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Today’s sample essay comes from Lloyd Johns is on globalization. This is certainly a current social topic, especially in the field of finance. For recent evidence of this, you only have to look as far as the credit crunch. What started as families in the US over extending themselves to buy a house ended up in a worldwide recession. Everything fell countless small banks (and a few large ones) in the US through to almost the country of Iceland going bankrupt.
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Every day we hear it on the news, read it in the papers, overhear people talking about it and in every single instance the word globalization seems to have a different meaning. So, what is globalization?
At political and economic level, globalization is the process of denationalization of markets, politics and legal systems, it is the rise of global economy. Many international organizations, governmental institutions and the whole academic world discuss the consequences of this political and economic restructuring on local economies, human welfare and environment. It is one of the most important features of present world.
At a business level, the process of globalization is when companies decide to take part in the emerging global economy and establish themselves in foreign markets. They adapt their products or services to the linguistic and cultural requirements of different nations. Then, they might take advantage of the Internet revolution and establish a virtual presence on the international marketplace. More and more companies do their business online. E-commerce has changed traditional business practices by providing direct international access to information and products.
Some scientists agree that globalization has also cultural and ecological connotations, and that it is not only political or economic phenomenon. It means that countries all over the world become interdependent in many possible ways. There is probably no area of human activities left that is not affected by globalization. We listen to the same music, eat the same food, wear the same clothes, and decide ecological and war and peace issues together.
But I think that the core sense of globalization is economic. In recent years more and more economic activity in the world seems to be taking place between people who live in different countries (rather than in the same country). It takes different forms, like international trade, growth of import and export, foreign investments, foreign loans and bonds, and many others. Economic globalization has different consequences on businesses all over the world and influences almost every other sphere of human life. Globalization has potential benefits on the one hand, and costs or risks on the other. Globalization increases economic development and reduces poverty. More essays on globalisation. Globalization makes us vulnerable to changes all over the world. For example the huge market or foreign goods in the United States creates jobs overseas and keeps foreign workers employed. Similarly, the health of the U.S. economy depends on how well American products sell in foreign countries.
Seven of the world’s leading industrial nations meet annually at a “Group of Seven” summit to coordinate policies for worldwide economic issues.
Each one of us is now more fully involved in a global economic system than were our parents or grandparents. There are probably no industries left that have much “natural protection” from international competition. Globalization in its core sense is the expansion of cross-border economic ties. Geographical distance does not matter any more.
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Jackie Martinez by Mark Sebastian
Any student of writing needs to understand the framework of writing to be successful. A framework can be split into two categories – the physical and the topical. The physical is how you structure your persuasive essay and includes titles, sub-titles, introductions etc. A well structured essay gives the work an effortless flow through the page.
The topical relates to the content. Your ability to persuade a reader will determine how successful an article is. Persuasion relates to what features and benefits there are in your essay. What is the benefit to your reader in agreeing with you. This writing skill is something that is easy to learn over time and the easiest way to do it is to read marketing advertisements. Here is an example essay for Beauty Tips – what writing structure and features/benefits does the author use?
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Does Anti-Wrinkle Cream Actually Work?
Every day, consumers are inundated with marketing targeting one of our greatest fears: aging. Cosmetic companies promise to make you look younger through regular application of their new age-defying cream packed full of an active compound taken from some exotic plant extract. By playing on our fears of growing old, using slogans with scientific sounding terms and rare sounding ingredients, and throwing around the word ‘research’, we are hooked into believing that youth is really available in a jar. But how can a person be sure these products will really be effective in preventing or reversing the aging process? Consider the following points before buying into industry promises.
The Bitter Truth
Unfortunately, most of the claims and promises made about products in the cosmetic industry are untrue. Nearly 80% of the anti-aging products on the market do not live up to the claims made about them. That means only one in five of all products will actually produce the kind of results they advertise. The only way you can be sure you are using an effective anti-aging product is to do your homework. Look for product comparisons done by unbiased consumer testing organizations and online consumer forums with feedback from real people, not paid bloggers.
Do Some Research of Your Own
One of the most effective sales gimmicks cosmetic companies use to market their anti-aging products is the use of words and phrases that are supposed to establish scientific credibility in our minds. Through the use of such expressions of ’6 out of 10 users say’, ‘Clinical research shows’, or ‘Laboratory tests conclude that’, we are led to believe their promises and pay huge sums of money for what are actually glorified moisturizing products.
