more because I wanted to feel accepted by others and make friends. As I have progressed‚ I have become more focused on results. At this moment‚ I have learned that I value others opinions on topics‚ but not so much as what they think about me. If If I can make something happen in a productive manner that is for the good of all‚ I have no problem doing it even if it destroys some of the relations that I currently have.
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What do you think a hero is? Well in my eyes Margaret Mead is a true hero because even when it was hard for woman back then to get a college degree she still managed to get her bachelor’s degree‚ M.A.‚ and Ph.d degrees. She went to polynesia to study how cultural differences influenced child rearing. She was a very independent and determined person. One of her quotes is “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful‚ committed citizens can change the world. Jimmy Carter announced that he was awarding
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What is irony and how is it used in the story? Irony is a stylistic device‚ used by the author to keep the drama in the story going‚ for the reader’s enjoyment. It is the twist or unexpected event which blends the elements of the story together. In the instance of O. Henry he combines exaggeration [or hyperbole] and irony to add humor in the story. O. Henry is a master of irony and exaggeration‚ so that his stories have flavor and depth. In "The Ransom of Red Chief‚" O. Henry uses the three devices;
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I once used to write a blog. I started it because everyone around me was using them so I felt like I should start writing a blog too. I liked writing blogs very much because it was so easy for me to write a blog. I also liked looking at people’s blogs because I could know people’s real feelings. There are many benefits about blogging such as it is easy write a blog and it helps people communicate easily. First‚ the reason why I think writing a blog is easy is because I can write a log any way
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Three Strikes Law Recidivism is a tendency to relapse into a former pattern of behavior or a tendency to return to criminal behavior. Many studies have been conducted about criminals who begin with petty crimes (misdemeanors) that repeat the same crimes or graduate to serious crimes (felonies). The fear of repeat offenders and the increase of recidivism ignited the federal and state governments to seek harsher ways to protect citizens’ safety. Mike Reynolds a photographer whose daughter‚ Kimber
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What technologies have been used to kill people‚ and why? Killing technology has been on show during the major wars in the 20th century; and the killing rate increased drastically in the last century. During 20th century major developments took place in gas weapons‚ small arms‚ large guns and weapons of mass destruction which were in use during World War 1 and World War 2. Killing was not seen as an objective in war however‚ it was seen as being a more humane method and to make war shorter. The
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value. Their appearance is in no way proportionate to the great value they have. This is true of human beings also. A person may be good looking having an attractive character. But he may not possess any real ability or talent. He can even turn out to be unscrupulous too. A man must be judged on the basis of his abilities and not on his external appearance. Many of the truly good and great men are humble. Goodness and perfection do not go with gaudiness. Like shining glass pieces which dazzle and glitter
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Paul Ivory COM-231 July 22‚ 2012 Mark Matthews Ethical Issues and Tactics The ethical issues and tactics that I can think back on is when we had a basketball game and I did not realize it at the time but one of my players was fouled and as I was talking to one of the coaches another player was called to the foul line to shoot free throws and as I turn back around to see the player that was fouled standing at half court‚ and as I looked at him with a dumb look he shrugged his shoulders
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share common ideology of defeating enemies of Islam and do not need to be connected through an organization (203). Smaller cells prevented locating leaders of the organization. As a result‚ there was no evidence of al-Qaeda operations in European cities that were attacked by small groups of ten or less jihadists. The quest for WMD has been unsuccessful for al-Qaeda because of the complexity to develop an atomic weapon. To begin‚ al-Qaeda did not
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A large number of prisoners go on a hunger strike in response to complaints by some inmates about their deprivation of rights by being placed in administrative segregated housing units. A spokespersons for inmates say that many inmates are willing to sacrifice their health and safety to stop the harsh segregation policies. The inmates refuse to eat‚ work assignments‚ leave cell‚ nor exercise. Prison officials claim that the hunger strike is a ploy by powerful prison gangs to increase their influence
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