For Profits: The Unethical Side of Micro-Lending The original principle of micro lending is to provide start-up or expansion business loans to people living in less advantaged or impoverished countries who are unable to apply for traditional loans due to lack of credit history and/or collateral. Micro-financing is a great tool to create venture capital for those who would have no other means to secure it. The primary goal of micro lending‚ as established by Muhammad Yunus‚ the godfather of microcredit
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The Blind side The Blind Side directed by John Lee Hancock was a visual text about a teenage boy named Michael. Based on a true story Michael‚ nicknamed Big Mike has grown up in a poor and broken family and goes to a public school where no one really cares about him. Growing up this way has left Big Mike emotionally deprived and lonely. Thanks to his Friend’s dad Michael gets the opportunity to go to a private school on a scholarship. Suddenly he has teachers that care about him and while his
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2013 IEEE 15th International Conference on e-Health Networking‚ Applications and Services (Healthcom 2013) Clinical-based Prediction of Side Effects in Colon Cancer Chemotherapy Mouna Kacimi Ognjen Savkovi´c Manfred Mitterer Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano I-39100 Bozen-Bolzano‚ Italy Mouna.Kacimi@unibz.it Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano I-39100 Bozen-Bolzano‚ Italy Ognjen.Savkovic@unibz.it Hospital Franz Tappeiner I-39012‚ Meran-Merano
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Liberty Bell Welcome to the Liberty Bell Center. Here you can see The Liberty Bell. A famous symbol of America’s freedom. The Symbolic side of The Bell The Liberty Bell is a symbol of freedom throughout the United States. It was a symbol for people rebelling against Britain‚ as well as for abolitionists calling for an end to slavery and for women demanding the right to vote. The abolitionists were people who thought slavery was wrong because black people are people two. In the first unedited
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his past and how the materialistic aspect of being part of the Royals was nothing compared to the bond he had with Laura. Laura could symbolize many different things for many people. As for myself‚ Laura was his life‚ his reason of existence and survival. The bond that he had created with the Royals was no more than ’business’ if you will. The author doesn’t emphasize on the unbreakable bond that the gang members felt toward each other. After evaluating some main points in West Side Story I feel
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505 Words Essay on “The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side” The grass is always greener on the other side; this proverb focuses on the comparing nature of mankind. We have this tendency of making comparison and feel the other person is in a much better state then us or the other thing is much better than what we have. Instead of accepting and appreciating the things and people we have in our life‚ we always find a way to look at the things or people that are not available to us. “The human
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The Positive Side of a Bad Day Ramon Hanson Everest University ENC1101 1/31/2013 The Positive Side of a Bad Day How do you do it? How can you stay in a great mood‚ so optimistic? My brother asked me one morning‚ you have been through loads of things over the past few years and yet you stay so grateful. My brother was right‚ I have been through a lot as of late‚ went through a divorce‚ unemployed a few times due to lack of work‚ migraines on a constant basis. Maybe I should be upset‚ maybe
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of schools he’s attended.” “I tell you most kids of his background wouldn’t come within 200 miles of this place.” quoted by Coach Burt Cotton from the movie The Blind Side. I believe this inspirational movie is the perfect model of the theme of social inequality. What is social inequality? Social inequality is defined as the unequal opportunities of an individual due to his or her status in society. I believe this movie is a perfect example because it shows how society viewed the heartwarming decision
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The Blind Side Formal Speech Alex CalinaThe Blind side is a not only a novel‚ but a movie based on the life of a young man named Michael Oher who was taken in by a family and turned into one of the most successful athletes in the history of the NFL. The movie has gotten many great reviews‚ because of its great acting and very deep story. “Is every extraordinary true story worth adapting to film? It seems as though we’ve heard everything before‚ especially when it comes to down-on-their-luck athletes
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Week Five Individual Film Critique Neil A. Burgheimer HUM/150 Week Five Individual Film Critique This week for the final film critique I chose to review The Blind Side (2009). In this film Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Anne Tuohy‚ a successful interior designer. Her husband Sean Tuohy played by Tim McGraw is the owner of over 85 fast food franchises including Taco Bell‚ Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ Pizza Hut‚ and Long John Silver’s. In the film Leigh Anne takes a boy named Michael “Big Mike” Oher into
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