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    Garbage: Waste and Slums

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    “Basura” is discarded food wastes or any other unwanted or useless material. It is also called as garbage. Garbage makes places untidy and even smelly. It ruins the surroundings when it’s just placed somewhere. Fortunately‚ we have our garbage man to collect it. Some people may benefit from “basura”‚ but some may not. The well-offs do not benefit from these things. They do not want these trashes. Actually‚ garbage or “basura” is from them. That’s why they throw it; because it’s dirty. It makes

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    WASTE DISPOSAL: IT’S IMPACT Improper waste management continues to be major problem that affects us all. Waste dumped into a various waterways has created floating island of toxic pollutants in our oceans. One of these islands‚ is “The Greatest Pacific Garbage Patch” has received media attention for its size-estimated to be twice the size of Hawaii and its known destructive effects on the wildlife and food supply. Diseases‚ such as Dengue fever‚ prevalent in developing nations are believed

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    Waste Management. Inc,

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    Case 4.4 Waste Management‚ Inc. Question 1 Three conditions are often present when fraud exists. First‚ management or employees have an incentive or are under pressure‚ which provides them a reason to commit the fraud act. Second‚ circumstances exist - for example‚ absent or ineffective internal controls or the ability for management to override controls – that provide an opportunity for the fraud to be perpetrated. Third‚ those involved are able to rationalize the fraud as being consistent with

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    Summer Reading

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    Summer Reading Assignment 2013                                    MYP Year 5‚ Honors English 10 AREAS of INTERACTION: Human Ingenuity Health and Social Education Environments Community and Service Approaches to Learning  Essential Questions: How do humans endure traumatic situations in life? How do our values and beliefs shape who we are as

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    Human Waste in Ganga

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    Human waste The Ganges river basin is one of the most fertile and densely populated regions in the world and covers an area of 1‚080‚000 km2 (400‚000 square miles). The river flows through 29 cities with population over 100‚000; 23 cities with population between 50‚000 and 100‚000‚ and about 48 towns.[6] A large proportion of the waste in the Ganges is from this population through domestic usage like bathing‚ laundry and public defecation. Industrial waste[edit] Countless tanneries‚ chemical plants

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    The relationship between the two brothers in both opening numbers “Bounce” and “Waste” can be characterized as one with brotherly love and sympathy for each other’s past transgressions. In both opening numbers Addison and Wilson are overjoyed to see one another after years of separation. This suggests that despite the various criminal activities that Wilson manipulates Addison into‚ Addison’s love for his brother is enough to forgive Wilson for past actions. In these past actions involved Wilson

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    Recycling Wastes Today cleanliness is the most important thing in both the homes and in a society. Taking care of the environment is a big responsibility. Since disposing of garbage and wastes maintains sanitary in the envorinment‚ everybody should also care about the beauty of their surroundings. Home garbages and some other solid wates should certainly be cleared out and be burned to keep the weather of the environment clean‚ however it is not always the case to burn kinds of wastes and totally

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    Reaction to Non-Fiction

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    stories that easily relate to the reader as well. Both stories caused a personal reaction as the writer used certain strategies to detail the idea‚ theme‚ and purpose behind each of the writings. It is also important to know the difference between a fiction and nonfiction story. The author has to intrigue the reader’s imagination to make the story interesting. Reactions and Strategies Salvation Salvation was written by Langston Hughes in 1940. This is a nonfictional story based on a childhood experience

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    Beowulf: Fact or Fiction?

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    Beowulf Essay The poem of Beowulf proves to be a controversial topic as to whether it is fact or fiction. Although Beowulf consists of ferocious monsters‚ glorious heroes and other fictional assets‚ there is much evidence that points toward a much more factual interpretation. Proof of fact comes from many archaeological findings which are thought to be dated to the same time and location of when and where this old poem was thought to originate. This evidence of fact has come from findings of grave

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    Summer Reading

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    Reading and writing is something not many people enjoy to do‚ however there are still a handful of people that enjoy reading and writing. In the modern age not many young people like to write including myself. When I have to write a paper‚ I usually do my best work the last minute. Although I do not like to stay up late‚ it is still when I do my best work. Even though I do not enjoy writing‚ however I like reading some books for example The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Summer reading is one

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