The Hobbit is that marvelous story that all fantasy books try to live up to. It’s that one book‚ that if your friends have no knowledge whatsoever of‚ you have a hard time believing them. And there is a reason why. J.R.R. Tolkien’s storytelling ability is astounding. The book begins in a “Hobbit’s” home. What is a Hobbit? Hobbits are small people‚ even smaller than Dwarfs. In their homeland‚ the Shire‚ they live fairly normal lives. But very rarely‚ one will go on an adventure. A great wizard‚ Gandalf
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Winning that counts! In Sport people remember the winners‚ nobody remembers who was the runner up or who came second‚ a great example of this is who was the first person to break the 4-minute mile? most people know it was Roger Bannister. How many people can name the 2nd person to the break the 4-minute mile? I doubt many people would know this answer‚ and the reason is
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The same cannot be said for How Many Miles to Babylon‚ which ends in a pessimistic and gloomy scene. Alec Moore is awaiting execution‚ as the novel comes full circle. He is given “a pen and paper” because he is an “officer and a gentleman”. He has nothing to do but wait. Alec refused to kill Jerry by firing squad‚ so in a sense‚ he asserted his own humanity in the face of war. However‚ this noble act is detrimental‚ as this act of compassion tragically costs him his life.Johnston’s outlook is in
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What is a mile stone? Well‚ in olden days‚ a mile stone was a sign on the road to mark the distance to a place‚ actually made of stone. However‚ today we speak of mile stones as events marking a significant change or stage in development: an achievement‚ watershed event or benchmark. For example‚ Sam Wilson is celebrating 30 years of employment with Kemira this month. Congratulations Sam‚ that is quite an achievement. For those of you that have not noticed‚ Kemira‚ here at Bushy Park‚ is approaching
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Three mile Island What is Three Mile Island? Three Mile Island occurred on March 28‚ 1979 at 4 a.m. It is a accident‚ a partial nuclear meltdown‚ in reactor number 2 of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station also known as the TMI-2 in Dauphin County‚ Pennsylvania‚ United States. It is known to be the most significant accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. The incident began when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor failed to close‚ Cooling water‚ contaminated with radiation
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volcanic hazards include gases‚ lava and pyroclastic flows‚ landslides and earthquakes and explosive eruptions. The eruptions‚ while sometimes are relatively quiet they produce lava flows that creep across the land moving between 2 and 10 miles per hour. These resulting lava flows stream molten rock which destroys everything in its path. It usually moves slowly enough the people can move out of its way. These eruptions can trigger other natural hazards such as earthquakes‚ mudflows and
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fictional literature. • The overarching theme of his books is realistic fiction stories of love‚ self-discovery‚ moving on‚ and tragedy. • Looking For Alaska • Looking for Alaska is about a teenage boy‚ Miles‚ who’s never really had many friends‚ or adventures or anything remotely interesting happen in his life. When he goes to a new boarding school‚ he befriends Chip “the Colonel‚” Takumi‚ and the fascinating Alaska Young. There‚ the three friends take Miles under their wings‚ and introduce him
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Chasing for Disappointment ------------------------------------------------- Irony in in the short story‚ “Araby‚” is the comparison between the dream type of love the young boy feels for Mangan’s sister‚ and the reality of his own high expectations. Throughout the short story‚ I experienced a flashback to a particular external quote I had read previously‚ “Love is not what it seems‚ and just as reality has a way of dashing our dreams so too does the discovery of eyes blinded by love.” This
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Green technology can be defined as any technology that is friendly to the environment; it may also be called clean technology. The field of "green technology" encompasses a continuously evolving group of methods and materials‚ from techniques for generating energy to non-toxic cleaning products(Green Technology 2010) Green technology can be found almost anywhere and some examples of green technology are‚ green energy‚ green building‚ green chemistry‚ and green nanotechnology. Green energy can be
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Green Marketing A Perspective Ms.Sumati Srivastava * Abstract In Today’s world ecological imbalance is a major issue. This is due to two basic reasons:- 1-The depleting in the natural resources. 2-Rapid increase of those products which are harmful for the environment. Ecology is very badly effected by the accretion of waste in many forms. Green Marketing is the process of marketing with the focus on a balanced ecology. This paper discuss some aspects of green marketing with reference to
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