Articles Tagged ‘futility’
Thursday, December 25th, 2014
As we allow individuals and private entities to control resources, we bring forward the day we will have little or no access.
This is an obscenity.
The misuse of public trust and resources by individuals and corporations is a world-wide and ongoing issue.
The issue at hand is the proposed privatization of Water systems by the state of New Jersey. Now why should we care? World-wide this is being allowed to happen. The rationale is that corporations can better deal with aging infrastructure and inefficient delivery systems. The facts do not bear out this argument. Corporations consistently seek the cheapest, most short-term, often socially detrimental, and least environmentally sustainable approach.
As individuals we need to be aware and vote with ballots, our voices, and our wallets.
Please find a few links below:
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2014
Canadian English Course‘s Five campuses gather to celebrate Christmas at Java Paragon’s Café
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Friday, August 29th, 2014
Australia is a great destination for students who want to take a gap year. The country has a warm climate and a good mix of urban and country terrain. As such, there many different kinds of work opportunities in Australia, ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2014
Clean water is a basic human right. Everyone knows that and only an absolute moron would disagree. Our knowledge doesn't explain why water sources continue to dry up and water prices continue to climb. This
site ...
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Wednesday, February 26th, 2014
Skating in the tropics
Just thinking about Ice hockey
Not that there's a hockey season this year
Somehow I thought of Tampa Bay.
Tampa Bay ... that's just such a demented place to
play ice hockey
That being said ... ice hockey was very ...
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Saturday, June 30th, 2012
For the manager of Informa Supermal
Six months ago we purchased a sofa from your store. We were very happy with the style and the colour. We brought it home and for six months it has been a welcome ...
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
In an ideal world all English teachers would be CELTA/TEFL/TESOL certified and hold four year teaching degrees. They would all speak perfect American or British English, and be from the USA, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, Barsoom, ...
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Sunday, December 25th, 2011
Whatever your believe,faith or hope ...
may the season bring you and yours health,happiness,security and prosperity
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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
An achievement
Turning eighty. It's been done before, but it seems special when the individual, or individuals in this case, represented youth and vitality for a generation. Never mind that one of them wore a rug ... he was still cool. ...
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Sunday, December 12th, 2010
Top Ten reasons to TEFL
There are various reasons to leave home
We’ll try and focus on a few of the more positive motivations.
Money,adventure,love,experience,health and finally having some photos on Facebook that don’t have weird family members ... [Continue reading this entry]
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