Topic: If you could be attractive and stupid or intelligent and ugly. Which one would you prefer? Why? A person of high intelligence will get successes effortlessly no matter how he looks; therefore‚ I’d rather become an intelligent ugly girl than become a beautiful stupid one. A smart person with unattractive appearance; in my opinion‚ has much motivation to step forward as well as has been treated with much more respect from other people. In fact‚ an ugly person can also change to a beautiful
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Directions for Child and Adolescent Development‚ 1993(60)‚ 3-22. Kafka‚ R.‚ & London‚ P. (1991). Communication in relationships and adolescent substance use: The influence of parents and friends. Adolescent‚ 26(103)‚ 587-598. Li‚ C.‚ Pentz‚ M.‚ & Chou‚ C. (2002‚ December). Parental substance use as a modifier of adolescent substance use risk. Addiction‚ 97(12)‚ 1537-1550. Lynn‚ M.‚ & Snyder‚ C. (1990). Uniqueness Seeking (28th ed.‚ pp. 396-410). Austin: The University of Texas. Newcomb‚ M.‚
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tablet in its mouth‚ the following words being inscribed upon it: “A child as pure as crystal will be born for the continuation of the declining Chou[ii]‚ to become a King without a kingdom.” Similarly‚ Jesus is reputed to be a direct ‘descendent’ of King David[iii]‚ Confucius’s mother Yen Chêng Tsai is believed to have been descended from the Duke of Chou‚ thus giving Confucius an element of aristocratic blood. That said‚ both Confucius and Jesus were brought up in relatively poor families‚ neither
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searching for other individual’s information (Wise‚ Alhabash‚ & Park‚ 2010). Social media provides the opportunity for adolescents to portray themselves in an ideal manner by using selective self-presenting techniques that highlight their optimal self (Chou and Edge 2012; Gonzales and Hancock 2011). For instance‚ users may choose to disclose positive life developments more frequently than negatives (Kross et al.‚ 2013 ; Verduyn et al.‚ 2015)‚ resulting in a misrepresentation of their
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as an introduction to him‚ and the explanation makes him seem like he ’s going to be dangerous in the story. "My father was a formidable-looking man with a large stony jaw and furious black eyebrows. I think now in retrospect that he much resembled Chou En-Lai‚ although he would not have cherished such a comparison‚ being particularly proud of the pure samurai blood that ran in the family. His general presence was not one which encourage relaxed conversation." (857) This is odd because you think it
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Generally‚ Palm oil mill effluent (POME) contains high chemical oxygen demand (COD) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) which can pollute the environment ecosystem if it is not treated properly. The characteristics of fresh POME are that it is highly viscous liquid‚ brownish in colour and discharged at a temperature of 80-90oC. Moreover‚ POME is extremely poisonous with a very low pH between 3.5 and 4.2‚ high chemical and biological oxygen demand
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Research Paper: Confucian Analects Kong Fuzi‚ better known as Confucius (551-479 BCE) was known as the creator of the religion of Confucianism. Confucianism provided the moral and social foundation of China. Confucianism wasn’t thought of as a religion‚ it was more on the topic of morality. The ruler’s main function in the Confucian state was to educate and transform the people‚ which was based on one of Confucius’s analects. Which are thought of as the right way to rule and live. Up until this day
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means Middle Kingdom or the Center of the Universe. Zhongguo in ancient Chinese history was once believed to be the center of civilization. Dating back from 1000 BC the Chinese were of the view that they were indeed the center of the whole world. The Chou people who occupied the Middle Kingdom during this time were oblivious of the civilizations to the West. Because of the mindset of these people in the Center of The Universe‚ the introduction of Industrialization shatter these beliefs that they held
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EFB312 – International Finance Currency Forecasting Project Dora Chou n9248871 Queensland University of Technology In the ever-changing financial markets‚ people should diversify their investments to earn the maximum profit. Distributing different portion of money into selected currencies is one of the approaches to make money. For the past many years‚ scholars have developed a number of methods to predict exchange rates. As a speculator‚ I am going to use three measures including Asset Market
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province was headed by a governor. C. China The political institution of ancient China was the city-state. The Shang kings possessed political‚ economic and religious authority. Kings were not considered divine but were high priests of the state. The Chou continued the Shang pattern of living. Each of these civilizations had very similar political systems. They all had kings‚ governments‚ religions and a social structure. Each of them started off rather similar and then developed into civilizations
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