media and news‚ Kiva has successfully managed to become one of the fastest-growing nonprofits in history. However‚ a company of such stature is never free from the ever-growing controversies that inevitably follow. The first controversy to highlight is the Kiva’s infamous but subtle misleading marketing campaign (Goodintents.org 2009). Kiva advertises that the users make loans to specific borrowers through a peer-to-peer microcredit marketplace. The reality of this is that it actually makes loans towards
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Can prejudice ever be eliminated? What exactly is prejudice? Contrary to popular belief‚ prejudice is not the same as discrimination‚ even though both terms are usually tossed into the fray together. Prejudice refers to the prejudgment; where people make assumptions or decisions even before being aware of the relevant facts. On the other hand‚ discrimination refers to the treatment or distinction in favour or against a particular person‚ group or class. That being said‚ prejudice would certainly
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Title: Quantitative analysis of vitamin C contained in ribena Aim: to determine the amount of Vitamin C in a sample of ribena Materials: * Vitamin C (ascorbic acid‚ C6H8O6) * 4% potassium iodide (KI) * 1M acetic acid (CH3COOH) * N-bromosuccinimide (NBS‚ C4H4BrNO2) Apparatus: * Conical flask * 100 ml volumetric flask * Weighing bottle * Analytical weight balance * Spatula * Funnel Results: Item: | Mass in grams | Mass of weighing bottle with ascorbic
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How does the number of friends one has affect the likelihood of depression? Depression is a common but serious medical condition that not only negatively impacts the individual‚ but the people around them as well. It is brought about by factors including genetics‚ substance abuse‚ and other psychological facets. However‚ the most common factor in regards to depression is social isolation in which the individual is starved for companionship and emotional support. Even though the family may be
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Terrible Beauty‚ Rebel Angels‚ and The Sweet Far Thing): she also won the Michael L. Printz Award-winning for her book Going Bovine‚ Beauty Queens. Libba Bray was a L.A. Times Book Prize finalist; for her book series‚ The Diviners. In Beauty Queens‚ one of Bray main characters is named Miss Taylor and this young lady was from Texas as well‚ she kind of portrayed her in the story as where she is from. Three weeks before her graduation of high school‚ she had gotten into a serious car accident‚ which
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that Gomez-Cabrea and Cohen are asking the readers. They believe that if you are healthy that there is not a need for a daily vitamin. That daily vitamin could hurt you if you are a healthy individual. The author appeals to logos using facts that the researchers discovered in their ninety-minute discussion. The main claim in this story is‚ are daily vitamins worth taking. They have research that says there is two kinds of supplements; supplements that work‚ but do nothing and then the other which
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Note Taking‚ Listening‚ and Reading habits Amy Green Miller-‐Motte University ABSTRACT This document discusses note taking using the Cornell system‚ practicing Active Listening‚ and reading habits by interrogating the text. Note Taking‚ Active Listening‚ and Reading Habits 2 Study skills/habits in
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Name Teacher Comp 1 Octdate My best day ever “Breath Jessica‚ just breath and give me one more big push.” The doctor said to me as I try to push my baby out. Moments later we hear it‚ my baby crying alerting the world that she is here. The birth of my daughter was long and exhausting. Joseph and I had stayed out late the night before not realizing what we were in for the next morning. As we crawled into bed that night I remember talking to the little baby in my belly asking for her to stay
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One of the most common things I receive questions about is doubt and lack of self-confidence. People feel the impacts of both and seem to struggle with how to overcome these forces. It’s even been said that DOUBT kills more dreams than failure! Why is that? I would submit the difference is that‚ with fear of failure‚ people will push on to achieve their goals and only give up if such sometimes outside forces overwhelm them and they lose the ability to continue whereas doubt is exclusively INTERNAL
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Honors English Final Draft Racism: The Ever Raging Conflict A few years ago‚ my fellow seventh graders and I were standing around‚ waiting for the bell to ring. We weren’t doing much of anything aside from chattering back and forth with each other. A third grade class happened to walk by my grade with their teacher‚ all in single file line. While the little kids passed us‚ one of the seventh graders said “hello” to all of the tiny people that proceeded
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