Chevron fined for Amazon pollution by Ecuador court A court in Ecuador has fined US oil giant Chevron $8.6bn (£5.3bn) for polluting a large part of the country’s Amazon region. The oil firm Texaco‚ which merged with Chevron in 2001‚ was accused of dumping billions of gallons of toxic materials into unlined pits and Amazon rivers. Campaigners say crops were damaged and farm animals killed‚ and that local cancer rates increased. Condemning the ruling as fraudulent‚ Chevron said it would appeal
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Gene testing should be available for disorders that cannot be cured or prevented Genetic tests are done by analysing small samples of blood or body tissue. Therefore they can determine whether people carry the genes for certain inherited diseases. Genetic testing is continuously developing and has now developed enough that doctors can often accurately pinpoint missing of defective genes. This is crucial in the prevention of inherited disorders and giving parents around the world a chance to raise
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Pros and Cons of Public Art Assignment 2 Winn‚ Laura 4/24/2014 In July of 2009 the Introduction of public art came to light when the Yakima city approved the installation of Convolution‚ a modern sculpture created by Bremerton artist Will Robinson. The attention gained by the debates of the Convolutions placement has brought public art in Yakima‚ and polices of the Yakima Arts Commission to a high in the community. An adverse reaction was given when the placement of the Transcendence
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J. D. Salinger’s composition of The Catcher in the Rye served as a turning point for American literature and society. It evoked many strong emotions within readers and critics alike. Although the book as a whole was largely discussed‚ the most controversial subject was the main character Holden Caulfield. Many Americans in the mid 1900’s saw Holden as a corrupt and disturbed person. “He is a drifter‚ a wanderer‚ an adventurer who seeks not adventure but smut and the negative satisfaction of a
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Boxing is a game loaded with hard hitting‚ quick developments and a lot of blood; however‚ being a boxer is not excessively fierce for the general public‚ but rather it has its goods and bads. Boxing is a sport that is watched all around the world and has considerable amounts of income and views on television. There is a rising argument-causing event over the sport‚ because of the number of people who have gotten hurt and the deaths of people in the ring. There is a lot written on the serious injuries
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In 1960 a teacher was fired for assigning the novel in class; he was later reinstated.[27][dead link] Between 1961 and 1982‚ The Catcher in the Rye was the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States.[28] In 1981 it was both the most censored book and the second most taught book in public schools in the United States.[29] According to the American Library Association‚ The Catcher in the Rye was the tenth most frequently challenged book from 1990–1999.[10] It was one of the
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War is always a controversial topic whenever it is discussed in a political setting‚ or even a private conversation between friends. No War has ever been a more controversial than the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was the longest War the nation has ever engaged in. The United States entered the war in 1961 and pulled out in 1975. Although the death toll did not reach as high as the civil war‚ or either World War One‚ or World War two. The Nation still lost over fifty thousand soldiers in the deadly
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As the 22nd annual and my 1st ever Blackberry Jam began I was very anxious. It took my friends and I 5 hour to drive here‚ we were so excited. The annual Dr. John’s Blackberry Jam Festival is a pretty exclusive thing‚ but when I came across it on the internet‚ it looked interesting so I thought it would be a fun thing to try out. It was my first time adventuring out of my comfort zone so I was having fun. Because of this reason‚ I met two pretty cool friends. My friend and I were getting kind of
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Creative art and Fine art . By a broad definition of art‚[9] artistic works have existed for almost as long as humankind: from early pre-historic art to contemporary art; however‚ some theories restrict the concept to modern Western societies.[10] The first and broadest sense of art is the one that has remained closest to the older Latin meaning‚ which roughly translates to "skill" or "craft." A few examples where this meaning proves very broad include artifact‚ artificial‚ artifice‚ medical arts‚ and military arts
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Iconoclasm‚ Incarnation‚ and Art During the time of the Byzantine period‚ the utilization of religious images was a controversial subject. This controversy consisted of three parties; the Carolingians‚ iconoclasts‚ and iconodules and each party had their own interpretation on how and where these religious images could be used. Although each party had a different view‚ there was something in common amongst the three of them‚ they all agreed that God is the only thing that someone may worship. The
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