state. Common methods include burning trees and clear cutting‚ which is the controversial practice of complete removal of a given area of forest. In Brazil‚ you will find the Amazon rainforest. It is 5.7 million square kilometers and the largest continuous rainforest in the entire world. Since 1970‚ one sixth of the Amazon has been cleared mainly for ethanol production and cattle. While techniques like slash-and-burn provide a short term boost in agricultural production‚ rainforest soil is typically
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Case Study- Re-Kindling an interest in reading This case study focuses on how Amazon has utilized digital technology to reach out to more customers as it realises the importance of convenience for its readers. Its product the Kindle is an e-reader that offers an alternative to hard copy books. The Kindle offers readers the mobility and efficiency when purchasing and reading books. Amazon has also furthered its opportunities by partnering with certain companies namely Apple‚ Penguin and Lonely
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Study The Amazon basin (equatorial) - the effects on tropical climate. The Amazon basin in South America‚ vegetated by tropical rainforest‚ lies within the equatorial climate zone and covers an area of some 8‚235‚430 km 2 mainly in Brazil. The Amazon River flows through the basin from its source high in the Andes towards its mouth in the Atlantic Ocean‚ and is the largest single source of freshwater runoff on Earth‚ representing 15-20% of global river discharge. At present the amazon rainforest
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the planet. It would also change the water and oxygen levels dramatically‚ which would increase the global warming. Deforestation is mostly experienced between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn especially in the Brazilian part of the Amazon‚ which covers 33% of the world ’s rainforests. There are many reasons for this process; most of the clearing is done for agricultural purposes such as cattle farming‚ which often replace the rain forest to grow beef for the world market. Farming
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story that illustrates unity‚ strength and incorporeality. The film is based on a young boy named Tommy‚ who was abducted by a tribe in the Amazon called “The Invisible People”. His dad‚ Bill Markham spends 10 years searching for him‚ until they meet by chance one day while Tommy was evading the "Fierce People". The “Fierce People” also dwelled in the Amazon‚ and were the Invisible People’s enemies. When Tommy was finally able to bring his father to safety‚ he declares his refusal to return to his
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The Amazon rainforest is affected by both human interference such as deforestation as well as the climate contributing to global warming and causing both harm and extinction towards the species located within the rainforest. Some of the changes are not down to human interference and is the process of evolution. In the Amazon there are different areas making up the rainforest‚ some areas show human interference where the area has been affected by deforestation‚ whereas other areas of the Amazon stay
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Topographical classification Rivers can generally be classified as either alluvial‚ bedrock‚ or some mix of the two. Alluvial rivers have channels and floodplains that are self-formed in unconsolidated or weakly consolidated sediments. They erode their banks and deposit material on bars and their floodplains. Bedrock rivers form when the river down cuts through the modern sediments and into the underlying bedrock. This occurs in regions that have experienced some kind of uplift (thereby steepening
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ink was born in the MIT Media Lab in 1997 under the leadership of Russell Wilcox‚ founder and chairman of E Inks Corporation. For over ten years‚ E Ink has been the company to compete with as their product has catapulted them to top of the industry. Amazon‚ Barnes & Noble‚ Casio‚ Citizen‚ Hanvon‚ Hitachi‚ Lexar‚ Motorola‚ Samsung‚ and Sony are included in the customer base. Demographics were an essential part of the plan because this study was used to identify consumer markets considered necessary
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Get the Kindle version FREE on Amazon or buy the paperback at: http://j.mp/1rWFUbf. About Jay Isip A native of Belleville‚ NJ‚ and Filipino by birth‚ Jay Isip was a professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter for 12 years‚ teaches a barbering class and operates a men’s salon‚ owns a fitness
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w w w e tr .X m eP e ap UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education .c rs om 0500/22 FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH Paper 2 Reading Passages (Extended) Additional Materials: * 6 1 2 9 3 6 9 5 7 9 * October/November 2011 2 hours Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and
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