Introduction The Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of independent sovereign states‚ most of which were once governed by the United Kingdom and are its former colonies. It was formerly known as the British Commonwealth of Nations. The Commonwealth is an organisation where countries with diverse economic backgrounds have an opportunity for close and equal interaction. The primary activities of the Commonwealth are to create an atmosphere of economic cooperation between member nations
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Remember a time when playing sports was all just fun and games? As an athlete grows older‚ there are many things they have to think about before considering playing a sport in high school. Athletes can face positive and negative effects and opportunities brought to them by participating in any sort of sport. Playing sports can have many positive effects for the player‚ including physical abilities‚ personal life and mental aspects of their lives. With sports an athletes physical abilities can
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The 23rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM; /ˈtʃɒɡ(ə)m/) was held in Colombo‚ Sri Lanka‚ from 15 to 17 November 2013.[2] Commonwealth leaders agreed on Sri Lanka as the 2013 host for the meeting when they met in Port of Spain‚ Trinidad and Tobago‚ in 2009. Sri Lanka‚ which was originally slated to host the summit in 2011‚ was accused of committing atrocities during the Sri Lankan civil war and the summit was instead held in Perth‚ Australia; Colombo was given the 2013 summit instead
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You know when your at home or in school then suddenly you read how watching TV is bad i mean is watching TV really bad or good? Think about it...? Which side are you going on? People are always saying the bad side of watching TV there’s a bad and a good side. There are plenty of good and bad things about watching TV I’m not here to tell you that TV is good and not bad or TV is bad not good. I’m here to show you both sides of watching TV Who among us hasn’t spent time watching a show we don’t
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Is technology good or bad for young children? This question is on a lot of people’s minds. If you’ve ever seen a child with a touchscreen computer like a smartphone or an iPad‚ it’s easy to understand why. The devices seem to enchant kids like few things that have come before – reliably absorbing them for a surprisingly long time. And good luck taking one away! (Angry baby…) Many parents experience conflicting feelings about their kids’ powerful attraction to touchscreen computers. On the
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INSTRUMEN 2 Facebook – Good or Bad? www.facebook.com is a very popular social network website. Facebook is so popular‚ that soon it will reach one billion members. There are many things said about Facebook‚ some good and some bad. The biggest question of all is how does it weigh out in your life. Actually‚ there are many advantages of using Facebook. The most common reason for people to use Facebook is to keep in contact with their friends and family. Since Facebook is free‚ it has become
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Hernandez‚ Heidy Hernandez 1 Ms. Carbonoara English 3-4‚ Per. 1 7 October 2014 Good and Bad in Everything As one reads a short story titled “By Any Other Name” by Santha Rama Rau‚ readers discover interesting bonds and conflicts about a 5 year old girl named Rau‚ which she experiences bad moments from British people in her childhood. Comparing the British culture and Indian culture. We can clearly see that they both don’t have much in common‚ other than them both have a unique style
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children to pass with flying colours during examinations‚ they usually will push them to study‚ hoping that by doing so they will get good grades. Sending them to tuition classes or even taking time off work to help them with their studies are ways parents will push them to work hard. As many parents always tell their children‚ “getting good grades will get you a good job”. By doing so‚ students will have to put in effort into their studies and do frequent revision which helps them to understand better
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plants compete with each other. The plants compete with each other to as to get more water‚ sunlight and nutrients‚ while the animals in the wild challenge each other for survival and mating. So‚ competition is part of everyday life‚ but is it really a good thing? The cause of having competition between people is that people like to prove to themselves or other people that they are actually better than the other person. People compete with each other so as to win‚ and winning brings benefits to the victor
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Ethics In my personal opinion I think that human beings are combination of good and bad with many factors in hand. What I may think is bad can be good to others and what I think may be good could be horrible to others. In other cases something may be wrong morally. Something may be wrong because society says so. It’s a matter of opinion. Here are a few examples to justify my argument. A child for instance can be brought up with a family that society sees as near perfect and still turn in
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