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    I like options‚ I like security‚ and I like power. With these wants‚ I knew at a very early age that I would enter business and thus I attended a college that specializes in the subject. In my first position out of school‚ I was hired by Dunhill Equities as a cold-caller. After several weeks of being hung up on by angry prospects‚ I decided that this career path would not lead me to success. I then moved within the firm to a position as sales assistant. While this was by no means my dream job‚ I

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    ------------------------------------------------- Ethnic groups in the Philippines The Philippine islands are inhabited by a number of different ethnic groups. The majority of the population is composed of ethnolinguistic groups whose languages are Austronesian also known as Malayo-Polynesian in origin. Many of these groups converted to Christianity‚ particularly the lowland-coastal groups‚ and adopted many foreign elements of culture. These ethnic groups include the Cebuano‚ Ilocano‚ Pangasinense

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    or Not 2b” by David Crystal‚ and “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” by Steven Johnson‚ both discuss how technology has had a huge impact on the way our modern day society works. Crystal argues the benefits that come with texting. He explains that although in many ways texting has tainted the English language but at the same time it allows people to have better understandings as well. He beliefs it is the evolution of language. Johnson argues that television is not making us dumb but in fact is actually

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    Rhetorical Analysis Shonda Rhimes “Sweet Baby” Scandal Episode first appeared on ABC in April 5 2012. In this episode she aims to convince her readers of the importance of self-reputation over individuality. Through the character of the newest client of Olivia Pope & Associates‚ 27-year-old decorated war hero‚ Sully St. James encounters the battle between what matters to him the most and how others portray him when he stumbles into the office of Olivia Pope distraught explaining that he didn’t

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    I. Many sociologist and psychologists worry that reality television is having a dangerous effect on the American viewing audience. A. Psychologists study have shown that they believe that by watching reality television can be both a negative and positive effect on you. If we watch shows like American Idol‚ and Biggest Loser it will have a positive effect on you that if you put your mind to it‚ you can do it. The Biggest Loser teaches us on we can exercise‚ eat right and lose weight. But‚ then

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    It is believed that television is one of the successful invention in this era. At first‚ television is used to transfer information from all over the world in the fastest speed. Nowadays‚ television has entered another stage‚ there are many shopping mall selling high-definition televisions. Other than first hand information‚ television provides us entertainment and knowledge. There are sitcoms‚ documentary‚ drama‚ sports‚ movie‚ etc. Nonetheless‚ is it good or not? This time‚ let us talk about the

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    After a near-death experience one might think “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” What they should be thinking about is what got them into a near-death situation in the first place. Several years ago I had been working in Europe for more than 200 days straight. I was sick of the cold‚ dreary weather I was forced to endure day in and day out in the north of England. So when my friends suggested that I join them on vacation to go scuba diving in the Cayman Islands‚ I jumped at the chance

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    Changes Exposing children to too much television can cause health concerns‚ slower development in the brain‚ and an addiction to television. It slowly kills your brain cells‚ because you begin to feed into some of the stupidity that is found on the television. The more scientific facts of why it kills your brain cells is because the more you watch televisionyou begin to lose sight of the real world. You can begin to think that what you see on television is real. Which we all know it is not‚ but

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    Television is just another part of technology keeping us from viewing the world and living our lives as we should. Instead of coming out of our house and taking on any challenge the world might have for us‚ we easily give up to our laziness‚ which quickly makes us grab the bag of chips‚ the soda‚ and sit down. Even though I am one of the many people who just loves to have the remote by their side‚ I strongly believe that television is nothing but detrimental to our society. Watching television

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    saying TV is bad because there are so much scenes of using drugs and what not cause if you look at most shows that have it all comes from reason and logic. Television in a way makes children lazy as they sit behind it doing nothing and usually they gain less from television than from books. It may be argued that it can be watched during our leisure but students spend all their free time watching television instead of dividing it and doing more profitable stuff. Media is ugly filthy and dirty

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