Kong’s speed in tracing the use of oil was comparatively slow as many companies were uncooperative. Not until Sept. 14‚ the government banned the import‚ sale and supply of all lard and lard products made after March 1 by the Taiwanese firm‚ which is 10 days slower than Macau and Taiwan. Many questioned the slow reaction of the government and its inability to protect citizens’ health. Since last year‚ there has been a strong urge for reviewing licensing scheme for oil producers in Hong Kong but nothing
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Affirmative action has been used throughout history to decide whether or not "minority" status American citizens should have a voice. Affirmative action refers to an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination in relation to employment‚ education etc. This topic has been very controversial in both the past and present. It has been commonly used in the college acceptance process in order to include different cultures and ethnicity’s into schools. This process should be used
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Annotated Bibliography University of Phoenix ENG 215: Effective Academic Writing Annotated Bibliography Andriessen‚ J.‚ Erken‚ G.‚ Van De Laak‚ C.‚ Peters‚ N.‚ Coirier‚ P.‚ (n.d.). Argumentation as negotiation in electronic collaborative writing. Retrieved from http://edu.fss.uu.nl/medewerkers/ja/Confrontations/Ch4.pdf This source talks about collaborative writing in a situation in which pairs of students have to produce and argumentative text. It goes into the different types of
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Sources of Energy When we use energy in its usable form we convert the form of energy and get our work done during the process. Since we cannot reverse the change involved in this process so we cannot get back the original usable form of energy. Due to this‚ it becomes important to think about energy shortage and the related energy crisis. Characteristics of a good source of energy: It should be able to do large amount of work for each unit of mass or volume. It should be easily accessible
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2nd President John Adams Dates: 1797-1801 Political Party: Federalist Domestic: Naturalization Act Alien‚ Alien Enemies Act Sedition Act Foreign: XYZ affair Remained neutral in French revolution Biggest Achievement: Kept US out of the French revolution Biggest Failure: Passed the sedition Acts 3rd President Thomas Jefferson Dates: 1801-1809 Party: democratic-republican Domestic Repealed Alien and Sedition Acts Removed direct tax of 1798 Foreign
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The rules include commitments not to backslide into unwise policies. Protectionism in general is unwise because of the damage it causes domestically and internationally‚ as we have already seen. Particular types of trade barriers cause additional damage because they provide opportunities for corruption and other forms of bad government. One kind of trade barrier that the WTO’s rules try to tackle is the quota‚ for example restricting imports or exports to no more than a specific amount each
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P4 - Explain ways to respond to abuse It is important that if you find out a child is being abused that you respond in the best possible way to help the child. One of the most important things to do is to make sure the child knows that you will have to tell someone before they start to tell you what the problem is. I would do this so that the child is aware of the fact that will need to tell someone. The child could become very upset if they thought you wouldn’t tell anyone and you did. Another
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Defense Mechanisms Denial: Refusal to accept reality. Difficulty accepting what is true. Ex) My family could not accept the fact that my niece was diagnosed with a fatal‚ cancerous brain tumor. Displacement: Emotion pointed on something that brings lesser risk. Ex) When I got my first F in school I went and told my mom instead of my dad because she takes things lighter. Intellectualization: Focusing on only intellectual parts of a situation to avoid direct emotional ties
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Santiago Godoy Ms. Wallenius AP English‚ Per. 4 13 November 2014 Literary Device 15 – Apostrophe Definition: In its simplest form‚ this is when a speaker or an author detaches themselves from reality to state something personified or abstract. Example: “Within a month – let me not think on’t Frailty‚ thy name is women – A little month‚ or ere those shoes were old with which she followed my poor father’s body” (I. ii. 145-148). Function: During this scene in the first act‚ Hamlet depicts his true
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The speaker proclaims that Death is nothing more than a powerless‚ serene slave that everyone will experience. John Donne personifies death as mortal and something that should not be feared or dreaded. The poem basically discusses victory over death. Death is not as strong as people make it out to be. People are only afraid of death because it is something that is hard to comprehend and accept. Nothing is immortal and neither are you. In the first quatrain Death is being exposed as powerless. Some
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