...April Calderon Professor Julie Moore-Felux ENGL 1302 15 August 2013 Final Exam: Question No.: 1 & 3 Question #1: “With friends like these ...” Tom Hodgkinson article question(s): In the article written by Tom Hodgkinson, his clear intention was to convince the viewer/reader to deny, reject, negate social media specifically, Facebook. The writer focuses on the aspect that social media, specifically, Facebook, destroys people’s ability to connect with one another. He further states that the essence of social media is controlled by a select few whose sole motive is control and profit and their own agendas. (Hodgkinson 327, 328) It is obvious from the beginning of the article Hodgkinson, is opposed to social media. The writer attempts to narrow his thesis into specific principles or burdens, which is difficult. He supports his thesis and supporting arguments with the criterion or value premise of a moralistic or ethical intent of social media. The writer attempts to prove this in three ways. One, he demoralizes social media by stating it erodes the interaction of intrapersonal skills. Meaning social media takes away the person to person interaction. This results in antisocial behavior and desolation of verbal speech. He then moves on to disclose the unique background of the primary investors in the largest social media corporation, Facebook. The representation of the primary investors is very disturbing. He presents data that is very disturbing about the three...
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...German Unemployment Drops as Euro-Area Inflation Slows Nowadays, unemployment is one of the most important problems we face in economics and society. In recent years the unemployment rate of several countries in Euro increased because there was serious economic crisis. Europe's unemployment rate peaked at 12.2% in 2013. Spain and Greece have high unemployment rate among other. In Spain, the youth unemployment rate was 56% in 2013 and, In Greece, the unemployment rate was 62.5% in 2013. By contrast, German’s unemployment rate has started to decrease after the unemployment rate rose to 11.5% in 2005. Finally it fell to 5% in 2013. This essay covers how German can reduce the unemployment rate, the relationship between unemployment and the reasons, types of unemployment, the effects of unemployment on economy and social and the result and measures of decreasing unemployment. To begin with, we should understand the meaning of unemployment. Unemployment is characterized as a circumstance where somebody of working age is not ready to obtain employment yet might want to be in full time business. And unemployment is divided by four types. First type is Cyclical Unemployment. Cyclical unemployment runs as an inseparable unit with the business cycle. Higher the GDP, easier will be the cyclical unemployment at the peak of the business cycle and the other way around is accurate when the economy is in the trough of the business cycle. Second type is Structural unemployment. It is a well-known...
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...A HOME OWNER AT WHAT EVER COST. Whereas WHEN IT COMES TO supply IT refers to “how much of a BARGIN YOU WILL GET FOR YOUR MONEY. When there becomes a demand increase for houses, demand curve shift to the right, when supply stay the same shorges will occour which will lead to a highter equilibrium price. If demand decrese, then the demand curve shift to the left,,when.supply stay the same, a surplus of goods would be aviable at a cheper price., but if supply was to( change )increse then the curve would shift right and if the demand remain as it was before then there would be lower equilibrium prices. If demand remain the same and supply decrese then there wil be shift to the left. In enabling highter equilibrium price. This essay has been submitted to us by a student in order to help you with your studies. This If demand on price housing in the uk. Affordability is 1 of the main reasons, as house prices gos down,the demand in buying a property increases because when house price goes down people can then afford to buy more houses. David Begg “for a normal good, demand rises when income rises.” A positive income elasticity of demand is associated with normal goods and as a house is a normal good a rise in living standards will mean demand for houses will increase. This will be because people will be confident to buy a house as they will have enough income to pay for their mortgages. Low Interest rates creates a high demand in borrowing monies to purchase houses...
