A female marine biologist and environmentalist named Rachel Carson wrote The Sea Around Us in 1951‚ which ended up in her winning a National Book award for a Non-fiction book and a John Burroughs award the following year. In this book she covers a wide range of topics involving our oceans in three parts. The first part‚ titled Mother Sea‚ Rachel Carson describes the history of how the seas formed‚ life on the surface and near the floor of the ocean‚ how the sea changes with the seasons‚ how islands
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English Around The World Do you speak English? That question is frequently asked in countries around the world. Although there are almost 3‚000 languages‚ English is the most universal. It is the official language in over 40 countries and the most used language in international business‚ science‚ and medicine. Even in countries where English is not the first language‚ a number of English words are used. No other language is borrowed how more often than English. For example‚ a French worker looks
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Soccer is one of five popular sports around the world. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo‚ Lionel Messi‚ and Neymar are very athletic‚ popular players. They posse skills that make are unlike lots of players. Soccer is more entertaining when World Cup time comes around. Around 3 billion people watch globally and about a billion watch on TV. This game is to see who is the country who has the best soccer team. Every team will have star players that standout like nobody else’s on there team. Usually
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On May 20‚ 2013‚ Time magazine published the article “Why Millennials Will Save Us All” written by Joel Stein. Joel Stein was born in the Generation X period‚ between 1960 to 1980‚ majored in English from Stanford University‚ and is a frequent writer for TIME magazine. Stein begins his article informing the reader on the adverse characteristics of millennials. Stein describes their exorbitant egos and lethargic attitudes‚ while also using data and expert opinions. Stein then switches his focus to
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Philip Squire March 29‚ 2011 2nd Hour Literary Essay: Around the River Bend Have you ever heard your mom nagging‚ “Don’t judge a book by its cover”? Well‚ that’s this story’s lesson except this short story does it better. In literature‚ authors frequently write about one character who is looking for someone to hold responsible for all their problems. In the short story‚ Around the River Bend‚ by Sherry Garland‚ the narrator blames all Vietnamese for her brother’s death. Through a chance encounter
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Discrimination is acting towards someone or something with partiality or prejudice.Contrary to what we have achieved over the years as far as human rights and equalbenefits for everyone‚ we still face discrimination and prejudice in our day to day living.In today’s contemporary society minorities play a huge role in every aspect of the social world. They play a part in the economical‚ educational‚ entertainment‚ sports‚ and manymore aspects of which makes our society complete. Due to the existence
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There are 121 million children that don’t have access to education Problem: • In third-world countries like Vietnam‚ instead of using the people’s tax money on supporting poverty and stop hunger‚ the government used all of the money for themselves. Corruption is happening around the world‚ especially in Africa‚ where poverty is strongest. • There aren’t enough schools for children‚ causing a huge lack of education. Without any education‚ the children might have no chance of getting out of poverty
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I believe that Rosenfeld’s primary goal in making these statements were aimed at strengthening her strategic thrust of enabling local responsiveness by strengthening Kraft’s values of supporting front line innovation‚ and empowering workers at all levels. The Kraft China website lists these values in these words: We inspire trust. We act like owner. We keep it simple. We are open and inclusive. We tell like it is. We lead from head and the heart. We discuss. We decide. We
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Source of Electricity in South Sulawesi In South Sulawesi the 2 basic methods of producing Electric Power are hydroelectric generation‚ based on the energy contained in flowing water‚ and thermal generation‚ based on the production of steam. At the centre of nearly all power stations is a generator‚ a rotating machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by creating relative motion between a magnetic field and a conductor. The energy source harnessed to turn the generator varies
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Christmas around the World by Picket Siapuatco Christmas is the celebration of goodwill and cheer. Across the globe‚ people celebrate this joyous occasion. It is largely characterised by exchanging gifts with family members and friends as well as by gifts brought by Santa Claus or other mythical figures. Children fervently look for Santa Claus or Father Christmas who is supposed to appear to distribute attractive gifts to children. Santa Claus dresses himself in red and white‚ has a white and
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