on last year’s figure. If health services and social security cash payments for the elderly are included‚ the amount will rise to $55 billion‚ representing a significant 18.9% of total Government recurrent expenditure in this financial year. The rapid ageing population will lead to the continuous rise of the old age dependency ratio (i.e. the ratio of the non-working population who are 65 or over being supported by the working population age 15 to 64) from 172/1000 (172 non-working supported by
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The Curse Behind The Hope Diamond Diamonds have been a source of wealth and dispute for centuries. “When humankind first discovered the diamond is not known.” ("ECP" 685) Diamonds were originally mined from riverbeds in India‚ and through trade-routes‚ diamonds reached the kingdoms and empires of Europe and Asia. One diamond in particular has a most colorful history and has travelled across continents into the hands of Sultans‚ King Louis XIV‚ and finally to the Smithsonian in America where
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warfare which includes chemical‚ biological and nuclear is often cruel. In my opinion‚ going to war brings more harm than good for at least three reasons. Firstly‚ there are many casualties in a war. It is estimated that 378‚000 people died due to war each year between 1985 and 1994. Soldiers and civilians are not spared as many of them die due to either war injuries or diseases. Many more are disabled or suffer serious injuries‚ physical or mental. Even those who managed to survive may suffer from
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Alexie uses the phrase "There is more than one way to starve" in his essay to describe the issues faced within the Indian Reservation‚ and outside of it. At the beginning of the 8th grade portion‚ he notices girls at his farm town "white" school starving themselves intentionally by anorexia and bulimia. The purpose of starving themselves was to try and maintain a skinny appearance. He stated "I sat back and watch them grow skinny from self-pity." Alexie then mentions that back on the reservation
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Everyone has their own story to tell in regards to people or events that have shaped their identity. Mary Gordon puts these sentiments to paper in her writing’ More Than Just a Shrine: Paying Homage to the Ghosts of Ellis Island’‚ an essay reflecting on her ’search for self’ through exploration of her ancestors’ immigration to the US. She tells us‚ for example‚ "The minute I set foot upon the island I could feel all that it stood for: insecurity‚ obedience‚ anxiety‚ dehumanization‚ the terrified
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Computer considered as Machinery God ‚ is an electronic device that reduces human laborious effort.In this 21st century‚computer can be known by the name of next human brain.The invention of computer made human life much easier‚faster and comfortable.Computer is regarded as one of the greatest achievements made by Scientist till now.Computer ‚an electronic device‚ which has made life easier and comfortable is today surrounded with many questions of threats .Whether Computers are helping us or creating
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A Campus More Colorful Than Reality: Beware That College Brochure by Deena Prichep warns students to look deeper into a colleges demographics. In 2000 Diallo Shabazz‚ a student of the University of Wisconsin‚ was told that he was featured on the front of the admissions booklet. He was excited until he realized that he photographed at a football game he did not attend. Later he found that the admissions department had taken a picture of him and Photoshopped his head into a crowd of students. The university
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How is cheerleading leading by an example? Some people may not always like cheerleading. Other people may think it’s too "girly". Cheerleading is also helpful. It is also a team effort for kids. Cheerleading is interactive Cheerleading: leading by example Cheerleading is helpful. Cheerleading helps others by being seeing the bright side of any situation. Cheerleading promotes cheerful attitude and showing good spirits. Cheerleading helps others by showing other that you can have good attitude
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Why skills are more important than the tools? Tools are made to make human life easy and comfortable. But these tools alone cannot make life easier all the time. Sometimes proper skills are needed in order to utilize the tools in a proper way. Tools are easier to learn Tools are the easiest materials that can life easier and comfortable for the human beings. An appeal cannot be equally divided into four pieces using bare hands‚ but by using a knife the same can be easily done within fraction
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might be clean‚ green‚ and renewable energy. It seems to be a popular belief that hydroelectricity is a kind of perfect energy resource that has no impact on the environment and human beings‚ but in contrast to your belief‚ hydroelectricity is more harmful than you think to us. First‚ Hydroelectric power causes damage to environment. One of the reason if that the constructions of hydroelectric stations cause a loss of land. Hydropower is generated through the force of falling water‚ damming a stream
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