A Temporary Matter Husband and wife Shukumar and Shoba are notified that their electricity will be turned off at 8:00PM for five evenings in a row in order to fix a power line. Shoba tells her husband this news. He looks at her‚ noticing that her makeup has run from her time at the gym. He reminisces about how she would look in the morning after a party in happier times. Shoba insists that the electric company should work on the lines during the day. Shukumar takes slight offense at this idea; since
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Topic: Grades Don’t Matter Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to see that students who almost failed their grades in college still have the potential to be a great person someday. I. Introduction/Attention A. Attention Getter: What do you feel when people around you say that you’re a failure? That you are lazy‚ stupid and a good for nothing student‚ just because you failed? It hurts right? Especially‚ when you know that you put all your efforts just to have good grades. Even I experienced
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The most important thing in life Probably the most significant question we can ask ourselves is what is the most important thing in life is? The question has far reaching implications in that the answers (or lack of them) that we arrive at; can determine the course of the rest of our lives. Many would consider money or financial success as the most important factor in life. The high rate of suicide amongst lottery winners would contradict this. Others would search for fame‚ yet the list of famous
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Thermal Expansion and Contraction Most of the matters‚ without some exceptions‚ expand with the increasing temperature. When you give heat to matters; speed of its particles increase and distance between them also increase which results in the increase of the volumes of matters. All expansions occurs in volume of the substance however‚ sometimes some of the dimensions of them expand more with respect to others. In this case we neglect the less expanded ones and assume expansion like linear expansion
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DOES GANDHI MATTER Mahatma Gandhi ‚as we all know‚ is one of the greatest sons of the Indian soil. He is the father of the nation and the maker of the modern independent republic of India. A lean‚ frail‚ ’half-naked fakir’ – armed with a wooden staff and simple dignity of a human being‚ he fought against the greatest empire‚ the world has known. Albert Einstein has said about him "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this in flesh and blood walked upon this earth". As a man
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Investigate and critically evaluate and reflect upon the subject responsibility for providing for and achieving the five outcomes of ‘Every Child Matters’ Recent Government strategies including the green paper ‘Every Child Matters’ (ECM) published in 2003 and the subsequent Children Act passed in 2004‚ have undoubtedly sought to enhance the support for children perceived to be vulnerable and in need (Medcalf et al 2006). The ECM agenda is one of the many legislative documents concerned in the
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Mind over Matter The difference between mental illness and insanity is that with insanity the person knows right from wrong they just view it differently. Someone that is mentally insane is a person that has a mental illness that affects the brain. They do not realize their consequences or even realize if the consequence is wrong. People who have a mental illness still have a grip on reality. A person with a mental illness usually knows they have a mental illness‚ but a person who is insane
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“It is a mark of great philosophers that they cannot be rebutted simply by the discovery of errors‚ however egregious‚ in the theories they espouse” (Welchman‚ 57). A figure from the past‚ no matter how major was‚ if it is recalled‚ only in footnotes‚ should have been at the center of discussion‚ or rebutted by different opponents at his time. This was also the story of Bernard Mandeville. He was the author who became more famous from the critics about his book “The fable of the Bees‚” than from
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Environmental Management -Sulfates Suffery or rotten egg smell high levels- over 500 mgll‚ temporary diarrhea -Nitrogen Nitrates - blue baby syndrome Limit-10mg/l -Eutrophication Too many nutrients. Too much algae Leads to oxygen drops Fish kills -Phosphorus Causes eutrophication From agricultural runoff - detergents Removal may cause rise in sewerbills -Toxins Lead‚ arsenic‚ some solvents‚ Pesticides Mutagens- can cause mutations in DNA Carcinogens- cause cancer (in peanut butter)
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Experts say us Americans are turning into a bunch of savages. Should we care? Would you like it if you you were trying to watch a movie‚ but are constantly irritated by the sound of ringing cell phones and chatter in the background? Impolite behavior is threatening our way of life and is detrimental to our future and happiness. Showing your consideration for others might result in good manners being reflected from others to you. It would not hurt to show others proper edict‚ would it? Apparently
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