Before you buy anything, do some of your own research on the company’s ‘clinical evidence’. Find out if the research was done by the company’s own laboratory (which is often the case) or if the research they have used was actually done by a scientifically or academically reputable institution. A useful source of information is your dermatologist. He or she is familiar with the products available and will be able to help you sift through the evidence and research (or lack thereof) on a particular product, ingredient, or technology before you decide on any particular anti-wrinkle treatment.
Get Ingredient Smart
Another marketing gimmick used by big cosmetic companies to plug their anti-aging products are the use of ‘extracts’, ‘essences’ and ‘infusions’ from exotic-sounding plants, herbs, or berries. This may make the product sound more exclusive and luxurious, but beware. The effectiveness of these ingredients is doubtful. Before deciding on an anti-wrinkle cream, look up the active ingredients used to market it. Is there any unbiased clinical research to suggest it works? Examine the other ingredients. Do they interact with each other in a negative way, reducing shelf life and perhaps counteracting effects of the active ingredient? And most importantly, are any of the ingredients known to be harmful to your skin? Armed with this knowledge, you will be less likely to fall into the big companies’ clever advertising traps.
For Your Eyes Only: The Cause of Puffiness, Dark Circles and How to Prevent Them Standing in front of the bathroom mirror this morning, did you mistake yourself for a raccoon or a panda? It is easy to do with those undeniable black bags lingering below your puffy, swollen eyes. You have been working long, hard hours at the office and you haven’t been taking care of yourself quite the way you should. Puffiness and dark circles, both of which add years if not decades to your appearance, are the price many of us must to pay for abusing our bodies. The following points are the causes and remedies for those unsightly rings and unwanted puffiness, and in so doing, take years off your physical appearance in seconds. Cause #1: Lack of Sleep and Sleeping Positions
As obvious as it may sound, the real perpetrator of under-eye circles and puffiness is too little sleep. Not simply for the sake of your appearance, but also for your general health and well-being, try to get seven or eight hours of quality sleep each night, as most doctors recommend. Puffy eyes are also often a symptom of water retention in the body, thus some dermatologists recommend sleeping with your head slightly elevated to prevent water pooling underneath the eyes.
Cause #2: Dehydration and Poor Diet
Let’s face it. Many of us don’t eat as nutritious of a diet or drink as much water as we really should. Foods high in salt and fat make up the majority of what we eat and eight glasses of water often come as an afterthought. However, adequate hydration and lowering our salt intake are essential in the prevention of under-eye puffiness and dark circles. Lowering the sodium in your diet will further reduce the amount of water your body retains. Drinking plenty of water not only flushes toxins and impurities from our system, it also decreases the likelihood of water retention. Similarly to getting enough sleep, reducing your salt intake and drinking plenty of liquids are things which should be done to promote overall health and longevity.
Prevention through Clinically Researched Treatments
To bolster the benefits of adequate sleep, hydration, and a healthy diet in preventing puffiness and dark eye circles, you may want to consider adding a research proven eye treatment to your skin care regiment. There are a multitude of products available, so remember to look at the active ingredients and technology behind the products.
Stem cell-based products are the latest technology breakthrough being used in anti-aging products. Voss Laboratories’ Amatokin implements cutting-edge rejuvenation and cell regeneration properties through derived from the use of stem cells. Astara’s Botanical Eye Treatment features wild yam and arnica as its active ingredients. These have been clinically proven to have anti-inflammatory properties which are important in reducing puffiness and swelling. In partnership with major Germany universities, Barbor has formulated its HSR Lifting Eye Cream using the active ingredients multitendyn and phytic acid. Both ingredients are known to improve elasticity and combat the effects of free radicals.
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If someone asks what makes a good teacher, you will more than likely have some pretty concrete ideas.
Naturally, good teachers have a wonderful ability to motivate students enough to want to learn and above average teachers show them the best way to learn by using methods that are relevant and memorable.
It is about being both devoted to and passionate about your career and possessing the ability to pass that passion on to your students.
Some instructors realize that you need to treat the students as “consumers of knowledge,” always being at the top of your game by using resources both inside and outside your particular area of education. But, it is not just about reading journals or manuals; it is more about leaving your comfort zone and immersing yourself in the entire community.
Questioning, being responsive, listening and remembering that each class and student is different are all skills needed to a good teacher. Eliciting responses and helping to develop the quieter students’ skills are equally important. You must be able to push the students to excel while still being human, remaining professional and always respecting each student’s individuality.
Keep in mind that good teaching is not necessarily about having a set agenda or being too rigid. Instead, teachers should remain flexible, not be afraid to experiment and be able to adjust to whatever the circumstances may be; remembering that while grades are important, many learning opportunities and experiences are not graded. You should be able to deviate from your scheduled lecture or other plans easily if there is a better way for students to learn.
