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    The internet

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    While some consider it as a blessing others regard it as a curse‚ because the internet like everything else in the world has a good and a bad side to it. The one of the main reasons that many people blame is that there is no sense of censorship in the world of the internet. Without censorship many things spin out of control. People start using the internet as a method of spying rather than a manner of communication they abuse this blessing by placing information or data that is unacceptable such

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    seventeenth century Rajput woman who carried out sati. To the people who participate in the cremation or the ritual the Sati is both a blessing and a curse. People come to witness the ritual expecting sat - a palpable force of virtue and truth will come from the mouth of the widow in types of blessing and curse. The people believe the widow will bless the good and faithful and curse the bad and ones who defy what is right or who stands athwart in her path. According to the old traditions and the law of manu

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    has a male child; for a girl is never considered a blessing in our society. Her birth seems to cast a pall of gloom over the entire family. Her birth is not rejoiced‚ instead the entire family moans. Gender biasness had been the typical attitude of the patriarchal Indian society since time immemorial. The Vedas contained passages which emphasized the necessity of son. ‘May you be the mother of a hundred sons’have always been a popular blessing by elders to young brides. It is indeed an undeniable

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    take weeks‚ months or even years. A man must fetch water‚ chop wood‚ and do errands to prove to the parents that he is capable of supporting his wife and family. If he is accepted‚ then the marriage will be arranged. The groom is required to give a dowry called bigay-kaya usually a piece of land or gold which is reasonable because women were considered highly in society as they were the givers of life‚ took on the roles of taking care of the money and trading affairs‚ had craftsmanship skills such

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    God and Abram

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    dictated a punishment to the women. At the moment of laboring a child the women are to suffer a lot of pain. Also we can see how God sentenced the women to submit to their men. We can interpret that at the moment God was really mad at the women. God curses the women for not obeying his command. She did what she wanted to do and did not follow God’s commands. “When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them‚ the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive

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    can be ignored in order to grasp the most ‘precious’ aspect of religion‚ a blessing. The characters in the Book of J do not

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    Elaine Chan KE Credit card- a blessing or a curse? According to a recent survey‚ credit card is gaining in popularity nowadays. Majority of the citizens aged above eighteen are having at least one credit card. Nevertheless‚ the number of tragedies arising from bad debts has been surging over the past few years. Is credit card a blessing or a curse? Before coming to a conclusion‚ lets first get an insight of the issue. Considering the convenience that credit card brings you‚ the free gifts

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    banning smoking‚making people wear seat belts in cars and taxing fast food. Other complain that‚ aslong as they don’t hurt anyone else‚ people should be allowed to make up their own minds about how they lead their lives.5.Credit cards can be a blessing and a curse.6.Being an only child- advantages and disadvantages7.Smoking should be banned in all public places8.Some say it would be better if there was only one language in the world. Other disagree.9.Some people say eating meat is wrong. Others say it’s

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    that knowledge is just as much as a curse as it is a blessing. Kozol does not have much in common with the other authors‚ and has not gone through the same experiences that would lead him to believe that knowledge can also be seen as a curse. Douglass and Wright begin to educate Kozol because they have additional information about the power of knowledge that Kozol does not. This additional information will portray how the power of knowledge can also be seen as a curse through their own personal experiences

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    Second Chances

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    could be a blessing or a curse. Blessings for the people who use their chance for the better‚ to advance from their loss‚ to make up for lost ground‚ and regain a grip on life. Some will grow mentally and go on to help others who are headed down a dead end road. It’s saving others from taking the loss‚ or from putting loss in others’ lives. You never know what you have until it’s gone due to mistakes. From someone to convert their mind from the negative and turn it positive is a blessing and without

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