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    Benefits of Video Games for Child and Teen Development
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    It was March 3, 2002 the day of my sixth birthday. I remember this day so vividly and clear as the day that I was first introduced to video games. My father had purchased an Xbox for me, With an M-rated game for me to play. This was the first time I had ever been introduced to a video game, let alone one filled with gore and violence. That first time experience had put me in such an extreme trance.…
    AdolescenceCreativityValues Of Games
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    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
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    I have read a wonderful, adventure novel. It is "The Chronicles of Narnia": "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" by famous writer, C.S. Lewis. The story is mainly about four siblings - Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter who entered Narnia through the door of a big wardrobe, fought and overcame the White Witch's power. They finally saved Narnia from being winter. The major characters -- Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter were hero of the novel. They helped the animals…
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    No Logo by Naomi Klein – Battling Brand Bullies
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    Have you ever been to Nike Town? It is as close to hell on earth as any modern shopping experience outside Ikea can conceivably get. Inside the gigantic flagship megastore on Oxford Circus, ordinary citizens drift, lost, from themed section (trainers) to themed section (other trainers). They stumble into one another like unhappy zombies, numbed by the pounding music. You see them browsing on shelved displays (more trainers), many already carrying bags emblazoned with the brand's trademark 'swoosh'. And nearly…
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    The Other Side of the Bridge, a Book by Mary Lawson
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    The book that I have chosen for my CPT is the other side of the bridge. This story revolves around to main character whom is Ian the son of the doctor, and Author Dunn who is a farmer. Just as the book Basin this book also changes time and character after each character. The book starts off with present times which focus on Ian, while during the next chapter it focuses on further life and how he grew up. As…
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    Don Quixote, a Novel by Miguel de Cervantes
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    Where and when that was written, we cannot tell. After his imprisonment all trace of Cervantes in his official capacity disappears, from which it may be inferred that he was not reinstated. That he was still in Seville in November 1598 appears from a satirical sonnet of his on the elaborate catafalque erected to testify the grief of the city at the death of Philip II, but from this up to 1603 we have no clue to his movements. The…
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    A Review of Sir Water Elliots Novels Persuasion
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    The impact of the opening of a novel is determined by how effective the author is in conveying to the reader a sense of setting, the mood or atmosphere, the personalities of the characters, the way the author has chosen to tell the story and the style which they have used. Jane Austen chooses to begin the novel by referring to Sir Walter Elliotis favourite book. This is the Baronetage and refers to Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch. This beginning…
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    The Reasons Why I Dislike the Music of Eminem
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    Music is a good source of entertainment that is universally accepted in many cultures. I love music from across the genres. However the music by Marshall Mathers, commonly known as Eminem has never been my favorite artist even though I agree that he has immense talent. It has baffled me to this day that the artist has so many fanatic followers who not only enjoy his music but also modify their lifestyles to mirror the life described in his music.…
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    Life and Work of the British Playwright Arnold Wesker
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    Piques and troughsin a rocky crevice of the Welsh Black Mountains, at the edge of the Brecon Beacons, lies Blaendigeddi, home of the playwright Arnold Wesker. There could not be a better example of the remote, windswept cottage. The approach is little more than a muddy track, intersected by untidy hedgerows and clanking metal gates, which have to be laboriously opened and closed to let visitors through. The surrounding fields fall away like grassy cliff-faces and flocks of tatty sheep…
    CultureMy Favourite ArtistTheatre
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    William Gibson: A Key Author of the 0s?
