It was a scorching day where the heat pierced through my skin and I found myself at home with my pet bird Fluffy‚ in wait for the arrival of my newborn brother. Fluffy is a grey cockatiel with yellow and red patches throughout her face‚ she enjoys her apples and coriander. She was really close to me until my younger brother came. I knew my life was going to drastically change having a younger sibling but I didn’t realise what it meant to have a sibling in the first place. I became fond of my baby
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Ayn Rand said that “Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public‚ ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the progress of setting man free from men.” I think that Rand is wrong. Civilization is not people keeping their lives hidden from others‚ but sharing their experiences in a way that is beneficial to yourself and society. One way that one can create a better world‚ is for people to open up and share their ideas so that others can
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Ryan Sheales reports on the struggles and triumphs of Asylum Seekers trying to settle in Australia‚ fleeing persecution and seeking something so simple yet sometimes elusive; a fresh start. Sheales along with Social researches decipher the controversial question of Australia’s acceptance of migrants and inform readers of the lack of yet crucial importance of a welcoming atmosphere in Australia. Many Australians are misguided by stereotypes‚ lack of understanding‚ generalizations and misconceptions
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Pan Am games is one of the largest games in the world and rank as the third largest competition. The games are a conglomeration of the American countries surpass by the Olympic Summer Games and the Asian games in both the size and scope. The history of Pan American Games dates back to the 1932 Olympics which was held in Los Angel where it was suggested by the official representative of the renown International Olympic Committee come to a decision of starting a competition which was to include only
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mythology‚ Pan (Ancient Greek: Πᾶν‚ Pān) is the god of the wild‚ shepherds and flocks‚ nature of mountain wilds‚ hunting and rustic music‚ and companion of the nymphs.[1] His name originates within the Ancient Greek language‚ from the word paein (πάειν)‚ meaning "to pasture."[2] He has the hindquarters‚ legs‚ and horns of a goat‚ in the same manner as a faun or satyr. With his homeland in rustic Arcadia‚ he is recognized as the god of fields‚ groves‚ and wooded glens; because of this‚ Pan is connected
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The first group we belong to‚ the family has more influence than any other group on forming our identity. Knowing who we are and where we belong to makes us feel happy and secure. Family is always the first and forever group that we belong to. They have more influence than any other group in shaping our identity. Other group like friends also help shape our identity but to a lesser extent. Family offers environment in which a person learns early‚ at the same time family is the first source of
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On December 21‚ 1988‚ Pan American flight 103‚ originating in Frankfort‚ Germany landed at London’s Heathrow Airport‚ and after loading passengers and luggage‚ took off for New York’s JFK airport at 18:25 p.m. At approximately 19:02 p.m. air traffic control lost contact with it. A few seconds later the radar showed the plane’s blip on the screen fracture into five separate ones‚ trailing away from each other. The plane had exploded and the debris rained down on the Scottish town of Lockerbee. 243
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context is centred on student protesters who were joined by ever increasing popular support and wanted democratic reforms and an end t o systemic corruption or ’guan xi’. The occupation of Tiananmen Square in Beijing by thousands o f students was seen s as a direct challenge to the ruling Communist government. I t led t o a swift response‚ with hundreds of students being killed by troops‚ in what Western countries now call the Tiananmen Square massacre. W hat is t he t ext about? The narrative
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spending $2.5 billion‚ what would you do? Normally you would probably throw the whole team out the door‚ and perhaps sue them for the $1.1-billion overrun. But in this case‚ the $1.1-billion overrun belongs to former Ontario premier David Peterson’s Pan Am Games organizing committee‚ and even though two officers were fired‚ expenses continue to climb. By the time they’re finished‚ I’ll bet it will cost $3 billion -- well over double the amount we were told in the beginning we would be paying. But considering
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Quote 1 They’ve learned their lesson after Gogol. They’ve learned that schools in America will ignore parents’ instructions and register a child under his pet name. The only way to avoid such confusion‚ they have concluded‚ is to do away with the pet name altogether‚ as many of their Bengali friends have done. (3.56) Poor Gogol. As the first born‚ he’s the guinea pig for Ashoke and Ashima. The lessons they learn from raising him prepare them for the challenges of raising their second child‚ who
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