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    Why Switch to Led Lights

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    Benefits of LED Lighting * extremely energy efficient‚ consuming up to 90% less power than incandescent or halogen bulbs and up to 50% less than fluorescent or CFL. * less heat emission‚ therefore loading on air conditioners is reduced resulting in further electricity savings. * long life span thus reducing maintenance and lamp replacement costs and lower long-term operating costs. * environmentally friendly as they do not contain toxic mercury or any other hazardous materials. Secondly

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    rights but what truly divided them was slavery. South could not put up with the fact to abolish slavery because business ran high in this aspect. Textiles were the prime resource supported by slavery which is half of the U.S. economy‚ and that the North’s industrial age came about because of it. Afraid of the collapse of their way of life secession from the Union was in order with the creation of the Missouri compromise. If slavery were to be illegal‚ the results could be devastating. What would become

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    Europeans in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th century had a new state of mind as a result of the Renaissance. They had many motives for exploring since they had many hopes and ideas about other places. They also wanted better lives when the Europeans immigrated as well as fame and fortune as a result of their explorations. The Europeans in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th century undertook exploration and settlement due to a combination of social‚ political and economical motivations. One of the main reasons that Europeans

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    Essay What accounts for the disproportionately high suicide rates among Aboriginal communities? About 17‚500 Canadians committed suicide during the years of 2007 to 2011‚ with 75% of these people being Aboriginal. Furthermore‚ 4.2% of Aboriginal death comes from suicide.  Why are these numbers so high? Why are Aboriginals committing suicide? Suicide among Aboriginals is primarily a result of hopelessness and loss of identity. The past of the Aboriginals dictates to them that they have no self-worth

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    There were many reasons for European exploration. As Europes demand for Eastern goods grew Europeans began to search for new trading routes to reduce the expenses. Another reason for exploration was the arrival of Marco Polo. When he returned from China‚ he came back with stories of the East. In addition‚ each empire wanted to expand its empire and acquire colonies and gold in order to fulfill the imperialism principle‚ which stated that a strong empire must have the most bullion or silver. Moreover

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    European Exploration     From the fifteenth century to the seventeenth century‚ there were many signs of movement and conquering new land. Just before this era we saw the renewal of European power. Justinian was able to establish his own code of law which helped rule over Europe. He made his best efforts to get Europe back to where it was previously but shortly after‚ the continent split due to religious beliefs. The western part of Europe believed in Catholicism‚ while the east believed in the traditional

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    Why Were The Patriots

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    The Loyalists were the people who didn’t want to be divided from the Britain. The Loyalists were loyal to the Britain although they weren’t being treated as a human‚ by the Patriots. If you were a Loyalist you would be hanged or immediately sent to jail. And families that were patriots and loyalist would be separated. The patriots stayed in the thirteen colonies and the loyalists came to what is known as Canada now. Loyalists ancestors descend from places like England‚ Scotland‚ and Ireland. The

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    Cloning is a cell that could be made into the same animal that scientist want and scientist have used it and we have used it before for important things. Cloning is an eidetic a thing that scientist can copy and can help humans. The thing is some scientists think we should not have cloning so here are two reasons why we should have cloning. We should have cloning because is it can replace certain tissues. According to the National Human Genome Research Institute a website‚ Therapeutic is a type

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    The Political climate went through considerable changes over the turn of the century‚ the 1870’s and 1880’s were the height of liberal strength‚ with Gladstone leading the party. The party lead with core messages promoting free trade‚ Home rule and the welfare state. The liberal party found ‘it was difficult in the 1890’s to strike a resounding positive note about liberal virtues’. (Clarke‚ P. 1971 p.3). This was to some extent due the loss of Gladstone and the personal inability of Roseberg‚ Harcourt

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    The "Big 3"‚ Georges Clemenceau‚ Woodrow Wilson and Lloyd George‚ disagreed so strongly on the Treaty of Versailles because it was no more than a compromise‚ it satisfied nobody. All three of them had a different stance on whether or not the treaty was satisfactory. Clemenceau thought it would be better for Germany to suffer a great deal more than the treaty allowed‚ while Wilson considered the treaty far too harsh. Lloyd George on the other hand took what seemed to be more of a middle ground. Clemenceau

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