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    Explain the statement‚ “Meanings are in people‚ not in words” This statement means that phrases and sentences are open for interpretations. A person could interpret a statement in his/her own way while another person can interpret the same exact statement in an entirely different way. How can meaning be influenced by the context in which it is sent? The Contextual factors such as the physical surrounding environment and the framework of related facts and events within which a communication takes

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    INTRODUCTION 2007 ISO radioactivity danger logo Radioactive wastes are wastes that contain radioactive material. Radioactive wastes are usually by-products of nuclear power generation and other applications of nuclear fission or nuclear technology‚ such as research and medicine. Radioactive waste is hazardous to most forms of life and the environment‚ and is regulated by government agencies in order to protect human health and the environment. Radioactivity diminishes over time‚ so waste is

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    Roald Dahl THE WITCHES Copyright © Roald Dahl‚ 1983 __________ NOTICE : This is copyright material. This eBook was for my personal archive use only‚ as provided under the "fair use" provision of the Copyright Law. If you somehow got hold of this eBook file‚ by whatever means‚ and you do not own a copy of the original book‚ please delete this file immediately. I will not be held responsible for your actions after you have been properly advised. -nihua__________ 1 A Note about

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    In the beginning of the work Mama Day by Gloria Naylor the reader is introduced to the three prefatory documents. The reader is completely unaware that the bill‚ a map of the island of Willow Springs and the family tree completely connect and contribute to the main theme and the entirety of the text in itself. It isn’t uncommon in novels for a map of the setting of the text to be present in the beginning of the work‚ it is generally present to allow the reader to visualize and understand the character’s

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    I really enjoyed reading "How to Say Nothing in 500 Words‚" I thought it was an easy read. Paul Roberts did an extremely great job at catching the readers attention and keeping it. He used humor as his tone of voice which was very unique in an article like this. He found a funny way to teach writers the do’s and don’t of writing. One part of the content that stood out to me was to avoid the obvious content. When required to pick a side and persuade the reader‚ is to start out by writing down all

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    Environmental degradation is most noticed in the form of land degradation. Both‚ nature‚ and man have contributed to this. The effects are most noticeable in the arid‚ semi arid‚ and dry sub humid lands. One of its main causes is the over grazing of land. Also‚ the green cover has almost completely depleted in many parts of the world. Forests have made way for human settlements. This has resulted in the drastic rise in temperature in recent times. The depletion of forest cover has resulted in

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    words!words!words! "words and hearts should be handled with care for words when spoken and hearts when broken are the hardest to repair".Words are powerful but I don’t believe its the words so much as the person saying them that holds the power to tear you apart. "you’re useless’’‚you’re so shrewd"‚she doesnt appreciate anything we do for her‚"she was neglected as a baby"’"your parent wanted a boy in your place"‚ you’re lazy"’"your parents dont love you as much as they do your parents".THESE

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    Living My Country Life I could not imagine growing up in a different neighborhood. My neighborhood was an amusement park full of fun and games. Every day in our neighborhood was an adventure in itself. Our home was a wooden‚ traditional one-story home with a built on porch. The aged wood made our home look like one of those haunted houses shown on television around Halloween. The porch was lined with horizontal‚ parallel beams that my grandfather referred to as a “banister.” On rainy

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    LA TROBE UNIVERSITY MGT2BET: BUSINESS ETHICS INDIVIDUAL LITERATURE REVIEW: A UTILITARIAN ANALYSIS ON ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION GIULIO SOLFRIZZI ID NUMBER:18046528 A UTILITARIAN ANALYSIS ON ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION Environmental degradation is one of the most debated arguments through the ethic philosophers. Many theories have been advanced to justify and analyse which is the best behaviour humans should maintain in order to fulfil utilitarian doctrine

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    The word I would love to redefine is “Princess”. Other than its literal meaning of ladies of the royal family‚ the word princess has also been used and related to concepts negatively. I can totally agree with some but letting a good word turns into a bad one; I would rather “Re-redefine” it instead. How would you define the word “Princess”? I bet everyone has a different answer and thought. If you ask a little girl‚ she probably tells you that her dream is to become a princess or she is a princess

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