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    the outside world‚ and figurehead to be worshiped. If the people ever threatened that they would be punished for not following their dehumanized state of life. For example in Brave New World‚ character Bernard was threatened with being sentenced to Iceland because he did not participate or act the "proper way" and Alpha should. The literary text‚ Brave New World demonstrates that to live in a dystopia society characterized by so many outstanding wrong doings‚ ignorance would be important to survival

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    ocean’s ecosystem. Further reduction of whales leads to more significant major effects on the ecosystem on the planet. In 1986‚ the International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned commercial whaling. However three countries‚ including Japan‚ Norway‚ and Iceland

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    Suicide in Japan

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    to take back life from the jaws of death; this is about choosing hope over despair‚ even when you’re desperately hanging on by your fingernails. 300‚000 Japanese people have killed themselves in the last 10 years. That’s around the population of Iceland. The Japanese suicide rate is twice that of America‚ three times that of Thailand‚ nine times higher than Greece‚ and twelve times higher than the Philippines. Is that something acceptable‚ or is it time we start to fight back? The suicide rate is

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    Plate Tectonics Theory

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    “EVALUATE HOW PLATE TECTONICS THEORY HELPS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRIBUTON OF SEISMIC AND VOLCANIC EVENTS” In this essay I am going to look in detail at plate tectonic theory and how it can be used to explain seismic and volcanic events worldwide. However‚ I will also look at other potential causes of these events‚ and some evidence that does not follow the theory that all these events are caused by plate boundaries. I am going to look at a range of case studies from differing scales

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    unorganized and most people were pagans in most of the countries in the world.The Norse religion began in the 11th century in countries of the Northern Europe including Denmark‚ Iceland‚ Sweden and Norway. The other name that has been used by historians and scholars is the term “FornSior” which originated from the medieval Iceland. Before the origin of the Norse‚ religion in these countries was confused rather than the beliefs and norms of tradition until they converted to Christianity during the 12th

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    Lifelong learning

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    green colour) and ten years later – in 2012 (which is shown in blue). As you can see – the only deterioration during last ten years came in Switzerland. I would like to draw your attention to northern european countries as Denmark‚ Finland‚ Sweden or Iceland. There is the highest lifelong learning standard and the other european counties (Czech republic included) have a great possibility to learn from their experiences and knowledge. This fluctuating line graph represents comparison between lifelong

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    Nibelungenlied

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    leaf fell from a linden tree and landed on his back‚ making that spot vulnerable: a story similar to the ancient Greek hero Achilles. In his arrival in the town of Worms‚ Siegfried assisted Gunther in defeating the Saxons and Brunhild‚ the queen of Iceland. After their battle‚ Siegfried took the queen’s ring and belt and gave the items to Kriemhild as wedding presents (Joe). Many years later‚ Brunhild’s marriage to Gunther and Kriemhild’s marriage to Siegfried created an argument on who should receive

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    about This was followed by aggressive promotion on the slapping of Indian Facebook and Twitter. On the latter‚ the hashtag Agriculture Minister #whythiskolaveridi was created and the agency Sharad Pawar. Kolaveri started posting quirky lines like “Iceland has not found a mention in Time heard #whythiskolaveridi”‚ “Not called for 2 days magazine and even on the #whythiskolaveridi”‚ etc‚ with the YouTube link. Kolaveri Di female version more conservative BBC‚ Most people didn’t understand what ‘Kolaveri’

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    Reducing Child Poverty

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    If governments make their citizens pay more tax‚ wealth filters down from the rich to the poor‚ reducing poverty. This can be seen when comparing countries like Iceland‚ where only 4.7% of children are in relative poverty to countries like the USA‚ where 23.1% of children are in this situation2. Citizens of Iceland pay more tax than the average US citizen‚ with a bigger gap between the amount of tax paid by the poor and rich. The money from this higher taxation goes into government schemes

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    volcanoes

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    oceans‚ therefore most volcanic activity is submarine‚ forming new seafloor. Black smokers or deep sea vents are an example of this kind of volcanic activity. Where the mid-oceanic ridge is above sea-level‚ volcanic islands are formed‚ for example‚ Iceland. Convergent plate boundaries: Subduction zones are places where two plates‚ usually an oceanic plate and a continental plate‚ collide. In this case‚ the oceanic plate subducts‚ or submerges under the continental plate forming a deep ocean trench

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