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...a Wal-Mart in my community, it is roughly 5 miles from my house and I don’t think it has had the effects that are prevalent in the article. Wal-Mart in my area is a little bit farther out of the way than the local grocery store or other stores such as Target; therefore I think the location of the store may have caused it not to be as successful. I can’t speak for the average consumer because when I do go to Wal-Mart it is usually because I have the need to purchase a lot of items and I know my cost will be cheaper at Wal-Mart which does take away business from other retailers but I don’t think it’s a large enough number that would make other stores go out of business, or at least not yet. 4. Can a retailer ever become too large and too powerful? Absolutely, if a retailer such as Wal-Mart continues to grow, it doesn’t just hurt competitors who provide similar products, it also hurts the producers. With Wal-Mart, they wish to provide as many products as they can at as low of a price as possible, which is great for the consumer. A consumer wants local retailers fighting for their attention and driving business into their building but too much of that can be a bad thing. A growing business like Wal-Mart could have a ripple effect, putting other businesses out of business because they are unable to compete with their prices, with that, people will lose their jobs which would cause less money to be circulating in the community. A little healthy competition between retailers is great...
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...agreement to let a family happen.” (Wylie) 2012.A home is where a family lives. It may be alternated to the word ‘house’ but a house is more appropriately referring to the material structure, whereas ‘home’ refers to the intangible things that bind together the family members. It is the immeasurable love and care that keeps together the mother, father and their offspring, or the family. A home where good values and virtues are commonly taught by the family. Aside from providing an environment conducive to physical growth and health, the family must also create an atmosphere that would influence the cognitive and psychological growth of its member. If the needs of the individual family members are met, the other members are able to reach out to others in the family, the community, and society as a whole. However, no matter how happy a family in the terms of their relationship, there are still hardships and misunderstandings that will come along the way. It is just part of any relationship anyway. But, the sad part is when one of the family members gave up and the others have no choice but to accept and let go. Thus, the family starts to be broken, varies from numerous reasons why it had to be that way. But usually, misunderstanding starts from simple domestic quarrel that grows impertinently damaging the long-forged relationship between the family members. When a couple split up, it is the children that are greatly affected scarring them physically, emotionally and socially...
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...Writing 15 MODEL ESSAYS SHOWING YOU HOW TO GET BAND 9 IN ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 2 Published by Cambridge IELTS Consultants Cambridge, United Kingdom Copyright © Cambridge IELTS Consultants and Jessica Alperne, Peter Swires 2014. All rights are reserved, including resale rights. This e-book is sold subject to the condition that it will not be copied, stored or redistributed in any form. Also on Kindle from the same publisher: . Packed with advice, examples, models to follow and real Band 9 essays to help you get the best possible result. Get IELTS Band 9 In Academic Writing Contents Introduction from the authors Explanation of the different types of Academic Task 2 essay OPINION type tasks: Model essays IDEAS type tasks: Model essays Summary of the model essays Tasks for you to practice Key to practice tasks The 10 most common mistakes in IELTS academic writing Help from the experts Introduction from the authors For many people, the most difficult part of the IELTS Academic exam is the Task 2 essay in the writing test. This is because few people understand the different types of Task 2 essay, and few people take the time to read examples of high quality Task 2 essays before they take the exam. We are here to help! In this book we show you how to analyze the Task 2 question, and we explain the different types of essay you may be asked to write. Most importantly, this book provides you with fifteen examples of Task 2 essays, all written...
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...HIST 1121/ INTL 2301 Cumulative Essay by Emily Barnes Revolution in Europe Revolution, by definition, is the overthrow of an established government or political system. When people hear the word revolution, they may instantly think of violence, but revolution and war do not necessarily go hand in hand. How are nonviolent and violent revolutions different? Revolution is a major part of European history, and this essay will construe the many specific revolutions, their causes, and what they accomplished. The Glorious Revolution, also known as the Bloodless Revolution, occurred between 1688 and 1689, and King James II was in power. During the Catholic James’ rule over England, he lost support from the primarily Protestant Parliament. James used his power to pass laws that favored Catholics, upsetting the Parliament, and a...
