...And Then There Were None Agatha Christie ← Plot Overview → Eight people, all strangers to each other, are invited to Indian Island, off the English coast. Vera Claythorne, a former governess, thinks she has been hired as a secretary; Philip Lombard, an adventurer, and William Blore, an ex-detective, think they have been hired to look out for trouble over the weekend; Dr. Armstrong thinks he has been hired to look after the wife of the island’s owner. Emily Brent, General Macarthur, Tony Marston, and Judge Wargrave think they are going to visit old friends. When they arrive on the island, the guests are greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, the butler and housekeeper, who report that the host, someone they call Mr. Owen, will not arrive until the next day. That evening, as all the guests gather in the drawing room after an excellent dinner, they hear a recorded voice accusing each of them of a specific murder committed in the past and never uncovered. They compare notes and realize that none of them, including the servants, knows “Mr. Owen,” which suggests that they were brought here according to someone’s strange plan. As they discuss what to do, Tony Marston chokes on poisoned whiskey and dies. Frightened, the party retreats to bed, where almost everyone is plagued by guilt and memories of their crimes. Vera Claythorne notices the similarity between the death of Marston and the first verse of a nursery rhyme, “Ten Little Indians,” that hangs in each bedroom. The next morning...
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...And Then There Were None by AGATHA CHRISTIE CHAPTER 1 IN THE CORNER of a first-class smoking carriage, Mr. Justice Wargrave, lately retired from the bench, puffed at a cigar and ran an interested eye through the political news in the Times. He laid the paper down and glanced out of the window. They were running now through Somerset. He glanced at his watch-another two hours to go. He went over in his mind all that had appeared in the papers about Indian Island. There had been its original purchase by an American millionaire who was crazy about yachting-and an account of the luxurious modern house he had built on this little island off the Devon coast. The unfortunate fact that the new third wife of the American millionaire was a bad sailor had led to the subsequent putting up of the house and island for sale. Various glowing advertisements of it had appeared in the papers. Then came the first bald statement that it had been bought-by a Mr. Owen. After that the rurnours of the gossip writers had started. Indian Island had really been bought by Miss Gabrielle Turl, the Hollywood film star! She wanted to spend some months there free from all publicity! Busy Bee had hinted delicately that it was to be an abode for Royalty??! Mr. Merryweather had had it whispered to him that it had been bought for a honeymoon-Young Lord L-- had surrendered to Cupid at last! Jonas knew for a fact that it had been purchased by the Admiralty with a view to carrying out some very hush hush experiments...
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..."It is perfectly clear. Mr. Owen is one of us….” (Christie 150). These famous words from Agatha Christie’s novel, And Then There Were None, would define the murder mystery genre for generations to come. Her use of many literary devices, such as foreshadowing, symbolism, and similes, allowed her to truly express herself. Agatha Christie utilized the gramophone as foreshadowing for the identity of the killer, the 10 solider boys as a motif for the characters’ deaths, and the seaweed as a symbol of guilt and regret all to add suspense to her novel, And Then There Were None. The gramophone in Agatha Christie’s novel, And Then There Were None, foreshadowed who among them was Mr. Owen, thus adding suspense to the story. Near the beginning of the book, all of the characters gather to eat dinner, when suddenly a...
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...recommends that you contact your locality's Solid Waste Authority to see about finding recyclers near you. If there are none, the tanks can be bagged and included in your normal trash. Best Regards, Chuck This response and secrecy is the corporate bullshit that is killing our planet. I'm not asking for your secret sauce, just how much have the sales increased in the past 6 years and if they have a recycling program because this is going to be a problem. Excess Packaging Requirements Protective packaging is to save the children I believe but it's really excessive material surrounding a plant grown from the ground. I do like some of the biodegradable items being used like the nitrogen sealed, snuff looking cans by Willie's Reserve but there is a lot of petroleum based products being used as containers for small amounts bought at high frequency. Ideally I believe hemp packaging can replace the petroleum based stuff but this is idealistic because would require investors and time in an industry still to be considered of ill repute. In A Galaxy Far, Far, Away as a Small Time Hustler As an underground consumer I never thought about the environmental implications of my purchase, mostly because it mostly came in a zip locked bag but now the country is quickly waking up and with that comes waste. The Washington State farmer's market mentality from 1998 to 2014 was the most responsible aspect because it induced the least waste but unfortunately it is not viewed well upon by people...