Should teaching involve style and entertainment? Most say yes, but it should still have meaning and substance. A good teacher uses some imagination when it comes to helping their students grasp the fundamentals of literacy, science and math.
Imagine that the class is an orchestra where each student not only plays a different instrument but plays them at varying levels of proficiency and you are the conductor that brings it all together. If you ask teachers why they are educators, then you will likely hear that it is not for the money or because they have to; rather it is because they enjoy it and can’t imagine doing anything else.
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Today’s essay example submission is on poker. It nicely takes us on a historic journey on poker chips. I liked it as an essay example as it was very easy to read. Each new sentence introduced a different snippit of information that kept me reading until the end of the article. It is a passive persuasive essay – instead of using benefits to get me interesting it has offered to teach me something new.
Brief History Of The Poker Chip
The poker chip has an old and interesting history, almost as interesting as the game itself. It wasn’t an original component of poker, but as the game became very popular and began to spread, the chips were created more out of necessity than anything else, sometime around the 1870s or 1880s. What prompted the introduction of the original clay chips was the need to standardize the way players placed bets and calculated their winnings. There was too much uncertainty when they were able to use random valuables like coins or gold flakes.
However, it wasn’t simply a matter of every player or gambling establishment changing to a uniform type of poker chips right away. Even though chips eventually became the recognized medium of exchange in poker games, they came in literally hundreds of designs and very different materials. Some might have been made of bone or ivory, for example. A player’s custom poker chips could have been as diverse and unique as the player they belonged to. Yet with nothing being uniform, players could sneak their own chips into a game and end up wealthier at the end than their play might have warranted.
Casinos soon took the new chips of clay to another level, custom designing them so that any specific set of chips could only belong to one casino. Before long, each establishment developed its own particular mix of clay and ceramic materials for the chips, and began adding other identifying patterns on the finished product. Casino poker chips became as individualized and specialized as the separate casinos themselves. For about fifty years, straddling the 19th and 20th centuries, the casino-specific poker chip made from these patented formulas held sway.
Ironically though, as the game has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, the poker chip has in some ways returned back to a more generic form. With the advent of chip sets for home use, creating individual sets with their own specific molds would be too expensive, so any individualization of these cheaper plastic sets is all done with surface decoration. As things stand now, there’s a branching in the history of poker chips, between home sets and the more custom designed and specialized casino chip. Where the history will go next is anyone’s guess.
This article comes courtesy of Rene Lacape is a seasoned insurance agent and poker lover.
Today’s essay example discusses the benefits of buying a franchise during a recesssion. While the essay does not follow the typical persuasive essay format, it does take on a difficult topic. Because of this, it is a good example of how you can use benefits to convince your readers in a persuasive essay.
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One of the worst areas of any recession has to be the numbers of organisations that don’t survive. In a market like the one the world has experienced over the last 12 months a number of factors have affected the capacity of a business to continue to operate.
Firstly and most clear, the drop in consumer spending, which has resulted in increased competition in the marketplace. Only the most effective organisations carry on in this environment.
Secondly the shortage of access to funds and investment. When organisations experience cash flow or revenue trouble then they rely on the banks to provide funds to get them through. As we all know those funds have not been obtainable.
The net result of these factors is that organisations are failing. When businesses fail they leave holes in the market; demand for a product or service has not necessarily lowered just because a business providing it has ceased trading. To start a new business in a recession purely re-providing a product or service needs funds or access to funds. If a new start up is funded by the owners then there is inherent personal risk in the possible failure of that business, and as we have already established help from the banks is unlikely to be immenent.
The other way of breaking into a market sector is through the procurement of a Franchise Opportunity. Where there is a franchise for sale, there is the opportunity to get into business with less risk.
Even where there is a Franchise For Sale there is some risk as the success of the firm will depend on the skills of the Low Cost Franchise operator. That said the investment is preset and known and the market opportunities should be apparent as the owners should be able to display success in that particular market place.
Of course while franchises do give a quite low risk entry they do have some traits which need to be thought through, including a thorough evaluation of the Franchise For Sale and of the figures offered by the seller. Also, for a free spirited entrepreneur the opportunity may be a little restricted. A franchisor will expect the brand and product or service to be maintained, with very little space for self- expression.
There is also the issue of competition to be taken into account within the Franchise itself, if it is a national business for example strict boundaries will need to be enforced. All that said the Franchise Opportunity does offer a low risk, soft start in running your own organisation.