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    William Gibson is arguably one of the most important authors to come out of the eighties. He is also, with little doubt, one of the most innovative and inventive. Through his work concepts such as cyberspace have entered not only language, but also our conception of both the future to come as well as the present. He has become a guru to hackers and computer (ab) users in general, and has been instrumental to the creation of the literary foundation…
    CultureMy Favourite Artist
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    Ingmar Bergman and His Place in Cinema History
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    When people talk about Ingmar Bergman there is no medium opinion, whether they like him or not. He was not a normal or easy person and so are not his films. He has directed more than sixty movies, if we count the ones he did for TV. Is not only director, but also scriptwriter, so he wrote the majority of his films, what sometimes took him months or even years. He has passed through different phases in his career, but…
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    The Cost of Meeting Patrick Stump
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    According to SugarScape, meet and greets with one's favourite artists can cost anything ranging from "nothing all the way up to 10,000 USD". If it is a goal to meet a celebrity who is a musician or part of a musical group, it is possible to meet them through meet and greets. Meeting Patrick Stump is one of the best goals there is. There are also other ways to meet the specific person, for instance by (legally) stalking the person.…
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    The Significance of Scholarship in Higher Education
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    Scholarship plays a crucial role in higher education, as it helps to foster critical thinking, creativity, and innovation among students. Scholarship also plays a crucial role in advancing knowledge and promoting social and economic development. In this essay, we will discuss the importance of scholarship in higher education and how it can benefit students and society at large. Scholarship is critical to the success of higher education institutions because it provides a platform for faculty and students to engage in…
    CreativityEducationScholarship
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    Writing Is a Skill That Develops with Time, a Literacy Narrative
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    Everyone has their own writing style and because of the multiple writing styles, there are can get overwhelming. A single word or sentence can cause readers to be interested or not in your writing. When losing that reader's interest represents what was written did not meet the audience's needs. Nevertheless, the writer must have confidence with their writing and realize everyone has a preference when writing and reading a person's writing. Every writer wants to satisfy the reader as it…
    LiteracyPsychology
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    A Reflection of My Literacy History and Journey
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    Once I started Kindergarten, I was reading very well. The first "big kid" book I remember reading all the way through was If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. I loved the appraisal I got from my parents that I was reading so I kept going. I loved reading and I was constantly looking for new books to get my hands on. I was the baby of my family and both my brother and sister had learning disabilities so my…
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    Encourage Daily Reading to Combat Adult Illiteracy
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    Adult Illiteracy is when adults are unable to read or write at a level that they could perform tasks that typical adults should. It severely affects illiterate individuals because they are incapable of reading legal documents and paying bills. Reading and writing didn't exist that long in history because in 3,500 B.C.E., books were relatively rare and thus only a limited number of people knew how to read and write. Illiteracy remains a problem in the world. More than 68%…
    HealthLiteracyReading
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    Literacy Sponsorship in Context: Approaching Diversity
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    Deborah Brandt's critical essay "Sponsors of Literacy," presents the term literacy sponsors, and defines them as individuals/institutions that help us to acquire literacy, and that sponsors stand to benefit from it in some way (166). Brandt explores the impact of literacy sponsors by examining three main issues: stratification and access, sponsors and their influence on the "literacy crisis" (the chasm between the ascending standards of literacy and an individual's ability to reach that standard), how literacy sponsors can be "sites…
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    How I Can Strengthen My Academic Literacy Skills
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    What can I do this semester in order for me to improve my academic literacy skills? This semester I can improve my academic literacy skills by allowing myself to know better about all the information I did not understand or had no idea about in the previous semester and put more effort into my academic literacy skills. Firstly I have to stop using contractions when writing my reflective essays that is something I fully understand this semester and always to…
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    The Morning Bullet, a Descriptive Essay About Riding the Subway
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    As I'm standing there on that bleak, awful grey subway platform that once induced an anxiety attack the size of Shaquille O'Neal's circle bed I once saw on Cribs while I was a stupid, lame teenager, I realized that being unlike them wasn't all bad. They all were ravishing in their designer duds especially the tall girl with the long black hair sitting next to her perfectly polished, BB cream wearing boyfriend as they perfectly giggled and making jokes in…
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    An Analysis of a Passage Describing Paper Figures That Belonged to Otto Fuchs
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    This passage left an impression of me because of the imagery used. The description of these paper figures that belonged to Otto Fuchs allowed me to really picture what they looked like as well as put me in the mood and feel of Christmas time out in Nebraska. From the description given, these dolls gave the otherwise average Christmas in Nebraska a magical feeling, though also a comforting sense of home and coziness. The in-depth description gave life to an…
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    Descriptions of Busy, Idle, and Abandoned Train Stations
