E-waste

• What happens to the electronic waste produced by the United States?
   
  The e-waste that is produced by the United States is sent to Asia, specially to China. Also, there is a big part of it that is not recycled anywhere, because the technics used in this process are too primitive.
   
• What happens to e-waste after it arrives in developing countries?
   
  They are "recycled" in a non-understandable primitive way, in which the main issue is to obtain the "worthy metals" this e-products have. For doing this, they burn the e-waste, without any protection equipment, so people in contact with those recyclings are constantly exposed to toxic elements that can destroy their lives.
  
  
• Why does so much e-waste get shipped to Asia?
   
  Because, for example, in China there is a settled market, in which many people sell the worthy metals that are took off of the e-waste. But many times, this import of e-waste is or can be called as ilegal because some of the places even don't have the infrastructure to prevent the import of this e-waste, so they canno't stop it to enter to the country.
• What are the negative effects of dumping e-waste?
   
  It pollutes the air, the water systems, the beauty of the nature, and also it can destroy the fauna, so it's a vital thing to us to get a solution for this problem.
• How do the toxins in e-waste return to the United States?
   
  The most complicated return of this toxins is the one that happens (or return) in some of the children jewellery, because the same plastics that are burned in Asia or India being e-waste, are used for this toys, which are actually toxic and can destroy the young life of our children.
   
• What can concerned citizens do about e-waste?
   
  First, citizens can ask for the license of the products which ensure the legal, and "healthy" origin of them.
  
  
  Also, it would be good to have lectures or talks to massify the use of products that protect the environment.
   
  

Picture Analysis

Diversity

The first thing that I notice on the picture are happy people of different ages. This picture shows biological and cultural diversity and heritage! There are many colors, including cold and warm ones, to show that the whole society is represented on the image, without cosidering their likes. The image want to make us think that we can live in peace, giving no importance if we are asians, afro-american, arabics, etc.

In relation to the quote,

"Eugenics is the study of the agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations either physically or mentally."
– Francis Galton, first cousin and associate of Charles Darwin, circa 1883}

it represents that the science and the improvemente in genetics will erase for ever the racial problems that had affected our society since it origin.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream - Act III

Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Author: William Shakespeare.
Date: Written on 1595, published on 1600.

Genre: Comedy.

Number of Characters: 18 characters.

Act III

Summary  

(Summary took from my own reading and I used sparknotes to don't forget any important detail, Miss.)

Theseus and Hippolyta are prepared to wed at the new moon, and at the same time, Philostrate has been ordered to have a revel prepared for the wedding. Egeus brings his daughter, Hermia, to Theseus for judgment since he is convinced that her choice of husband, Lysander, a young man of Athens has bewitched her into choosing him. According to Athenian law, a father may decide who his daughter marries; if she does not obey, she may be put to death or ordered to a nunnery for the rest of her life. As she is well aware, her father has chosen Demetrius.

As the craftsmen rehearse, Puck enters and marvels at the scene of the “hempen homespuns” trying to act. When Bottom steps aside, temporarily out of view of the other craftsmen, Puck transforms Bottom’s head into that of an ass. When the ass-headed Bottom reenters the scene, the other men become terrified and run for their lives. Delighting in the mischief, Puck chases after them. Bottom, perplexed, remains behind.

In the same grove, the sleeping Titania wakes. When she sees Bottom, the flower juice on her eyelids works its magic, and she falls deeply and instantly in love with the ass-headed weaver. She insists that he remain with her, embraces him, and appoints a group of fairies—Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mote, and Mustardseed—to see to his every wish. Bottom takes these events in stride, having no notion that his head has been replaced with that of an ass. He comments that his friends have acted like asses in leaving him, and he introduces himself to the fairies. Titania looks on him with undisguised love as he follows her to her forest bower.

In another part of the forest, Puck tells Oberon about the predicament involving Titania and Bottom. Oberon is delighted that his plan is working so well. Hermia, having discovered Demetrius after losing Lysander, enters the clearing with Demetrius. Puck is surprised to see the woman he saw earlier with a different man from the one he enchanted. Oberon is surprised to see the man he ordered Puck to enchant with a different woman. He realizes that a mistake has been made and says that he and Puck will have to remedy it. Hermia presses Demetrius about Lysander’s whereabouts, fearing that he is dead, but Demetrius does not know where Lysander has gone, and he is bitter and reproachful that Hermia would rather be with Lysander than with him. Hermia grows angrier and angrier, and Demetrius decides that it is pointless to follow her. He lies down and falls asleep, and Hermia stalks away to find Lysander.

When Hermia is gone, Oberon sends Puck to find Helena and squeezes the flower juice onto Demetrius’s eyelids. Puck quickly returns, saying that Helena is close behind him. Helena enters with Lysander still pledging his undying love to her. Still believing that he is mocking her, Helena remains angry and hurt. The noise of their bickering wakes Demetrius, who sees Helena and immediately falls in love with her. Demetrius joins Lysander in declaring this love. Lysander argues that Demetrius does not really love Helena; Demetrius argues that Lysander is truly in love with Hermia. Helena believes that they are both mocking her and refuses to believe that either one loves her.

Hermia reenters, having heard Lysander from a distance. When she learns that her beloved Lysander now claims to love Helena, as does Demetrius, she is appalled and incredulous. Helena, who is likewise unable to fathom that both men could be in love with her, assumes that Hermia is involved in the joke that she believes the men are playing on her, and she chides Hermia furiously for treating their friendship so lightly. Lysander and Demetrius are ready to fight one another for Helena’s love; as they lunge at one another, Hermia holds Lysander back, provoking his scorn and disgust: “I will shake thee from me like a serpent” (III.ii.262). Hermia begins to suspect that Helena has somehow acted to steal Lysander’s love from her, and she surmises that, because she is short and Helena is tall, Helena must have used her height to lure Lysander. She grows furious with Helena and threatens to scratch out her eyes. Helena becomes afraid, saying that Hermia was always much quicker than she to fight. Demetrius and Lysander vow to protect Helena from Hermia, but they quickly become angry with each other and storm off into the forest to have a duel. Helena runs away from Hermia, and Hermia, reannouncing her amazement at the turn of events, departs.

Oberon dispatches Puck to prevent Lysander and Demetrius from fighting and says that they must resolve this confusion by morning. Puck flies through the forest hurling insults in the voices of both Lysander and Demetrius, confusing the would-be combatants until they are hopelessly lost.

Eventually, all four of the young Athenian lovers wander back separately into the glade and fall asleep. Puck squeezes the love potion onto Lysander’s eyelids, declaring that in the morning all will be well.

Special Notes

The play mixes comedy and passion in a really peculiar way.

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