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...We are killing us I believe that one day human will not be able to live on earth anymore. Look all around the world, every country is trying their best to develop their industries in every area. They take natures away replace with artificial things, statistics shows that we cut down forty seven hundred trees everyday, think about it, isn’t that horrible? There are a lot more environmental problems, each one of them is a threat of our live. Industrial pollution and industrial waste is a topic that we often talk about, when ever I’m back to my home town after school year I found there are more factories, I see chimneys every where, the sky is always grey. Some people blame it to those industrialists, people who are blaming didn’t aware that they are all beneficiaries of those industry’s products. And also they take a part of the blame. Every car we are driving, every refrigerator, every air conditioner, none of them are doing anything good about the environment. Same as other damages, we condemn people who cut trees but meanwhile we are using instant chopsticks all the time, we ask for a bag in supermarket, “It’s just one bag, not a big deal, if I don’t take it someone else will take it anyway” that’s the common excuse we find for ourself. The pollution is not the worst, the worst is we all know what we are doing is damaging to earth but we are using all kinds of excuses to excuse ourselves, and never make a change. Look back the first sentence...
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...landfill in Orlando, and the Rolling Hills landfill. The biggest issue for the community with the orange county landfill is the smell that is coming from it. When the landfill was started, none of the homes that are in the area existed, so people are closer to the landfill than ever before. The Orange County solid waste division is said to be working on a plan to get rid of the odor, but nothing has been announced, as it relates to getting rid of the smell. For residents near the Rolling Hills landfill, there are health concerns surrounding air quality. Hydrogen sulfide as of last December, reached a level where it is a public health hazard. For the people that live in the nearby community, breathing in the highest levels of H2S for 30 minutes is high enough that it could cause headaches, and irritation of the nose or throat. Because the complaints local government came in and levied fines against the landfill, and has stopped them from bringing in more trash until there are improvements made to the facility (Florida County responds to complaints about landfill odor) (Wedgewood Community Update) (County officials close Rolling Hills landfill). 2. The impact of plastic bags on the environment is pretty severe....
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...during the Global Earth Day Celebration that Goldilocks Bakeshop became a recipient of an award that is not something to be proud of. Goldilocks received the Lason Award from the Sagip Pasig Movement (SPM) and was cited as one of the top six polluters of the Pasig River. It was its bread plant in Sta. Mesa, Manila that discharged a heavy load of water waste due to their unfinished waste water treatment facility on the Pasig River that triggered the SPM in giving them the award. Under the Executive Order No. 192, series of 1987, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) was mandated as the primary government agency possible for the sustainable management and development of the country’s natural resources. Together with Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), they carry out regulatory and law-enforced functions with provisions on environmental management, particularly on water quality monitoring, conservation of natural resources, and community-based natural resource management. 2 / 18 One of the most looked after body of water both by the DENR and LLDA here in the Philippines is none other than the infamous Pasig River. The river, which stretches for 25 kilometers from Laguna de Bay to Manila Bay, serves as a major transport route, source of water, and lifeline of Laguna de Bay (one of the biggest freshwater lakes in the world) as such it is a vital ecosystem and an irreplaceable natural resource. However, due to negligence and...
