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My mother.
I will always be thankful to God because he has given me the best mom! She is a great woman. I have talked about her here many months ago, but today I want to share one of the things that she usually does: to help others.
So, she didn’t go to work today because she was ill, thanks to God she is better right now. A man comescame to my house asking for $0.25ctvs for buying to buy a coffee. Some people do that, but they want the money for buying a cigarette or alcohol. You can notice when people are not being honest, but this wasn’t the case.
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(Please, don't correct or make suggestions if you are an English learner)
She knew the man really wanted to buy a coffee and some food if he got more money. My mom and I didn’t have someany cash! I was so busy and I didn’t pay much attention to that, so I heard from my mom say this: I don’t have the cash (coins) right now, Sir, but I can give you a coffee, and some beans, cream and bread. I just thought my mom is an angel! I heard the voice of the man, so excited. He wasn’t hadn't eaten since yesterday.
I went to see the man. He has Parkinson's. I just thought my mom is a great person! She isn’t feeling good well and she is taking the time to cook for this man. She gave the breakfast to the man, he was so happy and thankful.
There is something that my mother always says, always! I don’t like to give money when I go the to church (and she barely goes there). Many people go to hear the mass, but they don’t practice the word God, sometimes they are the worst people (some people are ok).
She is always willing to help others. She has helped me too, when I’m in troubles, she is my angel. I’m thankful to God because she is my mother.
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If you have any questions about the corrections, feel free to ask!0 votedFebruary 4, 20170- Why does it happen?
Well, first of all because such a State is able to increase its power by remaining tax level low enough at a low enough tax level. Without tax pression, the search of consensus from on the part of the government and the demand of participation from on the part of citizens decline. In this situation centralization and corruption increase while rule of law decreases. The State has enough money to prevent creation of the independent groups stopping this way the growth of the dissent and opposition).Another reason is that received money is often used to stronger strengthen repressive institutions and security forces,. In general such States tend to have high risks to be exposed to internal tension and civil wars especially if it is multi-ethnic and multi-confessional organism or in the case that the petroleum is concentrated only in some limited areas.
The higher level standard of lifeliving associated with energetic resources in a country's possession leads to political demobilization.
The only country which uses its petroleum's income in a different way is Norway. That could be explained with by the fact that it had become the ademocracy before it started to export energetic resources.________
I do not have a lot of knowledge on government so it hard to completely correct this, but I did my best!
Don't be afraid to ask questions about my corrections! : )0 votedFebruary 4, 20171 How petroleum damages the a democracy
I am in the middle of my exams' session and I am reading a book for a “Processes of democratization” course right now. It is a very interesting subject and I am surprised to have found some dependencies that could seem obvious for some of us, but still unclear without accurate explanations. Let's take an example of relation between development of democratization process and possession of energetic resources by the country. It appears to be a dependency between these two this factors: the more income the State gets from oil production and selling, the less probable it is for democratization of this State. It is true that the majority of countries that live at the expanse of energetic resources adhere to Islam and 12 out of 25 such States are in the Middle East zone that is famous offor its impermeability in terms of democratization. But this negative relation between petroleum and democratization is relevant even for non-Muslim countries out of the Middle East area. Besides, the democracy is resulted damaged even if the prosperity was generated by possession of other mineral resources not necessarily energetic.0 votedFebruary 4, 20170Setsubun(February,3)
Yesterday iswas Setsubun, the day before the calendrical beginning of Spring.
We scattered beans to drive away "Oni.".
I wonder how to express "Oni" in English.
"Oni" is an ogre, a demon or an evil spirit.... Anyway, they are evil things._____
Commas and periods always go before quotation marks.Incorrect: "Oni".
Correct: "Oni."
0 votedFebruary 4, 20171Fluid
I reunited with a friend, whom I met in South Korea, here in England. She has been traveling the world for more than a year and her story inspires me a lot. Our background is very different, but we had really great time together, so I am so happy to have met her in Korea. I was not sure where to go and what to do now, but thanks to her, now I know clearly that I want to see other countries as manyas many other countries as I can. I wanted to stay in the UK just because I have visa and I spent lots of effort, money and time for it, but it is not worth it to stay here just because of it. In 2011, when I went to the Philippines, I was planning to travel around south east Asia after finishing the school, but as soon as I arrived there, I felt lonely and thought I could not travel by myself, so I booked a flight to go back home. So, it means I totally chickened out and I could not forget this experience until now. So now, I am in a perfect circumstance to travel for a long time by myself and ready for make it right this time.______
Very good work!
If you have any questions about the corrections, feel free to ask!0 votedFebruary 4, 20171I like Bruno Mars.
I have already listened to the songs by Bruno Mars for about a thousand times in my life. His music is really groovy and always has good vibes. It is really delightful and brings my life plenty of happiness. Thanks to it, I can be more productive and imaginative than ever.
When I was a university student, everyone around me listened to his songs and we enjoyed dancing to them as well. It was seven years ago when I listened to his song on the radio for the first time. As I am lucky enough to have friends who like it too, sharing each one’s stories with songs and our love for the songs with them is always a bliss pleasure. Each of his songs is really a masterpiece and so we can’t stop talking about it. When I surf in Honolulu, his music are is also played playing in my head while listening to the sound of the nature at the same time. I miss a the clear blue sky in Hawaii so much.__________
Side note: "Groovy" is not commonly used in English anymore. When it is used it is usually in a joking or silly manner.
Example: "My grandpa liked this song, he said it was groovy"Feel free to ask any questions about the corrections! : )
0 votedFebruary 4, 20173Here in America there are lots of jobs that have the title "Technician" in them, so it's hard to completely answer your question.
Technician jobs usually pay well though. Around $30,000 a year is the minimum.
All kinds of technician jobs are in demand, but you'll find more demand in big cities.
0 votedFebruary 3, 20170
