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    The hit movie "Titanic" may possibly be one of if not the greatest movie of all time. It’s tale of the epic romance and disaster film leading to the early morning hours of April 15‚ 1912 in the North Atlantic‚ killing 1500 of the 2200 on board. This creative movie has a strong underlining love story between Leonardo DiCaprio as (Jack Dawson) and Kate Winslet as (Rose DeWitt Bukater). “While Titanic is easily the most subdued and dramatic of Cameron’s films‚ fans of more frantic pictures like Aliens

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    Special Economic Zones Introduction A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is a geographically bound area in a country that possesses special economic regulations that are different from other areas in the same country.The purpose of SEZ to encourage industrialization specially to facilitate FDI for export oriented production for the purpose of trade. The category ’SEZ ’ covers a broad range of more specific zone types‚ including Free Trade Zones (FTZ)‚ Export Processing Zones (EPZ)‚ Free Zones (FZ)

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    became a new legal identity: a U.S. government-administered tribe. The Hualapai Reservation was established on January 4‚ 1883‚ when President Chester A. Arthur signed an executive order creating the Hualapai Reservation‚ consisting of one million acres (404‚686 ha) of Hualapai ancestral

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    years until he was defeated and killed at Panipat in 1526. Several palaces‚ wells and a mosque were built by him in the fort during his period. After Panipat‚ Mughals captured the fort and a vast treasure - which included a diamond that was later named as the Koh-i-Noor diamond - was seized. Babur stayed in the fort in the palace of Ibrahim. He built a baoli (step well) in it. Humayun was crowned here in 1530. Humayun was defeated in Bilgram in 1540. Sher Shah held the fort for five years. The Mughals

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    Justin Grzechowiak Essay #1 During the second industrial revolution the U.S. was expanding and advancing rapidly. This ultimately led to a lot of corruption and most importantly a very unequal distribution of wealth amongst the people. The factory owners of this time period were living lavishly while their hard working employees were struggling to put food on the table. The gap between the rich and the poor was growing just as fast as the country itself. Something needed to be done about

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    Essay 1: Social Darwinism and the Gospel of Wealth Social Darwinism was the use of Charles Darwin’s scientific theory of evolution and natural selection to a society’s development. The theory stated that in nature‚ only those who were the fittest survived. This explanation was adopted by many American businessmen who believed the theory to be scientific proof of their power. There were two men who stood out from the group of businessmen; Herbert Spencer and William Graham. Both of these

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    Forrest ecosystems are very efficient in holding and recycling the nutrients and water‚ protecting the rich topsoil. One major reason for deforestation occurs when forest land is disturbed‚ mostly by clearing out acres of forest disturbing the natural layout of the land. Clearing out means cutting down trees for industrial use and fuelwood. When tropical rainforest are cut‚ topsoil is left exposed‚ lacking the nutrients from absorbing rainwater. The nutrients simply

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    Several palaces‚ wells and a mosque were built in the fort during the Lodi period. When Babur (the founder of Mughal dynasty) sent his son Humayun to Agra‚ he captured the fort and seized a vast treasure‚ which included the world famous ‘Koh-i-noor’ diamond as well. Babur built a baoli (step-wall) here. Humayun was coronated here in 1530. Nazam‚ a water-carrier (saqqa). He also introduced the concept of square Persian-styled gardens here. Humnyun was crowned here as an emperor for half-a-day. After his

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    pier‚ warehouses and other facilities. Besides that‚ E&O has introduced water limousine as a unique attraction as well as to connect Straits Quay‚ the Eastern & Oriental Hotel and Lone Pine Hotel which are all owned by the company. Its 12.4 acres of festival retail centre comprises a 3 storey building with a net lettable area 270000 sq feet and hosts about 100 tenants. It has a centre boulevard with north and south corridor. The retail mall at Straits Quay is opened since end of November 2010

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    Pg. 328-330 “field note: changing greens!” * Ranchlands of South Dakota hold soybeans * Roundup Ready Soybeans (genetically modified) * Roundup is a weed killer produced by Monsanto – they have corn‚ cotton‚ and other crops that are resistant to roundup too * ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – production of crops without modification * Organic food sales: 1980 was $200 million then 1990 was $1.5 billion and by 2003 was $10 billion (growing 20% annually over the last decade) * Only 2%

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