26 September 2009 Documented Book Review I am reviewing the book Out of the Silent Planet‚ by C. S. Lewis. This is a science fiction story about inter galactic planetary travel and some alien-beings that a man meets out in space who ironically help him to realize the true intentions of human nature. What really made this story interesting to me is that a man on a walk about‚ named Ransom‚ did not want to travel into outer space to meet alien creatures; he was simply on a personal journey for
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50 ideal/Ways to Save the Planet 1. CHANGE YOUR LIGHT If every household in the United State replaced one regular light bulb with one of those new compact fluorescent bulbs‚ the pollution reduction would be equivalent to removing one million cars from the road. Don’t like the color of light? Use these bulbs for closets‚ laundry rooms and other places where it won’t irk you as much. 2. TURN OFF COMPUTERS AT NIGHT By turning off your computer instead of leaving it in sleep mode‚ you can save 40 watthours
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Are We Training Our Kids to Kill H.J. Cummins talks about a lot of really interesting‚ viable information that explains his belief that games with killing in them increase violence in children. Although the facts in the article make sense have reasonable support I think that his claims are over-exaggerated. I do not think that video games significantly increase violence in children enough to cause them to take another human’s life. I believe that these video games are purely for fun and kids can
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We look after our own by Kath Walker What is the purpose of introducing the nun into the story? The purpose of setting the nun into the story is to reveal the prevalent attitude of local white people towards the descendants of the black labourers in Australia – seemingly polite‚ responsive‚ helpful‚ yet deadly prejudiced and horrifyingly cold-hearted. It serves as a contrast to Mr. Knight‚ who symbolizes the rare group of white who truly view the white and black equally and care for their well-being
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LIKE MANY EXECUTIVES‚ YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT NEGOTIATING. BUT STILL YOU FALL PREY TO A SET OF COMMON ERRORS. T H E BEST DEFENSE IS STAYING FOCUSED ON THE RIGHT PROBLEM TO SOLVE. • LOBAL DEAL MAKERS did a Staggering $3.3 trittion by James K. Sebenius APRIL 2001 worth of M&A transactions in 1999-and that’s only a fraction of the capital that passed through negotiators’ hands that year. Behind the deal-driven headlines‚ executives endlessly negotiate with customers and suppliers
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Evolution on Rocky Planets Atmosphere can be defined as a gaseous compound layer surrounding a large body mass suspended by means of gravity and centrifugal force caused by rotation [1]. Atmospheres of planets have not always been the same‚ its evolution comprised of complex development across million years of geologic time affected by various changes of variables inside and outside its planet [2]. Of the interest of this essay is the atmospheric evolution of a rocky planet. Rocky planet is a terrestrial
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The choice we make and the actions we take result in consequences we have to live with for the rest of our lives. The decisions we make in the present will decide what the future holds for us. Today young adults are pushed to make better grades and excel in extracurricular activities so as to get into a good college. The motto "the more high quality education the better the future"� has been taken as gospel for today’s youth. This often makes me wonder whether our goals are contorted and out of
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Illiteracy in Our Society It was one of the days I will never forget in my life time. My father was very sick in Abeokuta; my village‚ where we both live together with my mother. The people in our community have tried their hand on one thing or the other to help him‚ but we are left with the only option of taking him to the hospital in the city. My mother is to go first to the city and inform my uncle about this incident‚ so that my uncle could help take my father to the hospital. Has my
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Our Past‚ Our Future & Vision for America Taking back America speech by Barack Obama was inspirational speech and was thought out very well. He had touch every important point in his speech that made me even want take charge of the vision for America. There was no flaw’s in his speech. I feel that Obama brought the right approach to say “My friends‚ we meet here today at a time where we find ourselves at a crossroads in America’s history.” Then went on to where he said‚ “we would visit every
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The first thing that comes to the mind after reading the topic is: ‘How not wasting food would save the planet?’ ‘What effect does wastage of food has on the environment or the planet?’ ‘What exactly makes all that waste and its emissions?’ The answer is very simple if we pause to ponder. Food waste is not just consumers throwing dinner scraps away. Producing‚ distributing‚ storing and cooking food uses energy‚ fuel and water. Each of these emits greenhouse gases contributing to climate change
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