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    ...conservative commentator Philip Oppenheim...argued recently that in Britain‚ it’s supermarkets that profit most from fair trade sales. They charge a premium for fair trade bananas‚ for example‚ while a "minuscule sliver ends up with the people the movement is designed to help"... Here is more. In case you don’t know‚ fair trade sells a product at a premium price‚ under the promise that the workers are treated better and paid more. But will that improve living standards? Hmm...this sounds

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    Spirited Away

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    Intl. Films Spirited Away Let me start by saying that this movie is a groundbreaking original and a must see for anyone from the elderly to children over the age of ‘cartoons don’t make me cry anymore.’ This wondrous and wonderful animated feature‚ directed by Hayao Miyazaki‚ makes even the most recent American cartooning - Disney included - seem ordinary and unexciting. But it’s not just the amazing technical artistry – the decorated scenery‚ the sense of depth‚ dimension and detail that this

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    Cast Away

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    Cast Away (12) Synopsis When FedEx time-obsessed engineer Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is paged to make an emergency trip to Malaysia‚ he doesn’t know he won’t see civilization for another four years. Noland endures the harrowing agony of a terrifying plane crash‚ and finds himself washed ashore on a tiny‚ deserted speck of an island in the Pacific Ocean. Review After an unremarkable let’s-meet-the-characters introduction‚ Zemeckis creates a terrifying plane crash that leave Hanks washed up

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    The walk It was a cold raining Saturday in October. Driving by all you can see is pink. Pink everything; Pink hair‚ pink shoes‚ pink socks‚ pink on people’s faces‚ pink on dogs. Everywhere you look you saw pink. You have to get there early if you want a good parking space. We got there about 8:30 the event didn’t start until 9. When you first get there you don’t know what to expect. At first there was not a lot of people there‚ I don’t know if it was because we were early or if it was because

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    Spirited Away Essay In the movie ’Spirited Away’ by Hayo Miyazaki is about a journey to the land of spirits of a ten year old girl named Chihiro. She has puffy cheeks and downcast expression and can be seen as having an awkward personality - angry and miserable‚ and unwilling to do anything out of the ordinary. However in the course of the film‚ she matures and finds the things she truly values. though not in the usual obvious manner of similar stories. Spirited Away is an experience in which along

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    Fritter Away

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    Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify‚ simplify‚ simplify . Thoreau said‚ "Our lives are frittered away by details...simplify‚ simplify" meaning that people are concerned too much by insignificant things and not those that are truly important. He wrote‚ "As you simplify your life the laws of the universe will be simpler‚ solitude will not be solitude‚ poverty will not be poverty‚ nor weakness." This quote gives us a bigger idea of living our lives and simplifying each moment to its best

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    study of matter and its interactions thereby providing a link with other branches of natural science. It’s designed to assist students appreciate the impact of chemical knowledge and technology on society.This Chemistry module is designed for students who wish to study physical sciences or health sciences at tertiary level. | Pre-requisites: | None | ASSESSMENT STRATEGY * The outcomes of this module will be assessed using a variety of assessment strategies including‚ assignments and reports

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    “And I was Carried Away” letter from Pepita I know that you are confused right now. I am expecting that you have already received a letter from your friend‚ Loloy. And if you think that this letter will untangle your perplexity‚ then you are quite wrong. The purpose of this letter is to counter the previous letter you have received. And I hope that your conclusion will come to the right judgment. It may be hard but I want you to know that I trust and love you. You have known Loloy for a very

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    Breaking Away

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    The movie "Breaking Away" presents the story of a young man from working class origins who seeks to better himself by creating a persona through which he almost‚ but not quite‚ wins the girl. The rivalry between the townies and the college students sets the scene for the story of four friends who learn to accept themselves as they "break away" from childhood and from their underdog self-images. Dave Stoller‚ the main character‚ is a young man completely obsessed with cycling and Italy. His fantasies

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    travel to school or walk?

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    Why should people travel to school or walk? Nowadays there is a phenomenon that more and more technology comes up‚ it’s really convenient to people‚ so humans purchase car instead of bike‚ they enjoyed And happiness‚ but recently the experts appeal that with the development of economic‚ humans should understand to protect environment from get profit. Of course‚ in contemporary‚ most of us will choose drive to school‚ it always has advantages over disadvantages‚ but the Earth we protect should

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