Nearly twenty percent of the population of the Philippines is working abroad. This drain of qualified‚ intelligent‚ hardworking people has deep social ramifications in Philippine society. "Why stay here and earn nothing?" asked Ben‚ one of my classmates at EMT/Paramedic school‚ in Manila. In the States‚ paramedic is not a particularly well-paid job. Most American paramedics would be shocked to find out that Ben already graduated university with a BS in nursing. "Nursing
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If your shower door is leaking or the corners seep whenever you take a shower‚ your floor‚ walls or baseboard outside your shower can get damaged‚ making it important to get it fixed right away. Fortunately‚ the solution is less complicated than you think‚ and we can tell you how to properly caulk your shower door. How to tell if caulking will fix the problem - Shower door water leaks are some of the most common‚ and often the homeowner cannot figure out where the tub or shower is leaking‚ and how
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A 2020 Vision: Education in the next two decades James Levin University of Illinois Appeared in 2002 in the Quarterly Review of Distance Education‚ 3(1)‚ 105-114. Introduction It is difficult to predict the future. In our everyday lives‚ we implicitly depend on a "future will be like the present" prediction. More sophisticated forecasters often predict that potential changes will occur quickly in the short term‚ ignoring the institutional barriers to change. Similarly‚ they often
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I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga Barry Lyga‚ 44 ‚ is a man that spent the majority of his career working on teenage age books and short stories. He has written a couple of other books the most famous being “ The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth girl”. He worked for the Diamond Comic Distributors before he started writing books because he spend most of his time and his childhood reading‚ looking‚ enjoying comic books. He has written two other major books one being Boy Toy‚ which was his second
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Last Wednesday‚ I went to the National Museum of African Art and I discovered a great piece of art. The piece I picked out was Olowe of Ise’s Palace Door. The piece was originally carved to be the right side of the door of the royal palace of Ikere located in Nigeria. The materials that this door panel is made out of are iroko wood‚ which is very hard and pigment was also used to develop the colors of the piece. Olowe of Ise‚ who was arguably the most well known Yoruba artist of the 20th century
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Today‚ March 6‚ 2016. Heavens Door: John was one of the privileged few that has had an opportunity to view heavens splendors and to see the brilliant masterpiece that heaven is. To be given the insight of what is expected from the churches; he was also given a vision that accompanied the trip through heaven’s door. Anytime we get the opportunity to cross the threshold into God’s heaven‚ we relish the opportunity to bask in the presence of the Lord. Today‚ God is opening doors that lead us into the doorway
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Throughout our youth we are haunted by many evils‚ some real and some imagined. I‚ just as many others told ghost stories and gave myself nightmares by not covering my eyes while watching scary movies‚ but some ghosts are more real than others. Middle school students may be one of the scariest of all evils. They have little concern for those around them and try to bury their own fear behind a wall of anger. My personal evil had a name‚ or at least a nickname‚ everyone called him‚ Scooter. I’m
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I sat on the outside of the row. As I buckled up a worker came and helped me. He checked to make sure I was strapped in tight then moved on. As soon as everyone was safely buckled in the ride made a clicking noise and the seats that were just facing vertically were now horizontal. I was lying on my stomach
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The lives of textile workers in the Lowell Mills‚ not unlike most of the lives of mostly everyone else in America at the time‚ had many challenges. Textile workers were usually single women from age 10 to mid 40’s. The women would be sent to work at the mills to earn a little extra money for their family. Workers had to work very hard for the amount of money they were paid (anywhere from $2 to $6 per week). A textile worker would often begin work before day break and end long after sunset. This eventually
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He separates people into maximizers and satisficers. Maximizers are the people who try to pick the best possible choice they can‚ while satisficers are the ones who pick the choice that is “good enough”. Barry mentions that the more choices are offered means that people are less inclined to choose. Schwartz provides an example of this particular phenomenon as a shopping scenario where the consumer doesn’t buy any gourmet chocolate simply because there was
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