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    In Rudyard Kipling’s poem “The White Man’s Burden” was issued shortly after the Spanish-American War in 1899. It happens to be one of Kipling’s most well-known works and was published in The New York Sun as well as McClure’s Magazine. The poem was set under a theme of imperialism along with racial ideology. Kipling advises the “white men” of the United States to take up the “burden” by civilizing with the individuals from colonized areas (and/or simply non-white people). Ironically‚ this the same

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    Japan Should Use Renewable Energy Rather Than Nuclear Power To Japanese government and citizens who live near nuclear power plants in Japan‚ do you want your next generation to be handicapped? If you don’t‚ get away from there or suspend nuclear power plants. Do you think it’s safe to live near nuclear power plants? I don’t think so‚ especially if you are living in Japan. Japan should use safe renewable energies‚ such as geothermal energy‚ wind energy‚ solar energy‚ and so on. I recommend that

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    Population; A Human Source Or Burden Zawar Hussain The world population milestone that is sparking a global discussion on today’s most pressing environmental‚ health and justice issues‚ Pakistan’s population has continued to grow at break-neck speed. This has put immense pressure on the resources Pakistan has or can generate. Some would argue that every birth produces a consumer. Increasing population is actually a blessing in Islam‚ Christianity and Judaism. So in religious sense its good

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    “In Wuthering Heights‚ love is presented as an emotion which provokes violence rather than tenderness” To what extent do you agree with this view? In gothic literature‚ love can be presented as a transgressive emotion – one which crosses the boundaries of life itself‚ as exhibited in Wuthering Heights. There are however different interpretations of the presentation of love within this novel‚ whether it be love as an emotion provoking violence or love as an emotion which provokes tenderness. Although

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    Research ´with´ rather than ´on´ People (Heron & Reason) Table of contents 1 Introduction to co-operative inquiry 1 2 Four phases of co-operative inquiry 1 3 Different forms of co-operative inquiry 2 4 Co-operative inquiry cultures 2 5 Ways of knowing 2 6 Inquiry skills and validity procedures 2 7 Words and questions 3 Bibliography 4 Introduction to co-operative inquiry The article “The Practice of Co-operative Inquiry: Research ´with´ rather than ´on´ People” by

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    Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study How can traditional games improve the health of the young generation rather than using hi-tech gadgets? Every one of us experience playing traditional games although there is a small percent of people saying that they have not given chance to play for their own reason. Traditional games are games commonly played by children ages 6-12 years old‚ usually using native materials or instruments. Here in the Philippines‚

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    Throughout life we all experience things in our lives that shape us and identify who we are. It is believed that we learn more from making mistakes rather than from our successful actions because we’re only human. Learning from our mistakes lets us know what we did wrong so we can fix it. We need to learn from our mistakes so we do not repeat them and so that we learn a lesson from it. Learning from our mistakes is essential to our growth so that we do not run the risk of repeating them. We must

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    Kipling’s poem is condensed with rhetoric and one of the key devices is ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism is the belief in inherent superiority of one’s own group and culture. “The White Man’s Burden” is based on white supremacy and the title itself is an example of ethnocentrism. For something to a burden of someone it will have to be a load and a load weighs people down. Kipling obviously compares the slaves to a load. Therefore‚ he states that they are lesser compared to Americans. Which means the

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    Rudyard Kipling “The White Man’s Burden” Kipling’s poem was viewed in the same way as Lord Curzon‚ the viceroy of India from 1898 to 1905 CITATION Jos \l 1033 (Symes). Kipling urged the British and the Americans to “take up the white man’s burden”. Lord Curzon was concerned about the British position in the world‚ urging economic investment and warned of the need to fortify India’s borders against Russia. Curzon worried that the British would be worn down by resistance to the raj and that‚ confronted

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    1879 -1955 Imagination is more important than knowledge Albert Einstein was born on March 14‚ 1879 in Ulm‚ Wurttemberg‚ Germany. Einstein contributed more than any other scientist since Sir Isaac Newton to our understanding of physical reality.Einstein worked at the patent office in Bern‚ Switzerland from 1902 to 1909. During this period he completed an astonishing range of theoretical physics publications‚ written in his spare time‚ without the benefit of close contact with scientific literature

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