Introductory Writing Assignment My name is Steven. I was born in a city named Quito‚ in the country of South America‚ Ecuador. My father is Ecuadorian‚ but his parents are both Italian‚ and my mom is Spanish‚ but she moved to Ecuador when she was 12. They have been married twenty-four years. I am the third of three children. I have two older siblings‚ a 23-year-old sister named Nathalie‚ and a 19-year-old brother named Brandon. One of my beloved things to do is playing soccer. I’d say that I grew
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Definition and Introduction to OPEC OPEC‚ The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries‚ is a name that has become synonymous with the worldwide petroleum market. But what does it do‚ who is involved and how important is OPEC to our day-to-day lives? This article aims to answer these basic questions in a clear and concise fashion. OPEC is a permanent organisation of 12 countries which are world-leaders in oil production. The primary aim of OPEC is to unify petroleum policies between its
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Fossil fuels well that’s a thing that I have always taken for granted until I saw the documentary of Crude Impact. Well I did know that the population is increasing abundantly but what I didn ’t know is when the consumers increase in such a vast number so does the production. Now imagine this just one person has 30‚000 items that relates to fossil fuels and multiply by the seven billion on our world population. That’s a great quantity of items that relates to fossil fuels in our daily lives. People
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About Me My name is ............................ I was born and raised in Queens‚ New York. Currently I am a full time college student at La Guardia Community College. My major is Criminal Justice. I am planning on transferring to John Jay of Criminal Justice after I earn my 45 college credits in order to join the New York Police Department Cadet ‚ my GPA is also good enough to be qualified on John Jay. I am currently a volunteer for New York Police Department Auxiliary. Since I was a kid I used
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Their ways met in Ecuador‚ where the unassuming and giving San Martín fell off second best. While he is respected in Argentina as a national legend‚ in South America everywhere Bolivar is adored just about as a divine being. José de San Martín was destined to Spanish guardians
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Good morning and welcome the people of the working party for human rights‚ i present to you a contemporary human rights issue on the treatment of refugees and the protection of human rights on a domestic and international level. A refugee is a person who is outside of their own country and in unable or unwilling to return due to fear of being persecuted because of their race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ member of a particular social group or their political opinion. The treatment of refugees is a contemporary
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because we speak Spanish we are from the same country and we are classify as Latinos?” at the beginning it was so offensive that people will ask me “Are you Latina from Mexico or EL Salvador?” and used to get so upset and tell them “No! I am from Ecuador and I am Hispanic”. Despite‚ the fact that Latinos and Hispanics speaks Spanish as their primer language of communication‚ this does not mean that we are all from the same country. First‚ it is well known that must of Hispanics and Latinos speak
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Argentine cuisine is the preparation of homemade food such as French fries‚ patties‚ and pasta to celebrate a special occasions or meeting friends. Argentine people have dinner at home is generally viewed as a symbol of friendship and warmth. Ecuador The food in Ecuador is generally simple but tasty and rarely spicy. Also‚ rice is served with almost everything‚ including potatoes and many breakfast dishes. Pork‚ chicken‚ and beef are popular in the mountainous regions and are served with variety of foods
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“Instead of letting your hardships and failures discourage or exhaust you‚ let them inspire you‚” the first lady Michelle Obama said. “Let them make you even hungrier to succeed." Vacancy consumes my surrounding‚ finding complete darkness with a slightly open door. The world halts for a moment and from there I take time to reflect‚ ‘How did I get here?’ and ‘Was it not at this point four years ago that I made myself the promise to regain my strength?’ Before I am able to reach a conclusion‚ an abrupt
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Islands The Galapagos Islands are a group of 16 islands located in the Pacific Ocean that straddle the equator about 525 miles west of the South American Coastline. The islands were formed by underwater volcanoes millions of years ago and belong to Ecuador. The Galapagos are well known for their vast diversity in plant and animal populations. Some of the plant and animal life found on the islands cannot be found anywhere else in the world. The Galapagos Islands are considered to be the last oceanic
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