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...The camera pans out from the crying Native American Indian you see why he’s upset there’s trash everywhere. Though we have made changes on trying to clean up cities and towns it still has a long way to go. The United States has a growing problem with resource consumption, Cities and towns are having problems with handling large capacities of waste. Hazardous waste and construction waste has grown in this dilemma also. With the methane emissions increasing as well hazardous liquids contamination seeping out of the landfills more computers means more plastic this causes your city and town landfill tax to increase to keep these problems under control. According to the U.S census bureau say there are 309,941,768 people in the us, a growth of 3.3 million people a year. With the average 4 person house hold accumulating 1 ton of waste per year, this could be a very serious problem for the ecosystem and the earth as well. The fact that pollution is on our highways, in our lakes and streams at the beaches and even even on top of Mt Everest is that litter effects both living and nonliving it has no prejudice. Litter effects use as a society in a lot of ways. Litter can be a safety hazard on the road from a survey done by green eco services(2009) twenty five thousand car accidents happen every year because of litter related conditions on the highway which in turn effects insurance companies to raise their premiums. Forty eight percent of Americas admit to littering...
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... 1. Which of the following is not considered one of the threshold issues that must be met before one can bring a lawsuit? a. standing. b. ripeness. c. case or controversy. d. none of the above (all must be present). B 2. A case challenging a statute as violating a person's rights under the U. S. Constitution. a. must be heard in a state court. b. must be heard in a federal court. c. may be heard in either state or federal court. d. must be heard in the U. S. Court of Claims. C 3. To render a binding decision in a case, a court must have a. subject matter jurisdiction. b. jurisdiction over the person. c. either A or B. d. both A and B. B 4. The federal district court and the court of common pleas have concurrent jurisdiction over a. cases involving the interpretation of the Constitution. b. most cases requiring the interpretation of a federal statute. c. both a and b. d. none of the above. _A__ 5. Federal judges a. are appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. b. are allowed to serve...
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...Environmental Compliance On-Site Evaluations Ali Etebari (603) 868-1447 E-mail: aetebari@vt.edu Facility: New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NH DES) Small Business Technical Assistance Program (SBTAP) 64 North Main St P. O. Box 2033 Concord, NH 03302-2033 Contact: Rudy Cartier NH DES Small Business Ombudsman Phone: 1-800-837-0656 Fax: 271-1381 E-mail: cartier@desarsb.mv.com Faculty Advisor: Dr. Ihab Farag 255 Kingsbury Hall University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 3 Introduction/Background 3 Goals/Objectives 4 Approach/Methodology 4 Chemical Usage, Equipment Needs 4 Releases/Wastes Generated at the Facility 5 Details of Work Accomplished/Project Results 5 Pollution Prevention Benefits 5 Recommendations for Future Efforts 6 References 6 Appendices: A. Sample Report 6 B. Evaluation Checklist 10 C. Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet 13 Executive Summary: SBTAP is offering small-scale automotive repair and refinishing businesses free confidential on-site inspections in order to increase their awareness of certain environmental compliance issues and their solutions. These issues, when ignored, often result in serious health hazards and legal consequences. Many small businesses are uneducated on the State’s strict regulations, but...
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...The Great Pacific Garbage Patch This article is about the trash that ends up in the oceans and builds up into a giant garbage patch. When people throw their garbage on the ground it ends up in a small body of water and eventually travels into the ocean and gets stuck in this unbelievably large collection of trash. I think it is terrible when people litter because that litter ends up in the oceans and can hurt many animals. This problem is very serious and needs to be looked at as a bigger problem. Even though there are a lot of other problems going on in the world today, this is a big one that is affecting harmless animals all over. Plastic bags are mistaken for jellyfish, bottle caps are also, and are fed to baby birds. This is proven when birds die and left inside the body are tons of bottle caps and broken down plastic. I think this problem can be solved or at least made a little better. One possible solution is to ban plastic bags so people use the reusable ones. They could also make recycling a law. I am not sure how much can be done of what is already in the garbage patch, but we can try to keep it from getting worse. Because the water flows so far, there could always be places set up to pick up garbage that was missed earlier. This garbage patch is out of control and is only going to get worse, unless we decide to do something about it. It hurts animals, our water and will eventually hurt...
