“Money‚ medium of market exchange par excellence‚ should not be the object of gift-giving.” Money performs at least two distinct functions of high importance: acting as a medium of exchange and a common measure of value. Being accustomed to exchange things frequently for sums of money‚ people learn the value of other articles in terms of money‚ so that all exchanges will most readily be calculated and adjusted by comparison of the money values of the things exchanged. However‚ it would be wrong
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2012 Giving Out a Helping Hand As I read between two articles‚ I will be explaining‚ comparing‚ and critiquing the ideas presented in two diametrically opposite articles: the late biologist and environmentalist Garret Hardin ’s article "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case Against Helping the Poor" and controversial ethicist Peter Singer ’s essay "The Singer Solution to World Poverty" . In each article‚ the author uses an analogy to make his point‚ and in evaluating both articles‚ I devoted my attention
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6 disadvantages of growing tourist numbers January 23‚ 2011 - Elmer W. Cagape 1 Comment » Year after year it seems that the number of visitors coming to Hong Kong is setting new records. The 30 million annual visitors the city recorded a few years ago (over 23 million in 2005‚ over 28 million in 2007) was easily eclipsed by the 36 million tourists who arrived last year. The 21.8 per cent climb is quite a big jump; if not for the recent financial crisis and swine flu scare that affected inbound
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CJ220 Criminal Justice and the Community Community policing is explained as a collaboration of community and the police working together to help identify and solve criminal activities. Additionally‚ the whole concept behind it is to promote public safety and to enhance the quality of life within the neighborhoods in which we reside in. Community policing is composed of two major components which are community partnership and problem solving. Community policing is a program that was initially
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B: Back to School They say that education is the most important thing for society. That education is the way out of trouble‚ poverty‚ unemployment and many other things. But all of this is hard to understand for children‚ and that is a problem‚ for it is them who are in the education system. So how do you get kids and youngsters to understand the importance of education and hard work? That is what Barrack Obama – the president of the United States of America – has tried to do. He gave the speech
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My hero is my mom because she is loyal to my family and to me. The reason why I say she is loyal is ever though she has her own problems or her own roadblocks in life she still comes through and gives the love to my family. She wakes up every morning to make sure my dad gets a lunch and gets to work safely‚ and stays up to make sure I get a ride to school. She is loyal to my family because even though she could be doing other things she does her part in my family and gives the love and care we need
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American Literature 3/28/10 The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein‚ an extremely gifted and versatile author‚ wrote and illustrated "The Giving Tree". Readers of all ages have enjoyed this story since its publication in 1964. It portrays the gift of giving and to love and be loved in return. While "The Giving Tree" generated a lot of controversy upon its publication‚ having been a child and now being a mother‚ I see the tree representing a mother ’s unconditional and self sacrificing love
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Back to the Future Start point: SIP- Stop‚ Introspect and Proceed Every bread winner in a family will strive to earn enough for the present life and yearn to plan for the future. He is pre-occupied with so many priorities in life that he loses the count of the pending issues. In such a myriad situation‚ he wonders how much I should save and for how long? He cannot distinguish between his savings and might have multiple goals. Present day man is not a Spielberg to keep travelling in the time
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The first book I read was The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. It can be debated that it was more reciting than reading because at the time it was my favorite book‚ and I had others read it to me as often as possible. I remember thinking the the tree was such a kind and devoted friend‚ while the boy was a “meanie.” I see now that the tree gave everything away and lost herself in the process. The unhealthy relationship between the tree and the boy led to the tree being abandoned and entirely unhappy
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10 Things I Hate About You‚ a film directed by Gil Junger‚ is a great movie that people still watch even though it is almost 15 years old. The film is based on Shakespeare’s romantic comedy‚ The Taming of the Shrew‚ but has been made to be understood by people in the 90’s. America has made some huge technological advances since the 17th century. Technology plays a huge part in our life from the internet to even the movies. The film explores the ideas of dating‚ individualism and trust. In contrast
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