World Population Day is an annual event‚ observed on July 11‚ which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11‚ 1987‚ approximately the date on which the world’s population reached five billion people.The world population on the 20th anniversary of Five Billion Day‚ July 11‚ 2007‚ was estimated to have been 6‚727‚551
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Soft engineering works in harmony with the natural environment and is effective in protecting the coast. To what extent do you agree with this view? I agree with this view to a great extent. Soft engineering methods are natural ways of dealing with erosion‚ however‚ every method comes with disadvantages. One way in which soft engineering working well with the natural environment and is also effective‚ is beach nourishment. This is where materials such as sand and shingle are moved from the bed
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led down a path into a figurative self-induced technological coma where the surviving humans float adrift‚ on the brink of completely losing touch with their roots. It is a world where all corporations eventually merged into a universal super-monopoly called Buy ‘n Large Corporation. After all of the Earth’s remaining natural resources had been completely consumed in a frenzy of mass consumption‚ all that remained was essentially a planet-wide garbage dump. Unfazed by an apocalyptic global mass
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and shooting the great heron that inhabits the area‚ is going to leave‚ and has asked Sylvia to tell him where the heron can be found. Sylvia knows‚ but after much agonizing‚ finds that the loyalty she feels for the heron‚ as it represents the natural world‚ is greater than her longing for human contact. Sylvia cannot speak because to do so will be a betrayal of the heron and all she holds dear. Sylvia had never been one to talk very much. Shy and retiring by nature‚ she is "a little maid who had
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The reading that I choose to do my reading note is Jared Diamond’s article‚ “ The World As a Polder.” I find this reading particularly significant because the content of the reading is related to our daily life. This reading is about environmental problems that human is facing in present society. The environmental problems that we are facing included natural habitats destruction‚ air and water pollution‚ overpopulation‚ species extinction‚ soil degradation‚ energy shortage‚ and chemical pollution
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Violence in the World Angela McDonald Socioeconomic Perspectives Professor Whited June 2‚ 2008 Thesis Statement “In violence we forget who we are.” (Mary Mccarthy). Violence has of course been around probably since human kind was created. Human beings are filled with emotions and unfortunately‚ anger is one of them which sometimes can not be controlled. Anger is very dangerous when that anger turns into violence. Which not only does it affect the person acting out in violence
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PEEAL‚ including 2/3 good examples This poem‚ Journey of the magi by T.S Eliot explores the idea that a journey can involve obstacles and challenges. The magi are faced with difficulties‚ hardships and discomforts such as the hostility from the natural world and humans and sleep deprivation. In the first stanza the line “The ways deep and the weather sharp” an inverted syntax is used to put emphasis on the sufferings and difficulties of the journey. Along with this line in the first stanza a list
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If I could change the world‚ how would I change it? Of course‚ I must first decide what I want to change and what into. Afterwards‚ I must think of a way on how to achieve that change. As a young individual‚ I think that the best way to change the world is rather than doing anything too big‚ I just have to make it a priority to go out of my way in small amounts to bring that world about. Everybody changes the world in some way‚ whether they set out to do it or not. It’s like making a carbon footprint
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Literary seminar essay FR4201 – Cecile Decousu Ellen Kehoe 110383285 6. « Par liberté‚ j’entends le triomphe de l’individualité » Comment on the ways in which you see an emphasis on the individual in the texts you have read. The concept of the individual is dealt with in varying ways through lots of the texts which I have read. The texts which stood out for me as having the most emphasis on the individual and individuality are Jean Echenoz “Courir” and Rousseau’s “Les Reveries d’un Promeneur
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particular emphasis on a few of the artistic works created by them. The FIRST role Sayre mentions is one in which the artist creates "a visual record of the places‚ people‚ and events that surround them" (Sayre 11). This role is meant to record the world. Since all art seems to be some sort of record in itself‚ there are numerous works I could use to illustrate this. Nonetheless‚ there are two works that initially come to mind: First‚ notice Thomas Cole’s oil painting The Oxbow. It is a perfect visualization
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