Wishing for wealth is everyone’s right. And the only legal way which can help people become rich is hard working. Therefore‚ many people spend all their time working. However‚ the average work week which lasts more than thirty hours may be harmful to their health‚ their families and the society also. People who work too much may harm their health. They easily feel tired and lose their interest in other activities. When they over-work but do not do any exercises to improve their health‚ sooner
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In a society in the midst of war‚ when faced with an issue related to the battlefields‚ people often need to decide whether they should pursue their own personal desires or choose to conform. The difficult decisions of whether or not a loved one should be sent off to join the war is an issue that the majority of civilians came across during WWI. Perhaps joining the army is something that some people were proud of but yet again many others wanted to keep family members away from the life threatening
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Kenneth Holden April 23‚ 2013 History Class 1301-03 12 Years a Slave I show great respect to Solomon Northup and his creation and of this book‚ a lot of people were said to believe‚ that the main idea in this book was to talk about slavery during the 1800’s‚ and how Northup had been born in the year 1808 and also had been born a free man who lived in a free state for more than thirty years. The book tells us that Northup was said to have believed that his life and fortunes would be uninteresting
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Essay on Wars – Destructive for Humanity. War is‚ without argument the worst collective experience of humanity. It has created new nations on the rubbles of destroyed cities and humans dead. It involves mass killing without humane feelings even if short and swift. Our recent experience with Kargil‚ which was not even not even a full-fledged war‚ reopened the sordidness of military action. Wars‚ when prolonged like the World Wars‚ result in human brutality‚ mass extermination of races and
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NEW YEAR Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the New Year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the New Year is called the Lantern Festival‚ which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade. The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few years (seven
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Syeda Zehra Mrs. Diamond ENG4U 9th October 2012 The Wars – Timothy Findley Family often has a great influence on the decisions of our lives. Parents often are the greatest external influences that we consider. Similarly in The Wars‚ Timothy Findley’s main character – Robert Ross’ parents influence his actions throughout the book. Mrs. Ross is portrayed as an adamant woman who is not very expressive of her love towards her children (especially Robert) because of societal norms but a gradual
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very different from what it is today. My uncle Bill Mills‚ who is 72 years old‚ told me of how he grew up in what seems like it would be an entirely different world. After asking him several questions about what teenager life was like I found out how different life really was. Technology plays a very important role in our everyday lives. According to Bill technology was almost nonexistent to the teenagers of his teenage years. They did not have cell phones‚ laptops‚ iPods‚ or their own televisions
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The Gap-Year “Princeton encourages it. Harvard is a big fan. From Tufts to MIT‚ some of the most prestigious universities in the nation are urging students to consider something that would make most parents cringe: The idea of putting off college for a year in favor of some much-needed downtime” (Wood 1). A Gap Year is a year taken off from academics and is mainly used to do things such as travel‚ work‚ or volunteer. Parents and students‚ burnout on school is common and overwhelming. Taking
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Seven Years in Tibet -Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud- This motion picture is based on the true story of the most famous alpine explorer Heinrich Harrer (Brad Pitt). It is a movie about love‚ friendship‚ war‚ and peace. In 1939‚ the mentioned Austrian celebrity departed for the Himalayas‚ where he was captured by the British while climbing one of the world ’s highest peaks. He became the prisoner of war somewhere in India‚ but eventually‚ he escaped and made his way to Tibet‚ where he met
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Looking forward 50 years to the year 2056‚ life as a Chinese farmer will not change much. Given the strength of the Chinese government and economy‚ they are becoming a very strong global power. Some speculate that China may one day be THE world power‚ growing past the reach of the US (Johnson). However‚ looking at the facts we know now and not speculating too much‚ the life of a Chinese farmer will change minimally. Likely‚ as a Chinese farmer I would not live much beyond 50 years. The life expectancy
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