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    Trains don't stop at this station anymore. Instead they hurtle through, full of workers and school children and people getting from A to B, all who have forgotten this place was even here. The stale smell of cigarette smoke and pollution lingers in the air, as if it's frozen in time. A single lamp casts an ominous glow upon the dusty floor of this underground station, illuminating old bottles and cans, that were tossed to the side, forgotten and never…
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    A Description of Misery on a Bus
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    Our next course on the bus was the Brooklyn Bridge. Only a few minutes later, we got to where we could clearly see the bridge. Since we couldn't go over the actual bridge, we went over the bridge that was next to the Brooklyn Bridge. As we were going up the bridge, I could feel the cold breeze getting stronger every second. When we were on the peak of the bridge, the cold air wasn't a breeze anymore but a…
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    A Description of My Friend Julia
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    Julia's crazy, hilarious personality never fails to amuse those around her. Charlie Chaplin once said, "A day without laughter is a day wasted." This quote accurately describes Julia's life. Because of the caring person she is, Julia strongly dislikes anything sad or depressing. She distracts herself from these emotions by filling her life with fun and excitement. She always seeks a good time and anything below that is a disappointment. She makes impulsive decisions and never stops to think about…
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    A Creative Writing on Giving My Best to Learn How to Play the Piano
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    "Wrong note... another wrong note! Play the song properly!" my piano teacher, Ms Lee, ordered. I was at my weekly piano lesson which I dreaded. After I had finished playing the song, Ms Lee nagged, "Nicole, you need to practise harder! You have been playing this song for six months already and you are still making so many blunders! This song is in A minor, not E minor, so please stop playing the wrong flats!" Upon hearing this, I rolled…
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    A Creative Writing on My Victory and Moment of Triumph
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    A blast of cool air greeted me as I stepped through the glass doors of the stadium. Boisterous chatters filled my ears and the multitude of colours of the jerseys momentarily blinded me. I had been selected to represent my school in the National Running Competition. My parents and teachers had high hopes for me as they all felt that I had potential in running. I made my way towards the bench, placed my bag on it and changed into…
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    The Kidnapping: A Creative Writing Piece
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    I did not know if I had the courage to do this. I felt as if I had walked into some king of TV drama, but in this case there is no-one here to write me out of the scene... It all started on my way home from work at the office, being a lawyer was something I had always wanted to do, but there was a downside to it. In order to defend my client i have to oppose…
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    Feeding the Less Fortunate: A Creative Writing Essay
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    The bread danced upon her tongue as the saliva around her mouth gathered, appreciating every bite. Minutes, hours, days went by as she sat there on the cold frosty street with nothing but an old ragged blanket to keep her warm. She held her heavy sad head inside her arms as if to make herself feel somewhat protected against this big harsh world. Tears running against her dirty dry face she uttered the words "any spare change?" as if by…
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    Creative Writing: A Walk at Night
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    "Alright, goodbye," said Daniel apathetically as he stepped out of the restaurant with a takeout bag in hand. The Italian restaurant was his and his wife's favorite and was only a 15-minute walk from their apartment. Tonight, he had ordered a delicious slice of lasagna he had been coveting all week, and his wife had ordered the chicken alfredo. His nose warmed from the aroma of the delicious cheesiness and rich sauce through the bag and the savory sausage and…
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    My Personal Pursuit of a Career in Animation
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    Animation is an interesting field to work in because you get to off your creativity and talent. I have always been a creative person and interested in this field for quite a while that's what drawn me into this field was currently enrolled in school and leading my education towards getting a Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education. As time began to past and I took a few months off after graduating from Louisburg College I tend to realize teaching became…
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    Holden’s Character Analysis in The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
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    In Salinger's novel "The Catcher in the Rye", Holden, the novel's protagonist, is a character that is growing from youth to maturity. Throughout the novel, Holden resists the process of maturity itself by admiring children and criticizing the adults' way of thinking and behaving. Holden creates his own theory that adulthood is a world of superficiality and phoniness, while childhood is a world of honesty and innocence. In fact, "phoniness," which is probably the most famous phrase in the novel,…
    My Favourite Character
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    Complex Characters in The Tattooer by Tanizaki
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    Tanizaki's "The Tattooer" follows a plot in which the reader is presented with two complex characters that are destined to interact with each other that in turn affect their ultimate fate. One of the two characters is the artist Seikichi, who once studied as a ukiyo-e painter, but fell out of higher society as he became a tattoo artist. The other intriguing character is the maiko; an apprentice geisha, who is shy and constantly unsure of herself. Their characters change…
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    A Review of Piscine Patel, a Character in the Life of Pi by Yann Martel
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    Surviving upon the high waters of the sea sounds like a stereotypical cliched survival plot but in this case, it's something completely original. A 16 year old boy and a 450 pounds Bengal Tiger, ferocious and untamed, share a small compact lifeboat for 227 days. It may sound like an absurd idea but this piece of realistic fiction offers more than the story of survival. With tales of unfortunate harrowing events on the Pacific, Yann Martel managed to convey his…
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    A Critical Response to Hardwigs Paper Is There a Duty to Die?
