2009 Award Winning Essays Organized by Supported by T he Goi Peace Foundation U N ESC O Japan Airlines Foreword The International Essay Contest for Young People is one of the peace education programs organized by the Goi Peace Foundation. The annual contest‚ which started in the year 2000‚ is a UNESCO/Goi Peace Foundation joint program since 2007. The United Nations has designated 2001-2010 as the "International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of
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Science Revision Half-Yearly’s Name the lenses found in a microscope. Eyepiece or ocular lens Objective lens Recall the units used to measure microscopic objects. Micrometres Recall what happens to the field of view as the magnification used increases. As the magnification increases‚ then the amount of the specimen you can see (the field of view) gets smaller. Name two different types of: Light microscope- monocular microscope and the binocular microscope. Electron microscope- transmission
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THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (THE RIO EARTH SUMMIT) From 3th of June till 14th 1992‚ Rio de Janeiro became a hoster for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The topical issue of it was the state of the global environment and the relationship between economics‚ science and the environment in a political context. The conference concluded with the Earth Summit‚ at which leaders of 105 nations gathered to demonstrate their commitment
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Vision of a New Heaven and a New Earth Transformed People and Transformed Society To be such a “city” requires envisioning. We need to envision what we as Filipino Christians have to be and what all Filipinos as a nation should be. For our discipleship must be transformative. What we envision will provide direction for our transformative task. What then must we be? We can only provide a basic direction towards a comprehensive answer. In cultural terms and in the light of our national situation
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Reflection #1: Chapters 1-2 The author‚ Nick Carraway‚ states that he has very high moral standards and he has reserved all judgements so he does not misunderstand people and what they have gone through. The reader is introduced to Tom and Daisy Buchanan. The reader suggests Tom is a very successful man and has everything in life he could image‚ while Daisy is a very charming and pleasant young lady. Many people do not like Tom because he is arrogant and a cocky racist‚ and Daisy describes him as
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Global Warming and the Effects on Earth Introduction In my investigation I will show the cause of global warming‚ the effects it is having on earth today and what we all can do to help minimize it. I want to learn more about global warming so that I can share with others the understanding of it and what it is really doing to our planet. Global warming is the most serious potential environmental concern today. Global warming is the rising in the average temperature of the world. The temperature
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ACCT 1080 ACCOUNTING THEORY WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING INDIVIDUAL REFLECTION An individual often learn best through personal experiences as it enables the mind to remember information for the long term. This assignment provides the reflection of my learning experience working as a team member. 1. Positive Aspects of Working within a Team The greatest advantage working within a team is the distribution of workload. This reduces the workload for each member and also allows each member
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Measuring Earth with a Stick Have you ever heard of the Greek mathematician and astronomer Eratosthenes? His name is probably best known among astronomers. Why do they think so highly of him? Eratosthenes was born about 276 B.C.E. and received some of his education in Athens‚ Greece. He spent a good part of his life‚ however‚ in Alexandria‚ Egypt‚ which at that time was under Greek rule. In about 200 B.C.E.‚ Eratosthenes set out to determine the dimensions of the earth by using a simple stick
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when particles obtained cannot be divided further. Democritus called these indivisible particles atoms (meaning indivisible). How and why elements combine and what happens when they combine. Antoine L. Lavoisier laid the foundation of chemical sciences by establishing two important laws of chemical combination. (a) The Law of conservation of mass states that mass can neither be created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction. (b) The law of constant proportions which is also known as the law of
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Was life in the trenches “Hell On Earth” in WW1? In this essay I will be discussing the different points that are pro and con to the statement that life in the trenches as hell on earth during the first world war‚ there are many points arguing both ways but I will be concentrating mostly on the main points. I will talk about the conditions of living‚ moral‚ sleeping to name just a few. Life in the trenches was a filthy thing with constant rain and boots churning up the ground. There was mud
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