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...Our economic system — the market economy or capitalism — is a system of consumers' supremacy. The customer is sovereign; he is, says a popular slogan, "always right." Businessmen are under the necessity of turning out what the consumers ask for and they must sell their wares at prices which the consumers can afford and are prepared to pay. A business operation is a manifest failure if the proceeds from the sales do not reimburse the businessman for all he has expended in producing the article. Thus the consumers in buying at a definite price determine also the height of the wages that are paid to all those engaged in the industries. 1. Wages Ultimately Paid By the Consumers It follows that an employer cannot pay more to an employee than the equivalent of the value the latter's work, according to the judgment of the buying public, adds to the merchandise. (This is the reason why the movie star gets much more than the charwoman.) If he were to pay more, he would not recover his outlays from the purchasers, he would suffer losses and would finally go bankrupt. In paying wages, the employer acts as a mandatory of the consumers as it were. It is upon the consumers that the incidence of the wage payments falls. As the immense majority of the goods produced are bought and consumed by people who are themselves receiving wages and salaries, it is obvious that in spending their earnings the wage earners and employees themselves are foremost in determining the height of the compensation...
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...(2009:01), “the proximate cause of the crisis was the turn of the housing cycle in the Untied States and the associated rise in the delinquencies on the subprime mortgages, which imposed substantial losses on many financial institutions and shook investor confidence in the credit market”. What happened was that the housing crisis began because too many people made loans and ended up being unable to pay off their mortgage payments because the banks had trick them into believing they could pay back their mortgage even though they were high rise candidates. “Home loans were created with adjustable rates and promises to hold off payments for two years, giving consumers false hopes that their homes would more affordable in the future. When the future came, those people were unable to make payments and foreclosures spread across the country like a wildfire” writes Munday (2010:01). Meaning that the average US family only owned a small percentage of their home while the banks owned the majority the banks realized they were losing money by selling the houses for less than their mortgage price since house prices were dramatically down, they then foreclosed. What followed was an escalating foreclosure rate panic and many banks and hedge funds, who had bought mortgage-backed securities on the secondary market (which is allowing banks to sell mortgages”, giving them new funds to offer more mortgages to new borrowers) realized they were facing huge losses. The only way out was for massive policy...
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...Enhanced K+12 Basic Education Program as the Trending Issue in the Philippine Education Christelle Jane C. Alto University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna Abstract This research paper discussed the reasons why Enhanced K+12 Basic Education Program is seen as an inappropriate implementation in a developing country like the Philippines. The current status of the education in our country is declining. Few noticeable facts about our educational system are broad elementary education, limited secondary schools, and unstable collegiate education. We take pride in the fact that 30% of our annual budget is allocated for education, mainly elementary education. But beyond this level, the national government participation and support is diminishing sharply. The support from the national government is negligible. The main reasons why K+12 program is inappropriate to be implemented in the Philippines are the education budget shortage, poverty, and incompetent teachers. It can be concluded that the national government influences the capability of the Philippines to adapt to the implementation of K+12 program. The government must allocate more educational budget to be able to achieve quality education. Enhanced K+12 basic education system as the trending issue in the Philippine education Despite the necessity of improvement in quality education through implementing...
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...By: Hriskesh Ashokan, 42522490 Describing and illustrating changes in the international cocoa/chocolate market over the last 20 years. Hriskesh Ashokan 42522490 The aim of this essay is to apply the economic concepts I have learnt, to depict changes that have taken place in the international cocoa/chocolate market over the last 20 years. Given the criteria that we are only allowed up to five articles to cite references, most of my figures will be limited to those portrayed in my sourced articles. In recent years, the market for chocolate has been rather stagnant (Britain:Stuffed; Chocolate, 2003)Let’s take demand into consideration, for being a force that has driven the change in the cocoa/chocolate market. There are several factors that affect demand, but in this case, notable ones that are related to the chocolate market would have to be specific preferences of consumers, as well as the number of consumers. With Britain being one of the world’s largest consumers of chocolate, let’s relate to the sales figures they have had. The decline in sales numbers can be attributed to consumer behaviour. It could be the fact that consumers have been made more aware that chocolate is not forgiving when it comes to health. ‘Perhaps browbeaten by the obesity scaremongers, perhaps disgusted by their inability to see their toes’ (Britain:Stuffed; Chocolate, 2003). This undesired change in their preference for chocolate is reflected with a decrease in demand. This is shown in figure 1...
