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    Today there are too many choices to buy goods based on how it cost, convenience and too many options to buy the goods. In most cases, we should encourage people to use online shopping (OLS) instead of instore shopping because online shopping is costs less, is more convenient and save time. Online shopping is the first and the most choices for the most people who like access much stuff on their home without wasting their time and energy. The other benefit of online shopping is the goods that found

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    Cities are amongst the greatest of human creations. The definition of a healthy city by the World Health Organization is one that continually creates, improves its physical and social environment and expands the community resources that enable people to mutually support each other in performing all the functions of life and developing to their maximum potential. (‘’What is a healthy city?’’) Such that, the health is a crucial factor in shaping a healthy living environment as it can be a clear indicator

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    "I will ask Kenny to help you. White men have power." is a quote from the book Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya. The story is set in India during urban development and is about the the marriage between Rukmani, and a tenant farmer named Nathan. The novel is told in first person by Rukmani, it starts from her arranged marriage to Nathan at a very young age to the death of him. Rukmani and Nathan love each other very much and their marriage begins of to a great start until a large tannery is

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    see his family anymore. On multiple occasions throughout the story they felt free, even if they weren’t yet. For instance, traveling down the Mississippi River on a raft, “Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don’t. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.” (Twain 88) They both felt safe floating down the river and had accepted it as their way of life for the time being. The raft allowed Huck to live a life beyond the rules of society, this being how he imagined

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    Summary Set on a ridge overlooking the beautiful Olympic mountains -you will truly love this unique home. A blend of Japanese and northwestern architecture gives the house a perfect feel for a relaxing yoga retreat or any vacation. With its traditional Tatami room and spectacular Japanese blue tile roof this spacious home will give you the sublime rest and rejuvenation that you deserve! Space You’ll love this house! · Spacious house with open floor plan · Traditional Japanese

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    Saraswati puja 2018 Date: Significance, Puja Shubh Muhurat Time & Vidhi to Celebrate Saraswati puja: Goddess Saraswati, the primeval goddess of knowledge, arts, music, and language is worshipped in the month of Magh.From this day onwards the spring season or (Basant Ritu) begins in India. The goddess represents creative power and energy in l its form and she is the wife of Brahma. Hindus associate the goddess with favorite color as the season is the time of festival and the color of the festival

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    "An estimated 18 million acres (7.3 million hectares) of forest are lost each year." (LiveScience). The deforestation in the Amazonian rainforest of Brazil harms the environment and everything within it. Up to 30,000 species are expected to become extinct by the next centuries quarter due to deforestation. Oil is the number one leading cause of deforestation in the Amazon to sell to large corporate countries such as the United States of America. At 66 million tons of oil annually, 27 million hectares

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    slave, and the father role of Jim. Jim was the slave of Miss Watson, who at the beginning of the story, is taking care of Huck. Towards the middle of the book we get a glimpse of how Jim sees Huck. As Huck and Jim are travelling the Mississippi River on their raft, Jim is sure they find Cairo, the place Jim would become a free slave, and before he shoves off the raft to go to Cairo, Jim says, “... Huck; you’s de bes’ fren’ Jim’s ever had; en you’s de ONLY fren’ ole Jim’s got now” (Twain 92). Jim

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    Mississippi River undesirable? In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the shore line of the Mississippi River symbolizes an undesirable place, because it is violent, full of trouble, and demonstrates conformity. The first reason the shoreline of the Mississippi River symbolizes an undesirable place is because Huckleberry Finn experiences violence on the shoreline. When on the shore Huck uncovers some murdered people. “When I got down out of the tree I crept along down the river-bank a piece

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    The Nanjing Massacre

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    The Nanjing Massacre occurred for six weeks, having fell to the Japanese, they began their infamous massacre also known as the rape of Nanjing. This sequence of events not only affected Nanjing historically, but the effect is has on current day Nanjing is nothing less than astonishing. Throughout the six weeks an estimated 300,000 soldiers (Controversial, as there are different numbers thrown around) and civilians were killed. The Nanjing massacre is known as one of the most destructive mass murders

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