The Philippines ranks 67th among the 142 countries in the world with the happiest citizenry. Norway is No. 1 and the United States ranks 12th. In Southeast Asia‚ Singapore ranks 19th; Taiwan‚ 20th; Vietnam‚ 53rd‚ Thailand‚ 56th; Indonesia‚ 63rd. How ironic that Vietnam‚ which suffered decades of civil war and whose economy is practically just starting to grow‚ beat the Philippines by 14 points. * * * The criteria for the citizenry’s happiness index are economy‚ entrepreneurship‚ governance
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Should Rich Countries help Poor Countries Since centuries‚ the world is divided into rich and poor countries‚ referred today as developed and developing countries respectively. However since a few decades‚ along with the acceleration of technological progress‚ developed countries are witnessing rapid economic development‚ thus growing wealthier‚ while the conditions of poor countries are worsening and they are depending heavily on debts which have attained unbearable proportions. Consequently
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LOVE OF COUNTRY? Frederick Douglass’s speech “If I Had A Country‚ I Should Be A Patriot” delivers a blasting reproach on the discrimination of the African American and why he feels indignant about his country and being unwilling to call himself a patriot. Similar to Langston Hughes’s “I‚ Too‚ Sing America” ‚ both employ a chord informative structure and a canting tone simple enough for the audience to incite a reaction from the audience to plead for freedom in America. Both authors though
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noticed throughout my life‚ lots of people judge other people by their color or materials‚ and from my own experience people used to judge me by my color‚ in some countries people used to call me Arabian terrorist or Muslim terrorist what’s my fault if some Muslims who didn’t understand Islam did terrorist things‚ and in other countries people called me Mongolian boy which I didn’t know what it meant. I actually wouldn’t speak a word if im just facing verbal abusement‚ but Im also facing something
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competitive advantages and increase tourist loyalty levels. Tourism Tourism industry is an important sector in the future and prosperity of the UAE economy. According to the World Economic Forum Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2009‚ for countries in the Middle East and Africa Region‚ the UAE ranked number 1 in terms of tourism competitiveness‚ based on the following criteria: safety and security‚ health and hygiene‚ infrastructure‚ information and communication technology‚ price competitiveness
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crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward. There are many causes of breakups that leads to heartbreak and we all know that it really is painful at the first few weeks or months or even years. Some people were able to surpass the obstacles of the post breakup but others don’t mainly because there is something that’s been stopping them to move keep moving forward. Yes‚ moving on is really easy to say but as a person who’s been there‚ it really is hard to do but if you’re
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emphasizes that the ideal of collectivist societies like China become more appealing than individual societies. Brooks defines Americans as individuals and Asians as contexts by some experiments. There are obvious differences between individualistic countries and collective societies. The former emphasizes rights and privacy‚ but the later prefer harmony and duty. The author also lists the example of the opening ceremony in Beijing. The example shows that harmonious society contributed to the fast speed
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Office Moving on a Budget: 5 Tips to Keep in Mind Office moving in New York City can be difficult enough. Doing it on a tight budget can make it even harder! For companies‚ organizations and institutions with limited budgets – small businesses‚ startups‚ nonprofit organizations and the like – office moving often presents a whole new dimension of issues due to budget constraints. Fortunately‚ there’s a few simple but effective tips to help your commercial moving project go seamlessly and efficiently
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decided to separate. At the time‚ my mother decided to move my sister and I away from Chicago. My mother packed our luggage and decided to move us to Detroit. That wasnt the only time we moved‚ we moved four times while I was growing up‚ all over the country and even to another continent. Eventually we had to leave our mom in Nigeria and my sister and I went to Detroit. When we got to Detroit my aunt didn’t hesitate to make us feel comfortable. It was just something about it‚I still didn’t feel right
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Country lovers Country Lovers is a story of love between a black woman and the son of her white master. It was a story of a love that began out of childhood romance‚ and later‚ in adulthood‚ lead to flirting and sexual curiosity. Eventually‚ Thebedi‚ the black woman‚ got pregnant with his‚ Paulus‚ child without him knowing it. He left for college and when he came back‚ he found out that Thebedi was married to Njabulo. Njabulo had accepted the child as his own but Paulus overcome with fear upon
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