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...Uni Name | Youth Labour Segmented Market Theories | Essay | | Client Name | @XXXXXXXX | | Contents Introduction 2 Segmentation of the Labour Market 3 Theories about Segmented Labour Markets 3 The Dual Labour Market Theory 6 Summary 9 References 10 Introduction The behaviour and life experiences of young people have vastly evolved throughout the past few decades. These changes impact on their relationships between family and friends, their experience of the job market, as well as the educational system and of course, their ability to establish themselves as an individual. According to Furlong and Cartmel (1997), many of these changes are due to the structural changes in the job/labour market. Further, the social organisation of taking different career paths in life has been replaced with more discrete variation (Haaland, 1991). Making that shift from school life to working life tend to be less determined, more flexible, and above all daunting (Ellingsæter, 1995). Beck (1997) and Giddens (1991) claim that the terms “individualisation” and “risk” are often associated with younger people’s behaviour and conditions within a labour society. Individualisation denotes the traditional social groups or segments that are of importance like gender, ethnicity and class are branded as being fragmented and somewhat less important (Pollock, 1997). Though, Furlong and Cartmel (1997) argue that these social structures are of importance and that...
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...BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT UNIT:1 Introduction Business may be understood as the organized efforts of enterprises to supply consumers with goods and services for a profit. The following essay contains some details about the business environment such as types of organisations, EU rules and regulations policies of the market control. 1.1 Identify the purposes of different types of organisation. 1. Sole traders The sole trader is a common form of business ownership and is found in a wide range of activities such as painter, plumber, cleaner. Business has only one owner who responsible for all the expenses and legal requirements. Difficult to raise finance, also owner has unlimited liability. 2. Partnership Partnership is a business with at least two or more owners up to twenty. Partnerships are particularly common in professional services such as solicitors accountant. Owners enjoy limited liability, share their skills, and work allowing them to raise capital more quickly than individuals. 3.Private Limited Company (LTD) The Company is an artificial person made by law, offers limited liability. The major private limited company’s restrictions are about the shares and shareholders. Shares cannot be sold or transferred to the public. Shareholders enjoy priority against others in buying shares within the company. Example J. Whitaker & Sons Ltd 4 Co-operative The co-operative is a group of people working together, making decisions together to reach common...
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...Aggregate Demand (AD) = C + I + G + (X-M). ‘C’ means Consumers' expenditures on goods and services. ‘I’ expresses investment spending by companies on capital goods. ‘G’ indicates government expenditures on publicly provided goods and services. ‘X’ signifies exports of goods and services and ‘M’ presents imports of goods and services. Moreover, macroeconomics is also concerned with issues. Besides, there are some objectives that governments or countries want to achieve. Finally, policies help to accomplish those objectives. All economic analysis that refers to aggregates is macro. The coefficient of UK unemployment, the rate of inflation in the UK, the UK economic growth rate; these are all UK aggregates and therefore macro issues. Full employment, low...
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...Teenage pregnancy among today’s Filipino youth http://opinion.inquirer.net/74517/teenage-pregnancy-among-todays-filipino-youth The National Youth Commission, supported by the Department of Health and the World Health Organization, convened the 2014 National Summit on Teen Pregnancy last April 24. This summit, which saw the active participation of adolescent youth, delivered a clear message: Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH), or the lack thereof, is fast becoming the defining issue of this generation of young Filipinos. Without a robust response from all stakeholders, the Philippines is on track toward a full-blown, national teenage pregnancy crisis. Staggering facts support this call for concern. Recent (2014) data from the Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA) reveal that every hour, 24 babies are delivered by teenage mothers. According to the 2014 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality (YAFS) study, around 14 percent of Filipino girls aged 15 to 19 are either pregnant for the first time or are already mothers—more than twice the rate recorded in 2002. Among six major economies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Philippines has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies and is the only country where the rate is increasing, per the United Nations Population Fund. According to Josefina Natividad, YAFS coordinator and director of the University of the Philippines Population Institute, young Filipinos have limited access to sex education and ASRH services...
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