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Journal #1
"It was the burden of being alive." The Things They Carried pg.19
Being alive is the burden itself because as humans we're obligated to feel all sorts of emotions and a lot of them we can't even control. You can't help yourself but to cry when you're just in so much pain or laugh when you hear something that's so hilarious. As each passing day goes by, we carry everything from the past whether that be the faces we saw, the voices we heard, the foods we tasted, the scents we smelled, and the feelings we felt that made the inside of our ...
Prisons were virtually non existent before the 1700s; prison was not considered a serious punishment for crime, and was seldom used. Instead, governments imprisoned people who were awaiting trial or punishment whereupon they would receive the more common capital or corporal types of punishment. Common punishments at that time included branding,...
Depreciation is the decline in the future economic benefits of a depreciable non-current asset through wear and tear and obsolescence. It is an allocation process. It can be calculated by two main methods, each reflecting in a distinct prospect in the way the asset is used. Depreciation is to be treated as an estimated expense that does not...
?One has achieved success who has lived well and laughed often.? This quote seems to sum up what is meant by success. If you are able to laugh often and much then you have definitely achieved happiness. The idea of living well, though, is a very broad statement. In order, then, to define success in relation to this statement,...
The Grasp Drugs Have on Colombia The paper is going to examine the effect and extent to which drugs have a grip on the country of Colombia. This subject runs deep into the Colombian culture, and effects a huge range of people. People all the way from the President clear down to the farmer/peasant. Drugs and drug trafficking are part of th...
In a world where most retailers are categorized as having a monopolistic competition market structure, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. appears to have an oligopoly market structure. Nevertheless, because there are far too many retailers to deal with, then they also have a monopolistic competition market structure. Regardless, Wal-Mart would rather have it t...
