relations executive was enthusiastic on the phone. The IT Company he represented had started installing green data centres and energy-efficient computers. Would I like to fly to California to see for myself? That would be a 2‚500-mile round trip from my home in Midwestern Canada. According to the online calculator from Terapas‚ the trip would release 1.132 pounds (About 500 kilos) of CO2 into the atmosphere. ‘if you’re really into green technology‚ couldn’t we do a videoconference instead? ‘I asked. ‘Sure
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Electronics Should Be Locked Up After 9pm By Becky All electronics should be locked up by 9pm weeknights so your children are not able to access them because it is bad for their health and sleep patterns. Children need their sleep to ensure they are awake and also to function and learn at school. Being on your electronics for long periods of time can damage your brain‚ affects your eyes and disrupts your sleeping patterns. Firstly children who spend a lot of time on electronics are often moody
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“If i stay” by Gayle Foreman is about a seventeen year old girl named Mia Hall who had everything‚ a perfect relationship‚ a loving family and best friend‚ and a future of becoming a professional cellist with a goal of attending Julliard. One snowy day‚ when school is out‚ her family decides to go on a roadtrip to visit friends and there is a tragic accident. That day Mia lost everything‚ her parents‚ her brother and almost her own life. From that moment on Mia’s spirit‚ trapped between life and
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these views to their own benefit. They have focused on trends and realized it is more profitable to hire those with good looks. However‚ since many popular businesses are only hiring certain ethnicities‚ body types‚ and genders in order to project the company image‚ it has been questioned if these companies are just discriminating against people. In this article “Going for the Look‚ but Risking Discrimination” by Steven Greenhouse from the New York times it says “hiring attractive people is not necessarily
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Look Back in Anger by John Osborne • • • • • Author Structure Characters Themes Quotes John Osborne (1929-1994) Structure • • • • Circular structure Same place Same time Language Characters • • • • • Jimmy Porter Cliff Lewis Alison Porter Helena Charles Colonel Redfern Themes • • • • • • • • Struggling against Institutions Alienation&Isolation&Loneliness Identity Crisis Anger& Hatred Apathy&Passivity Class Conflict Masculinity/Emotionally abused relationship Loss of Childhood Quotes
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If I Stay‚written by Gayle Forman is a story about a girl called Mia Hall‚ Mia 17 year old in her final year of high school and is amazing at playing the cello‚ she has a very loving and surrportive family. She also has a upcoming rockstar boyfriend‚ Adam who is very involed in Mia’s life. One snowy day Mia and her family desided to take a family drive out in the country‚ but all of a sudden they are hit by an oncoming vechice when causing a car crash. Mia is the only person in her family who surives
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Virginia Woolf: Why Should Women Write? In Virginia Woolf’s essay A Room of One’s Own‚ she is asked to speak about women and fiction. Woolf begins by addressing limitations of women writers of the past‚ and draws on those works of literature in order to bring awareness to the present relationship of women and fiction in 1928. Throughout her essay‚ she quickly realizes that the prominence of women in fiction is very little‚ and she has “no arm to cling to” (149). According to Woolf‚ before
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hung himself in jail and Aileen never met him. When Aileen was 3 years old her mother abandoned her and her 4 year old brother and left them with her own parents who legally adopted them. The family struggled economically and by age 11 Aileen would engage in sexual activities for food‚ drugs and alcohol. Home life was not easy for Aileen as she claims to be sexually abused by her alcoholic grandfather and beaten by her grandmother. She would also engage in sexual activities with her brother and at
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THE FAMILY There is no general definition of the term ’’ family’’ as its structure and functions vary from society to society. In our society‚ the family is seen as a group or social arrangement in which individuals who are specifically related by blood‚ marriage‚ adoption or some other factor‚ group together and tend to share a domestic unit-a household. Not all households can be described as families‚ however. The family is the basis on which large communities or societies are formed. It
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Describe Billy’s stay on Tralfamadore. What provides the substance for his fantasy life? Why does he need this fantasy life? What is he really trying to find on Tralfamadore? From Tralfamadore‚ Billy says the “Universe does not look like a lot of bright little dots to the” Tralfamadorians. Instead‚ the “can see where each star has been and where it is going”. Aside from the view of the sky‚ Billy is kept in a geodesic dome with clear panels. He’s on display in a Tralfamadorian zoo. Inside the dome
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