When you pour water in a cup‚ it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle‚ it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot‚ it becomes the teapot. Water can flow and it can crash. Be water my friend.” This quote from my childhood hero Bruce Lee has given me inspiration and motivation to adapt to changes in my life and to keep working. Adaptation has always assumed a big role in my life. Whether be it moving to new cities in my grade school years‚ or immigrating to Canada when I was
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The born free generation Who are the born frees? They are those born post 1994 into a democratic South Africa. They were not part of the struggle‚ but reap the fruits of those who bled and fought for their freedom. It is you- the youth of today! What difference are you making? What sets you part from the older generation? Looking at the three aspects of social media and technology‚ the Narcissistic attitude and thinking ahead‚ along with my research‚ I will tell you what I think you guys will do
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Song Analysis and Interpretation 1. Title of the song • Through Glass 2. Artist • Stone Sour 3. Type of Song • Alternative rock 4. What was the song all about? • This song makes me think of reality and the actual scene of the world we lived in. Thus‚ our minds were corrupt by the media and giving praises to the stars that are not in their own identity perhaps “fake” people. We are bombarded and controlled by media and tell the people how life is supposed to be and it seems that they
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Context On the afternoon of August 15‚ 778‚ the rear guard of Charlemagne’s army was massacred at Roncesvals‚ in the mountains between France and Spain. Einhard‚ Charlemagne’s contemporary biographer‚ sets forth the incident as follows in his Life of Charlemagne: While the war with the Saxons was being fought incessantly and almost continuously‚ [Charlemagne] stationed garrisons at suitable places along the frontier and attacked Spain with the largest military force he could muster; he crossed
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USA AND COMMONWELTH 1. Discovery and settlement In the Last Ice Age the level of the sea water lowed‚ and people from Central Asia crossed the Bering Strait from Siberia to Alaska. Five hundred years ago Indians in North America lived in scattered villages. Indians joined to protect themselves to common enemies. They founded the Iroquois leage and the Algonquin leage‚ later known as the Leage of the five Nations. They made only the simplest tools. There were no cities ando no white men. White
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force‚ but as victims born to die in the eyes of the invading European powers? Why were they not feared‚ despite the extensive technological capacities of their civilizations‚ and the detailed political and religious theology these civilizations created? Simply put‚ the invading Europeans came to regard them as sick and ailing bodies of a sick and ailing body politic‚ born to die because of their lack of immunity to European diseases‚ even more than European firearms. The book Born to Die thus presents
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USA- the defender of democracy? We’ve all heard about USA and their power and the influence that they have in the world. They often have a tendency to be in every part of the world and rule over different parts of the world‚ sometimes without sympathizing with the country that is being ran over. Although we all have different opinions about USA and how much power they really should have in the world‚ we all can agree that USA is the country that can influence the rest of the world (both negative
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Are Leaders Born or Made? (Course Name) (School Name) (Name) (Date) (a) ABSTRACT. Leadership sets the tone for team development‚ and this implies its necessity in an organization. Possessing appropriate leadership skills drive a team in meeting its objectives. The means of acquiring such skills may be through nature or developmental programs. The debate on whether leaders are made or born continues to trigger many thoughts‚ but none has come conclusively. This paper goes through the skills
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to be a "born entrepreneur" in order to succeed in business world (Klein‚ K). But‚ written by (Mathews‚ R et al) in the Academy of Entrepreneurs‚ it states that according to a study by Northeastern University’s School of Technological Entrepreneurship in 2006‚ it showed that “entrepreneurs are born‚ not made” (Taylor 2006). Thus it will be argued that entrepreneurs are neither born nor made‚ and rather that they can learn to have an entrepreneurial mind but‚ that it does help to be born with certain
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Are Prodigies Born or Made? A child prodigy is a person who shows his/her extraordinary abilities in early age. These children usually are very good at different things; however‚ especially their amazing skills in a certain area make them be prodigies. For example‚ Abigail Sin‚ a Singaporean young pianist‚ is also very good at math. Nevertheless‚ she won in international math competition; Abigail is called a wunderkind because of her unusual musical talent. As other wonders‚ she discovered
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