to him the only way to make a difference is to go in extreme lengths. He wants people to truly open their eyes about media manipulation
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Effects of Shopping Addiction Shopping is a necessary part of life. We shop for food‚ clothing‚ cars‚ homes‚ or anything that may be a necessity to survive. If shopping is necessary‚ how can it also be an addiction? The answer is the same as with other addictions. According to Wikipedia‚ addiction is the continued use of a mood altering substance or behavior despite adverse dependency consequences or a neurological impairment leading to such behaviors. Oniomania‚ which is a Greek word meaning "for
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