catastrophes in modern history‚ with more than 220‚000 lives lost. Nils Lofgrin‚ who had managed several construction projects in Australia and New Guinea‚ was sent by his construction firm to restore a five-star resort along the Andaman coast in southern Thailand that had been ravaged by this tsunami. Casualties at the resort included 12 staff and 37 guests. This was Nils’s first assignment in Thailand. Nils flew down and toured the site. His assessment of the damage was that it was not as
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one of the worlds most PREDOMINANT bad habits. The purpose of this essay is to persuade the reader that people shouldn’t watch too much TV because a lot of TV programs are not educational; it makes people waste time that could be used in more beneficial activities‚ and it negatively affects the STATUS of people’s brains. The first reason why people shouldn’t watch too much television is because the content of many TV programs is not educational. Nowadays‚ we can see movies‚ series‚ and shows that
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The next big failure of the League of Nations was over disarmament. The League had not had any success in this area in the 1920s either‚ but at that stage‚ when the international climate was better‚ it had not seemed to matter as much. In the 1930s however‚ there was increased pressure for the League to do something about disarmament. The Germans had long been angry about the fact that they had been forced to disarm after the First World War while other nations had not done the same. Many countries
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of living your life and discovering love. I am a serious movie fanatic. I watch movies all the time. But‚ if I had to pick my favorite one‚ it would be without a doubt “Love and Basketball.” This is due to the fact that I love basketball‚ it inspires me to keep reaching my goals and get through challenges in life‚ and it is a great love story. To begin with‚ “Love and Basketball” is my favorite movie because I love basketball. This movie obviously has something to do with basketball if you look
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Hawaiian shirts and a red convertable bombing‚ born to be wild‚ towards Nevada’s neon abyss. "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold" (Thompson 1) This is the line with which both the book and the movie begin. The search for the American dream will be three days in Vegas. Thompson’s work not only has the guts to dramatize the writer’s flashback to San Francisco‚ 1965‚ but also includes his opinion on the moment’s drug induced sense of generational
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Dakota Gravitt The Great Gatsby (2013) Movie Analysis “The Great Gatsby” movie‚ made in 2013 featuring Tobey Maguire‚ Leonardo DiCaprio‚ and Carey Mulligan‚ is a film based on a book by the same name written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film is about Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire)‚ a bond salesman living in the 1920s‚ before the market crash‚ who moves near the shores of New York City over the summer and encounters his mysterious neighbor‚ Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio). His rich neighbor would
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Today the iGens are getting too distracted by their phones‚ tablets‚ and other technological devices. Everyone is getting too excited and wanting to buy the newest games and apps. I think that more accidents are occurring since people are texting and driving. People are getting other people hurt including themselves. They are getting too distracted that they ignore their own parents and by how they are using the technology today the iGens are not learning as much literacy as they are supposed to
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MS. Spring 2008‚ Vol. 18‚ No. 2‚ pp. 42-45 Copyright © Liberty Media for Women Spring 2008. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. Too Poor to Parent? By Gaylynn Burroughs • Black children are twice as likely as white children to enter U.S. foster care. The culprit: Our inattention to poverty. When a recurrent plumbing problem in an upstairs unit caused raw sewage to seep into her New York City apartment‚ 22-year-old Lisa (not her real name) called social services
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How much is too much? With gas prices soaring‚ the housing market crumbling‚ poverty rates rising‚ and the country sinking into more debt by the day‚ money is on a lot of people’s minds right now. Millions of people are struggling to put food on the table while celebrities are signing multi-million dollar contracts for movies and sports. Many entertainment and sports personalities have very high incomes‚ while most people in "ordinary" professions like nurses‚ doctors and teachers earn only
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close 30 minutes again. This is the key and the bell boy will accompany all of you. Andin : Thank you. Receptionist : You are welcome. "THE TOO POLITE CONVERSATION" Performed by: Yusuf‚ Heni and Rudi Situation: (Heni is waiting for a bus in the Bus Stop. Suddenly‚ Yusuf is coming to sit down beside her) Yusuf: So you are waiting for the bus too‚ right? Heni: Yes. But actually I’m confusing about which bus that I must take to home from here. I’m a newcomer. Yusuf: I know how you must feel
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