Dr. Hopkins EC 4350 11 September 2012 Reading Journal #2 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism Chapter 2 What they tell us: Shareholders are not guaranteed any fixed payments. What they don’t tell us: Shareholders really only care about the short-term profits instead of long-term investments which in turn reduces the growth of the firm in the long-term.” …the L word‚ that is limited liability‚ is what has made modern capitalism possible.” (12) -Karl Marx defends capitalism Adam
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our perspective on writing. My answer to this question was “I hate writing.” I’m an English Learner who came to the U.S. 5 years ago with no knowledge in English. Therefore‚ writing is not a likable assignment due to my lack of English skills and I did not have confidence when I wrote in English because I had a fear of people’s judgment about my English. Therefore‚ I was not an advanced writer when I enrolled in WRI 001. Nevertheless‚ I have grown substantially since beginning of the semester as
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You and I In life‚ everyone has their own set of moral values and ethics by which they abide. These values are different and original to everyone but just because we have different morals and values‚ does that make us wrong? In terms of Oedipus‚ his morals and ethics are very different from many people and in many ways would be frowned upon. In Oedipus the King‚ Oedipus has to make many hard and difficult decisions throughout the book but there are 3 that stand out to me. They are when Oedipus
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and surprises. I hate watching any horror movies because I am scared and couldn’t sleep well in the following couple weeks. I don’t understand why a lot of people enjoyed watching it when in fact that is what I hate the most. After watching this movie‚ I was scarred for life. The images of the murders that happened in the movie are still stuck with me. Having to see gory images and people getting killed was too scary for me. After watching a horror movie‚ I could not fall asleep. I had to keep a
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and love in a violent‚ prejudiced and coercive environment takes a courageous and loving mind in order to separate themselves from the hostility and exclusion that seems to be constantly present throughout the individual’s life. In the memoir I Shall Not Hate‚ author and doctor‚ Izzeldin Abuelaish expresses the difficulties and constant hardships of not only living‚ but being born and raised in the Gaza Strip‚ his ability to remain in his unburden mindset regardless of a severe catastrophe that lead
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I used to hate greasers. They had tried to pick up Cherry and Marcia‚ Bob and my girls. We were so mad that they thought they had the right to do that; they were no-hopers. The night we went to find Ponyboy and Johnny we just wanted to put them back in their place. We wanted the power restored to our superiority‚ because as typical socs we believed this was our right. Socs will always have more power than greasers because the socs had money and the greasers didn’t. There was a constant war between
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Take me Out- The show you can surely live without Take me Out is back‚ ready to leave you as a disturbed and paralysed wreck. This series‚ the dating show silently guarantees you the worst experience of a lifetime which includes special features such as: a comical-looking yet wooden host‚ a range of presumptuous‚ “plastic” Barbie dolls that come in all shapes and sizes‚ and lastly‚ but by no means least‚ recently spray tanned‚ egotistical males‚ who most of which‚ narrowly pass as men. Take Me
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1. “I Hate Exercise” Health authorities recommend a minimum of 30 minutes exercise per day. Many people plan exercise but then fail to commit to it. Try introducing more ‘incidental’ activity into your day. Take the stairs‚ walk instead of taking the car. Try wearing a pedometer to see how active you really are. 2. “I Don’t Have Time to Eat Healthy” Do you have the time to be sick? Taking time out to look after your body is time well spent. This includes always making adequate time for breakfast
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On the eve of his wedding rehearsal‚ an author who wrote an “I Hate Kids” book suddenly learns that he’s a father and agrees to help his new son find his biological mother. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: NICK PEARSON (30’s) an author‚ who wrote I HATE KIDS‚ is about to get married to SYDNEY. During his wedding rehearsal‚ a teen boy MASON (13) claims to be Nick’s biological son. Nick doesn’t believe him. The AMAZING FABULAR‚ a questionable psychic‚ supports Mason’s claim. He’s the one who told Mason that
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Deception In The Odyssey‚ there seem to be many common rules of life that everyone knows about and lives by including hospitality‚ loyalty‚ and justice. However‚ telling the truth takes a back seat to these other virtues for many of the main characters. Plenty of times‚ it appears that telling the truth ends up making a situation turn out horribly wrong‚ while lying and deceiving other characters ends up being the smarter thing to do. The theme of deception and lying in The Odyssey is especially
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