English is a Queer Language Alice Hamilton Jarmila came to me with this puzzle. “Mrs. Green told me her mother is coming to visit her‚ and she is going to stay a week. How can she stay if she is going? How can she go if she is staying?” I could not explain‚ because never before had I realized that “going” may have nothing to do with the verb “to go‚” though the latter has its own present participle which seems identical. This other “going” deals only with the future: I am going to see this
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THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE 1. Steady State Theory – based on the perfect cosmological principle that the universe looks the same from any location at anytime. This theory holds that the universe is unchanging‚ it has no beginning and no end. 2. Big Bang Theory – presupposes that the vast universe grew out of something where all matter and energy were compressed to infinite density and heated to trillions of degrees (a beginning which was an immensely small particle of high-density
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Joseph Yoon Chapter 11 Fossil Fuels: combustible deposit found with Earth’s curst * Composed of remnants of prehistoric organisms that existed millions of years ago * Deposits are usually no older than 400 million years of age * Nonrenewable resources: finite‚ limited supply * Types: coal‚ oil natural gas (methane) * Lignite (lowest quality) * Subbituminous coal * Bituminous coal (sedimentary rock) * Anthracite (highest quality- metamorphic rock) Coal Reserves
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The world’s population is increasing at an alarming rate‚ therefore more and more food is required. The forests are being destroyed and more land is being cultivated‚ thus destroying the environment. Besides this the tribal population is removing trees to practise shifting cultivation and for fuel. To fulfill the demands of the urban population the forest cover is being destroyed. We need to conserve our forests as it preserves the ecological diversity and our life support system- water‚ air and
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CHINEESE NEW YEAR Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the New Year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the New Year is called the Lantern Festival‚ which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade. The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few
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period‚ far outnumber images of men. This has lead to speculation about the place of women in Stone Age society. Some have argued that these female figures denote the existence during this period of a prominent female deity identified usually as the Earth Mother or the Mother Goddess. On the basis of this assumption‚ it has been suggested that‚ unlike today‚ women played a considerably more important‚ if not dominant‚ role in Paleolithic society; that possibly a matriarchy existed and women ruled. That
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Adultism in Chinese Culture One day‚ Mrs. Smith is in her greengrocer’s shop. There are many people waiting in her shop to buy things. While she was serving his customers‚ a small boy runs into the shop. He pushes in front of the people and wants talk to Mrs. Smith. However‚ the people in the shop think that he also wants buy things but without line the queue. So‚ they are unhappy toward his action and starting to scold him. “Children today! They are so rude! They can’t wait! They always want to
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occupational divisions of labour are best understood with reference to the concept of patriarchy. You should illustrate your answer with reference to a range of feminist perspectives.</b></center> <br> <br><b>Introduction</b> <br>Western female thought through the centuries has identified the relationship between patriarchy and gender as crucial to the women¡¦s subordinate position. For two hundred years‚ patriarchy precluded women from having a legal or political identity and the legislation and attitudes
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to their deity. "They spoke to the Gods through sacrifice and believed in creation and destruction to better the world and its birth and its rebirth." (Sterk) The Chinese‚ Sumerian and Celt’s believed in tradition and cultural sacrifice to their deitie’s. Sacrifice in cultural myth is part of their religion and everyday tasks here on earth and in the afterlife. Sacrifice in world myth sought out guidance‚ blessings‚ forgiveness‚ fertility‚ victory and protection. Sacrifice is a universal theme shared
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The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts at the beginning of spring . The beginning of spring is usually around the forth or fifth of Feburary. It’s origins are too old to be traced but several explanations have been presented. All agree that the word Nian‚ now chinese for year‚ was originally the name of a monster that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of the new year. One legend goes that the monster had an enormous mouth that could
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