Cunning Over Strength‚ Temptation‚ Perseverance‚ Vengeance‚ Misery of Separation‚ Maturation as a Journey Quotes: “Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth‚ nothing is bred that is weaker than man.”‚ “For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother”‚ “Each man delights in the work that suits him best.” Title: Divergent Author: Veronica Roth Protagonist: Beatrice Prior Antagonist: Jeanine Matthews Themes: Identity‚ Competition‚ Fear‚ Societal Classes‚ Power
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The Environmental Impact 95 percent of electronic waste is recyclable. However‚ unregulated recycling can cause more harm to the environment than landfilling. While many companies‚ such as Apple‚ have safe and effective recycling programs‚ the majority of recycling companies export some percentage of their electronic waste to China or poor countries in Africa‚ where the waste is “recycled‚” or destroyed and stripped of its valuable metals. Though this seems like a good thing on the surface‚ because
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ecosystem are still unfolding. The video introduces us to Stuart Davies‚ director of the Center for Tropical Forest Science (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution)‚ who studies tropical rain forests‚ one of the most diverse biomes on Earth. Davies and his research team are conducting a worldwide tree census in an attempt to discover how such a wide range of species competing for the same resources can
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concerns and conflicts have surfaced throughout human history‚ from the earliest settlements to the latest headlines. This comes as a surprise to many people because our emphasis in history has all too often been on war and politics‚ rather than environment‚ culture and development. The evidence for a longstanding concern for environmental issues has been readily available in manuscripts‚ publications and historical archives. It can be found under labels like conservation‚ public health‚ preservation
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‘phony’. He associates this ‘phoniness’ with everything corresponding to the adult world‚ things ranging from lawyers to sexual intercourse. However‚ Holden never states that he is afraid of growing up‚ it is made evident by his unwillingness to mature. Instead he expresses his resistance to becoming an adult by fabricating the adult world into a place of ‘phony’‚ dishonest and shallow people‚ in comparison to the honest‚ innocent and ideal world that the children live in. Throughout
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regions of the world an estimated one in five children will not live to see their fifth birthday‚ primarily because of environment-related diseases. Eleven million children die worldwide annually‚ equal to the combined populations of Norway and Switzerland‚ and mostly due to malaria‚ acute respiratory infections or diarrhoea — illnesses that are largely preventable. When the environment becomes less valuable or damaged‚ environmental degradation is said to occur. There are many forms of environmental
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On 3rd August 2009‚ Monday‚ the swine flu death of Riya Sheikh‚ a fourteen year old school student from Pune’s Camp area shocked Pune and the entire country. It was the first case of swine flu death in India. Till now we were casual about swine flu epidemic spreading in Western countries. Even occassional detection of swine flu in India did not panic us. Ria’s death only made us aware that swine flu virus can be contacted locally and is fatal. After her death panic gripped not only Pune but the
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exploitation of natural resources. In turn‚ the conventional sources of energy we use today cause pollution‚ so economic growth is almost inevitably associated with environmental damage. One of the aspects of economic growth which affects the environment most of all is that‚ in order to produce more goods and products‚ at a faster rate‚ the construction of large industrial plants is required. These enterprises generate a lot of waste in the form of liquid waste and gaseous fumes. The liquid waste
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hugging‚ and kissing. We did not fondle one another or have premarital sex. I never cheated on them‚ either. I also never produced children out of wedlock. As I have grown older‚ society had changed. I have adjusted my way of thinking] while preserving my moral values. I still hang on to my Legalism value system and lean to the situational
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great influence in his life. She brought him up as a Christian‚ but he gave up his religion when he went to school at Carthage. There he became adept in rhetoric. In his Confessions he repents of his wild youth in Carthage‚ during which time he fathered an illegitimate son. At some time in his youth he became a convert to Manichaeism. After 376 he went to Rome‚ where he taught rhetoric with success; in 384‚ at the urging of the Manichaeans‚ he went to Milan to teach. His years at Milan were
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