Oscar Wilde wrote himself into history as a sharp and pungent writer and an exceptional personality with a suitable epigram at hand for every occasion. He is‚ though‚ perhaps most well-known for his infamous relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas‚ which resulted in Wilde being sentenced to two years of hard labor for homosexual offences. However‚ Wilde left to the world not only the fascinating story of his own life‚ but also a number of literary works in a variety of genres‚ both fictional and non-fictional
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Narendra Kumar‚ IAS is a Secretary to Governor‚ Industries‚ Science‚ Technology & Environment‚ his contact address is Raj Nivas‚ Pondicherry – 605 001 Tel: 91-413-334085 Fax: 91-413-334025. E-mail: narendra_kumar@hotmail.com E-governance in a Fisherman Community: Pondicherry "People lack many things: jobs‚ shelter‚ food‚ health care and drinkable water. Today‚ being cut off from basic telecommunications services is a hardship almost as acute as these other deprivations‚ and may indeed reduce
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Good afternoon/morning HSC students. My name is Armin Greder the illustrator of ‘The Island’ One of the ideas that I have always been fascinated in‚ is the interaction between individuals and society and how this influence’s our sense of belonging. My picture book ‘the island’ works metaphorically to show how social repression‚ fear and madness can create a context where those who are different are demonized‚ isolated and persecuted. In Arthur Miller’s famous play ‘the crucible’ the condemnation
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and clear my mind of everything else. I have been fishing since I was six years old‚ and every since the first time I threw in my line I loved it. I have gained much knowledge in the sport from my father‚ who is a lifetime fisherman also. I have developed into a good fisherman‚ and learned many things over my fishing career. One of the things I have learned was to bait my hook and to cast it. I also learned how to reel in the fish; I have learned this from experiencing it many times. I have also
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how fishing has changed over the years. The first way people fished was with a spear which was also called a harpoon. This kind of fishing is thousands of years old. The spear would have been made out of a stick that was sharpened or barbed. The fisherman would go to a river or stream. Then they would look for fish. They then would spear the fish. The next way people fished was with a net. This method of fishing has been around for a long time. Grasses‚ flaxes‚ and fibrous plant material were used
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Japanese are exceedingly secretive of this practice‚ it’s almost impossible to witness the action first hand. For example‚ in the documentary "The Cove" when Ric O’Barry and his crew first came to the cove they’re interrupted by local police and fisherman who attempt the block the cameras and phones with their body and then proceed to treat Ric and his crew with intimidation and anger. The locals do this because they can’t legally hide and remove people from the premises unless they do something wrong
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the book Folk Tale and Fables of the American and the Pacific‚ Barbra Hayes and Robert Ingpen‚ tell the story of the Giant Turtle. The folktale is believed to explain how Tongo people migrated to Fiji. The story begins with a fisherman named Lekabai from Somoa. The fisherman was saved from drowning in the ocean. He climbed to the top of a rock in order to speak to the Sky King. The Sky King gave him another chance and sent him back to land on a giant sea turtle. The Sky King sent the young man back
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at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana‚ and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about Christ’s disciples being fishermen‚ and we were left to assume‚ as my brother and I did‚ that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fishermen and that John‚ the favorite‚ was a dry-fly fisherman. 2. It is true that one day a week was given over wholly to religion. On Sunday mornings my brother‚ Paul
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What need you‚ being come to sense‚ But fumble in a greasy till And add the halfpence to the pence And prayer to shivering prayer‚ until You have dried the marrow from the bone; For men were born to pray and save; Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone‚ It’s with O’Leary in the grave. Yet they were of a different kind‚ The names that stilled your childish play‚ They have gone about the world like wind‚ But little time had they to pray For whom the hangman’s rope was spun‚ And what‚ God help
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The Old Man and the Sea was published in 1952 and was acclaimed by many as Hemingway’s greatest literary triumph. The story of the novel is lead by an old fisherman named Santiago. He spends most of his life by being a respected‚ skillful fisherman; working the gulf off Havana‚ Cuba. Santiago is described as being "thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck". His face is marked with brown blotches of skin cancer‚ and his aged hands are scarred from innumerable fishing-cord burns uncured
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