Text 2 The Great Wall of China‚ known as the ‘Long Wall’ in Chinese‚ is the longest man-made structure in the world‚ stretching across northern China‚ from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west. It is said that the work and materials required to build the Great Wall was equal to 30 great pyramids in Egypt‚ and that about 2 to 3 million people died while building it. The wall’s history began about 2‚200 years ago‚ when a Chinese leader‚ Emperor Qin‚ formed seven groups of Chinese
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The great wall of china Traditionally known to the Chinese as the "Long Wall of Ten Thousand Li"‚ the stretch of formidable defensive structures built to ward off invasion of the Celestial Empire by barbarians is most often called the "Great Wall" or the "Wall of China" by Europeans. History of the Great Wall of China The history of these extraordinary fortifications goes back to the Chunqiu period (722-481 B.C.) and to the Warring States period (453-221 B.C.)‚ so-called because of the long struggle
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WALL-E By: Micah D-S Environment and waste WALL-E is a film with many maessages‚ however I think it is a very environment related movie. In WALL-E‚ Pixar critsizes people taking things for granted‚ and consuming absurd amounts of things they think of as the norm. This means Pixar is critisizing consumerism. They are trying to raise awareness of how easy it is to destroy a society‚ so that it doesn’t happen. WALL-E is a great film because it brings up real issues that the world. It brings up issues
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Speech 1: Everyman and Egalitarianism: Australia’s war history: Paul Keating Keating Speech View clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNSc_2nmylA Paul Keating Speech Annotation Explores Keating’s context‚ Watson’s role and debate about the ownership of a speech. Also a recording of the speech runs over images of Keating. A eulogy delivered by the Prime Minister‚ The Hon. P. J. Keating MP‚ at the funeral service of the Unknown Australian Soldier‚ 11 November 1993 grows with each passing year
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a letter of Paul to the Philippians‚ the messenger of the Lord Paul who was also a prisoner at that very time was addressing a situation in the Philippians that called for the community effort. Paul was trying to insist that the Philippians Christians were supposed to humble themselves and become a community that was responsible for one another. There was a problem with the social classes of people at that time where people belonged to different social groupings‚ and that is why Paul decided to bring
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WSBl Summary Cliff Addis‚ the best bond salesperson on Wall Street who has never failed‚ persuaded his best customer‚ Louise Patterson‚ to buy the bonds of the company whose value diminished by 3% 2 days later. Trying to becalm Louise‚ Cliff lied saying that the bonds would turn round and he would gain profit. When Cliff came home‚ he read in a newspaper that the Wisconsin Credit bank is close to bankruptcy‚ but he perceived this message as “a golden investment opportunity”. Problem Mr.Addis
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In the poem Mending Wall the speaker doesn’t show empathy for his neighbor. The speaker continues to carry on the topic with the neighbor about his reasons on keeping up the wall. The narrator talks about how fences or walls are for keeping animals in or out. He compares their yards consisting apple trees and pine trees. He states that if there were no Wall it’s not like his apples would go and eat his pine cones. The narrator complains of how his apple trees will never get across and eat
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Nurturing plants can teach us how to care for other living things. In general people garden because it helps to relax‚ to gain social skills‚ and make some friends. In Paul Fleischman’s novel Seedfolks‚ two main characters who are dynamic are Sae Young and Maricela. Fleischman’s vacant lot garden changes the lives of SaeYoung and Maricela‚ because the garden helps them [Sae Young and Maricela] gain social skills and helps them [SaeYoung and Maricela] express their voices. To commence‚ Fleischman’s
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Walls that Divide Worlds Everywhere around the world‚ barriers located on each and every continent. From the common American’s back yard to the Great Wall of China‚ we use them for privacy and security‚ but not all uses of walls have good intentions behind them. An example such as the Berlin Wall‚ created in 1961‚ divided East and Western Germany until it’s fall in 1992. The North-South Korean border (also known as the Korean DMZ) was created to diffuse tension between the two sister countries
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Paul Hardy’s case is a really intriguing dilemma. Hardy clearly meets Zaleznik’s definition of a compulsive employee: he has excessive doubts about his career and his future. He exhibits a reversal of attitude pattern: first he wanted a promotion ‚ then he wished for an equivalent position and finally he wanted to know more about opportunities outside P&C. Moreover‚ by blaming Williams for his situation‚ Hardy was clearly refusing to accept responsibility for his own actions . Most importantly
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