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    In the middle of Hardwig's paper, “Is There a Duty to Die?” he gives us an example of an 87-year old mother who is dying of heart failure. She has only a few months to live but is "terrified" of dying (Hardwig 1997, 37). She wants to live as long as possible but her only source of financial support is her 55-year old daughter. The daughter honors her mother's wish for continued treatment, but loses her job, savings, and home…
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    Writing Issues in High School and College Students
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    As an English professor, P.G. Aldrich expresses his concern for high school and college students' ability to write successfully in his article "Why Can't Johnny Write". He believes that this issue lies not only in teachers' inability to teach writing, but also their inability to write competently themselves. Throughout his piece, he aims to identify the root of this problem and provide a solution. His proposed conclusion is to re-train all English teachers for four to five years in order…
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    Similarities and Differences Among Marvel and DC Heroes and Villains
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    One of the world's most well-known feuds between companies is no stranger to us. Everyone has been asked at least once in their lifetime whether they prefer Marvel or DC Comics over the other. Typically, you either loss or gain friends from how you respond. Both comic and cinema industries are so closely related that it is almost impossible to make a decision. On top of that, both companies created our favorite childhood all stars. DC therefore owning the rights…
    Comics and animationSuperheroesThe Avengers
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    Marvel’s Best: Superman vs Captain America Analysis
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    "Look up in the sky... It's a bird... It's a plane... No it's Superman! Or Captain America?" Superhero fans constantly burst into a brawl debating about not just who the supreme hero is, but which company is the best: Marvel or DC. In the DC universe, a superpower is seen as a gift. This gift solely is used to battle a supernatural force of evil. Take Superman for example; he is an escapist fantasy for boys about attaining ultimate power.…
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    A Characterization of Luke Cage, a Marvel Superhero
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    Out of the 7 billion people living on earth, none of them can be said to share the same characteristics with others. Each and every one of them has different traits that influence how they will be perceived by the society they live in. Moreover, they strive to achieve different goals that need various motivations in order to be achieved. As a result, it is wise to analyze different therapeutic approaches that define the overall abilities of a particular individual.…
    Comics and animationSuperheroesThe Avengers
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    A Discussion on the Information Literacy
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    In comparison to the articles that I viewed states that Information literacy is conceivably the foundation for learning in a contemporary environment of continuous technological change. To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information. In an attempt to reduce information to easily manageable segments, most people have become dependent to others for their information. Everyday lack of timely and accurate…
    CommunicationLibraryLiteracy
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    The Future of the Financial Literacy to Modern Stock Market Investors
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    This section tries to shed some light on how institutions and countries can measure the success of any financial literacy program. UK treasury gave the financial service authorities a task to measure the level of financial literacy in the country. After a careful research work involving various stock market stakeholders it was found that it is possible to measure financial literacy of any given country (Torabi 2012). Institutions decided to use customers, shareholders, and even employees in this process as…
    InvestmentLiteracy
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    Poor Financial Literacy in African, South American, and Asian Countries
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    Poor financial literacy of the market investors has been cited in most of the African, South American, and Asian countries as one of main contributors to the continuous melt down of the national stock exchange markets. This means that governments of these countries are not adapted to the financial literacy level in the stock market. In Nigeria, for example, the equities and the stock market have collapsed in 2008. This was followed by most of the investors withdrawing their funds…
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    Education as a Pathway to Market Investors’ Financial Literacy
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    The main principles found to contribute to the existence of this strategy are discussed in this section. First is the inclusiveness principle which requires that all parties and citizens freely participate in the financial literacy education and in the capital market. This principle has been taken by eager investors as an opportunity to get financial knowledge and invest in shares and debentures (Butel & Rodgers 2007). Second is the principle of engagement according to which the government promotes literacy education…
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