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...high marks. Here are their contributions: Accor/Novotel Canada Hotel management, Toronto * A detailed tracking system minimizes electricity, water, gas and sewer use. * A comprehensive recycling program has cut back the use of newspaper, glass, aluminum, plastics, cardboard and kitchen grease. BC Biometrical Laboratories Ltd. Medical laboratory, Surrey, B.C. * Works with recycling providers to find solutions for high-volume items--like small caps from needles, which once weren't considered recyclable. * Telecommuting is encouraged; more than 15 per cent of administrative staff work from home. Brookfield LePage Johnson Controls Real estate management, Markham, Ont. * Brookfield's head office diverts 100 per cent of its waste from landfills. * Established 11 social responsibility committees and hosted a sustainability event to educate real estate industry professionals on reducing carbon footprints. Celestica Electronics manufacturing, Toronto * Hybrid and other eco-friendly vehicles get preferred parking spots (employees and visitors). * Rather than sending wooden pallets to be recycled, Celestica pioneered a program to reuse them; last year, 5,000 pallets were reused in Toronto alone. Cisco Corp. Communications, Toronto * Since 2010, CISCO has reduced business travel by 40 per cent. * Participates in several global pollution-reduction initiatives,...
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...is a moral issue because some people just do not care how much electricity they waist or that by using certain products they could save our planet from pollution. Pollution is another issue that is big concern in our world today. The community where I live has a chemical plant not far from it and over the years there have been many struggles to get them to dispose of their wastes properly. This is our world and if we do not take care of it by conserving energy and limiting pollution what will it be like for our children and grand children? Will there even be a world? Will there be diseases worse than cancer? These issues I believe are more of moral issue than anything else and it all comes down to respecting others as well as our homes and environments. To solve these issues I believe that there should be training available in the schools, work places and communities. Factories that have chemicals or cause any other kind of pollution should be punished for not obeying the laws and regulations on dumping wastes. Every employee should be made to take part in training for how to properly expose of waste without polluting our environment. I mean every employee that works for them. By providing training to them all then if they heard or seen something done wrong they could help resolve it. To help with using less energy, I believe some of the products on the market are way too expensive for the average household so they should be made less...
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...Carry reusable shopping bags at least some of the time, and save on plastic and paper bags. Waste less. There are hundreds of opportunities to nurture a zero waste culture. Use both sides of a paper, carry your own mugs to coffee shops and bring your own bags when you go shopping, or get printer cartridges refilled instead of replacing them. Compost food scraps, avoid bottled water and other packaged products, upgrade computers rather than buying new ones... the list is endless! Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Make it a habit to reduce the things we need or we consume. Purchase only things that we only need and eat only what you can. Let us do our share not to be part of the problem or should I say part of the garbage problem. Reuse all the things that can still be repaired/fixed or those things that are still okay. Recycle things to conserve our resources, collect old newspapers, books, magazines, used papers, bottles (plastic and glass), and any other things that you could sell in junkyards. There is money in garbage and at the same time we’re doing our part in recycling process. Be responsible with your garbage, dispose them properly. Also try to use segregation scheme with your trashes, separate those decomposable from those that are not. You may utilize a compost pit to house all of your organic trashes and eventually use this as your fertilizer for your backyard garden or to your plants. Do the traditional way of helping to conserve our environment by virtue of avoiding...
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...How to Prevent Pollution “This entire planet is our home. We are the only species that systematically destroy our own habitat."- Marianne Williamson Pollution prevention is an exceptionally major global concern because of the harmful effects of pollution on the person’s health and on the environment. Environmental pollution comes in various forms, such as: air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, etc. Everyone is a stakeholder as we are all inhabitants of this one and only mother earth. Each person has something to contribute to advance an effective pollution prevention awareness initiative. Environmental protection is caring for us, loving our children and ensuring a sustainable future for generations to come. "If we heal the earth, we heal ourselves." You and I should therefore accept personal responsibility for the success of the environmental protection programs of our respective community by cooperating and actively participating in making the atmosphere pollution free. Help stop pollution today. Although on an individual basis we can help combat pollution in our own immediate environment, efficient control can be best institutionalized through legislation. Thus, most countries have already addressed the issue by passing some form of pollution prevention measures. Averting the onset of pollution in any area, i.e. be it on air, water or land, could be the start and the simplest preventive solution to the problem. This calls for a conscientious effort to adopt...
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