It had been a cruel winter‚ with the crops withered into dust and any money dwindled‚ Aleksandr’s family had cowered into itself with chill and gnawing hunger. One grey day as his mother laid shivering in her bed‚ Aleksandr knelt by her side‚ her grey hand clasped in his. “Mother‚ we are all dying. There is something I must do.” The woman’s sallow face frowned. “There is nothing out in this storm to help us anymore‚ my son.” Aleksandr shook his head firmly‚ “There has to be a way. I shall
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How is it formed or begins? There are many ways a wildfire can begin. Human beings are the number one cause of wildfires. 90% of wildfires are triggered by humans and only 10% are because of mother nature. Human causes: Burning Waste Sometimes‚ people get rid of waste by burning it. Burning the waste alone won’t cause a wildfire‚ but it can lead to one. Winds play a big part in this‚ as they can cause the flames of the burning waste to spread into farms‚ fields‚ or forests. Unattended Campfires Many
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a sunny day. The blazing sun beats down on the smooth‚ weathered rocks of the cliff side. The crisp seaweed pushed onto the rocks by the waves‚ lay baking at the sea’s edge‚ occasionally moving with the tide. The clear blue sea’s waves rattle the tiny pebbles embedded in the golden sand. The foam from the waves cover a small child’s forgotten sandcastle‚ bringing it down with a dull crash. The high tide pushes back the crowd of people to the beach’s edge. Ice cream stalls and candy floss stands
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The little townhouse nestled between its neighbours struggled to contain the whispered secrets of the knitting group‚ the once ferocious click-clack of the group had morphed into a stunned silence as the group’s members struggled to digest the heavy truths they had been fed. A sudden‚ heart-wrenching sob cut through the silence‚ prompting a chorus of sympathetic murmurs. “It just all makes sense now‚” Sara-Jeans’ voice trembled as she spoke‚ her words flooding out of her like water spilling out
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Author Ruskin BondRuskin Bond is born on 19th May 1934. He is a Indian writer and children author. Most of Ruskin Bond’s books are most influenced by the hill-station and the foothills of Himalayas where he spend his childhood. He writes about the landscape and background in clear and detailed writing. He writes also about the flora and fauna of the Himalayas. He has a assuming humor and quick wisdom.His stories are about love for nature and people. He has won a lot of awards and has loads of fans
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not primarily stimulated by the character Tiny Tim; it is instead as a result of encounters with a series of ghosts and other significant people‚ such as Tiny Tim. The Ghost of Christmas Past‚ The Ghost of Christmas Present and The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come each lead Scrooge through a different part of his life in an effort to guide him away from his miserable existence and in a more positive direction. Scrooge is also influenced by rendezvous with Tiny Tim‚ who helps to change Scrooge’s attitude
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college the KEC is one of the best engineering colleges in india ‚ the motto of our college is creating global players by global players I mean that the KECians stand apart from the global crowd . No matter how tiny are the sparks of victory but KECians know how to fan those sparks to flames . So feel proud to be a part of this great institution . And talking of studies teachers here are eager to give the most they can . I would like to quote abott lawrence here There is alot of knowledge
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Explain Hume’s views on miracles. Hume believed we establish cause and effect relationships based on our experience of this world which leads us to make predictions about what will happen in similar cases in the future. To Hume a miracle is a transgression of the laws of nature caused by God or by some form of invisible agent. He uses a priori reasoning supporting this with a number of sub-arguments designed to discredit testimonies regarding miracles. He argued that miracles cannot exist
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A stereotype is “a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing‚” (en.oxforddictionaries.com) meaning how you perceive a person/group‚ mostly negative. Stereotypes have advantages and disadvantages‚ but for the most part they are disadvantages to the society and cause people to judge a person to quickly before they know them. An advantage of a stereotype is “it enables us to respond rapidly to situations because we may have had a similar experience
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11/14/13 Scene Breakdown The scene I chose to write about is from one of my favorite movies‚ Blue Valentine. Directed by Derek Cianfrance‚ this movie is an examination of a marriage on the rocks‚ as well as the beginnings of a new one‚ by the same people. Ryan Gosling plays Dean‚ a high school dropout trying to make ends meet without any support from his family‚ and Michelle Williams plays Cindy‚ a pre-med student living with her unhappy parents. On an off chance‚ Dean and Cindy meet one another
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