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    the book‚ Tolkien depicts the idea that the more technology you have‚ the more powerful you are. The One Ring is the greatest source of technology and control all throughout Middle Earth‚ given that it was made to control the less powerful rings that exist. After Sauron’s foiled plot against taking control the elves‚ three rings were hidden for the Elven-kings‚ seven were given to the Dwarf-lords‚ and nine were left for human men‚ who later turned into the Dark Riders. This particular example of the

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    In the chapter‚ ‘The Old Forest’ from Lord Of The Rings‚ the author is able to create tension by using short sentences such as ‘It was quite useless’ and ‘Suddenly he stopped.’ Using short sentences is effective in building and maintaining suspense because it creates a sudden pause. The sudden pause is used to emphasize or highlight a point. Secondly‚ the reader is given very little amount of description about the dangers inside the ‘abominable wood.’ Merry provides a brief description about

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    UNISA Study Course: National Diploma In Management Student: Morutse David Lelaka Student Number: 39508188 First Semester Module One: ENG 1511 – English Proficiency UNIQUE Code: 204488 Section B Language 1. a) Literal and Simple 2. . 3. a) Disdain: (noun –verb)noun; The feeling that something is not good enough to deserve your respect or attention. Verb; To think that something that something Is not good enough to deserve your respect. b) Affluent: (formal word) Having a lot of money and a

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    Corruption in Africa

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    taken to prevent corruption on the most corrupt continent of the world? Of the world’s most deceitful countries‚ Africa‚ with its underdeveloped growth and poverty in many regions‚ is considered the most corrupt. The two thirds of countries‚ that are measured most corrupt in the world‚ are located in sub-Saharan Africa. Millions of Africans today live below the poverty line because of the disease of corruption. The African continent will not be able to find a solution to corruption on condition that

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    Establish a purpose: By the conclusion of the project Students will create a ceramic animal ring holder to demonstrate their ability to create specific artwork using multiple artistic processes and techniques (The School Curriculum and Standards Authority‚ 2014) . The purpose of the project is to learn the artistic processes and techniques needed to create a ceramic project‚ in this case a ring holder. The reason this is done in year four is that the students are required by the School Curriculum

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    The term “police corruption” brings shame and public skepticism about our front line of defense against the criminal element. While the corrupt may be only a small number of officers‚ the idea or actions of the few effect the entire institution of law enforcement throughout the country. Police corruption is not a new concept. We start to see corruption from the modern police force. Corruption is not something that used to happen. Today throughout the United States police departments have been hit

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    LORD OF THE FLIES The ideas of Leadership and human nature can best be related to an up and coming Hollywood star. They start out all innocent but the fame‚ fortune‚ and power catch up with them. It changes them‚ having people look up to you and knowing that they will follow everything they do allows you to understand the power that you have. They can end up going out of control and it will change them for the worst. The ability to have this kind of power‚ for Jack‚ turns him into being

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    MANILA‚ Philippines—The Philippines is still perceived as one of the most corrupt countries in the world‚ getting a score of 34 on a scale of 1 to 100 with 100 being very clean‚ according to the latest Corruption Perceptions Index of Transparency International. But the Philippines has at least outranked its neighbors Vietnam‚ Indonesia and Bangladesh‚ which all fared better than the country in the previous CPI‚ said TI‚ a civil society organization that promotes transparency and accountability.

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    Power in the Wrong Hands In Lord of The Flies by William Golding‚ A Tale of Two Cites by Charles Dickens‚ and Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer people in power use their position to corrupt others. This suggests people should be mindful who they put in power. In these novels the authors show that no matter what age‚ race‚ social status‚ or even gender a person is‚ if given some-kind of power and competition they have the potential to become corrupt. Also‚ these three writings demonstrate that fear gives

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    INTRODUCTION SQL is divided into the following ➢ Data Definition Language (DDL) ➢ Data Manipulation Language (DML) ➢ Data Retrieval Language (DRL) ➢ Transaction Control Language (TCL) ➢ Data Control Language (DCL) DDL -- create‚ alter‚ drop‚ truncate‚ rename DML -- insert‚ update‚ delete DRL -- select TCL -- commit‚ rollback‚ savepoint DCL -- grant‚ revoke CREATE TABLE SYNTAX Create table (col1 datatype1‚ col2 datatype2 …coln datatypen);

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