pictures and other figures of beauties projected all over‚ today teenagers are convinced to believe that to be beautiful and happy they must look like these images. According to a survey by Bliss Magazine‚ Four in ten teenage girls have considered plastic surgery and two thirds of the 2‚000 girls quizzed‚ average age 14‚ said the pressure came from celebrities with perfect bodies and boys. (BBC news) Society today has brain washed not only today’s teenage girls‚ but also the boys to believe that in
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school. She made friends with Janis who was supposely a lesbian girl and Damian who was "too gay to function." Cady was told to steer clear of the Plastics. The Plastics was a group of three girls named Grecthen‚ Karen‚ and Regina. Cady started hanging with the Plastics‚ because janis ask her to incapacitate them. Cady Spends so much time with the Plastics‚ she begins to act like them. Cady did realize she did not like who she was becoming‚ so she changed her ways. The Burn Book is an example of prejudice
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Introduction to Plastic money:- The recent growth in the use of plastic money mainly credit and debit cards has been phenomenal. There are hundreds of millions of credit cards in circulation today; these little rectangular pieces of polymerized substance have become a way of life. India alone is home to millions of them. Initially positioned as a status symbol these plastic cards have caught on in a big way amongst the educated population of the country. Spending pattern through plastic money will change
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Plastic –Modern Invention that changes the world Born in the 20th century and grew up in the 21st century‚ my life involves many new development and invention from head to toe and every aspects to benefit our life. Things are changing around us very dramatically and very quickly in each century subject to the demand and resources change. Modern inventions cover from hardware‚ technology‚ manufacturing‚ information‚ medical‚ education‚ telecommunication‚ sport and even food. I would say that several
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Ever since plastic was first introduced almost a decade ago‚ we have seen an increased trend in pollution‚ especially in the ocean. You cannot hide or run away from plastic. Plastic is literally everywhere‚ from the clothes you’re wearing to even the IV bags used in hospitals. Do you see the toys your children are playing with? Yes‚ those are also made from plastic. Plastic has made itself into an everyday essential because it’s convenient and cost effective. Plastic isn’t the only thing that ends
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EWB-UK Workshop Guide Make your own Bio-Plastic Description A workshop focusing on the problems of plastics made by fossil fuels and a look into making your own bio-plastic. At a glance Total time: 1 hour Learning Styles: Visual‚ auditory‚ practical‚ participatory‚ teamwork Objectives: To learn about the challenges facing fossil fuel plastics and how to make your own bio-plastic Audience: Anyone Max/Min no. of participants: N/A (Dependant on amount of materials) Timetable
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Annie Leonard is the author of Plastic Microbeads: Don’t Use as Directed. She is the executive director of Greenpeace USA and investigates and explains environmental and social impacts of our stuff in words and film. In the article‚ her main arguement is that the manufactures of plastic tend to blame the consumer for not properly disposing or recycling the plastic products that they make but with microbeads they cannot lay that blame on us for the damage that microbeads are doing to the environment
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Paper vs. Plastic: Which is better? Thousands and thousands of people are shopping in grocery stores each day using either plastic or paper bags. They think of it as something that just holds their items. What they don’t know is how much it harms our environment. So the question is which is better? “3.14 billion Plastic shopping bags and 53 million Kraft paper bags are produced annually to satisfy the national market‚ consuming 28.5 million kilograms of plastic
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How do plastic bags affect our ocean? Plastic bags affect our environment by getting into soil and slowly releasing toxic chemicals. Most ocean pollution starts out on land and is carried by wind and rain to the sea. Now‚ the plastic bag pollution does not only affect humans‚ it also affects animals. Plastic bag pollution affects our economy‚ costing us untold dollars spent in beach cleanups‚ tourism losses and damages to fishing and aquaculture industries. To a sea turtle‚ a floating plastic bag looks
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Jennifer Price‚ in her essay “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History‚” provides the reader with a brief account of a fad during the 1950’s. While narrating the article with a mild‚ satirical tone‚ Price also includes a plethora of details to present an anecdote. However‚ by doing so she also embeds her own view on United States culture – a culture she ridicules as overly commercialized and volatile. The sudden “splash” of the pink flamingo into the fifties is a result of America’s capitalistic
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