Character over Reputation Personality can open doors‚ but only character can keep them open Elmer G. Letterman This is a very important subject to me‚ because we live in a world where we are very concerned about how people see us. A world where people would do anything just to keep up man’s idea of him. Businessmen and organizations inflate their financial records to keep up in the eye of the public; individuals go to any extent to make others see them the way they seem. They say we must maintain
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Prison overcrowding By: Beth Kelly‚ Karlee Atkinson‚ Taylor Burciul and Peter Kotowitch Definition: a demand for space in prisons exceeds the planned capacity Statistics Costs taxpayers 3 billion dollars a year for correctional services‚ including policing its approx $10 million There are 35‚000 persons locked up in Canadian jails‚ giving Canada one of the highest incarceration rates among western industrialised countries Cost of incarcerating a Federal female prisoner (2004/5):
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Over the Edge of the World In 1519 Magellan and his fleet set sail from Seville‚ Spain‚ to find a water route to the Spice Islands in Indonesia. Magellan was Portuguese by birth. He first asked the King of Portugal to fund an exploration to the Spice Islands by sailing west‚ but since Portugal had already found a route to the east the king denied Magellan. However Charles I of Spain funded Magellan because Spain had not found a route to the Spice Islands as yet. Charles I gave Magellan five ships
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Baluchistan conflict The Government of Pakistan over Baluchistan‚ the country’s largest province. Recently‚ separatists have also clashed with Islamic Republic of Iran over its respective Baloch region‚ which borders Pakistan. Shortly after Pakistan’s creation in 1947‚ the Army of the Islamic Republic had to subdue insurgents based in Kalat who rejected the King of Kalat decision to accede to Pakistan‚ reminiscent of the Indian Army’s operation in the Principality state of Hyderabad. The movement
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One of the biggest controversies of this decade is euthanasia. Euthanasia is “inducing the painless death of a person for reasons assumed to be merciful?(Henrickson and Martin 24). There are four types of euthanasia voluntary and direct‚ voluntary but indirect‚ direct but involuntary‚ and indirect and involuntary. Voluntary and direct euthanasia is “chosen and carried out by the patient.? Voluntary but indirect euthanasia is chosen in advance. Direct but involuntary euthanasia is done for the patient
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accomplish. After this‚ Santiago endures a long time without much food or water‚ and then‚ after he kills the marlin‚ he must bear the greatest physical task of his voyage‚ getting back home with the fish. Unfortunately‚ he does not do this‚ but he triumphs over several sharks before they can get to the fish. When his trek home is coming to an end without any meat on the fish‚ he spits in the water and says‚ “Eat that‚ galanos. And make a dream you’ve killed a man” (Hemingway 119). Santiago is extremely angry
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upon millions to create change in the world by first creating change within themselves. Through the lifelong process of bettering themselves‚ people simultaneously discover that their perspective evolves‚ as well. A person’s view of the world changes over time as they break free from biases and become more educated. First‚ a person’s view is changed as they realize that “there are two sides to every story”‚ so to speak. From the moment a child is born‚ he/she is‚ whether it be consciously or not‚
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Destiny Montoya Mr. Ayres Honors World Lit. 0 20 September 2013 Changes Looking through old letters‚ pictures‚ and conversations from previous months and years‚ hits me with a shock of reality and how nothing is‚ or will ever be the same. Focusing on this realization not necessarily makes me happy‚ but neither does it make me sad. “Things always change and happen for a reason.” So I’ve heard. But what exactly is that reason? Is it something we as individuals must search for ourselves? Overall
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Mind over Matter Matt Pickering Religion 101 Brantley Gasaway Section BD Out of the myriad of religions that encompass the earth‚ one of the least understood is Buddhism. In the pursuit of a higher plane of existence‚ a Buddhist monk will renounce his worldly secular life‚ instead embracing a life of meditation and study. While attempting to achieve enlightenment‚ and therefore nirvana‚ a Buddhist must first come to eradicate his sense of self‚ effectively destroying his ego. By doing this‚
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An Imperfect Society Shirley Jackson wrote “The Lottery” in 1948 with a purpose in mind. Upon hearing the title‚ many readers think about a lottery in people want to win due to the fact that they could win millions of dollars. However‚ this is not the case in Jackson’s version where the lottery is one in which the winner is stoned to death. Jackson’s focus in this story is that society is flawed‚ imperfect‚ and sometimes stuck in the past. She declared that her purpose was “to shock
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