It was a scorching day where the heat pierced through my skin and I found myself at home with my pet bird Fluffy‚ in wait for the arrival of my newborn brother. Fluffy is a grey cockatiel with yellow and red patches throughout her face‚ she enjoys her apples and coriander. She was really close to me until my younger brother came. I knew my life was going to drastically change having a younger sibling but I didn’t realise what it meant to have a sibling in the first place. I became fond of my baby
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Ayn Rand said that “Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public‚ ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the progress of setting man free from men.” I think that Rand is wrong. Civilization is not people keeping their lives hidden from others‚ but sharing their experiences in a way that is beneficial to yourself and society. One way that one can create a better world‚ is for people to open up and share their ideas so that others can
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Chinese Whispers: A game played everywhere in the world‚ in which a message is whispered by one person to another‚ that is passed through a line of people until the message is announced by the last person to the entire group. Chinese Whispers: A game which brings most hard of hearing people to their knees. Perhaps it was my inability to respond to a sharp whistle or the lack of attention my Grade two teacher received from me during story time‚ but there was always something about me that never
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Ryan Sheales reports on the struggles and triumphs of Asylum Seekers trying to settle in Australia‚ fleeing persecution and seeking something so simple yet sometimes elusive; a fresh start. Sheales along with Social researches decipher the controversial question of Australia’s acceptance of migrants and inform readers of the lack of yet crucial importance of a welcoming atmosphere in Australia. Many Australians are misguided by stereotypes‚ lack of understanding‚ generalizations and misconceptions
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Going Green – Should A Company Do It? Ben Surato Baker College – MKT111B Environmental efforts of modern times date back to the late 1940s and early 1950s‚ during postwar America. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 was the first piece of legislation to lay down federal regulation of water quality passed by Congress. (PBS.org‚ n.d.) This type of legislation was put in place forcing businesses to recognize corporate responsibility and eco-friendly practices. Since that time
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generations. "Green" or "ecological design" is one positive response to the environmental crisis. It can be defined as any design or planning taking account of ecological principles such as the reduction of pollution‚ sustainable growth‚ recycling‚ energy efficiency and conservation of scarce resources. Green design results in fewer goods‚ smaller goods‚ or products made from environmentally friendly materials‚ that are cleaner‚ quieter and longer lasting or biodegradable. Green design can be
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Giving a helping hand In today’s society‚ “going green” has ultimately become the latest and greatest fad sweeping the nation; from recyclable grocery bags to vegetable oil being used as gasoline replacement‚ our society is slowly coming together to accommodate our environment. As we have seen in the last decade our world’s lack of natural resources and pollution problems have become a huge ordeal. Having to find alternatives from gasoline‚ for example‚ could potentially help our economic recession
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Green Revolution AN INTRODUCTION TO THE “GREEN REVOLUTION” Green Revolution refers to a series of research‚ development‚ and technology transfer initiatives‚ occurring between the 1940s and the late 1960s‚ that increased agriculture production worldwide‚ particularly in the developing world‚ beginning most markedly in the late 1960s. The initiatives‚ led by Norman Borlaug‚ the "Father of the Green Revolution" credited with saving over a billion people from starvation and the dangerous outcomes
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Green initiatives are becoming increasingly popular in our society. Green products‚ green buildings and environmentally-conscious groups are everywhere. Major corporations are taking green initiatives very seriously and taking great strides to go green for their consumers and employees. Academic institutions play a major role in our communities and it’s important for universities and colleges to also recognize their role in our environment. IUP‚ along with many other universities around the country
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