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    mental state may get too addicted to gambling. They may spend their money uncontrollably and be brought to ruin. Having a casino in the city can be a double-edged sword. It not only brings benefits but also disadvantages. If we can restrain the bad sides‚ casinos will be a great profitable element to contribute to our

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    Module 1 Exam 1. When selecting a UPL the Commander must take into consideration which of the following qualifications? The commander appoints an officer or non-commisned officer ( e-5 r above) on orders as the UPL 2. What are the side effects of THC? Short Term Memory Loss 3. Rohypnol is known as a Date Rape Drug due to its association with which of the following behavior patterns? Rape 4. Ethical reasoning is characterized by ______? Beliefs 5. How many perspectives are used

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    Money is the economic fuel upon which our world runs‚ but human nature inevitably exploits it for personal gain at the expense of others. Without a standardized monetary system‚ society today as we know it could not exist. A catch-22 of any social or financial system is that inevitably a handful of individuals will gain too much control. Conversely‚ a system in which the individual is not free to gain wealth/control as he pleases also leads to the same end result. In our 21st century North American

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    Things Fall Apart: Ibo Society The Ibo Society july 22 2014 • MORE: • Things Fall Apart • Wife Beating • Achebe • Chinua Achebe • Masculinity Flag ClosePost a comment In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ the Ibo society is a male-dominant society which functions on masculine strength and strong devotions to traditions. Manliness and fearlessness are traits that a great man must have. Okonkwo is able to be greatly respected by the villagers because of his cruel masculinity

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    Good and Bad Things about Phnom Penh Phnom Penh is the capital city of Cambodia and has a nickname called “The Charming City”. The total area of the city is 678.46 km2 and the total population is 1‚501‚725. Eventhough this beautiful city is well-known in South East Asia‚ she also has good and bad thing that people should know. As I notice‚ the good thing about Phnom Penh is culture‚ nightlife‚ sightseeing‚ and people whereas the bad thing about Phnom Penh is traffic‚ food‚ and dirty. The first

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    Article Summary The article discusses on the relationship between the unhealthy organization culture and the employees’ unethical behaviors. At the beginning of the article‚ the author gives us an example of how an ambitious and energetic employee‚ called Crystal‚ becomes unenthusiastic and institutionalized under the organization’s risk-management policy and corrupt organizational culture. The author believes that people who join organizations with full of enthusiasm often feel cheated by organizations

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    Consumer Culture Many never grasp that“…no title‚ amount of wealth or material possessions are enough to make a human being fully content with [his or] her life.” (Nair). By the 1920’s‚ America had developed a vast consumer culture. In the novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald artistically expresses his displeasure of the materialistic society that arose within this time period. Fitzgerald displays the negative effects materialism has upon society through his characters Daisy and Gatsby

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    Pei Ou Theo 279 20 September 2013 When Bad Things Happen to Good People The author Harold Kushner wrote this book because his spent a life to search what puzzled him for a long time. He experienced tragedy in his early life. His son was found afflicted with progeria that is a kind of the fatal illness of pre-mature aging. He fall into hopelessness‚ and then started to question God. Why bad things often happen to good people? Many people may confuse this question too. If God really exists

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    it speaks the truth and even teaches many good lessons. My personal opinion is that these television shows are a good thing. This differentiates with Schlosser’s opinion upon the media but there are many aspects of reality TV that can be a good thing. Meanwhile Johnson argues‚ “everything bad is good for you”‚ I agree with this aspect of it. Not necessarily that everything bad is good for you‚ but when he talks about the media and television not having the negative affect that most people thinks

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    Is it a bad thing to die? In Death‚ Thomas Nagel focuses on this question and comes to a simple answer: yes. However‚ before he comes to this conclusion‚ he is speaking of death as a complete cessation of life with no conscious activity – permanent death. Nagel argues that is not the state of being dead that is bad‚ but because of what it deprives us of: life. He claims that life is all we have and that when we die‚ we suffer the greatest loss. Nagel clarifies that death is not bad because it strips

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