The reading that I choose to do my reading note is Jared Diamond’s article‚ “ The World As a Polder.” I find this reading particularly significant because the content of the reading is related to our daily life. This reading is about environmental problems that human is facing in present society. The environmental problems that we are facing included natural habitats destruction‚ air and water pollution‚ overpopulation‚ species extinction‚ soil degradation‚ energy shortage‚ and chemical pollution
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January 30‚ 2008 THE WORLD IS FLAT The world we live in today is going through enormous changes in economics‚ technology‚ culture‚ politics‚ etc. The effects of the changes are not so clear‚ since it is hard to predict how each sector would affect the other and how society will be affected. However‚ analyzing past and present occurrences provides some information for experts to interpret society’s reaction in the future to different transformations. Globalization can be seen as a process in which
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particular emphasis on a few of the artistic works created by them. The FIRST role Sayre mentions is one in which the artist creates "a visual record of the places‚ people‚ and events that surround them" (Sayre 11). This role is meant to record the world. Since all art seems to be some sort of record in itself‚ there are numerous works I could use to illustrate this. Nonetheless‚ there are two works that initially come to mind: First‚ notice Thomas Cole’s oil painting The Oxbow. It is a perfect visualization
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Literary seminar essay FR4201 – Cecile Decousu Ellen Kehoe 110383285 6. « Par liberté‚ j’entends le triomphe de l’individualité » Comment on the ways in which you see an emphasis on the individual in the texts you have read. The concept of the individual is dealt with in varying ways through lots of the texts which I have read. The texts which stood out for me as having the most emphasis on the individual and individuality are Jean Echenoz “Courir” and Rousseau’s “Les Reveries d’un Promeneur
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the war in Iraq. In this quote George explains why he partakes in works about war and humanitarian issues in today’s world‚ “Why do I do it? As far as choosing the roads I have traveled‚ I have this instinct that if I get comfortable‚ the work will lose its ‘sting’‚ so I go out of the comfort zones and into the wilderness to find my art. In the past it was the natural world where predators fed on gentler creatures. In the contemporary context‚ I go alone into a different kind of human wilderness
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about both benefits and disadvantages to people. Modernization of today’s world is bringing about much better efficiency around the world. Travelling from Singapore to China used to take months of travelling now took hours. Messages that used to take weeks to be sent out now took seconds. It can therefore be seen how the modernization of our world bring about efficiency to our world‚ resulting in a faster paced world‚ without wasting long amounts of time for information and people to be transported
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– A History of Humanity Essay 1 World History in Context‚ written by David Christian (2003)‚ questions the context of world history as well as the complexity of human history and the societies with which they live. In Christian’s article he argues that looking at world history in its global context‚ rather than one specific moment in history‚ is the way it is intended to be interpreted and allows historians to recognize reoccurring patterns and themes. World history is meant to be an unbiased
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Soft engineering works in harmony with the natural environment and is effective in protecting the coast. To what extent do you agree with this view? I agree with this view to a great extent. Soft engineering methods are natural ways of dealing with erosion‚ however‚ every method comes with disadvantages. One way in which soft engineering working well with the natural environment and is also effective‚ is beach nourishment. This is where materials such as sand and shingle are moved from the bed
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vehicles and keep us warm in winter. It has become the foundation upon which our entire modern civilization has been built. Recently‚ that foundation has begun to develop some cracks and has become a little shakier than it used to be‚ as cheap oil and natural gas become harder to find and acquire. Even if we were to develop a new source of energy and a more fuel-efficient car today‚ without oil‚ modern civilization as we have come to know it is still in deep trouble. To start with the basics‚ armies aren
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Zach = Math My Mathematical Autobiography My best experience in math class was when I was just in third grade. I had to transfer schools because my parents didn’t want me to go to a private school anymore. The first day‚ at Valentine Hills‚ we took a multiplication test that we had to complete to see whether we were doing the maximum of our capability. I don’t know what my score was‚ but it must have been really good‚ because the next day I was placed in accelerated math class. Where I got
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