Monash Sustainability Institute: Programs and Initiatives Australian Bushfire Arson Prevention Initiative 40‚000 bushfires fires significant detrimental effects human life communities ecosystems economy current responses to bushfire arson prevention do not reflect the magnitude of the impact of fire on our community Monash Sustainability Institute’s arson experts are on the case Dr Janet Stanley‚ and senior research fellow Paul Read Key initiatives: people focused solutions are at the
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paragraph with a descriptive image of the Wichita Range: “A single knoll rises out of the plain in Oklahoma”. He describes the weather with extreme exaggeration‚ “winter brings blizzards‚ hot tornadic winds arise in the spring‚ and in the summer the prairie is an anvil’s edge” or at least how it feels to him as a resident of this area. Through this we see the intensity of the weather‚ and how brutal it is. As a result “The grass turns brittle and brown‚ and it cracks beneath your feet”‚ the author uses
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weeks of the war. In the poem‚ Owen looks into the idea of extreme weather conditions being more harmful and powerful than the actual enemy. Owen created eight very intricate and detailed‚ rhyming verses‚ each of which manages to make us feel the pain and sadness the soldiers are facing – in what we think ate the trenches. Owen begins the poem with some very strong and powerful imagery. He shows us straight away how bad the weather conditions are‚ their “brains ache”‚ the cold is incisive‚ deep
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1 ARTICLE 1 ROBBED OUTSIDE SUBANG HOUSE SUBANG JAYA: An octogenarian fractured his spine after being robbed in broad daylight by two motorcyclists in front of his house in USJ 2 here last week. A.Vadivelu‚ 82‚ who now cringes every time he hears the sound of motorcycles‚ said the drama unfolded at 5.45pm on Feb 13‚ the fourth day of Chinese New Year‚ when he decided to take his regular walk. Vadivelu‚ who is the deputy chairman of USJ 2 and USJ 6 Rukun Tetangga‚ said he had just stepped
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don’t burn these gases off at a responsible rate. An example of what could happen: Temperatures changes on earth begin to cause rising sea levels due to the slowly changing weather patterns and glacial melting. Next this persistent trend leads to a large increase in sea level 1 to 3 ft.‚ which in turn leads to more extreme weather events and the destruction of many industries one of which is agriculture. Finally the end result of this “Global Warming” is coastal flooding which would devastate 17 %
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The extreme cold weather caused much loss of their shelters and food‚ which led to many deaths. The Englishmen did not have enough crops to feed them during the winter. “They traded valuable guns and tools for minimal food supplies form the local Indians and resorted
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uses personification. The tractor is personified in order to make the incident as dramatic as possible. Throughout the poem it is compared to animal‚ and its final release from the trap of the weather is like the birth of a baby animal. As well as the wonderful descriptions of the tractor and the weather in this poem‚ Hughes displays his ability to describe physical pain. Lines like ’feet are unbelievable As if the toe-nails were all just torn off’‚ make a reader wince! The poem is as much about
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the element of conflict. The place and time the characters in the story go hunting‚ creates a whole lot of problems for them. From the beginning of the trip to the very end‚ they encounter conflicts related to the setting; such as bad roads‚ extreme weathers‚ and very chilly temperatures. On the journey to their destination‚ the main characters: a boy‚ his father and a man named Lars‚ drive for “several hours on the highway” (para. 2). The highway gives them some problems as the “tires {of
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Cause and Effect Essay Topics A cause and effect essay aims at explaining the reasons and results of an event or situation. • It is one the most popular essay types in the academic world. • It is beneficial for a student to write a cause and effect essay because it propels him to think of the situation in depth to come up with the reasons for the birth of that situation and its eventual impact on everything it affects. • It encourages the mind to think analytically and investigate a situation
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they call “Climate Change”. Well actually the “Climate Change” is really a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions‚ or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e.‚ more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors that include oceanic processes (such as oceanic circulation)‚ variations in solar radiation received
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