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    anti-social behavior. But many scientists and psychologists find that video games can actually have many benefits – the main one is making kids smart. Video games may actually teach kids high-level thinking skills that they will need in the future. Positive Effects of Video Games: • When you play video games‚ it gives the brain a real workout. In many video games‚ the skills required to win involve abstract and high level thinking. These skills are not even taught at school. Some of the

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    Oil/ Petrol Research Project In the modern world we use oil every second of the day‚ whether we realise it or not. We use oil to fuel our cars‚ our public transports‚ etc. Without oil our daily lives would be the same. Oil is a natural resource that comes from beneath the earth’s crust; it is trapped in pockets under the earth. Finding oil trapped underground is very complicated and costly‚ it takes millions of dollars to drill a well and only a few are successful. Oil travels upwards from the

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    Since the start of mankind‚ the human race has gone through many improvements but the biggest one is right now in 1830‚ the Industrial Revolution. Although there are many negatives the positives outweigh them. For example‚ Education‚ Modern inventions‚ and industrial production are all positives that are coming out of the revolution. As of right now we are the only country going through this phase and its great having all this technology make life easier like  steam engine and springing jenny.    

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    Streetcar Named Desire & Mean Girls speech/essay: In every human relationship‚ there is some kind of power involved. It is the core of all human relationships. The power of seduction between a women and a man‚ the power of persuasion‚ the power of strength over weakness‚ the power that a parent holds over a child‚ power of wealth and social statues are just some different kinds of power which are adapted in own everyday lives. With friendship‚ comes decisions‚ which comes then with control

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    everyday may have a problem on the inside and you might not be able to see it. Stereotypes can make people feel out of place sometimes: a white man trying to make the soccer team or a person with as simple as a book in hand. Stereotypes can be positive and negative because it can either make confidence or drag down performance. There are many situations where people feel that some stereotypes apply to them and make them feel like they are made to be doing something else. Stereotypes are everywhere ‚ students

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    * Takaful mySiswa * Takaful mySinar * Takaful myImpian * Takaful myGemilang Takaful mySiswa Takaful mySiswa protect the children’s future. It allows the parents to decide the children future. Whether it is for tertiary education or otherwise‚ it all begins with the flexible Takaful plans‚ at an affordable contribution with both the savings and protection element. Benefits of Takaful mySiswa Takaful mySiswa is designed to provide staggered annual educational payouts for the

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    The Lesson Essay

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    “The Lesson” Toni Cade Bambara uses literary devices such as symbolism‚ point of view‚ and diction to reveal the theme of Inequality in “The Lesson”. Symbolism is used in “The Lesson” to reveal the theme of inequality. The children looked at a myriad of exclusive toys outside the store. Some of these toys included a paperweight‚ a clown‚ and a sailboat. First off the children had no idea what a paperweight was. Sylvia said to herself "my eyes tell me it’s a chunk of glass cracked with something

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    76 to 82   .  Updated on: . Advantages of Email Guidelines for Preparing Email Messages Effective Use of Email Instant Messaging Email and the Law   MORE INFO ss EXPAND ALL COLLAPSE ALL Objective 2: Discuss the effective use of email and instant messaging in business communication. A vital factor in successful global business and economic development is the effective use of knowledge and information. Companies must not only provide the means for their workers to access important

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    Little girl‚ a big secret I don’t remember when all this started‚ when my family turned into a mess. However‚ I really wish that I could go back and change that moment‚ that moment when my father started to ruin our lives. Since I was little I’ve had the same lullaby. Almost every night‚ I have fallen asleep to the sound of punches‚ mum screaming and dad yelling. I’m scared‚ I can’t sleep‚ I can’t tell. “Auch! Please stop!” I heard mum cried‚ “I’m begging you!”. “Go to hell f***ing cow!” dad

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    Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race The Whitbread World Sailboat race will start in 45 weeks‚ and Bjorn Ericksen‚ the master helmsman‚ has that much time to build a new vessel and test it‚ to recruit the racing crew and train it. This project is to be managed with a budget of $3.2 million. Managing this project successfully first requires to analyze Ericksen ’s strategy‚ including his chief design engineer and his master helmsman ’s

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