Is the world becoming more hazardous? Yes‚ all the evidences show that the pattern of hazards is on the increase. Not only the number of hazards is increasing but the people vulnerability as well. If we looked to the first graph of reported hazards from 1900 to 2009 (EM-DAT source) we could see a big difference between these years. There is a rapid increase of natural disasters since 1960s‚ till then the number of natural disasters was constant. This proves that we are facing with more and more
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Today is your birthday. I just wanted to tell you how very happy I am that you were born and made your way into my life. Although my calendar tells me that today I have to tell you how much I love you‚ I hope you know I love you every day of the year‚ far more than simple words can express. It’s magic each time we hold each other‚ each time we cuddle‚ and each time we kiss. I feel goose bumps all over again. I never want to let you go for fear of losing you‚ so I just hold on a little bit tighter
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something incredibly wrong. Economic exploitation became Britain’s source of income‚ and Social Darwinism became their motto. Defining the uncivilized people as “Half devil and half child” we are enlightened with the harsh reality that the White man’s burden was based upon euro centrism. They are clearly stating “because you don’t follow my religion‚ you are half devil”‚ “because you don’t have the same way of life‚ because you don’t comprehend the things we comprehend‚ your minds are immature‚ they are
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interpretation of the poem is that Kipling presents that white people have an obligation to rule over people from other races or ethnicities. Also‚ it suggests that the “burden” of white people‚ is to help other countries to develop around the world. Finally‚ Kipling is suggesting that we need to “Take up the White Man’s Burden” meaning that we‚ the United States‚ must begin to colonize places around the world. I think that Kipling specifically wrote “Take up” as a message that the imperialistic
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Edward D. Morel‚ The Black Man’s Burden (1903) Edward Morel (1873-1924) was a French-born British journalist and socialist who drew attention to imperial abuses and led a campaign against slavery in the Belgian Congo. While working for a Liverpool shipping firm in Brussels‚ Morel noticed that the ships leaving Belgium for the Congo carried only guns‚ chains‚ and ammunition‚ but no commercial goods‚ and that ships arriving from the colony came back full of valuable products such as rubber and
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something that you create. In a person’s life if you are waiting on something to change in order to be happy‚ then you’re not living life. When you adopt a positive attitude‚ life becomes a rewarding instead of something to get through. If you wish to be happy‚ you have to be less involved in your own happiness and more involved in the happiness of others. "Make others happy and you become happy as a result. Involve yourself totally‚ throw yourself into what you are doing in life‚ and happiness will
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this is from the internet‚ not mine. Extract from an English student’s learning journal. Week Five - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Decay of Lying (1889‚ revised 1891) ’The Happy Prince’‚ ’The Nightingale and the Rose’‚ ’The Selfish Giant’‚ ’The Remarkable Rocket’ and ’The Devoted Friend’ from The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) My immediate response to these works by Oscar Wilde is that they are charmingly light-hearted‚ evocative‚ challenging in content and meaning‚ and that the Fairy
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This quote uses metaphor to further the understanding of Antonia’s character and her portrayal in the novel. Jim Burden in this passage is contemptibly looking back on the awe that Antonia once made him feel throughout their childhood. This serves to exasperate Antonia’s representation as a loving mother figure. We see how she takes care of her children and how her loving nature has manifested itself into sons who‚ “stood tall and straight”. She truly is a source of compassion which people draw
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In this poem‚ Kipling addresses the Europeans going in and taking over these colonies‚ and ultimately defends their doing. In the title‚ a White Man’s Burden refers the the duty that Kipling believes the Europeans have to go into various non-european nations and take control and civilize them to make them more like westerners. It implies that they themselves are not sophisticated or smart enough to function
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The Zorastrian religion is a very religion is a very ancient and influencial religion. The religion‚ much like any other religion emcompasses many rituals and ceremonies. This essay will discuss one such ceremony‚ called teh Naojote. It will discuss what the Naojote ceremony is‚ the significance of it and the celebration; while also comparing it to other similar celebrations ‚ like the Bar/Bat Mitzvah. The Parsi Naojote celebration is a ritual ceremony that is very important and crucial in the
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