Rachel Carson wrote The Sea Around Us in 1951‚ which ended up in her winning a National Book award for a Non-fiction book and a John Burroughs award the following year. In this book she covers a wide range of topics involving our oceans in three parts. The first part‚ titled Mother Sea‚ Rachel Carson describes the history of how the seas formed‚ life on the surface and near the floor of the ocean‚ how the sea changes with the seasons‚ how islands are formed‚ and how seas come and go. Part two‚ titled
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Culture Around The World The most persuasive element of society is culture‚ which consists of the language‚ values‚ beliefs‚ rules‚ behaviors‚ and physical artifacts of a society. In others words one may think of it as society’s “personality” Culture can give us codes of conduct‚ a proper and acceptable way of living life. Society would be disastrous if it weren’t for cultures‚ which help us live together under the same set of general rules. Cultures around the world share some very common
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I found that it was very education to watch the movie Sick around the World. It really helped inform me of where our health care in America stand and how it compares to other countries around the world. In America there are 4.7 million people without healthcare coverage‚ while there is approximately 318.9 million people. Therefore only 314.2 million people are able to afford healthcare in America. America’s healthcare is 37th in the world‚ which isn’t very good for being the richest country in the
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“Sick Around the World”The reform about the healthcare system in the US has been debated within the government and the public for years. The need for change in the healthcare system echoed since the legislation of Medicare and Medicaid were created. US presidents have tried to push for a universal healthcare system because of its citizen’s outcry for better‚ quality care‚ for all. Surprisingly other countries have studied the US health system and reared away from its market based structure to more
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Christmas around the World by Picket Siapuatco Christmas is the celebration of goodwill and cheer. Across the globe‚ people celebrate this joyous occasion. It is largely characterised by exchanging gifts with family members and friends as well as by gifts brought by Santa Claus or other mythical figures. Children fervently look for Santa Claus or Father Christmas who is supposed to appear to distribute attractive gifts to children. Santa Claus dresses himself in red and white‚ has a white and
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Hello‚ my name is Lionel Jordan. I was born in Mobile Alabama January of 1987 to Ms. Jacqueline Jordan and Mr. Lionel Brooks. I was the second child of my mother‚ the third child of my father‚ and the first son to them both. When I was in the first grade‚ my mother traveled to Houston Texas where we lived for a total of six months‚ and I remember it like it was yesterday. When we returned to Mobile‚ I was still in the first grade and went on to continue my schooling in Mobile. The very next year
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Carnival: Around the World An interesting holiday that I do not celebrate is Carnival. Carnival is very popular in Brazil‚ but is also celebrated in almost every other country. The Carnival celebration in Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil is considered the biggest party in the world‚ according the Guinness Book of World Records‚ 2010. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus‚ mask‚ and public street party. The streets of Rio de Janeiro fill with people
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Sick Around the World If your latest battle with your health insurance has you pounding your head with frustration‚ “Sick Around the World” on PBS may spur you to more drastic action‚ like leaving the United States altogether. In this “Frontline”‚ the Washington Post reporter T. R. Reid travels to five countries Britain‚ Japan‚ Germany‚ Taiwan‚ and Switzerland that manage to provide some form of universal health coverage to their populations. In each nation‚ he reports‚ insurance premiums
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Religion around the World The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life conducted an interesting study regarding the demographics of worldwide religions. The group began by accumulating data from national censuses; analyzing the data from over twenty five hundred different censuses‚ large-scale surveys and official registers. Using this information the study group analyzed how religious change impacts societies found around the world. After gathering the required data‚ they went on
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Differences around the world There are approximately 196 countries in the world and they are divided into three main group : first world countries‚ second world countries and third world countries. There is a huge difference between the first and a third world countries about everything that is going on in each country. First group countries are countries that have strong economies‚ education and maybe military such as America‚ all of Europe‚ Russia etc. People in first world countries
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